Former Iranian President Rafsanjani Considers New Run
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Iran&#39;s influential former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, says he is considering running for president next year when President Mohammed Khatami&#39;s term expires.
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SPEAKER: IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD   [*]   AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the name of God, the compassionate and the merciful, oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.  ...
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A day after he was nominated to be prime minister, Viktor A. Zubkov said that he might run for president.
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Iran's president proposed Wednesday that he and President Bush hold a public debate at the U.N. General Assembly later this month. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first proposed last month that he and Bush should debate, and the White House had dismissed the idea.
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Iran's moderate ex-President Rafsanjani wins election to Iran's powerful clerical body, marking a surprise comeback.
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Mullah Rafsanjani said here Friday that Tehran expects it would become a member of the club of countries possessing nuclear technology.
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LONDON, Sep 17 (IranMania) - Iran&#39;s powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned Friday that the International Atomic Energy Agencymay have to &quot;beg&quot; for Tehran&#39;s cooperation if it bows to US pressure.
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Republican Mitt Romney is urging state pension systems to divest from Iran, yet the presidential contender's former employer and the company he started have links to recent Iranian business interests or deals.
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Of all the foreign policy challenges facing President Bush in his second term, none - apart from Iraq â-ooms larger than Iran. By Vahid Salemi, AP.
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Iran&#39;s powerful former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, vowed Wednesday the Islamic republic would resist international efforts to prevent it from mastering advanced nuclear technology.
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Iran's supreme leader announced a new chief for the country's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday, as the Bush administration considered giving terror status to the state military agency.
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"60 Minutes" veteran  correspondent Mike Wallace may have retired last March but that  hasn't stopped him from scoring an exclusive interview with  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems to be enjoying the spotlight at this year's U.N. General Assembly, easing his way into the international arena and trying to improve his image amid the controversy over his nuclear program and remarks about Israel and the Holocaust.
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Iran's former President Mohammed Khatami could be found munching seared salmon and Caesar salad last weekend with Harvard professors on the last leg of a five-city U.S. tour.
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A former Iranian leader who is considered an opponent of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was far ahead in the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial election results reported by state-run television Sunday.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have gained greater short-term power with the resignation of Iran's top nuclear negotiator, but the departure appears to have further damaged the president's standing among many conservatives in the Islamic republic.
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With prices rising and the economy stagnating, Iranians view their President as less a national hero than the latest in a long line of ineffectual bureaucrats