Rafsanjani picked to head Iran's powerful assembly
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Clerics picked Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday to lead a powerful Iranian government body, in a boost for the former president who wants better ties with the West and a blow to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Iranian president prepares to address university audience prior to UN general assembly.
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Iran's newly appointed ambassador to Sweden, Hassan Qashqavi, submitted his credentials to Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds in Stockholm on Saturday, Iran's Official News Agency (IRNA) reported.
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Iranians voted on Friday for local councils and a powerful clerical body in elections that will give the first indication of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's popularity since he swept to office in 2005.
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Registration of candidates standing for election to Iran's local councils and a key body called the Assembly of Experts is due to start.
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Iran's outgoing nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, will accompany his successor at talks with the EU.
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TEHRAN - Iran's leaders issued dual defiant statements yesterday, with the president announcing that the nation had 3,000 active centrifuges to enrich uranium, and the top ayatollah appointing a new Islamic Revolutionary Guards commander who once advocated military force against students.
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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani told worshippers during prayers Friday, Iran could resume enriching uranium within six months.
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A former Iranian leader once seen as the harbinger of moderation and better relations with the United States is making the case for dialogue nearly on the doorstep of the White House.
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Candidates began registering on Saturday for Iran's parliamentary election in March, which will pit conservatives who now dominate the assembly against moderates seeking a comeback.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to visit neighboring Iraq by March 19, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday, a trip that would make him the first leader of the Islamic Republic to visit its former foe.
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TEHRAN -- A former Iranian president wanted in Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center was leading the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial results of elections reported by state-run television yesterday. Hashemi Rafsanjani, considered an opponent of the current hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had more than 1.5 million votes for ...
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Iran is able to launch a missile with a range of 2,000 km, the official IRNA news agency Tuesday quoted influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as saying.
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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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Iranian President Mohammed Khatami arrived in Zimbabwe Monday to a red carpet welcome from his counterpart Robert Mugabe with whom he is due to hold talks over two days.
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Iran's Supreme Leader unexpectedly replaces the head of the country's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, left, leaves a cabinet meeting, accompanied by his Intelligence Minister, Ali Younesi, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004.