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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Iran's former president decried a wave of "Islamophobia" that he said is being spread in the United States by fear and hatred of Islam in response to terror perpetrated by Muslims.
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QARA KELISA, Iran  - The last priest left the Black Church more than half a century ago and now the picture on the wall of a former monk's cell is of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, not Jesus.
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TEHRAN - Iran&#39;s former president Hashemi Rafsanjani said Tuesday that his country has created missiles that can now reach targets 2,000 kilometres away, a substantial increase from its previous range.
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Iran's hard-line president, who has berated the United States and refused to compromise on his nuclear program, is now softening his tone, saying Monday he wants dialogue rather than confrontation in Iraq. Tehran also denied it gave sophisticated weapons to militants to attack U.S. forces.
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TEHRAN (MNA) -- Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here Tuesday that he was confident that experience has taught the United States not to dare to attack Iran.
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It looks possible that Irish President Mary McAleese could be returned unopposed for a second seven-year term.
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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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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 Sunday.
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Former Argentina President Carlos Menem announced Monday he will return to his country this week to organize for another presidential bid, after an Argentine judge dismissed an arrest warrant against him.
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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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Former president Carlos Menem was greeted by hundreds of cheering supporters Wednesday as he returned to Argentina following months abroad to avoid arrest. Menem announced he would run again for the presidency after an Argentine judge last week dismissed a warrant against him.
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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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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani told worshippers during prayers Friday, Iran could resume enriching uranium within six months.
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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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An Iranian official who met Wednesday with Egypt's president said the two countries could soon restore diplomatic relations severed nearly three decades ago.
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A popular former president has resumed his attacks against hardline Iranian clerics threatening to disqualify reformists from upcoming elections.