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...Mr Rohani, speaking on the sidelines of the same conference, said Tehran supports any move to stabilise the global oil market....
...Mr Rohani, speaking on the sidelines of the conference in Venezuela, said this weekend Tehran supports any move to stabilise the global oil market....
...A small team of four or five turn up at office buildings in a smart uniform of black trousers and blue shirt emblazoned with Mr Aqila’s company’s name: “Bengkel Rohani”, or “spiritual workshop”....
...The attention Mr Zanganeh — reappointed to the ministry in 2013 under President Rohani — received illustrates the allure the Islamic Republic still holds for the oil industry....
...Let us hope that the election of Hassan Rohani in Iran will provide a fresh opportunity to defuse the toxic rift between Sunnis and Shi’ites that has reopened since the Iranian revolution....
...Mr Zanganeh is amongst the best or even the best choice for the oil ministry,” said Mr Rohani....
...And descriptions of Mr Rohani as a “moderate” are sometimes misjudged. He is a regime insider. But Mr Rohani was elected with a mandate to promote centrist policies....
...“Should Rohani succeed, then the regime can seize his victory but if he fails, then the regime has Rohani and reformists to blame.”...
...“The first lock has been opened,” a smiling Mr Rohani said at his Monday press conference....
...Still, it remains unclear how much will really change under Mr Rohani’s rule....
...Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said he “absolutely agreed” with Mr Rohani’s offer....
...Mr Rohani also on Sunday presented parliament with his cabinet choices ....
...Mr Rohani will be sworn in by the parliament on Sunday and is expected to introduce his new cabinet on the same day....
...Mr Rohani, who took office at the weekend, has repeatedly said his government would pursue a foreign policy of moderation....
...The victory of Hassan Rohani has been greeted as a comeback for Iran’s beleaguered reform movement, decimated after flawed elections in 2009....
...Mr Rohani’s election comes at a critical moment in international diplomacy over the Iranian nuclear programme....
...“Our nuclear programme is totally transparent, but we are ready to show more transparency,” Mr Rohani said....
...Mr Rohani is not a reformist. But during his campaign, he raised many concerns of reformists who have been purged from the political establishment....
...“Rohani, Moussavi [the jailed opposition leader], we have gone to World Cup,” people chanted....
...During his visit, Mr Rohani sought to reassure the clergy....
...Mr Rohani has spoken of “detente” in foreign policy with neighbours....
...over deteriorating access to life-saving treatments, alongside a damaged economy after eight years of mismanagement under Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the former president, which helped propel the moderate Mr Rohani...
...Mr Rohani has talked of confidence-building rather than compromise....
...The bill, which still needs to be approved by the Senate and signed by the president, comes ahead of this weekend’s presidential inauguration of Hassan Rohani, the most moderate of the candidates in Iran...
...A Chinese court hands down its verdict and possibly a sentence Economic data Chinese PMI Monday, September 23 Iranian President Hasan Rohani visits the US for the UN General Assembly Indian PM Manmohan...
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