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Late cleric's son warns of more Iran turmoil: report
Jan 02, 2010 08:47 EST
BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran's rulers must compromise with opposition figures to avoid a worsening of the political turmoil, the son of the late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri said in comments released on Saturday.
Rafsanjani calls for Iranian unity in nuclear standoff
Dec 03, 2009 12:49 EST
Powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani called on Iran's warring political factions to stand together against foreign pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme, the ISNA new agency reported on Thursday.
Ex-Guards chief urges West to suspend Iran sanctions
Nov 14, 2009 19:00 EST
The former head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Rezai, called on the West on Sunday to suspend sanctions against Tehran if it wants to build trust over the Islamic republic's nuclear drive.
Iran says two nuclear fuel options still on table
Oct 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iran said on Monday it could deliver abroad some of its low-enriched uranium to be upgraded or buy the fuel directly, as a UN team was due to carry further checks on a newly-revealed atomic plant.
Iran says two nuclear fuel options still on table
Oct 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iran said on Monday it could ship out some of its low-enriched uranium to be upgraded abroad or buy the fuel directly, as a UN team was due to carry out further checks on a newly-revealed atomic plant.
Iran says two nuclear fuel options still on table
Oct 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iran said on Monday it could ship out some of its low-enriched uranium to be upgraded abroad or buy the fuel directly, as a UN team ended its inspection of a newly revealed atomic plant.
Iran says two nuclear fuel options still on table
Oct 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iran said on Monday it could ship out some of its low-enriched uranium to be upgraded abroad or buy the fuel directly, as a UN team ended its inspection of a newly revealed atomic plant.
Iran's Rafsanjani calls for unity, backs leader
Aug 22, 2009 17:04 EDT
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has urged Iranians to follow Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's guidelines, five weeks after he challenged the authority of the country's most powerful figure.
Iran's Rafsanjani calls for unity, backs leader
Aug 22, 2009 17:04 EDT
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has urged Iranians to follow Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's guidelines, five weeks after he challenged the authority of the country's most powerful figure.
Iranians must heed leader's guidelines: Rafsanjani
Aug 22, 2009 15:49 EDT
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has urged people to follow Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's guidelines, five weeks after he challenged the authority of Iran's most powerful figure.
Iran's Rafsanjani urges warring factions to follow Khamenei
Aug 21, 2009 20:00 EDT
Powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged Iran's warring political groups on Saturday to follow the orders of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for ending the present political turmoil.
Iran's Rafsanjani urges factions to end turmoil
Aug 21, 2009 20:00 EDT
Powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged Iran's warring political groups on Saturday to follow the orders of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for ending the present political turmoil.
Iran's Karroubi ready to present proof on rape claims
Aug 18, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi called on Wednesday for a meeting with senior officials to present evidence backing his controversial allegations that post-election detainees were raped in jails.
Iran reformist backs down in court as 100 face riot trial
Jul 31, 2009 20:00 EDT
A top Iranian reformist who went on trial in a Tehran court with about 100 others on charges of rioting backed down on Saturday from claims of massive vote rigging in the June presidential vote.
Iran reformists back down in court as 100 face riot trial
Jul 31, 2009 20:00 EDT
Reformists backed down from their allegations of massive fraud in the June presidential election at the start of a trial on Saturday of about 100 Iranians accused of rioting, news agencies said.
Iran cleric says Khamenei wants new VP sacked
Jul 23, 2009 20:00 EDT
A leading hardline cleric on Friday urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to sack his controversial first vice president, saying this was the wish of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran leader orders VP sacked in snub to Ahmadinejad
Jul 23, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered the dismissal of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's pick for first vice president in the first snub to the hardline incumbent since his controversial re-election last month, state television reported.
Iran cleric says Khamenei wants new VP sacked
Jul 23, 2009 20:00 EDT
A leading Iranian hardline cleric on Friday urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to sack his controversial first vice president, saying this was the wish of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Rafsanjani: Iran insider and Ahmadinejad nemesis
Jul 16, 2009 20:00 EDT
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who called on Friday for the release of hundreds of people arrested during massive opposition protests last month, is a key politician in post-Islamic revolution Iran.
Iran opposition holds protests in Tehran
Jul 16, 2009 20:00 EDT
Defiant opposition supporters staged fresh protests in Tehran on Friday, witnesses said, after powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani called for detainees held in a post-election crackdown to be freed.
