Middle East

I met Hassan Rouhani at a stressful time — in 2003, just as the International Atomic Energy Agency was uncovering concealed nuclear activities in Iran. ……Read More

It has been almost eight months since Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took the helm of the Islamic Republic’s executive branch. By all accounts, after several ……Read More

Deliberations about imposing costs on Russia for undesirable behavior in Ukraine quickly run into several snags, among which is that any sanctions that would significantly ……Read More

Iran’s decision to resist replacing Hamid Aboutalebi, as the Islamic Republic’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, is only increasing frustrations both in Tehran ……Read More

Tehran will not discuss its ballistic missiles as part of ongoing talks with world powers on a final agreement to curb the Iranian nuclear program, ……Read More

President Rouhani was in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan in southeastern Iran on April 15. To the cheering crowds who met him, he proclaimed: ……Read More