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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Hassan Rouhani

Women walk past election posters for Iranian reformist presidential candidate Massoud Pezeshkian along a street in Tehran on June 26, 2024 ahead of the vote. (RAHEB HOMAVANDI / AFP)
June 27, 2024, 2:56 pm
2 hardliners quit Iran presidential race a day before vote, warn of reformist victory
Vice president drops out, followed by ultraconservative mayor of Tehran, in mutual push to form ‘united front’ against reformist Massoud Pezeshkian in Friday’s election
By AFP
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
January 24, 2024, 8:44 pm
Iran’s Rouhani barred from standing for reelection to key clerical body
Top constitutional council bars former president from running for seat on Assembly of Experts, which appoints and can dismiss supreme leader
By Reuters
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
April 19, 2023, 11:06 am
Iran’s supreme leader rules out holding referendums on policies
Khamenei rejects calls by anti-regime protesters and former PM Rouhani for national votes to be held on some matters
By AP
Then-Iranian president Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, February 16, 2020. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
September 6, 2022, 7:50 pm
Iran’s ex-president says he and Trump almost held meeting in 2019
Hassan Rouhani says former US president refused to accept demand that meeting on sidelines of UN General Assembly be reported only after it had occurred
By ToI Staff
Israel Military Intelligence representative in Washington Danny Citrinowicz in Arlington, Virginia in 2016. (Courtesy)
November 30, 2021, 4:33 pm
He led IDF intel gathering on Iran, was ignored and fears Israel is now paying price
Danny Citrinowicz, ex-head of Military Intelligence research, says politicians’ inability to adopt a nuanced approach led to ‘colossal’ policy failure, sped up Tehran’s nuke effort
By Jacob Magid
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 8, 2021, 8:22 pm
With world watching, Raisi’s cabinet will indicate where he’s taking Iran
Hardline president to reveal conservative cabinet in coming days, as nuclear talks expected to pick up in September
By Lazar Berman
Iran's newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi speaks at his swearing in ceremony at the Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP)
August 5, 2021, 6:31 pm
Iranian hardliner Raisi sworn in as president, vows to resist pressure
Ultra-conservative cleric says Tehran will back diplomatic moves to end sanctions as he takes office with terror group leaders, senior EU official in attendance
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (C) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (R) addressing foreign ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, August 4, 2021. (Israel Foreign Ministry)
August 4, 2021, 7:22 pm
Gantz: Iran 10 weeks away from amassing enough weapons-grade material for nuke
Defense minister tells envoys from UNSC members the time has come for tangible actions — including military — against Tehran as hardline president comes into office
By Lazar Berman
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
August 2, 2021, 8:32 pm
Rouhani confirms Israeli heist of Iran’s nuclear archive
In final week in office, president says stolen ‘secrets’ were used to convince Trump to pull out of nuclear deal, blasts critics who blamed his government instead of US
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
August 1, 2021, 12:36 pm
Outgoing Iran president admits government was not always truthful
Rouhani says he withheld information from his citizens because ‘I did not find it useful and I was afraid it would harm national unity’
By AP
Iran's new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi waves at the conclusion of his news conference in Tehran, Iran, June 21, 2021. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
August 1, 2021, 9:26 am
Seeking to save battered economy, Iran’s Raisi may prioritize axing US sanctions
Ultra-conservative new president is set to take reins of a country facing deep economic problems; experts say he’ll focus on removing trade barriers with China and Russia
By Ahmad Parhizi and Karim Abou Merhi
Rob Malley, US special envoy for Iran (R) and Stephan Klement, EU ambassador and European external action service special advisor on Iran, talk in front of the Hotel Imperial near the Grand Hotel Vienna where closed-door nuclear talks took place in Vienna, Austria, June 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)
August 1, 2021, 4:01 am
US said increasingly skeptical return to Iran nuclear deal is possible
NY Times reports on pessimism in Washington amid challenges facing accord, including new hardline government in Tehran and growing Iranian technical knowhow
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) speaks with officials before he boards his plane on his return to the United States from Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City, on July 29, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool/ AFP)
July 29, 2021, 8:01 pm
Blinken warns time running out on return to Iran nuclear deal
Khamenei says experience has shown ‘trusting the West does not work,’ referring to US withdrawal from pact and implementation of crippling sanctions
By AFP
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei checks the time in farewell meeting with outgoing President Hassan Rouhani's administration in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 28, 2021, 6:32 pm
Ahead of new government, Iran’s Khamenei warns to not trust the West
Supreme leader says the decision by Trump to pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal proves ‘that trusting the West does not work’
By Amir Havasi
Iranians in Khuzestan, Iran's main oil-producing region protest severe water shortages with protests erupting in several towns and cities since July 15, 2020. (Screencapture/Twitter)
July 23, 2021, 9:34 pm
Iran protest death toll reportedly up to 8 as Khamenei acknowledges water woes
Supreme leader says he understands frustrations amid severe shortages, but advises wariness of ‘enemy pretexts’; Tehran accused of using excessive force to quell demonstrations
By AFP
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