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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks with media at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, February 27, 2016. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 29, 2016, 6:57 pm
Official results: Iranian relative moderates win majority in parliament, clerical body
Elections mark rise of those who favor expanded social freedoms and engagement with West, creating a parliament more to Rouhani’s liking
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Head of the reformists' coalition list of the Iranian parliamentary elections in Tehran Mohammad Reza Aref, center, and his wife Hamideh Moravej Farshi cast their ballots at a polling station in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 27, 2016, 5:58 am
Reformists, moderates leading in Iran parliament vote
Early results indicate hardliners are main losers in Friday’s elections; Rouhani’s supporters seeking greater democracy could have strongest presence since 2004
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
An Iranian woman walks in front of an electoral banner of Hamideh Ghadiri, a candidate in parliamentary elections in Vanak square in northern Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. The banner reads in Persian: "Hamideh Ghadiri - defender of women's rights." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 26, 2016, 12:37 am
Iran’s reformists hoping for boost in parliament election
Vote pits nuclear deal’s supporters who urge greater openness against conservatives warning of Western ‘plundering powers’
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
In this Sept. 30, 2015, file photo, oil pumps work in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
February 17, 2016, 5:57 pm
Iran snubs Doha proposal, won’t freeze oil output levels
OPEC envoy says Tehran will keep increasing its crude exports until it reaches pre-sanctions levels
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Iran's former president Mohammad Khatami. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)
February 9, 2016, 10:39 pm
Iran’s Khatami urges supporters to vote despite candidate crackdown
Reformist ex-president says ‘massive participation’ in upcoming parliamentary elections serves ‘national interests’
By Nasser Karimi and ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, leader of Iran's Guardian Council, in 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)
January 21, 2016, 4:29 am
Iran reformists call for reversal of candidate ban
Only 30 of 3,000 reformist candidates allowed to run in February’s parliamentary elections; Guardian Council rebuffs appeal to reconsider
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Iranian school-girls attend President Hassan Rouhani's speech to parliament before presenting the proposed annual budget in the capital Tehran, on January 17, 2016. (AFP / ATTA KENARE)
January 17, 2016, 9:32 pm
Iran welcomes sanctions’ end, but tough thaw ahead
$100 billion in assets are set to be released and oil ready to be marketed but global economy is facing tough times
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and Jon Gambrell
In this Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 photo, Iranian men hang clothes on an outdoor charity wall in downtown Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
January 10, 2016, 6:53 pm
Iran’s needy get winter clothes from ‘Walls of Kindness’
In midst of extreme winter, with estimated 15,000 homeless in Tehran, residents leave coats for the poor at special sites
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Smoke rises as Iranian protesters upset over the execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran, Sunday, January 3, 2016. (Mohammadreza Nadimi/ISNA via AP)
January 7, 2016, 4:31 am
Iraq offers to mediate between Saudi Arabia, Iran
Foreign minister proposes bringing two countries together, as thousands of Shiites protest cleric’s execution
By Jon Gambrell and ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi addresses the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on Iraq on September 19, 2014 at UN headquarters in New York City. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP)
December 21, 2015, 1:20 am
Iran: US visa waiver changes contradict nuke deal
In letter, Kerry suggests multiple-entry business visas to avoid curtailing trade ties stipulated in accord
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
A view of Iran's parliament in Tehran, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
December 19, 2015, 7:41 pm
Registration opens in Iran’s parliamentary elections
Candidates require approval of Guardian Council in electoral battle between President Rouhani’s supporters, opponents
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Foreign participants watch a video clip during the Iran Petroleum Contracts Conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
November 28, 2015, 11:39 pm
Iran lures foreign investors with new oil contracts
Tehran hopes to attract over $150 billion in foreign investment in 5 years to rebuild sanctions-hit energy industry
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Iran’s Vice President Masoud Soltanifar, who is also chief of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, gestures as he speaks in an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 19, 2015, 2:28 am
Iran preparing for ‘tsunami’ of tourists
Lacking enough hotels or modern planes after years of sanctions, Tehran seeks to gear up for better economic times
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leading prayer in Iran on Saturday, July 18, 2015. (Khamenei.ir)
October 14, 2015, 7:41 pm
In final step, top Iranian body approves nuclear deal
12-member Guardian Council gives green light to agreement with world powers, despite opposition from hardliners
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
In this Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 photo, Iranian merchants wait for customers at a carpet shop in Tehran's old main bazaar, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 11, 2015, 9:52 am
Iran’s storied carpet industry seeks revival with lifting of sanctions
Once the world’s largest carpet exporter, a nation famed for its weavers looks forward eagerly to selling once again to the West
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
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