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TopicHassan Rouhani

Topic: Hassan Rouhani

If there’s a poster child for a govt’s poor Covid response anywhere in the world, it’s Iran

Iran's Covid infection rates were among the highest in the world. It has had five death waves, but vaccine hesitancy is still high.

Iran begins voting to elect new President: The 4 men in the race and why they matter

Ebrahim Raisi, Abdolnaser Hemmati, Mohsen Rezaei & Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi are in the race to replace reformist President Hassan Rouhani, whose second term is coming to an end.

Iran’s Rouhani says world powers accept sanctions should end; crude oil prices drop

Hassan Rouhani said the 'main agreement has been made' in Vienna, where Iran & the US have engaged in indirect talks to restore 2015 nuclear deal.

Rouhani says 25 million Iranians infected with Covid and millions more could fall sick

In a televised meeting, President Rouhani cited an unpublished health ministry report which suggests that most of Iran's 81 million people could get Covid-19 at some point.

Iran’s president Rouhani faces possible hard-liner impeachment

Hassan Rouhani has been reduced to pleading with the hard-liners to show 'brotherhood', but his govt's poor handling of the Covid crisis has fed their vociferous complaints.

Why coronavirus is not a reason to lift sanctions on Iran

The US has already tried to make it easier for Iran to purchase or trade for medicine and hospital equipment since the pandemic started.

Iran’s bid to integrate with global economy coming to an end

Iran threatened to withdraw from its last commitments to the 2015 deal that limited its nuclear program in exchange for lifting of international sanctions.

Iran makes several arrests over Ukrainian jet disaster, Rouhani vows thorough probe

Iran is under intense international pressure to provide full accountability over the circumstances that led to the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet.

A middle-east crisis as a set of royals bow out

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Proxies in Syria, Iraq, Yemen to missiles and drones — tools Iran can use against US

Iran has the largest stockpile of missiles, mainly short & medium-range, in the Gulf region. It currently does not possess nuclear weapons.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.