Hassan Rouhani

"I have a Twitter account and I think it is a suitable tool for public diplomacy, connecting to people around the globe and voicing our ideas."

Rouhani had a resounding win but angered hardliners with his comments during the campaign, and they are likely to create problems for him.

A failed candidate's endorsement of a conservative cleric could hurt the sitting president in Friday's elections.

The industrial disaster in north-eastern Iran is the most deadly in the Islamic Republic for decades.

New footage emerged of Iran's Qaher F-33 stealth fighter jet, which Western critics said was further away from its first flight than Tehran claimed.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opposed the former president's bid.

The United States is expected to impose sanctions on multiple Iranian entities as early as Friday following Tehran's recent ballistic missile test.

Under Iran's settlement with the United States, France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China, Tehran agreed to shrink its nuclear program to satisfy the powers that it could not be put to developing atomic bombs.

President Hassan Rouhani sees Congress's vote to extend the sanctions act for 10 years as a violation of the nuclear deal.

The Russian president is meeting his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, next week.

The recent Iranian elections changed the game. But the supreme leader remains firmly in control.

The outcome was seen as a vote of confidence in President Hassan Rouhani's detente policy with the West, but critics accused reformists of overstating their victory.

Hundreds of Nigerian Shiites died in clashes with the Nigerian Army in December.

China stands to gain from Iranian oil, and its influence in the country may help keep the peace.

The cartoon contest, planned for June, will "incite hatred, racism, and discrimination," says UNESCO chief.

Every administration since Carter has reached out to "reformists." In no case did they succeed.

While in Paris, he will sign a contract to purchase 114 Airbus planes to add to Iran Air's fleet.

Make no mistake: We negotiated with terrorists, and the terrorists won.

The release of ten US sailors by Iran has been greeted as a win for Rouhani.

An escalating dispute between Iran and the U.S. centers on the types of missile that the Islamic Republic is allowed to develop.

Ever since 1979, US leaders have tried to influence factions of the Iranian government, with little success.

The president will be unable to deliver on a better life for most Iranians anytime soon. The knives are coming out.

The Iranian president, visiting Italy and France, should be called out on his attacks on dissenters.

U.N. human rights investigators called on Iran to stop arresting, harassing and prosecuting journalists and other activists ahead of parliamentary elections in February.

Rouhani needs sanctions lifted quickly; Khamenei just ordered him to move slowly.

The agreement has invigorated the Iranian president's foes rather than strengthen his position.

Nuclear deal in hand and boasting that Iran saved Baghdad from falling, Rouhani projects self-confidence.

President Rouhani suggests Saudi forces are too busy in Yemen to protect Hajj pilgrims.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu will discuss regional security issues.

Rouhani would be the first Iranian leader to visit France since 1999.