Hassan Rouhani

Iran, Pakistan to set up border 'reaction force' after attacks

Pakistani PM Imran Khan's visit to Iran, the first since he took office last year, comes after gunmen who Islamabad says were based in Iran killed 14 members of Pakistan's security forces last week in Balochistan province.

US blacklisting of Iran's Revolutionary Guard 'vicious move' - Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani rejected the US designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organisation.

Trump’s Iranian Revolutionary Guard policy endangers the Middle East

The decision to label the IRGC as a terrorist organisation is unnecessarily provocative from the Trump administration.

Trump blacklisting of Iran's elite Guard could backfire – experts

Designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "terrorist" organisation could push reformists to the sidelines.

Iran expands evacuations as rains worsen floods

At least 70 people have been killed and about 1,900 cities and villages have been affected by floods after exceptionally heavy rains since March 19.

Forty years of the Iranian Revolution: Referendum on the Islamic Republic

Part V: Traitors to the Islamic Republic - this is the fifth in a series of articles that looks at how the Iranian Revolution came to be in 1979, and where it has led Iran over the course of four decades.

Iran president visits flood-hit zones as death toll hits 43

Hundreds more were injured in 25 out of 31 provinces following the flooding, which was triggered by torrential rainfall.

Rouhani goes to Iraq despite internal rivalries and external pressure

The Iranian president met Iraqi president Barham Salih and Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Sistani is a sign to Washington in times where US officials visited Iraq frequently.

What's the Algiers Agreement between Iran and Iraq about?

The Algiers Agreement was initially signed to resolve border issues in 1975 between Iran and Iraq. Now, the two countries have come together to implement it, but not just for border issues.

Should the US be worried about Rouhani's visit to Iraq?

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has recently adopted an unusually aggressive tone against Washington and with his Iraq visit, experts say the Shia leader wants to send a message to both his internal and external rivals that he can hold his ground.

Iran's Rouhani seeks to boost ties on first visit to Baghdad

Since Rouhani's election in 2013, Iraq has relied on Iranian paramilitary support to fight Daesh, following the terror group's capture of the Iraqi city of Mosul and other territory in both Iraq and Syria.

Are Iran’s moderates losing power to hardliners?

Iran’s reformist President Hassan Rouhani toughens his language against the West as he finds himself under increasing pressure from the country’s hardliners.