EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani in a message on Saturday congratulated Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on his re-election.

EghtesadOnline: Mariano Rajoy ’s gravity-defying run is at risk from the strange logic of Spanish politics. The prime minister went into the 2015 election with unemployment over 20 percent after years of punishing austerity and a raft of corruption allegations hanging over him and his party. Yet Rajoy denied the accusations and somehow clung on to power.

EghtesadOnline: Catalan separatists meet Monday to craft their reply to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy after the Spanish leader announced an unprecedented barrage of measures to stamp his authority on the rebel region.

EghtesadOnline: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a message on Sunday congratulated the re-election of President-elect Hassan Rouhani to the top executive post.