Iran hardliners

Trump hostility set to deepen Iran power struggles

EghtesadOnline: Iranians quickly closed ranks against a hawkish new U.S. approach to Tehran, but Iran’s powerful hardliners are set to exploit the latest dispute with Washington to weaken domestic…
2017-10-16 11:37
Decisively re-elected, Rouhani defies hardliners, pledges to open Iran

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani pledged on Saturday to open Iran to the world and deliver freedoms its people have yearned for, throwing down a defiant challenge to his hardline opponents…
2017-05-21 05:59
Iran hardliners join social media free-for-all before vote

EghtesadOnline: The first picture shows a crowd of thousands packed into a central square in the city of Isfahan this week for a speech by hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi, the top challenger to…
2017-05-17 08:34
Iran Moderates Rally Round Rouhani to Oppose Hardliners

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s re-election campaign received a lift as a fellow moderate withdrew from the race, and he was endorsed by the influential grandson of the founder…
2017-05-17 05:26
Iran's Rouhani lashes out at hardliners in blistering final debate before vote

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani cast his hardline clerical opponents as power-hungry pawns of Iran's security forces on Friday, going far beyond the traditional bounds of Iranian political…
2017-05-13 06:42