Saudi king congratulates Rohani on poll winKing Abdullah of Saudi Arabia congratulated moderate cleric Hassan Rohani on winning Iran's presidential election, hailing what he described as Rohani's wish to improve relations between the two countries, rivals for influence in the oil More… |
Rohani election win mandate for change in IranIranian voters weary of years of economic isolation and tightening political restrictions threw down a blunt demand for change on Saturday by handing a moderate cleric a landslide victory in a presidential electi More… |
GCC ‘stepping up security co-operation’Landmark improvements to military ties among GCC states are coming soon, said a senior official of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF). BDF Commander-in-Chief Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told Kuwaiti daily Al Rai that a stud More… |
Moderate Rohani wins Iran elections in landslideModerate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need for a second round run-off. The outco More… |
Moderate Rohani wins Iran elections in landslideModerate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need for a second round run-off. The outco More… |
Moderate cleric Rohani heads to Iran poll winModerate Iranian cleric Hassan Rohani looked to be heading towards an outright victory over his conservative rivals in the presidential election, initial results showed on Saturday. The vote is unlikely to radically alter ties bet More… |
Iran oilfields 'could spring back from Western sanctions'Iran's oilfields will be able to bounce back within months from drastic production cuts if Western sanctions are lifted although a full recovery would take over a year and require hefty investment, said oil industry experts. O More… |
Iranians vote for new presidentIranians voted for a new president on Friday urged by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn out in force to discredit suggestions by arch foe the United States that the election would be unfair. The ballot, the first presi More… |
BP cuts global gas reserves estimateOil major BP steeply cut its estimates of global gas reserves on Wednesday, revising Russian reserves down sharply and putting Iran at the top of the world league table for the first time in decades. In its benchmark annual statis More… |
US in new drive to cut Iran's oil sales to a trickleUS lawmakers are embarking this summer on a campaign to deal a deeper blow to Iran's diminishing oil exports, and while they are still working out the details, analysts say the ultimate goal could be a near total cut-off. Such More… |








