Rouhani says regional stability impossible without Iran

“We are confident that President Hassan Rouhani will surround himself again with another set of talented and technocratic and capable individuals with whom the United Nations can work”, Lewis added.

Iran condemned a suicide attack at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 22 people, but in an apparent swipe at Western security cooperation with Gulf Arab states said “artificial alliances” would not eliminate such threats.

Rouhani, a political moderate (at least by Iranian standards) who negotiated a landmark nuclear deal with the United States and other world powers during his first term, was the favorite candidate of both young Iranians hoping for change and global investors looking for stability.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has railed against Washington for anti-Iran remarks, saying Iranophobia and repeating false accusations against Tehran are manifests of American government’s “failed policies”. That’s the problem. Those who are advising the Americans are unfortunately rulers who deviate America with unsound advice or buy some influence in the US with their money. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has at times voiced support for anti-Syrian government militants who even receive medical treatments in a field hospital in occupied Golan Heights.

Iran, Russia and Turkey are now cooperating to restore ceasefire in order to create a calm situation for the people in Syria, he said. But who funded the terrorists? But who funded the terrorists?

“People of Saudi Arabia are our friends, and we have always loved them”.

“Buying arms or building weapons won’t make a country powerful”.

Rouhani and Raisi’s ideas were not totally separate, both of them supporting the idea of an Islamist Republic and gained political sway from actively campaigning for it during the Iranian revolution. “I believe that Saudi Arabia can not use these weapons and they will eventually be forced to take USA military advisors to its region”.

According to the World Bank, Iranian economy bounced back sharply in 2016 at an estimated 6.4 percent, compared to the previous year.

Rouhani’s efforts to open up Iran to less hostile relations with the West still have to be couched in the rhetoric of anti-Americanism that has been a pillar of Iranian rule since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But it is by no means the only country with such a record; Saudi Arabia, Iran’s bitter Sunni rival, is among nations also at fault. The missile launches have been condemned by the Trump administration and Israel. “South Africa has also stood with Iran in the face of unilaterally imposed sanctions”, said the department.

Iranian president also highlighted bilateral and trilateral cooperation along with Russian Federation in regional issues including Astana talks and deemed them a step toward peace and stability in region.

A preliminary tally shows every one of Tehran’s 21 council seats going to reformists from the pro-Rouhani Hope faction, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency reported, quoting Issa Farhadi, governor of Tehran.

The Iranian political leader also said that Iran’s missiles are “only aimed at defending the country and will never be used against another country”.