| Netanyahu failed to offer any viable alternatives to Iran talks: Obama |
US President Barack Obama has dismissed warnings about Iran's nuclear programme made by the Israeli prime minister during a controversial speech to the US Congress. Mr Obama said, Benjamin Netanyahu had failed to offer any viable alternatives. Mr Netanyahu strongly criticized the deal being negotiated between western powers and Iran, claiming it could pave its way to the bomb rather than block it. The US Secretary of State, John Kerry is to travel to Saudi Arabia to reassure gulf states that any deal would not strengthen Iran's position in the region. |
Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...
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