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Iranian voters head to the polls to elect a successor to current President Hassan Rouhani. Hardline Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi is projected to be the winner. Reformists and dissidents are calling for a boycott after most of their candidates were initially rejected by the Guardian Council and one other, former Vice President Mohsen Mehralizadeh, dropped out, saying that there is no serious competition against the hardliners.
2021-06-18

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announces that all cryptocurrency mining will be banned in the country until September 22, blaming illegal mining for causing a recent series of power outages.
2021-05-26

President Hassan Rouhani says that the health ministry estimated as many as 25 million Iranians have been infected by the virus and that 30 to 35 million will be infected in the coming months as he urges the public to take the virus seriously.
2020-07-18

President Hassan Rouhani announces new measures to curb the spread of the virus, including mandatory wearing of masks in covered public areas.
2020-07-4

Protests in Iran, particularly the capital, Tehran, enter their second day as thousands of protestors demand action following a collapse in the value of the Iranian rial. President Hassan Rouhani takes to live TV to call the protests "foreign media propaganda" and says the United States is waging "psychological, economic and political war" with Iran. Protestors blame the Iranian government for the crisis, saying billions are being wasted on expensive conflicts. Iran blames sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump.
2018-06-26

Incumbent President Hassan Rouhani is re-elected with 23.5 million votes, defeating Ebrahim Raisi who received 15.7 million votes.
2017-05-20

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reshuffles his cabinet, replacing culture, education, and sports ministers. The new ministers still need the parliament's approval.
2016-10-19

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani releases 11 political prisoners. He will visit the United States tomorrow.
2013-09-18

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani confirmed he had contacted U.S. President Barack Obama via letters. Both countries cut all diplomatic relations after the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1980.
2013-09-17

Hassan Rouhani is officially inaugurated as President of Iran in the House of the Parliament and announces the members of his cabinet to the parliament.
2013-08-4