President-elect Hassan Rouhanisaid Monday thatit was not enough for Parliament and politicians to speak against the enemy. Instead, Iran needed to know the enemy and its plans. Reiterating a concept used in his campaign, Rouhani said that what was needed was management to help devise a response to the enemys plans, and that speaking and shouting against ...

(Reuters) - A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists was released from a Tehran prison on bail on Sunday after four months in detention, sources familiar with the case said. Bagher Asadi, who has been a senior diplomat at Iran's U.N. mission in New York and was recently a director at the secretariat of the so-called D8 group of developing ...

(Reuters) - A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists, who has been detained at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison for three months, has been denied access to his attorney for the entire time, sources familiar with the case told Reuters on Monday. Bagher Asadi, who was previously a senior diplomat at Iran's U.N. mission in New York and most ...

(Reuters) - A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists has been detained for nearly two months and is in solitary confinement at Evin Prison, a facility rights advocates have criticized for prisoner abuse, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Bagher Asadi, who was previously a senior diplomat at Iran's U.N. mission in New York and was most ...

(Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said he believed the detention of a former diplomat linked to the country's reformists was caused by a "misunderstanding" and defended the man's record, Iranian media reported. Bagher Asadi, who was a senior diplomat at Iran's U.N. mission in New York before becoming a director at the secretariat of the D8 group ...

A source within the Iran's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists was detained in Tehran in March, ISNA news agency reported. The ministry confirmed earlier report by Reuters about the arrest of the diplomat. Reuters reported on April 30 that Bagher Asadi, who has previously been a senior diplomat ...

(Reuters) - A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists was detained in Tehran in March, possibly as part of a crackdown on dissidents ahead of the June presidential election, sources familiar with the case told Reuters on Tuesday. Bagher Asadi, who has previously been a senior diplomat at Iran's U.N. mission in New York and was most recently ...