President-elect Hassan Rouhani says he wants less government control in Iran over women's dress, the Internetand mixing of the sexes. TEHRAN Saman, 26, is enjoying what he calls the "break," the two-month transition before the president-elect assumes power, a period usually marked by the temporary easing of social restrictions in Iran as the nation's ...

President-elect Rohani has beengetting pushback from hardliners for his moderate stands. But he has backing in powerful corners. Irans President-elect Hassan Rohani is saying all the right things to the 50.71 percent of Iranians who voted for change in mid-June elections: He promised again today to ease censorship and social and Internetrestrictions,...

[caption id="attachment_33507" align="alignright" width="180"] Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani during a press conference in Tehran on June 17, 2013[/caption] Newly elected Hassan Rouhani, an opponent of segregation by gender, says Iranians' freedoms and rights have been ignored Two weeks after his sensational victoryIran's president-elect,Hassan ...