Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has expressed dissatisfaction with the status of privatization in the country, calling for "real" privatization, IRNA news agency reported June 23.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has extended his condolences to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

On May 29, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made a phone call to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed regional issues in a phone talk with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.

The absolute majority with which Iranians voted for Hassan Rouhani as next president means they voted for détente with the region and world, said senior cleric, author, and former MP Hossein Ansari Rad.

President Hassan Rouhani will hopefully bring the issues of sustainable employment, the promotion of domestic production and absorbing foreign investment into focus in his second term as president, an Iranian professor of economics residing in Japan, told Trend.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leads in Iran's presidential election, an Iranian source told Reuters, citing an early unofficial tally.

Rivals of President Hassan Rouhani in the May 19 presidential election have mass-purchased channels on the social app Telegram to campaign against him.

If President Hassan Rouhani loses the upcoming presidential election to his conservative rivals, the nuclear deal will face serious challenges, an expert believes.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s rival Ebrahim Raisi has started to put pressure on the current president, as the two are getting ready to compete at the upcoming presidential elections in the country on May 19.