Rush-hour passengers in the busy metro system of Iran’s capital have brushed shoulders with a surprising commuter – President Hassan Rouhani.

WHEN I campaigned to become President of Iran, I promised to balance realism and the pursuit of the Islamic Republic’s ideals — and won Iranian voters’ support by a large margin.

US President Barack Obama has described remarks at the UN by President of Iran as "offensive" and "hateful".

IRAN’S hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called yesterday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country’s universities, urging students to return to 1980s-style radicalism.

ISRAELI Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said yesterday Iran intends to destroy the Jewish state, and the international community must rally quickly to stop it.