On September 6, the United States extended Iran sanctions waivers to Japan and 10 E.U.

            Iran is set to play a major role in Afghanistan after the 2014 pullout of U.S.

            Iran has been a constant subtext of the Obama administration’s campaign to justify a military strike on Syria.

            On September 4, President Hassan Rouhani used Twitter to wish a happy new year to the world’s Jews.

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Persians are Iran’s largest ethnic group, but nearly a dozen other ethnicities represent well over a third of the 79 million population. The largest ethnic groups, which are major factors in Iranian politics, are Azeris, Kurds, Arabs, Baluchis, and Lors. Others include Turkomen, Qashqai, Mazandarani, Talysh and Gilaki. They hold dozens of seats in the current parliament. Some of the revolution’s biggest names have come from ethnic minorities:

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      Iran’s po

      On August 30, Iran's new foreign minister Mohammed Javad

            On August 29, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office announced the launch of his English language

      During his first month in office, President Hassan Rouhani&