Topic: Ali Larijani

The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon is "political" and "disreputable" and its indictment against Hezbollah members is of no importance, Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Saturday.The Netherlands-based STL investigating the assassination of Rafiq Hariri on Thursday charged four ...

Iran's political showdown escalates over oil post

0 . Iran's parliament voted on Wednesday to take Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to court over his takeover of the country's lucrative oil ministry, escalating ...

Ahmadinejad in bitter row over Iran's ministries

A blazing row has erupted between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and parliament speaker Ali Larijani over the restructuring of ministries, media reports said on Thursday, in a fresh sign of tension in Iran's ruling conservative camp.The row comes shortly after an ...

Ahmadinejad slams rivals in Iran power struggle

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has hit out at the heads of parliament and the judiciary, accusing them of "interfering" in his government's business, media reported Wednesday.Ahmadinejad's latest attack on fellow conservatives who run the Islamic Republic came ...

Ali Larijani

Ali Larijani was elected Iran 's parliamentary speaker on June 1, 2008. Analysts think he will run for president of Iran in 2009 . Larijani is considered more willing to negotiate on nuclear issues than President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .Larijani served as secretary of ...

Iran calls for world body free of big power control

GENEVA (Reuters) - Senior Iranian official Ali Larijani, whose country is under strong pressure from the United Nations over its nuclear program, called on Monday for a more powerful global body free of big-power domination.Speaking to an audience including U.N. secretary-general ...

Ahmadinejad under fire from parliament speaker

Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has come under fire from parliament speaker Ali Larijani, a fellow conservative who stood against him when he was first elected in 2005.Larijani criticised the government's expansionist economic policy and Ahmadinejad personally for challenging two ...

Iran parliament backs 20% uranium enrichment

Parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday called on Iran's government to push ahead with its controversial programme to enrich uranium to 20 percent, despite being slapped with fresh UN sanctions."The Iranian parliament demands that the government continues producing 20 percent ...

Iran officials lash out at 'thug' Petraeus

Top Iranian officials lashed out on Tuesday at US General David Petraeus for his comments asserting the Islamic republic is becoming a "It is understandable why you (Petraeus) utter such comments because the people of the region hate you," the official IRNA ...

Iran parliament approves Ahmadinejad budget

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned cuts in subsidies could spark runaway inflation." moderate MP Mostafa Kavakebian said during Monday's debate ...