Hassan Rouhani

Rouhani's popularity grows in Iran after framework nuclear deal

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DUBAI -- President Hassan Rouhani has emerged triumphant both at home and abroad, bringing Iran in from the cold by using his pragmatism to try and end crippling sanctions and decades of hostility with the West through detente and diplomacy.Iran and world powers reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran's nuclear programme for at least a...

A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran, August 21, 2010.

Iran to turn uranium into reactor fuel under extended deal

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, VIENNA -- Iran will convert more of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel under an extended nuclear deal with world powers, making the material less suitable for building atomic bombs, according to a diplomatic source and a US think-tank on Monday. Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China, and Russia failed to meet a Nov. 24...