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Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi is a journalist who has worked for various Iranian media outlets. On Twitter: @FaghihiRohollah

Self-proclaimed marja riles other Iranian ayatollahs

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

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Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, head of Iran's Judiciary, listens to the opening speech during the Assembly of Experts' biannual meeting in Tehran September 14, 2010. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CRIME LAW) - GM1E69E15YO01

Is hard-line Ayatollah Larijani facing the beginning of his end?

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani walks by his country's flag at a news conference on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid - HP1EE9Q1DYAGU

What's behind Rouhani's about-face on Trump meeting?

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

Can this documentary bring Iran its third Oscar?

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

Speaker Ali Larijani attends a session of parliament in Tehran, Iran June 25, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1449450070

New Iranian hard-line group seeks to expel parliament speaker from their camp

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Rohollah Faghihi

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the EU council in Brussels, Belgium May 15, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC1873ED5BB0

Tehran issues deadline for bypass to US sanctions

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

Iranian former vice president and candidate for parliamentary election Mohammad Reza Aref waves after casting his ballot with his wife (C) during elections for the parliament and Assembly of Experts, which has the power to appoint and dismiss the supreme leader, in Tehran February 26, 2016. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - GF10000324086

Why Iran's Reformists are disillusioned with one of their own

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Rohollah Faghihi

Will Pompeo be the first US secretary of state to appear live on Iranian TV?

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seen during a meeting with tribal leaders in Kerbala, Iraq, March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Abdullah Dhiaa Al-Deen - RC18FCCF2B90

Rouhani out of time, support for revised nuclear deal

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

Will new chairman of Iranian foreign policy panel set fire to nuclear deal?

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

With 'Chernobyl,' Iranians talk other people's nuclear problems, for a change

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi

REFILE - UPDATING BYLINE The purported wreckage of the American drone is seen displayed by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2019. Meghdad Madadi/Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1CF0139CF0

Will drone downing lead to Iran-US negotiations?

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi