Borzou Daragahi
Middle East and North Africa Correspondent, Financial Times
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Correspondent for @FT covering North Africa & the Middle East; former @LATimes Beirut & Baghdad bureau chief. The usual caveats. t.co/c0Xrd12doN
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Hear me, @jricole, @mrubin1971, @nazilafathi talk about Iran's election of @HassanRouhani on @ToThePoint_KCRW kcrw.com/news/programs/…
Iran Elects a Moderate, but Can He Deliver Reform?
kcrw.com — Hassan Rohani, Iran's newly elected President, calls himself a "moderate." Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the man he'll succeed, was anything but. Does that mean Iran is ready to make the changes voters apparently wanted? What does it mean for the US, Israel and the rest of the world?
Iran to 2014 World Cup: “I think God heard sad stories of this nation: sanctions, earthquakes, floods, plane crashes” on.ft.com/100zZS4
World Cup qualification seals celebratory week for Iran
ft.com — Iran's national football team on Tuesday qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, giving the country another excuse to party after a weekend of celebration over the victory of president-elect Hassan Rohani. Iran beat South Korea 1-0 in the Korean
RT @ToThePoint_KCRW: After the election the blame game; more about why the hardliners lost in Iran from Borzou Daragahi on today's show htt…
Iran’s hardliners blame each other for election defeat
ft.com — Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and his closest allies put on their best faces as they watched the presidential election results, praising the 72 per cent turnout as an "epic" act of defiance against the western enemy. In truth, the election
Iran heads to @FifaWorldCup! RT @MKhalaj Hello Brazil, Iran wins S. Korea 1-0
RT @MKhalaj: Iran’s stock market up 7% since election of moderate cleric Hassan Rohani as president
Audit finds EU wasted €1bn on Egypt democracy & good govt efforts, via @FT on.ft.com/19ftjlL
EU audit finds €1bn aid had little effect on Egypt
ft.com — The €1bn in EU aid supplied to Egypt over the past seven years has done little to achieve its stated aims of improving democracy and human rights in the country, according to a damning assessment by the bloc's spending watchdog. The European court
Afghan-Iraq failures, recession, Arab Spring & fracking mark end of US dominance of MidEast, by @gideonrachman in @FT on.ft.com/1aoicsf
The west’s dominance of the Middle East is ending
ft.com — Should the west arm the Syrian rebels? That is the issue of the day in Washington, London and at the Group of Eight summit. But behind this debate lies a bigger question. Can western powers continue to shape the future of the Middle East as they
Turkey: Erdogan govt to use same Army it fought to keep out of politics to crush ‘provocateurs,' @danieldombey in @FT on.ft.com/12QnLiI
Turkey targets social media ‘provocateurs’
ft.com — Turkey is embarking on measures against "provocateurs in social media", including new legal regulations, as the government continues its crackdown on protesters who have rocked the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking after more than 24
"Give Rohani time to establish himself, listen carefully & never give Khamenei impression of trying to go around him" on.ft.com/1bOwaBB
West must temper its enthusiasm for Iran’s new president
ft.com — The surprise election of Hassan Rohani to the Iranian presidency shines a hopeful ray of sunlight through the darkening storm clouds of western relations with Iran. But rushing to embrace Mr Rohani could end up being exactly the wrong strategy for
MT @FT What will Hassan Rohani, Iran's newly elected president, mean for the country? by @najmeh_tehran & @MKhalaj on.ft.com/13O9HmI
Hassan Rohani pledges transparency on nuclear issue
ft.com — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's newly elected president said he will follow a "path of moderation" and urged his country not to be held back by past policies, emphasising messages from Western leaders since his victory that have brought hope of new openingsHave a Story?
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