Iran’s newly-elected president reappointed a U.S.-educated official who came under United Nations sanctions 16 years ago as head of the country’s nuclear department, state TV reported Saturday.

Former heart surgeon Dr Masoud Pezeshkian has been described as a wildcard candidate Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran's new president, beating his hardline conservative rival ...

Lebanon’s lawmakers elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country’s first president in more than two years, picking a US-backed candidate in a sign of Iran’s waning influence in the region.