Hamas said its leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed early Wednesday in an airstrike in Tehran that it blamed on Israel, dealing a major blow to the Palestinian militant group and fanning worries over further escalation in the Middle East, CNN reported. Haniyeh was Hamas’ most public...
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A moderate candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, 69, shockingly and decisively won the Iranian election earlier this month after his hardline conservative predecessor died in a helicopter crash in May. The cardiac surgeon’s victory over his conservative rivals, despite the purported wishes of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali...
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Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s presidential runoff over the weekend on promises of social freedoms and increased engagement with the West, a victory that underscored calls for change in the Islamic Republic amid disillusionment with the current theocratic regime, the Washington Post reported. Pezeshkian won...
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Iran is heading to a presidential runoff next week after Friday’s presidential election failed to deliver a clear majority for any single candidate, even as the single reformist contender took the lead, Voice of America reported. Official results released Saturday showed reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won...
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Two Iranian presidential candidates withdrew their candidacies this week as voters in Iran head to the polls this Friday to pick the country’s next president following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month, Al Jazeera reported. On Thursday, hardline contender Alireza...
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Iran’s mullahs approved six candidates to run for president on June 28, the date for a potentially tectonic election that comes as the West Asian country could face more political instability than ever. The winner will replace Ebrahim Raisi, the late conservative president who died in...
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Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved six candidates to run in the country’s presidential election later this month, weeks after President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others died in a helicopter crash, Radio Free Europe reported. The candidates will include the conservative parliament speaker, Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf,...
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The funeral for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died along with the Iranian foreign minister and other officials on May 19 in a helicopter crash near Azerbaijan, was muted compared with the procession for Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killed by an American drone strike...
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the hard-line protégé of the country’s supreme leader who cracked down on anti-government protests and dissent over the country’s morality laws, died after a helicopter carrying Raisi, the foreign minister and other officials crashed Sunday in northwestern Iran, the Associated Press...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian denied that Israel was behind a strike in central Iran this week, an attack that heightened worry over a regional war breaking out, while the United States approved a new aid package to the Jewish nation over the weekend, NBC...
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Iran vowed retaliation against Israel following a deadly strike in the Syrian capital this week that killed 12 individuals, including two high-ranking Iranian generals, an attack that has intensified tensions in the region, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. On Monday, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit Iran’s...
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On March 1, Iranian voters will take part in a legislative election that will be pivotal to the future of their country. On the ballot will be members of the Assembly of Experts, the chamber that will pick a successor to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah...
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Pakistan launched retaliatory strikes Thursday on militants in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, raising fears of a new conflict breaking out in a region already tense due to the war between Israel and Hamas and its reverberations, the Associated Press reported. Iran said that at least...
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At least 103 people were killed and more than 188 injured in central Iran after two explosions detonated near the burial site of slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, in what authorities have described as a terror attack, CNN reported. Iranian state media said the twin blasts...
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Iran sent a capsule carrying animals into space this week, the latest feat by the country’s space program as the government prepares for human missions despite criticism from Western governments, Al Jazeera reported. State media released a video Wednesday of an Iranian-made Salman rocket carrying the...
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Iranians staged renewed anti-government protests this week following the recent death of 16-year-old Armita Geravand, which occurred following a confrontation with Iran’s morality police, Radio Free Europe reported. Demonstrations occurred in a number of cities, including the capital Tehran, with protesters carrying placards with anti-government slogans...
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Iranian teenager Armita Geravand died over the weekend, according to state media, nearly a month after the 16-year-old girl fell into a coma following a confrontation with Iran’s morality police, the New York Times reported. Geravand’s death came a week after authorities declared that she was...
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An Iranian teenager who fell into a coma this month after an alleged encounter with officers concerning the alleged violation of the country’s hijab law is reportedly brain dead, with authorities bracing for new protests, the Guardian reported Sunday. “Follow-ups on the latest health condition of...
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A recent incident that left a teenage girl in a coma following a confrontation with Iran’s morality police is creating new outrage against the government, a little more than a year after the country was swept by mass demonstrations sparked by the death of another...
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Iran thwarted 30 planned explosions in Tehran earlier this month, according to authorities, attacks aimed at creating chaos in crowded areas of the capital, Al Jazeera reported this week. On Sunday, security forces arrested 28 individuals in connection with the planned attacks during raids in a...
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