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July 19, 2024 4:15 PM

How Iran’s Khamenei elevated a little-known moderate to the presidency

When intelligence officials briefed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in May ahead of a snap presidential election, their report was grim: angered by economic hardship and crackdowns on social freedoms, most Iranians planned to boycott the...

July 10, 2024 10:49 AM

White House warns Iran against meddling in Gaza protests in US

The White House on Tuesday accused Tehran of trying to take advantage of Gaza-related protests in the U.S. and described such behavior as unacceptable, following a warning by the top U.S. intelligence official that Iran was trying to stoke discord in...

July 5, 2024 12:17 PM

Iranians vote in run-off presidential race amid widespread apathy

Polls opened in Iran on Friday for a run-off presidential election that will test the clerical rulers' popularity amid voter apathy at a time of regional tensions and a standoff with the West over Tehran's nuclear programme. State TV said polling st...

June 20, 2024 11:57 AM

Iran condemns Canada’s listing of Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group

Iran condemned Canada's listing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as "an unwise and unconventional politically-motivated step," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani was quoted as sayingby the semi-officia...

June 16, 2024 4:36 PM

Iran rebukes G7 statement over its nuclear programme escalation

Iran called upon the Group of Seven on Sunday to distance itself from "destructive policies of the past", the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said, referring to a G7 statement condemning Iran's recent nuclear programme escalation...

June 12, 2024 4:07 PM

Hezbollah fires big rocket salvos at Israel after senior commander killed

Lebanon's Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, sharply escalating tensions in the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border. The Iran-b...

May 30, 2024 7:09 PM

Iran registers presidential candidates for early vote after Raisi’s death

Iran started on Thursday registration of candidates for an early election next month following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state TV. Once seen as a possible successor to Sup...

May 22, 2024 4:20 PM

Iran: Supreme Leader leads prayers at Raisi funeral, memorial ceremony held in Delhi

Iran's Supreme Leader led prayers in Tehran on Wednesday at the funeral of the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials in Sunday's crash near the Azerbaijan border. State T...

May 21, 2024 9:54 PM

VP Dhankhar to attend Iranian President Raisi’s funeral in Tehran

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar is set to travel to Tehran to attend the funeral of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and other officials, died in a helicopter crash. The Ministry of E...

May 21, 2024 7:09 PM

Iranian President Raisi’s memorial muted amid public discontent

Thousands of Iranians turned out to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday, after he was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weekend along with his foreign minister and seven others. "Everyone has c...