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Where Turkey stands as Syrian government falls to opposition insurgents

ANKARA, Turkey — Syrian refugees across Turkey jubilantly welcomed the downfall of Bashar Assad’s government Sunday, with many embracing the chance to return to their homeland. FILE - From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Share Share Copy Link …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Iran says it conducted space launch in a program criticized by West; nuclear watchdog adds warning

LA Times

This photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Friday shows the launching of the Simorgh, or Phoenix, rocket at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province. The comments from Rafael Mariano Grossi came just hours after Iran said Friday it conducted a successful space launch with its heaviest payload ever, the latest for its …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Iran says it successfully launched a satellite; program is criticized by West over missile fears

LA Times

A Chamran-1 satellite in an undated photo provided by the Iranian Space Agency. Iran says it launched the satellite into space Saturday with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran launched a satellite into space Saturday with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, state-run media reported, the latest for a …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran’s new reformist president offers hope to the West and cover for conservative establishment

New Indian Express

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS, University of London Good news for democracy in Iran – words which in recent times, particularly in western news reports, are rarely seen in the same sentence. Pezeshkian, 69, was born in the city of Mahabad in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province and speaks fluent Kurdish and Azeri. Speaking from the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Pezeshkian: Iran's new reformist president

New Indian Express

In the lead-up to the elections, Iran's main reformist coalition threw its weight behind Pezeshkian, with former presidents Mohammad Khatami and the moderate Hassan Rouhani declaring support for his bid. Pezeshkian takes over the presidency amid heightened regional tensions over the Gaza war, a dispute with the West over Iran's nuclear programme and domestic discontent over the state of Iran's …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iranian presidential candidates accuse each other of having no plan or experience ahead of runoff

Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s presidential candidates on Monday accused each other of having no solution for the country’s problems ahead of Friday’s runoff election aimed at choosing a successor for the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash. During a more than two-hour debate on public TV, reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian attacked his competitor, Saeed …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election

LA Times

Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he leaves a press briefing beside portraits of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, top right, and the late President Ebrahim Raisi after registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election in Tehran on Sunday. Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible …

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7 months ago

Analysis: Iran’s nuclear policy of pressure and talks likely to go on even after president’s death

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — While Iran’s nuclear program stands at the precipice of tipping over into enriching uranium at weapons-grade levels, Tehran has held quiet, indirect talks with the United States and invited the head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog into the country for negotiations. While seemingly contradictory, the move follows Iran’s strategy since the collapse of its …

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7 months ago

Death of a President: The Hindu Editorial on Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi

The Hindu

The death of Iran’s eighth President, Ebrahim Raisi, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran amid bad weather has sent shockwaves across West Asia. Raisi and others, including local officials, were travelling to Tabriz after inaugurating a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, on the countries’ shared border when his chopper went down in Iran’s …

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7 months ago

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric who brought Iran closer to Russia, China

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, killed along with foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash, was a hardline cleric and former judiciary chief who oversaw the forging of closer ties with Russia and China during his tenure. Rescue team works following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province. During his …

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7 months ago

President Raisi dead in chopper crash. Why it's a blow to Iran's hardliners

Business Standard

There was no sign of life seen at the crash site of a helicopter that was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others, the country's state television said on Monday. President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, was widely reported to be a hard-liner within Iran's political setup and theocracy. After heading Iran's judiciary, Raisi ran unsuccessfully for president in 2017 against Hassan …

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7 months ago

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, dies in helicopter crash aged 63

Al Jazeera

Iranian president was travelling by helicopter in the country’s East Azerbaijan province when it came down in a forested area. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country in poor weather. A former chief justice, Raisi was touted as a potential successor to Ayatollah …

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7 months ago

Who was Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?

Al Jazeera

Raisi – a hardline and religiously conservative politician – had deep connections in the judiciary and religious elite. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead on Monday morning after the helicopter he was travelling in with other senior officials went down in the country’s East Azerbaijan province. In 1989, he was appointed prosecutor of Tehran after the death of Iran’s …

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7 months ago

Who was Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi?

ABC

President Ebrahim Raisi was a contender to be Iran's next supreme leader before he died when his helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain in the country's north. Mr Raisi sits below only Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the country's power structure. Iran emboldened by shifting US policy Mr Raisi, 63, took a tough stance in now-moribund negotiations with six …

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7 months ago

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in helicopter crash

New Indian Express

However, Amirabdollahian also was involved in efforts to reach a détente with regional rival Saudi Arabia in 2023, a move eclipsed months later by tensions that arose over the Israel-Hamas war. But he remained close to the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, once praising the late Gen. Qassem Soleimani, slain in a US drone strike in Baghdad in 2020. "You should …

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7 months, 1 week ago

India-Iran ties hit new milestone, sign 10-year contract on operating Chabahar Port

India TV News

Tehran: In a massive achievement for India-Iran relations, both countries signed a 10-year deal that would give India management control over a section of the crucial Chabahar Port, which opens up trade routes between India and land-locked Afghanistan, Iran and other Eurasian countries. The deal seeks to foster close cooperation between India and Iran to make Chabahar port a regional …

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8 months ago

How the Israel-Iran conflict could go nuclear and is helping their leaders cling to power

The Independent

A quiz question: the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88 was one of the bloodiest since the Second World War. Three months later, it was Iran supplying the “overheads” to the Israelis, who used them successfully to destroy Saddam Hussein’s key nuclear weapons plant at Osirak. open image in gallery Kamal Kharrazi, the foreign minister of Iran, waits to speak at the …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran launches three satellites amid rising tensions with Western powers

Al Jazeera

The satellites will be used to test communication and geopositioning technology, as well as the efficacy of delivering cargoes to space, Iran said. Iran has successfully launched three satellites for the first time using its carrier rocket developed by the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics, state media reported, a milestone the West fears will boost Tehran’s ballistic missile …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran launches 3 satellites into space despite West's stern warning as tensions soar in Middle East

India TV News

Iran on Sunday claimed it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles. The Simorgh, or “Phoenix,” rocket failures have been part of a series of setbacks in recent years for Iran’s civilian space program, including fatal fires and …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran launches 3 satellites into space as tensions rise

NPR

Iran launches 3 satellites into space as tensions rise Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP JERUSALEM — Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles. The Simorgh, or "Phoenix," rocket failures have been part …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Iran disqualifies former moderate president from running for reelection to influential assembly

Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s former moderate President Hassan Rouhani says he has been disqualified from running for reelection to the country’s influential Assembly of Experts, calling it a move to limit the people’s participation in elections, official state media reported. The official IRNA news agency reported late Wednesday that Rouhani said in a statement that the country’s election watchdog, the …

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11 months ago

Iran: Hardliners prevent former president Hassan Rouhani from contesting polls

Firstpost

Former Iran president Hassan Rouhani has reportedly been prevented from running for office by Iranian hardliners in charge of the candidate screening procedure for the elections scheduled for March 1. Now, all previous Iranian presidents find themselves politically isolated as a result of Rouhani’s rejection by supporters of Khamenei. Many politicians, pundits, and relatively independent media sources concur that there …

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11 months ago

Iran launches satellite that is part of a Western-criticized program as regional tensions spike

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Iran said Saturday it had conducted a successful satellite launch into its highest orbit yet, the latest for a program the West fears improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles. The United States has previously said Iran’s satellite launches defy a U.N. Security Council resolution and called on Tehran to undertake no activity involving ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. …

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11 months, 1 week ago

India, Iran sign agreement on development of Chabahar Port after Jaishankar meets Tehran officials

India TV News

Tehran: In a major development, India and Iran on Monday signed an agreement on further development of Chabahar port. The latest move came as the External Affairs Minister held a wide-ranging discussion with Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash, during his ongoing visit to Tehran. According to the social media post of EAM Jaishankar, both ministers held …

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Where Turkey stands as Syrian government falls to opposition insurgents

Iran says it conducted space launch in a program criticized by West; nuclear watchdog adds warning

Iran says it successfully launched a satellite; program is criticized by West over missile fears

Iran’s new reformist president offers hope to the West and cover for conservative establishment

Pezeshkian: Iran's new reformist president

Iranian presidential candidates accuse each other of having no plan or experience ahead of runoff

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election

Analysis: Iran’s nuclear policy of pressure and talks likely to go on even after president’s death

Death of a President: The Hindu Editorial on Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric who brought Iran closer to Russia, China

President Raisi dead in chopper crash. Why it's a blow to Iran's hardliners

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, dies in helicopter crash aged 63

Who was Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?

Who was Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi?

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in helicopter crash

India-Iran ties hit new milestone, sign 10-year contract on operating Chabahar Port

How the Israel-Iran conflict could go nuclear and is helping their leaders cling to power

Iran launches three satellites amid rising tensions with Western powers

Iran launches 3 satellites into space despite West's stern warning as tensions soar in Middle East

Iran launches 3 satellites into space as tensions rise

Iran disqualifies former moderate president from running for reelection to influential assembly

Iran: Hardliners prevent former president Hassan Rouhani from contesting polls

Iran launches satellite that is part of a Western-criticized program as regional tensions spike

India, Iran sign agreement on development of Chabahar Port after Jaishankar meets Tehran officials