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Middle East latest: UN General Assembly demands a ceasefire in Gaza

The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and expressing support for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban. Five people were killed Wednesday by at least three Israeli strikes in different towns in the southern municipality of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state news agency said. “We’re …

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Middle East latest: Israeli ambassador to US says Hezbollah ceasefire deal could come ‘within days’

Associated Press

The Israeli ambassador to Washington says a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants could be reached “within days.” Ambassador Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio on Monday there remain “points to finalize” and any deal requires agreement from the government. A top Hamas official in Lebanon says the militant group would support a Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Iran Threatens Israel and US with 'Crushing Response' Over Attacks

The Hindu

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and the U.S. with a crushing response over attacks on Iran and its allies. The supreme leader warned that any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East into a wider regional conflict just head of the U.S. presidential election this Tuesday. He did not elaborate on the timing or scope of …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over Israeli attack

The Independent

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Iran Threatens Israel and US with 'Crushing Response' Over Attacks

Associated Press

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and the US with a crushing response over attacks on Iran and its allies. The supreme leader warned that any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East into a wider regional conflict just ahead of the US presidential election this Tuesday.

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel, U.S. with 'a crushing response'

LA Times

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to a crowd during a meeting with university students in Tehran on Saturday. Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. Any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East, already teetering over the Israel-Hamas war in the …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran's Khamenei calls on Muslims to confront Israel after Hezbollah chief's death, moves to secure location

India TV News

Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday called on the Muslims of the world to unite against Israel and confront it after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrullah was killed by the Israeli strike. Reuters, based on sources, reported that Iran was in constant contact with Lebanon's Hezbollah and other regional proxy groups to determine the next step after Israel announced that …

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3 months ago

Eye on the Middle East | The India-Iran bilateral and a test of patience

Hindustan Times

Given Tehran and New Delhi’s prolonged efforts in Chabahar and India maintaining a positive political relationship with Iran despite compliance with US sanctions economically, their current partnerships are unlikely to be at risk. However, with Iran’s relationship with China burgeoning and India increasingly leaning West, the value that New Delhi sees in the overall Iran bilateral might gradually reduce, resulting …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with US over Tehran’s nuclear program

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader opened the door Tuesday to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was “no harm” in engaging with its “enemy.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks set clear red lines for any talks taking place under the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas political leader assassinated in Iran, plunging Middle East conflict into dangerous new phase

CNN

CNN — Hamas said its political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an overnight strike in the Iranian capital Tehran, a major development that throws the war between Israel and the militant group into an unpredictable and dangerous new phase. Hamas officials said Haniyeh’s death would “not pass in vain” and described the killing as a “grave escalation,” while …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Eye on the Middle East | Post Pezeshkian’s win, the said and unsaid of Iran’s future foreign policy

Hindustan Times

Writing for Iran’s partially state-controlled Tehran Times on July 12, Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian struck a balanced chord. While claiming that Europe failed to ensure effective banking transactions, effective protection of companies from US sanctions, and the promotion of investments in Iran, Pezeshkian stated, “Despite these missteps, I look forward to engaging with European countries…to set our relations on the …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

The Hindu

Iranians began voting on July 5 in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. Voters face a choice between the hard-line former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

Hindustan Times

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-liner against reformist

NPR

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-liner against reformist toggle caption Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/AP/IRIB DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner’s death and as Mideast tensions rise

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race’s sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. That attack was part of a spiral of escalating tensions between America and …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran votes in snap poll for new president after hard-liner’s death amid rising tensions in Mideast

LA Times

A woman fills out her ballot during the Iranian presidential election at a polling station in Tehran on Friday. Iranians voted Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race’s sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iranians vote to replace president killed in a helicopter crash, but apathy remains high

New Indian Express

DUBAI: Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. Then there’s the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has aligned himself with figures such …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice

Hindustan Times

ON MAY 6TH Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, travelled to Tehran and met Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister. Mr Grossi, fresh from his trip to Iran, recently spoke to The Economist about the Iranian nuclear file, as well as the other items on his forbidding to-do list, from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear-power plant in Ukraine …

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7 months ago

Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation

LA Times

Flag-draped coffins of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, during their funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad, Iran, on Thursday. Iran interred President Ebrahim Raisi at the nation’s holiest Shiite shrine Thursday, days after he was killed in a helicopter crash that added to the woes of a country already …

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7 months ago

President Raisi’s demise leaves Iran at a crossroads

Hindustan Times

On May 19, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Abdollahian and two other top provincial officials were killed in a helicopter crash in the mountainous terrain of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, bordering Azerbaijan. But, in this case, Raisi’s rise to the presidency had been systematically brought about by current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as part of a smooth …

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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

Iran's top leader tells people 'not to worry' after president's helicopter accident

China Daily

Rescue vehicles are seen following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, on May 19. TEHRAN -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday prayed for the safe return of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter made a "rough landing" earlier in the day in the northwestern province of East …

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7 months ago

Will crash trigger a crisis in Iran?

China Daily

Rescue vehicles are seen following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, on May 19. Crash has profound impact on Iran The world was shocked after getting confirmation on Monday that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have died in a helicopter crash. No reason for Israel to …

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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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Middle East latest: UN General Assembly demands a ceasefire in Gaza

Middle East latest: Israeli ambassador to US says Hezbollah ceasefire deal could come ‘within days’

Iran Threatens Israel and US with 'Crushing Response' Over Attacks

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over Israeli attack

Iran Threatens Israel and US with 'Crushing Response' Over Attacks

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel, U.S. with 'a crushing response'

Iran's Khamenei calls on Muslims to confront Israel after Hezbollah chief's death, moves to secure location

Eye on the Middle East | The India-Iran bilateral and a test of patience

Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with US over Tehran’s nuclear program

Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas political leader assassinated in Iran, plunging Middle East conflict into dangerous new phase

Eye on the Middle East | Post Pezeshkian’s win, the said and unsaid of Iran’s future foreign policy

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-liner against reformist

Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner’s death and as Mideast tensions rise

Iran votes in snap poll for new president after hard-liner’s death amid rising tensions in Mideast

Iranians vote to replace president killed in a helicopter crash, but apathy remains high

Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice

Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation

President Raisi’s demise leaves Iran at a crossroads

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

Iran's top leader tells people 'not to worry' after president's helicopter accident

Will crash trigger a crisis in Iran?

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