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Iran’s Khamenei says al-Assad ouster a US-Israel ‘plot’, blames ‘neighbour’

Supreme leader says Iranian intel warned of ‘enemy’ threats, denies ‘axis of resistance’ is weakened by fall of key ally. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the United States and Israel of orchestrating the toppling of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while also blaming a “neighbouring” country of Syria. Speaking hours after al-Assad fled Syria on Sunday, US …

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1 month ago

'Arrest warrant not enough, death sentence needed': Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei on Netanyahu

Firstpost

Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for a death sentence for him Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that an arrest warrant is not enough for Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu. Instead of an arrest warrant, a death sentence must be issued …

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1 month ago

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, 1 week ago

Khamenei unwell, Iran might have secretly elected its next supreme leader

India Today

Amid a confrontation with Israel, Iran has a crisis at home. Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei is said to be seriously unwell, and his second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been chosen to lead the Shia Islamic nation. The report by Iran International comes just weeks after The New York Times reported on a secret battle in Iran to succeed Ali …

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‘Avoid the trap’: Khamenei aide warns Iran govt against ‘instinctive’ counter-attack on Israel

Firstpost

Israeli warplanes struck military sites in Iran on October 26 in retaliation for a large Iranian missile attack on Israel at the start of the month Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd while attending a ceremony marking 30th death anniversary of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, shown in the poster at rear, at his mausoleum …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Iran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei clubs India with Gaza

Op India

On Monday, the Supreme leader of Iran, Seyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei resorted to spreading an anti-India agenda. We cannot consider ourselves to be Muslims if we are oblivious to the suffering that a Muslim is enduring in #Myanmar, #Gaza, #India, or any other place.” It is pertinent to note that the Iranian Supreme leader made the anti-India post while vying …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran’s Khamenei vows ‘harsh punishment’ for Israel after Haniyeh killing

Al Jazeera

Supreme leader says avenging Haniyeh’s assassination is Tehran’s duty as Iran announces three days of mourning. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has promised “harsh punishment” for Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. “The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our house and made us bereaved,” Khamenei said …

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5 months ago

Iran’s new President and the art of complexity management

Hindustan Times

The election of Masoud Pezeshkian as the ninth Iranian President was no surprise for all those eligible voters who refused to vote or hesitated to approve the Iranian regime nearly two years after the national unrest which followed the death of Mahsa Amini in custody of the moral police in Tehran. In a speech on June 25, Iran’s supreme leader, …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reformist Pezeshkian Wins Iran's Presidential Runoff

Deccan Chronicle

DUBAI: Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign and long has held Supreme Leader …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election over hard-liner

LA Times

Masoud Pezeshkian clenches his fist after voting, accompanied by former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, in Shahr-e-Qods, Iran. Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran election 2024: Iran holds presidential vote with limited choices

The Hindu

Iranians will vote for a new president on June 28 following Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash, choosing from a tightly controlled group of four candidates loyal to the supreme leader, at a time of growing public frustration. While the election is unlikely to bring a major shift in the Islamic Republic's policies, the outcome could influence the succession …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Polls close in Iran’s snap presidential election

Al Jazeera

Four candidates are in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash in May. While the election is unlikely to bring a major shift in the Islamic Republic’s policies, its outcome could influence the succession to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s 85-year-old supreme leader, in power since 1989. Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said voter …

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6 months ago

Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran’s next president

Associated Press

Six candidates have been approved by Iran’s theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with several other officials in May. Iran’s former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who served under the relative-moderate President Hassan Rouhani and helped strike the nuclear deal, has backed him. In 2006, the …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others. All candidates ultimately must be approved by Iran’s 12-member Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists ultimately …

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7 months ago

Iran prepares to bury late President, Foreign Minister and others killed in helicopter crash

The Hindu

Iran on May 23 prepared to inter its late President at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in the Islamic Republic, a final sign of respect for a protege of Iran’s supreme leader killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. President Ebrahim Raisi’s burial at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad caps days of processionals through much of Iran, …

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7 months ago

What comes next for Iran after Raisi’s death?

The Hindu

Being Iran’s President is not easy. Ebrahim Raisi, the 63-year-old hardline cleric who became Iran’s eighth President in August 2021, was doing just that, until May 19, 2024, when he was killed in a helicopter crash. When Raisi became President, all branches of Iran’s government — executive, judiciary and legislature — came under the control of conservatives. For years, Iran’s …

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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

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

What’s next for Iran’s government after death of its president in helicopter crash?

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — The death of Iran’s president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in Iran’s ruling system or to its overarching policies, which are decided by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash Sunday, was seen as a prime candidate to succeed the 85-year-old supreme leader, and his death makes it …

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7 months ago

Iranian president and FM well remembered for competency and achievements

China Daily

While the tragic demise of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash gripped the headlines, the duo have been notably remembered for their tireless dedication to their nation. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei announced on his X account, formerly Twitter his "deep sorrow and regret" for what he called the "bitter news of the …

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7 months ago

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner who crushed dissent, dies at 63

NPR

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner who crushed dissent, dies at 63 Enlarge this image toggle caption Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran via Getty Images Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran via Getty Images Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner who was seen as a potential successor to the country's aging …

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7 months ago

Iran’s president has died in office. Here’s what happens next

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. CNN — Once seen as a likely successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, President Ebrahim Raisi has died in office, leaving the Islamic Republic’s hardline establishment facing an uncertain future. “Real alternatives to Iran’s hardliners have simply …

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7 months ago

Raisi's death unlikely to change Iran foreign policy: Analysts

New Indian Express

PARIS: The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash could lead to a period of political instability but is unlikely to change Iran's foreign policy or its role in the Middle East, analysts said on Monday. "A successor may emerge who is as conservative and loyal to the system as Raisi was," said Ali Vaez, an Iran …

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7 months ago

Iran’s hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams and people are seen …

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Iran’s Khamenei says al-Assad ouster a US-Israel ‘plot’, blames ‘neighbour’

'Arrest warrant not enough, death sentence needed': Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei on Netanyahu

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

Khamenei unwell, Iran might have secretly elected its next supreme leader

‘Avoid the trap’: Khamenei aide warns Iran govt against ‘instinctive’ counter-attack on Israel

Iran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei clubs India with Gaza

Iran’s Khamenei vows ‘harsh punishment’ for Israel after Haniyeh killing

Iran’s new President and the art of complexity management

Reformist Pezeshkian Wins Iran's Presidential Runoff

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election over hard-liner

Iran election 2024: Iran holds presidential vote with limited choices

Polls close in Iran’s snap presidential election

Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran’s next president

Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash

Iran prepares to bury late President, Foreign Minister and others killed in helicopter crash

What comes next for Iran after Raisi’s death?

President Raisi’s demise leaves Iran at a crossroads

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

What’s next for Iran’s government after death of its president in helicopter crash?

Iranian president and FM well remembered for competency and achievements

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner who crushed dissent, dies at 63

Iran’s president has died in office. Here’s what happens next

Raisi's death unlikely to change Iran foreign policy: Analysts

Iran’s hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region