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The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash

Associated Press  

Iranians voted on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country’s northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. Nasser Kanaani on Friday condemned US “interference” in its domestic affairs, after the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Iran Abram Paley had said that Friday’s election was not …

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Long, fraught time line of tensions over Iran’s nuclear program ahead of its presidential election
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Long, fraught time line of tensions over Iran’s nuclear program ahead of its presidential election

Associated Press  

Iran will elect a new president Friday after the death of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. April 2015 — A framework nuclear deal is announced after months of negotiations, outlining long-term restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program and the removal of many international sanctions. March 5, 2022 — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov links restoring Iran’s nuclear deal to American sanctions targeting …

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Iran’s presidential candidates debate economic policies ahead of the June 28 vote
6 months, 1 week ago

Iran’s presidential candidates debate economic policies ahead of the June 28 vote

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Six presidential candidates on Monday discussed Iran’s economic problems in a four-hour live debate on state TV, ahead of the June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash last month that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. Among those running for president are also Iran’s vice-president, Amir Hossein Qazizadeh Hashemi, 53, and the current Tehran mayor, …

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Iran remains an important regional player
6 months, 1 week ago

Iran remains an important regional player

China Daily  

People gather to mourn for the death of the late Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Tehran, Iran May 20, 2024. As Iran gears up for the snap presidential election following the tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month, how will its foreign policy toward key countries in the region and beyond evolve? Iran is likely …

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Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran’s reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran’s reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — By the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a helicopter ferrying him, the foreign minister and six others, thick clouds already had begun forming around the mountaintops along the Azerbaijan-Iran border. “Iran is a culture of dualities,” said Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near-East Policy who …

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UN tribute to Iran's late President Raisi marred by protests, European and US snubs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UN tribute to Iran's late President Raisi marred by protests, European and US snubs

Hindustan Times  

The UN General Assembly's tribute to Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations on Thursday amid protests against honouring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on opponents. “The United States will not attend today's United Nations tribute event for President Raisi in any capacity,” Nate Evans, spokesperson for the US Mission to …

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UN tribute to Iran's late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UN tribute to Iran's late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The United States will not attend today’s United Nations …

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UN tribute to Iran’s late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UN tribute to Iran’s late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly’s tribute to Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations on Thursday amid protests against honoring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on opponents. “The United States will not attend today’s United Nations tribute event for President Raisi in any capacity,” Nate Evans, spokesperson for the …

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UN holds tribute for late Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi, US to boycott event
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UN holds tribute for late Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi, US to boycott event

India TV News  

New York: The United States has decided to boycott a United Nations event paying tribute to Ebrahim Raisi, the late Iranian leader who was killed earlier this month in a helicopter crash along with his foreign minister and other officials, according to a US official. The US Treasury in 2019 sanctioned Raisi “for his administrative oversight over the executions of …

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US says not able to help Iran in crisis
7 months ago

US says not able to help Iran in crisis

China Daily  

A view of the wreckage of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter at the crash site on a mountain in Varzaghan area, northwestern Iran, May 20, 2024. The United States on Monday said it had been unable, due largely to logistical reasons, to accept an Iranian request for assistance following a helicopter crash over the weekend that killed Iranian President Ebrahim …

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Iran Helicopter Crash: Death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Murder or Accident? Watch Full News
7 months ago

Iran Helicopter Crash: Death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Murder or Accident? Watch Full News

ABP News  

America has expressed condolences on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Matthew Miller said that Iran had asked for help in finding Raisi's helicopter, but the US did not fulfill Iran's demand. Miller said Ibrahim Raisi, who died in the helicopter crash, was a brutal participant in the oppression of the Iranian people for nearly …

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Iran helicopter crash: Mohammad Mokhber becomes acting president
7 months ago

Iran helicopter crash: Mohammad Mokhber becomes acting president

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. Among the dead were Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, a senior cleric …

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World reacts to the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi
7 months ago

World reacts to the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi

Al Jazeera  

World leaders have expressed their condolences on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Egypt A statement from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that “The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt … prays that the deceased Iranian President and the departed may rest in God Almighty’s mercy, and grant their families patience and solace, …

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Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others could reverberate across Middle East
7 months ago

Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others could reverberate across Middle East

LA Times  

People hold up posters of President Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony for him Monday at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran. The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep. That’s because Iran has spent decades …

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Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others could reverberate across the Middle East
7 months ago

Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others could reverberate across the Middle East

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep. That’s because Iran has spent decades supporting armed groups and militants in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and the Palestinian territories, allowing it to project power …

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Saudi Arabia, Russia, Gulf states offer Iran assistance in Raisi chopper search
7 months ago

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Gulf states offer Iran assistance in Raisi chopper search

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia on Sunday voiced "great concern" after Iranian state media reported that a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi had gone missing, and offered to help with the response. Emergency personnel walk in a foggy area following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Iranian search and rescue teams were scouring …

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US warns Pakistan of doing ‘trade’ with Iran amid President Raisi’s visit: ‘Potential risk of sanctions if…’
8 months ago

US warns Pakistan of doing ‘trade’ with Iran amid President Raisi’s visit: ‘Potential risk of sanctions if…’

Live Mint  

The United States on Tuesday warned Pakistan of ‘potential risk of sanctions’ for considering business deals with Iran amid President Ebrahim Raisi's three-day visit to the Islamic nation. “We're going to continue to disrupt and take actions against proliferation networks and concerning weapons of mass destruction procurement activities wherever they may occur,” US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel …

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Iran's President makes no mention of explosions
8 months ago

Iran's President makes no mention of explosions

The Hindu  

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on April 19 hailed Tehran's unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel almost a week ago but did not mention explosions heard in his country's central region. World leaders called for de-escalation, after United States media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on Iran, after the Islamic republic's missile and drone attack against Israel. Analysis …

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Iran blames Israel for blasts, says punishment will be ‘regrettable, severe’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran blames Israel for blasts, says punishment will be ‘regrettable, severe’

Hindustan Times  

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday accused Israel of being behind the twin explosions during a memorial ceremony that killed more than 100 people in Iran. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a commemoration for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone attack in 2020. The Iranian president also warned that Israel's punishment …

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Israel-Hamas War: Iran accuses US of 'encouraging' Israel to kill Palestinians
1 year, 1 month ago

Israel-Hamas War: Iran accuses US of 'encouraging' Israel to kill Palestinians

Firstpost  

Iran financially and militarily backs Hamas but insists it had no involvement in the Palestinian Islamist group’s October 7 attacks on Israel, the worst in the country’s 75-year history. Accusing the United States of “encouraging” Israel to kill and carry out “cruel acts” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday said that a ceasefire must …

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US accomplice in Israel 'crimes': Iran's president at ‘Down with America’ rally
1 year, 2 months ago

US accomplice in Israel 'crimes': Iran's president at ‘Down with America’ rally

Hindustan Times  

Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi accused the United States of being an accomplice in Israeli "crimes" after a rocket struck a hospital complex in war-torn Gaza. Ebrahim Raisi said, “The people of the world consider America to be an accomplice in the crimes of the Zionist regime” as thousands of people gathered in central Tehran in solidarity with the Palestinians. "With …

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Iran’s president says US should ease sanctions to demonstrate it wants to return to nuclear deal
1 year, 3 months ago

Iran’s president says US should ease sanctions to demonstrate it wants to return to nuclear deal

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Wednesday that relations with the United States can move forward if the Biden administration demonstrates it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and a first step should be easing sanctions. The Iranian leader added: “We have not left the table of negotiations.” Raisi said the American withdrawal from the 2015 …

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Iran’s president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal
1 year, 3 months ago

Iran’s president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Tuesday that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. Addressing the annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, Raisi said the American withdrawal from …

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Iran’s president denies sending drones and other weapons to Russia and decries US meddling
1 year, 3 months ago

Iran’s president denies sending drones and other weapons to Russia and decries US meddling

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Iran’s president on Monday denied his country had sent drones to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine, even as the United States accuses Iran of not only providing the weapons but helping Russia build a plant to manufacture them. “We are against the war in Ukraine,” President Ebrahim Raisi said as he met with media …

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