Iran
Khamenei protégé, sole moderate neck and neck in Iran presidential race
A citizen is viewed in entrance of the candidates posters for the 14th presidential elections on the streets in advance of the early presidential election in Tehran, Iran on June 27, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images A low-vital moderate and a protégé of Iran’s supreme leader are neck-and-neck in the vote count in […]
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Iran votes for its new president amid financial strife, crackdowns and regional war
Iranian women solid their ballots at a polling station all through elections to select associates of parliament and a key clerical human body, in Tehran on March 1, 2024. ATTA KENARE | AFP Iran is voting for its next president Friday in a snap election subsequent the surprising dying of previous President Ebrahim Raisi in […]
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Israel warns of ‘devastating consequences’ as spike in fire with Lebanon risks wider conflict
Smoke and flame rise after Hezbollah carried out a missile attack on Safed city, northern Israel on June 12, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images A senior U.S. adviser will travel to Israel in a bid to cool rising tensions at the Lebanon border, where recent rains of missiles have reignited the risk of […]
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Iran’s upcoming snap elections: A battle of anti-western hardliners
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei leads funeral prayer for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials who died in a helicopter crash at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran on May 22, 2024. Iranian Leader Press Office | Anadolu | Getty Images Iran is holding snap elections on […]
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U.S. dismissed evidence key U.K. financial institution was assisting fund sanctioned Iranian teams, whistleblower suggests
Key Points London-based mostly Regular Chartered, which primarily serves clientele in rising marketplaces, was previously punished with extra than $1.7 billion in fines right after admitting in 2012 and 2019 to violating sanctions on Iran and other blacklisted nations around the world. The lender denies that it ran transactions for any companies specified as terrorists. […]
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Iran’s President Raisi is dead. What does the leadership void mean for the country and the world?
The President of Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi during the meeting with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres UN Headquarters. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images The sudden death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash plunges Tehran into fresh uncertainty at a time when it already faces deep economic decline, popular discontent, […]
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Iranian President Raisi feared dead following helicopter crash as state media says ‘no sign of life’
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a meeting with the cabinet in Tehran, Iran, October 8, 2023. Wana News Agency | Reuters Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is feared to have died in a helicopter crash along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, state media reported Monday. Iranian state television reported there was “no sign of life” […]
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Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says without further details
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi looks on during a press conference concluding his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2023. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating. Raisi was traveling in […]
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Israel and Iran: All-out war, or measured retaliation?
A banner depicting missiles and drones flying earlier a torn Israeli flag, with textual content in Persian examining “the next slap will be more durable” and in Hebrew “your next blunder will be the conclude of your phony point out”, hangs on the facade of a setting up in Palestine Square in Tehran on April […]
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Oil rates bounce 3% on stories of explosions in Iran
A perspective of oil-nicely in action all through sunset at Elk Hills Oil Area as gasoline prices on the rise in California, United States on April 14, 2024. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Illustrations or photos Oil rates jumped a lot more than 3% after unconfirmed stories of explosions near the Iranian city of […]
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