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Jun 29, 20243 min read
Moderate Pezeshkian makes it to Iran presidential run-off
DUBAI - In an election campaign dominated by hardliners, Iranian presidential hopeful Massoud Pezeshkian stood out as a moderate, backing...


Jun 29, 20243 min read
Iran presidential candidate Jalili is fiercely loyal to Khamenei
DUBAI - Saeed Jalili, a zealous ideologue loyal to Iran's supreme leader, plans to resolve the country's social, political and economic...


Jun 29, 20242 min read
Exclusive-Iran installs half of planned new centrifuges at Fordow, IAEA report says
VIENNA - Iran has installed half the advanced uranium-enriching machines it said earlier this month it would quickly add to its Fordow...


Jun 28, 20243 min read
Iranians vote in presidential election with limited choices
DUBAI - Iranians voted on Friday for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, choosing from a tightly...


Jun 28, 20243 min read
Iran holds presidential vote with limited choices
DUBAI - Iranians will vote for a new president on Friday following Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash, choosing from a tightly...


Jun 27, 20244 min read
Iran election hopefuls struggle to offer fix for economic woes
DUBAI - Candidates in Friday's Iranian presidential election have vowed to revive the flagging economy, but voters see little prospect of...


Jun 24, 20243 min read
For Iran's youth, legacy of 2022 clashes shapes presidential race
DUBAI - Atousa joined angry protests against Iran's rulers in 2022 that loyalists like Reza helped crush. Two years on, the two young...


Jun 21, 20244 min read
Analysis-Israel and Hezbollah faceoff raises risk of wider conflict
JERUSALEM - Regular puffs of smoke from missile intercepts over northern Israel and fires from air strikes in southern Lebanon are...


Jun 21, 20241 min read
Iran condemns Canada's listing of Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group
DUBAI -Iran condemned Canada's listing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as "an unwise and...


Jun 19, 20243 min read
Israel, Lebanon escalate rhetoric as US tries to prevent war
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM -Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday warned that a decision on an all-out war with Hezbollah was coming soon...


Jun 15, 20241 min read
Sweden and Iran carry out prisoner swap, officials say
STOCKHOLM - Sweden has freed convicted former Iranian official Hamid Noury, Iran's top human rights official Kazem Gharib Abadi said on...


Jun 15, 20241 min read
France, Germany, Britain condemn Iran's steps to expand nuclear programme
PARIS - France, Germany and Britain on Saturday condemned Iran’s latest steps, as reported by the IAEA, to further expand its nuclear...
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