Many thousands of mourners packed the streets of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad on Thursday for the funeral of President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed four days ago in …
“Oh Allah, we didn’t see anything but good from him,” Khamenei said in the standard prayer for the dead in Arabic, the language of Islam’s holy book, the Quran. Crowds …
He pointed out that Iran’s strategic decisions are set by the supreme leader and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), not by the president. “Expect continued rigidity in US relations …
Iran’s first vice-president, Mohammad Mokhber, is expected assume the presidency after Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash as the country gears up for early elections. The Iranian constitution stipulates …
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A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating. Raisi was travelling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV …
Iranian state media on Friday reported that several small flying objects had been shot at in the skies over the central province of Isfahan.Earlier on Friday, state news agency IRNA …
Iran’s foreign ministry was not immediately available to comment. The Omani government did not immediately respond to emailed questions for comment, sent during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday. The aftermath …
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart – their second since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war – as fears persisted that a second …
About 900 additional US troops are headed to the region or have recently arrived there to bolster air defences to protect US personnel amid a surge in attacks in the …