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Iranians Vote in Elections as Voting Extended until Midnight

par This Is Beirut, 01/03 21:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iranians voted on Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout and with conservatives expected to tighten their grip on power. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has called for a strong turnout, was the first to cast his ballot, at a polling station in central Tehran, state television ...

US CENTCOM Commander in Israel Amid Iran Threat Fears

par This Is Beirut, 11/04 23:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The top US commander for the Middle East, general Michael Erik Kurilla, is in Israel for talks on security threats with the country's military officials, the Pentagon said Thursday. The visit comes amid fears that Iran will retaliate after an Israeli strike that killed seven members of Tehran's elite Revolutionary Guards, including two generals, ...

Iran Hangs Two Women as It Ramps Up Executions

par This Is Beirut, 18/05 15:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran on Saturday hanged at least seven people, including two women, while a member of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as the Islamic republic further intensified its use of capital punishment, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said in a statement. Parvin Mousavi, 53, a mother of two grown-up children, was hanged in ...

Is Iran's Government Preparing for the Post-Raïssi Era?

par This Is Beirut, 19/05 19:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Is Tehran preparing for the possibility of the deaths of its President and Foreign Minister, following a helicopter crash on Sunday? Rescue operations continue in search of the site where Iranian President Ebrahim Raissi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's helicopter "crashed" on Sunday. However, Tehran already seems to be preparing ...

Exiled Iranian Opposition Group Says Raisi Death Is a 'Monumental Blow' to Iran

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 13:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash is a major blow to the Islamic regime, an exiled opposition group said Monday, predicting a succession of crises. The People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) and its political wing, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), have long detested Raisi, accusing him of involvement ...

Raisi’s Death Reshuffles Cards for Khamenei Succession

par This Is Beirut, 21/05 20:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Considered a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's death on Sunday has reshaped the succession process. The death in a helicopter crash of president Ebrahim Raisi, seen as a possible successor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reshuffled the cards in the succession process and ...

Huge Crowds Gather in Tehran for Raisi's Funeral Procession

par This Is Beirut, 22/05 14:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Huge crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of the capital Tehran on Wednesday for the funeral procession of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash. In the city centre, mourners clutching portraits of Raisi gathered in and around the University of Tehran, where Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led ...

Arab Leaders Flock to Tehran for Raisi's Funeral

par This Is Beirut, 23/05 00:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Various heads of state and officials from various countries arrived in Tehran on Wednesday, to attend the memorial event of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led funeral prayers at the memorial ceremony. Five days of national mourning were ...

Iran Opens Registration for Presidential Candidates

par This Is Beirut, 30/05 11:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran on Thursday began the formal registration of presidential candidates ahead of a snap vote next month to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash. "Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections began at 8 am (0430 GMT)... at the interior ministry," the official IRNA news agency said. Presidential hopefuls ...

Iran's Khamenei Predicts the "Destruction" of Israel Over Gaza War

par This Is Beirut, 03/06 15:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday praised Hamas' unprecedented October 7 attack against Israel and predicted the "destruction" of their common enemy. Khamenei, 85, was speaking at an event to mark 35 years since the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. He said that the October 7 attack ...

Iran: Khamenei Calls for "High Participation" in Presidential Election

par This Is Beirut, 25/06 13:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called for "high participation" in Friday's presidential election to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash. "We emphasise the importance of high participation (in the election) because it is the pride of the Islamic Republic," Khamenei declared in a televised ...

Iran Heads to the Polls, as Reformists Hope to Breakthrough

par This Is Beirut, 28/06 10:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the polls where reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, 69, hopes for a breakthrough win against a divided conservative camp. The Guardian Council ...

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