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On February 28, the U.S. and Israel assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the 86-year-old Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with a number of other leaders. On March 17, an Israeli air strike killed Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s National Security Council. The next day, Iran’s intelligence minister was killed. This is not…
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North Korea respects Iran’s choice of a new supreme leader, state media said on Wednesday (March 11, 2026), accusing the U.S. and Israel of undermining regional peace. Pyongyang, a longstanding U.S. adversary, has previously condemned the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran as an “illegal act of aggression”. Defying U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to have a…
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Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File | Photo Credit: AFP Iran’s Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, state media reported on Sunday (March 8, 2026). Mr. Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric with close ties to…
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Smoke rises above Riyadh, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters An Indian national is among two killed after a projectile fell on a residential location in Saudi Arabia on Sunday (March 8, 2026), officials said. The military projectile fell in a residential area in Saudi Arabia’s…
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