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Iran’s Mehdi Torabi is seen during a practice session. Winger Mehdi Torabi was only issued a single-entry visa instead of the multiple-entry visa given to other Iranian national team players to take part in the global spectacle. File | Photo Credit: Reuters An Iranian national football team player’s United States visa has expired, state media…
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Tehran’s Milad Tower, the tallest structure in Iran, stands as a symbol of the revolutionary state’s engineering ambitions. Rising 435 metres, including its 120-metre antenna, the tower’s octagonal concrete shaft joins a pod with 12 floors housing observation decks, a cafe, and a museum. Above it, the antenna pierces Tehran’s smoggy skyline. From the deck…
Smoke rises after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers, which house the Israeli Embassy, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, March 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Bahraini court sentenced nine defendants to life in prison and two others to three years in jail for collaborating…
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Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they wave Iranian flags during their gathering at a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, on May 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said, hardening Tehran’s stance on one of…
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People gather at a farewell ceremony for Iran’s national soccer team ahead of their departure to the 2026 World Cup, in Tehran. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS Iran’s national football team was headed to Turkiye on Monday (May 18, 2026) to play a final friendly match and apply for visas to fly to the United…
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. File image: AFP PHOTO / HO /ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY (ICANA) Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who recently emerged as a chief negotiator in talks with the United States, has been appointed to oversee relations with China, Iranian media reported on Sunday (May 17, 2026). “Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has…
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In its proposal, Iran had called for an end of the war on all fronts including Israel’s campaign in Lebanon, as well as a halt to the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports in place since April 13. File. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian media said on Sunday (May 17, 2026) that the United States…
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The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting that concluded here on Friday (May 15, 2026), reaffirmed the grouping’s call for the creation of an ‘independent and viable State of Palestine’ within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Published – May 16, 2026 11:41 am IST Source link
(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) We are living through devastating wars that seem never ending. Nearly 75,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Around 3,000 people have died in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since early March this…
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the reporters at the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (May 11, 2026) said the ceasefire with Iran was at its “weakest” and on “massive life support”, a day after he rejected…
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