Tag: Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran’s Khamenei formally grants Masoud Pezeshkian presidential powers

July 28, 2024 admin

Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, left, sits next to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave his official endorsement to reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic’s ninth president on July 28, following elections earlier this month. In a message read by the director of Mr….

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Iran’s presidential contenders face hurdle of voter apathy

July 2, 2024 admin

Presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili attend an election debate at a television studio in Tehran, on July 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS A zealous anti-Westerner and the low-key moderate hoping to become Iran’s next president could struggle to mobilise millions of supporters on July 5’s run-off election amid voter apathy about a…

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World leaders who died in air crashes

May 20, 2024 admin

(From left) Ramon Magsaysay, General Zia-ul-Haq, Ebrahim Raisi, Sebastian Pinera, and Samora Machel. On Monday, officials and state media announced that Ebrahim Raisi, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a hardliner considered a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border. The charred…

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Hamas says Iran attack on Israel ‘legitimate and deserved’

April 18, 2024 admin

A Long exposure photo taken from a position in northern Israel near the border with southern Lebanon, shows a rocket fired from Israel heading towards southern Lebanon on April 17, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. | Photo Credit: AFP Palestinian militant group…

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