Absence of Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei becomes ideological and political liability for the Islamic Republic
Mojtaba Khamenei’s three brothers are not seen as significant political players in Iran – or likely to become so – though they have all become senior clerics. But Ali Khomeini, a grandson of the founder of Iran’s 1979 revolution, will speak on Mojtaba’s behalf at a mourning ceremony on Friday, a nod to the way such family ties are used to emphasise continuity in the clerical system.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy hits US military bases, which coincided with burial of slain leader Ali Khamenei
Iranian armed forces launched attacks on US military infrastructure in Gulf States on Thursday following US strikes on Iran’s southern coastal and eastern provinces, further eroding a three-week-old ceasefire. Iranian media later reported multiple explosions across southern Iran, including Bushehr, where one of the country’s nuclear plants is located, along...
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei a no-show at father’s funeral as three other pray beside his coffin
On Sunday, tens of thousands more mourners, including soldiers, seminary students and ordinary men and women filed into the Mosalla to pay their respects to Khamenei and his family, waving flags emblazoned with promises of revenge against America and Israel.
‘Let us wail!’ Iranians flock to slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral after wartime death
Thousands of US and Israeli airstrikes hit a range of military targets, energy and civilian infrastructure during weeks of war that began with the killing of Khamenei on February 28. The attacks killed more than 3,000 people in Iran, according to state media.
Iran profiles US as a party that ‘constantly changes its views, as I rejects Washington’s response to Tehran’s 14-point peace plan
On Febraury 28, Israel and the United States launched joint strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities, killing then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, senior military commanders, and civilians.
Portraying Iran as a threat is a ‘product of political and economic whims of the powerful’ – Iran president tells Americans
The Iranian people harbour no enmity toward other nations, including the people of America, Europe or neighbouring countries.
United Nations sets up taskforce to monitor Strait of Hormuz as Middle East hostilities rise
United Nations said Friday the World Health Organization reported that aid shipments are getting “back on track” from Dubai, one of its key relief hubs.
Tracking mistrust between Washington and Tehran that could prolong US-Israel-Iran war
Iran’s state media has denied that Iran has engaged in any peace talks with the United States. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no negotiations have occurred with the United States, and that “fake news” has been used to “manipulate” the oil markets.
Tehran vows strong retaliation if Trump makes good threats of sweeping strikes on Iran’s power infrastructure
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said that energy and oil infrastructure across the region could face “irreversible” destruction if the United States targets Iran’s power plants.
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