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Hardline Iranian cleric Raisi gets second powerful job in a week: IRNA
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Hardline Iranian cleric Raisi gets second powerful job in a week: IRNA

GENEVA (Reuters) – Hardline Iranian cleric Ebrahim Raisi was elected on Tuesday as deputy chief of the Assembly of Experts,…
Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani flexes political muscle
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Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani flexes political muscle

(Reuters) – Qassem Soleimani’s role in a political crisis in Iran highlights the influence of the leader of the Revolutionary…
Iran president rejects FM Zarif’s resignation
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Iran president rejects FM Zarif’s resignation

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation on Wednesday, the government’s official website said. “I believe…
Khamenei says talks with US can only ‘harm’ Iran
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Khamenei says talks with US can only ‘harm’ Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that negotiations with the US “will bring nothing but…
Iran slams US as huge crowds mark 40 years since revolution
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Iran slams US as huge crowds mark 40 years since revolution

Iran’s president on Monday blasted a US “conspiracy” against the country as vast crowds marked 40 years since the Iranian…
Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still potent weapon
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Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still potent weapon

Thirty years after Iran called for the killing of Salman Rushdie, the British novelist remains a figure of hate for…
Ebadi urges weakening Iran rulers on revolution anniversary
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Ebadi urges weakening Iran rulers on revolution anniversary

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said she first had doubts about the 1979 Islamic Revolution…
Long lines to buy meat illustrate Iran economic woes
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Long lines to buy meat illustrate Iran economic woes

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the frigid air of a Tehran winter, a mother of two stands in a long…
Iran accuses Israel of failed cyber attack
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Iran accuses Israel of failed cyber attack

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s telecommunications minister accused Israel on Monday of a new cyber attack on its telecommunications infrastructure, and…
Iran’s Khamenei says the world opposes Trump’s decisions: TV
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Iran’s Khamenei says the world opposes Trump’s decisions: TV

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s top leader said on Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies face opposition across the world as…
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