Haniyeh was the face of Hamas’ international diplomacy as an Israeli offensive destroyed Gaza.
President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered his first major public speech since his election win earlier this month.
With the supreme leader calling the shots on all state matters, incoming president Pezeshkian is not expected to usher in major shifts on Iran’s policies like Tehran’s support for militia groups across the region.
It means market fragmentation, economic destruction, social upheaval and loss of lives. In a fractured world today, it could trigger another world war.
Malaysia’s coastguard said that one of two large oil tankers involved in a fiery collision had left the site of the accident and was believed to have turned off its tracking system.
Though new leader Pezeshkian favours reviving a 2015 nuclear deal, Blinken says Tehran’s atomic activities are ‘actually moving forward’.
The Secret Service boosted the ex-US president’s protection after learning of the threat, which Iran has denied.
Masoud Pezeshkian says the two sides can explore ‘numerous areas of cooperation’ if the Europeans set aside their ‘self-arrogated moral supremacy’.
Analysts expect Iran’s reformist president-elect to steer Tehran towards re-engagement with the West, in a boost for its Beijing ties.
Upon electing a reformist as president, Iran’s political system and international pressures complicate the prospects of what can be achieved.
Iranians vote to replace the late president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash last month.
Iranians are choosing from a tightly controlled group of four candidates loyal to the supreme leader, at a time of growing public frustration.
New footage circulating on social media appears to show the moments leading up to last week’s attack on the M/V Tutor in the Red Sea.
Zhenyu Wang and Daniel Ray Lane schemed with co-conspirators to evade US economic sanctions against Iran, the US Justice Department said.
The death of Raisi in a helicopter crash last month has triggered a race among hardliners to influence the selection of Khamenei’s successor.
At the UN General Assembly on Thursday, nations praised Ebrahim Raisi’s legacy while others boycotted the tribute event for Iran’s late president.
The covert campaigns used the ChatGPT- maker’s AI tools to try to manipulate public opinion or shape political outcomes.
International inspectors issue quarterly safeguards report on Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
The 63-year-old leader, widely seen as a candidate to succeed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, died four days earlier in a helicopter crash.
Tehran has stressed political continuity, even as analysts caution that a ‘harsh struggle’ is expected in the race to become Iran’s next president.
The United States said that arch-enemy Iran sought assistance over a helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi, as Washington meanwhile offered condolences.
Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday aged 63, was contender to succeed Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran’s first vice-president, Mohammad Mokhber, could become president in the event of Ebrahim Raisi’s death, according to protocol.
The US$370 million project is key to New Delhi’s plans to ramp up trade with Central Asia and promote it as a counterweight to Beijing’s growing economic presence in the region.
The alleged drone shoot down comes as the Houthis launch attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, demanding Israel ends the war in Gaza.
Success of the US$17 billion Iraq Development Road depends on Iraq-Turkey ties, which have been fraught over oil exports and militant issues, analysts say.