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Iran Skeptical About Progress in US Nuclear Energy Talks

Iran Skeptical About Progress in US Nuclear Energy Talks

Tue 20 May 2025 16:12 CEST

Iran's highest leader, Ayatolla Ali Khamenei, says he doubts the ongoing nuclear energy talks with the USA. He also dismisses American criticism of the country's nuclear energy

Iran: General Killed in Gyrocopter Crash

Iran: General Killed in Gyrocopter Crash

Mon 4 Nov 2024 09:53 CET

A general in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has died in a plane crash in a conflict-ridden area, according to the country's state-controlled media.

Iran's President Opens Up for Talks on Nuclear Energy

Iran's President Opens Up for Talks on Nuclear Energy

Mon 16 Sept 2024 19:02 CEST

Iran's president leaves the door ajar for future international negotiations on the country's nuclear energy program. He demands that Iran's morality police do not "bother" women

Iran: Bad Weather Behind Presidential Crash

Iran: Bad Weather Behind Presidential Crash

Sun 1 Sept 2024 21:34 CEST

Iran: Bad weather behind the fatal crash

Iran: Bad weather behind the fatal crash

Wed 21 Aug 2024 20:48 CEST

Khamenei: "Europe has behaved badly"

Khamenei: "Europe has behaved badly"

Mon 29 Jul 2024 05:26 CEST

Iran's highest leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urges the newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian to ensure that the country is on good terms with countries that have supported Iran in foreign policy. European countries have behaved badly, according to the Ayatollah

Iran: Ready for "Constructive Dialogue" with EU

Iran: Ready for "Constructive Dialogue" with EU

Sat 13 Jul 2024 09:15 CEST

Lawyer who criticized the regime arrested in Iran

Lawyer who criticized the regime arrested in Iran

Sun 7 Jul 2024 15:09 CEST

An Iranian lawyer who criticized how the government handled the protests in 2022, when massive demonstrations against the regime broke out following the death of a young woman in the morality police's custody, has been arrested.

Dictators and Militia Leaders Congratulate Pezeshkian

Dictators and Militia Leaders Congratulate Pezeshkian

Sat 6 Jul 2024 12:54 CEST

Iran's newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian is congratulated by Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Syria's dictator al-Assad and Shia militia Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah.

"Reformist" New President in Iran – Promises Change

"Reformist" New President in Iran – Promises Change

Sat 6 Jul 2024 05:44 CEST

The heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian has won the presidential election in Iran. In the election condemned by the outside world, only candidates loyal to the Islamic regime were allowed to stand

How Iran's Rigged Election Can Cause Trouble for the Dictator

How Iran's Rigged Election Can Cause Trouble for the Dictator

Fri 5 Jul 2024 11:04 CEST

Friday's Iranian presidential election can affect the relationship with the West. The situation for the population is not expected to change regardless of the winner – both candidates are loyal to the Islamic regime

No Clear Winner in Iran - Decision in New Round

No Clear Winner in Iran - Decision in New Round

Sat 29 Jun 2024 05:57 CEST

None of the candidates received over 50 percent of the votes in Friday's presidential election in Iran, announces the Ministry of the Interior. This means that a new round of voting awaits next Friday

Iranians go to the polls – without a chance to influence

Iranians go to the polls – without a chance to influence

Fri 28 Jun 2024 11:21 CEST

Today, an extraordinary presidential election is being held in Iran since the previous president, Ebrahim Raisi, died in a helicopter crash. A show for the galleries, according to Iran expert Arvin Khoshnood, who predicts a record-low voter turnout

Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence

Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence

Sun 16 Jun 2024 15:51 CEST

From murderers and war criminals to wrongly convicted. The Iranian version of Saturday's prisoner exchange is a reversed mirror image of the Swedish one

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

Mon 10 Jun 2024 07:06 CEST

He was one of four men who decided who would live and who would die when thousands of political prisoners were executed in Iran in 1988 – an event that was tried in a Swedish court. Now Mostafa Pourmohammadi has been cleared to stand in the Iranian presidential election

Only six of 80 candidates approved in Iran

Only six of 80 candidates approved in Iran

Sun 9 Jun 2024 14:08 CEST

Only six established, conservative politicians are approved as candidates in Iran's tightly controlled presidential election.

80 people want to be Iran's next president

80 people want to be Iran's next president

Mon 3 Jun 2024 18:31 CEST

Ahmadinejad wants to be Iran's president – again

Ahmadinejad wants to be Iran's president – again

Sun 2 Jun 2024 09:07 CEST