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Iran Skeptical About Progress in US Nuclear Energy Talks

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 Skeptical About Progress in US Nuclear Energy Talks

Iran: General Killed in Gyrocopter Crash

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: General Killed in Gyrocopter Crash

Iran's President Opens Up for Talks on Nuclear Energy

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's President Opens Up for Talks on Nuclear Energy

Iran: Bad Weather Behind Presidential Crash

It was the bad weather that caused the helicopter crash in northwestern Iran in May, when, among others, the country's president Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed, according to Iran's final investigation into the accident. The fog was thick when the presidential entourage was on its way home from the country's border to Azerbaijan, where they had been to inaugurate a newly built dam.

Iran: Bad Weather Behind Presidential Crash

Iran: Bad weather behind the fatal crash

The helicopter crash in May, in which Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed, was caused by bad weather and too heavy a load. This is reported by the regime-friendly news agency Fars, citing a well-informed security source.

Iran: Bad weather behind the fatal crash

Khamenei: "Europe has behaved badly"

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.

Khamenei: "Europe has behaved badly"

Iran: Ready for "Constructive Dialogue" with EU

Iran's newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian says he looks forward to strengthening the relationship with Europe. "Iran's relationship with Europe has had its ups and downs", writes the president in the English-language newspaper Tehran Times and simultaneously directs a rebuke to Europe for helping to maintain sanctions against Iran.

Iran: Ready for "Constructive Dialogue" with EU

Lawyer who criticized the regime arrested in Iran

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. .

Lawyer who criticized the regime arrested in Iran

Dictators and Militia Leaders Congratulate Pezeshkian

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. .

Dictators and Militia Leaders Congratulate Pezeshkian

"Reformist" New President in Iran – Promises Change

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.

"Reformist" New President in Iran – Promises Change

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

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.

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

No Clear Winner in Iran - Decision in New Round

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.

No Clear Winner in Iran - Decision in New Round

Iranians go to the polls – without a chance to influence

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.

Iranians go to the polls – without a chance to influence

Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence

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.

Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

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.

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

Only six of 80 candidates approved in Iran

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

Only six of 80 candidates approved in Iran

80 people want to be Iran's next president

The five-day registration period for candidates to run in Iran's presidential election has ended, and a total of 80 people have registered, according to Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi. The election is being held to find a successor to Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash.

80 people want to be Iran's next president

Ahmadinejad wants to be Iran's president – again

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is once again targeting the presidency. He has registered as a candidate in the election to find a successor to Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash.

Ahmadinejad wants to be Iran's president – again