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            <title><![CDATA[Rubio says Trump has not decided on new strikes against Iran amid reports of possible attacks on November 4]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US could launch strikes on Iran as soon as Wednesday, November 4 - the day after the US midterm elections - according to sources who spoke to MS Now. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says no decision has been made.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran’s Pezeshkian visits New York for UN speech, opens door to talks with US]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was able to travel to the United States for his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. Pezeshkian delivered his message despite hostility from the United States. "They threaten us every day," he said in an interview with U.S. television networks.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:58:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran offers Strait of Hormuz deal under conditions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran says it is ready to open the Strait of Hormuz and ease its grip on the oil market within a week - under certain conditions. After a week of behind-the-scenes negotiations at the UN, the Iranians are putting the ball in the US's court.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:00:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran warns war could spread to Indian Ocean if US attacks again]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran is threatening to expand the war to the Indian Ocean - if the US attacks again, according to an adviser to the supreme leader of the hardline Islamic republic.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:35:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran says US sanctions and port blockade are hitting trade hard]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran's imports and exports are being hit by US sanctions and a blockade of its ports, President Masoud Pezeshkian admits. The country's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is calling for a reduction in dependence on the US dollar.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:10:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Houthi movement’s rise from local insurgency to Yemen’s dominant power player]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[From a local Islamist insurgency to an authoritarian, militarized global player, the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen has undergone an astonishing transformation. In practice, it is the closest thing Yemen has to a government, says Middle East analyst Aron Lund.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:50:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US launches second wave of strikes on Iran, hits tanker in Persian Gulf]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The United States launched its second wave of strikes on Iran late Wednesday night. Explosions were reported in the port city of Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman and in Ahvaz in southeastern Iran, according to Iranian state-controlled news agencies. A US fighter jet also attacked an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:57:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia says it intercepted Houthi missile attack from Yemen]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The airport in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, was attacked on Monday, several international media outlets report. The Houthi movement is said to have fired missiles at Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:18:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mojtaba Khamenei Vows Revenge for His Father’s Killing]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vows to avenge his father's death.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump says U.S. would destroy Iran if he is assassinated]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran will be "totally destroyed" if they assassinate or attempt to assassinate the sitting president of the United States, Donald Trump warns.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/trump-says-us-would-destroy-iran-if-he-is-assassinated</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:43:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finnish refrigerated truck reportedly used in Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral procession]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today, Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is being buried in Iran. But in Finland, the biggest rumor is that his coffin was transported in an old Finnish refrigerated trailer.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:13:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Khamenei buried in Mashhad as fresh US-Iran attacks continue]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was laid to rest in his hometown of Mashhad - more than four months after the attack that killed him. In parallel, new attacks raged between the United States and Iran.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:36:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump threatens new strikes on Iran as Gulf tensions escalate]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The war in the Persian Gulf is escalating again. Both Iran and the United States have carried out intense attacks, and President Donald Trump is threatening more. We hit hard last night, and we will hit hard again tonight, he said at the NATO summit in Turkey.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/explosions-reported-in-irans-coastal-areas-of-sirik-and-qeshm</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:19:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tehran bids farewell to Khamenei with chants of revenge and anti-US signs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Funeral ceremonies for Ali Khamenei continue. Images in Iranian state media showed hundreds of thousands of people following the ayatollah's coffin through Tehran. His body was flown to the Shiite holy city of Qom on Monday evening.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/tehran-crowds-bid-farewell-to-khamenei-as-mourners-call-for-revenge</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mojtaba Khamenei missing from Iran’s Supreme Leader funeral ceremony]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Three sons of Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei are attending the funeral ceremonies in Tehran on Sunday, but his son Mojtaba Khamenei, who has succeeded him, is not in attendance.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:13:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Israel and the CIA tracked down Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before the attack]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The CIA had been tracking Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for months. Israel hacked surveillance cameras and knocked out telephone masts in the middle of Tehran. That's what happened when the Ayatollah was killed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cries for revenge at funeral of Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Many thousands of Iranians have gathered at the religious complex where the funeral ceremony for the country's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei is taking place. "We must rise up and, God willing, avenge the blood of our leader," said student Hamidreza Shabani.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:56:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[More than 640,000 Lebanese displaced people return home in southern Lebanon]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After months of fleeing the war between Hezbollah and Israel, more than 640,000 internally displaced people have returned to their homes in southern Lebanon, according to the UN migration agency IOM.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The US and Iran are said to have agreed to end the war on all fronts - including in Lebanon. The question is whether Israel plans to play along. It is difficult to have a ceasefire when Israel is in the middle of Lebanon, says Middle East expert Aron Lund.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to be buried in July]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran's former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, will be buried in July, Iranian state television said. The 86-year-old ayatollah was killed in Israeli and US airstrikes on February 28.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Funeral for Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei postponed again]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The funeral for Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been postponed again, the mayor of Tehran announced.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has again issued a written statement which appears to be a response to US President Donald Trump's comments about divisions within the Iranian leadership.]]></description>
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