Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
While the cause of the May 19 helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others remains unknown, the sudden death of the hard-line protรฉgรฉ of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has exposed the contradictions and challenges facing the countryโs Shiite theocracy.
Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election
Iranโs hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered as a possible candidate for the June 28 presidential election, seeking to regain the countryโs top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nationโs president and seven others.
Iran's supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash
Iranโs supreme leader and representatives of allied militia groups prayed over the coffins of the countryโs late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week.
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in helicopter crash
Iranโs Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-liner close to the countryโs paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who confronted the West while also overseeing indirect talks with the U.S. over the countryโs nuclear program, has died.
Meta removes Instagram and Facebook accounts for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Meta has removed Instagram and Facebook accounts run on behalf of Iranโs Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after criticism over his support for Hamas after its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the monthslong war still raging in the Gaza Strip.
Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says
A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an โalarmingโ number of executions.
Microsoft: Iran unit behind Charlie Hebdo hack-and-leak op
After the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdoโs launched a cartoon contest to mock Iranโs ruling cleric, a state-backed Iranian cyber unit struck back in early January with a hack-and-leak campaign intent on striking fear with the claimed pilfering of a big subscriber database.
Protests galvanize Iranians abroad in hope, worry and unity
As anti-government protests roil cities and towns in Iran for a fourth week, tens of thousands of Iranians living abroad have marched on the streets of Europe, North America and beyond in support of what many believe to be a watershed moment for their home country.
Iran holds mass funeral for '80s war dead amid nuclear talks
Thousands of mourners have poured into the streets of Iranian cities for the mass funeral of 250 victims of the Iran-Iraq war โ remains recently recovered in a testament to the brutal conflictโs scale and enduring legacy after 35 years.
Israeli PM and Biden postpone meeting because of Afghanistan
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett have postponed their White House meeting as Biden focused his attention on dealing with the aftermath of deadly explosions near the Kabul airport that targeted U.S. troops and Afghans seeking to flee their country after the Taliban takeover.
US: Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden
The document makes clear that even while Trump has cried foul about the legitimacy of the election, intelligence officials believe Russia sought to influence people close to Trump as a way to tip the election in his favor. The primary threats instead came from Russia and Iran, albeit with different intentions and through different means, according to intelligence officials. The report also says Putin authorized influence operations aimed at denigrating Biden, boosting Trump, undermining confidence in the election and exacerbating social divisions in the U.S. Intelligence officials did not single out any Trump ally in that effort. U.S. officials have said they regard Derkach as an โactive Russian agent,โ and Tuesday's report said Putin is believed to have โpurviewโ over his activities.
Iran starts trial of new homegrown vaccine as campaign lags
Iran says that its third homegrown vaccine has reached the phase of clinical trials, even as details about its production remained slim. AdBut details are scant about the Islamic Republic's vaccine production efforts. Two other Iranian vaccines are also in the phase of clinical trials, with the most advanced, called Barekat, tested on 300 people so far. Earlier this week, the government launched a vaccine production factory it claims can make 3 million doses a day. Iran formally launched its limited vaccination campaign last month, doling out Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to health workers and those with chronic health conditions.