Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic. File photo of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.(REUTERS File) The remarks, delivered at a mosque in the capital Tehran and published on Khamenei’s official website, come two…
Iranians carry a banner bearing the images of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in his support, as Shiite Muslims attend the “Tasua” (ninth day) mourning ritual to commemorate martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad One month after Israeli strikes cripple Iranian air defenses, Khamenei turns to old playbook with new power center. It took…
The attack took place during a meeting between senior Iranian government officials in Tehran, including the president, and according to the report, several other participants were also injured. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was lightly injured during an Israeli attack on Tehran on June 16, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Fars News Agency reported on Sunday. The…
Beijing is likely to step up support for Tehran as it tries to secure its strategic interests in the Middle East, analysts say, amid concerns over how the recent Iran-Israel war will reverberate across the resource-rich region. But one analyst noted it was a balancing act for Beijing to avoid compromising ties with Arab countries…
President Donald Trump isn’t quite sure what to make of an Iranian regime figure’s imaginative assassination threat. Trump… “can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago,” said Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a top adviser to Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Iranian TV Wednesday. Larijani, the secretary general of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, laughed as…
By Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English, knows Russian and French. You can…
According to one China watcher, Beijing may be a “long-term beneficiary” of the American retreat from stable leadership, as Washington’s strikes on Iran have revealed it to be an uncertain and unpredictable global power. More significantly, the conflict has revealed Washington’s reluctance to engage in a prolonged war, offering the Chinese leadership clues on how…
Hours after United States President Donald Trump slammed Iran for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s victory speech, the country responded with a veiled jibe at Trump’s intervention. Araghchi said that Iran knew its worth and valued its independence.(AFP) Iran said that Israel had no choice “but to run to “daddy”” to avoid being “flattened” by Iranian…
Beijing has urged the international community to step up efforts to de-escalate the conflict between Iran and Israel, warning that the fallout could damage the global economy as Tehran threatens to block the Strait of Hormuz – one of the world’s most important shipping routes. A blockade of the strait, which handles roughly 20 per…
By Parisa Hafezi and Guy Faulconbridge ISTANBUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Iran’s supreme leader sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Monday to ask President Vladimir Putin for more help from Russia after the biggest U.S. military action against the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution over the weekend. U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel have publicly speculated…