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Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hardliner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement of the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. CBC | World News
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Iran’s top court overturns rapper Toomaj Salehi’s death sentence, lawyer says
Iran’s supreme court has overturned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s death sentence on charges linked to the country’s 2022-23 period of unrest, his lawyer wrote in a post on the X social media platform on Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran’s ex-president registers to run in presidential elections, reports say
Iran’s hardliner former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run for president in the country’s upcoming snap elections organized after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iran’s state television reported on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »What we know so far about the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president
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Read More »Crashed helicopter carrying Iran’s president found as state media reports ‘no signs of life’ at site
Rescuers on Monday found a helicopter that was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials that had apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of the country the day before — though “no sign of life” was detected, Iranian state media reported. CBC | World News
Read More »Helicopter in convoy carrying Iran’s president had rough landing, interior minister says
One of the helicopters in a convoy carrying Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi had a rough landing on Sunday, the country’s interior minister, Ahmed Vahidi, confirmed to state TV, adding that rescue teams are being hampered by difficult weather conditions. CBC | World News
Read More »Opposition parties want Canada to list IRGC as a terrorist group after Iran’s attack on Israel
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Read More »Inside Iran’s £800m war chest as it launches drone strikes on Israel
Iran has launched more than 100 drones toward Israel, according to an Israel military official. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iran’s deadly hypersonic missile can evade Iron Dome and strike Israel in ‘400 seconds’
Israel is preparing to defend itself against an attack from Iran – but its Iron Dome may have difficulty destroying hypersonic missiles designed to evade detection. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim deadly attack targeting Israeli installation in Iraq
Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria. CBC | World News
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