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BAGHDAD | Xinhua |  Millions of mourners gathered in Iraq’s holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday for the funeral processions of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Initial reports indicated that over 2.3 million people participated in the first hour of the procession in Najaf that began …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Iran’s state media confirmed Sunday that its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Saturday, prompting Iranian missile strikes on Israel and U.S. targets across the region. What happened in the past 24 hours? Why did the United States …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that if Iran does not reach a deal over its nuclear program, “we’ll find out” whether Iran’s supreme leader was correct in predicting that a U.S. attack on the country would spark a regional war. Iran’s Supreme …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s chief banker said the U.S. dollar will be gradually eliminated from Iranian-Russian economic transactions, the official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. The trade volume between Iran and Russia stood at 4 billion U.S. dollars, which can be conducted through the Iranian currency rial and …

Ebrahim Raisi officially endorsed as Iran’s next president by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday endorsed Ebrahim Raisi as the new president of the Islamic republic. Khamenei gave his official approval to Raisi at a …

Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT |    Iran on Tuesday started the human trials of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, the tally of Turkey’s coronavirus cases surpassed 2.17 million after 15,805 new infections were added. CovIran Barekat, the first Iranian domestic vaccine for COVID-19, entered the stage of human trials, Hojjat …

Paris, France | AFP |  Opponents of Iran’s theocratic leadership are urging an outright boycott of its parliamentary elections, arguing that it is anything but democratic and that casting a ballot serves only to bolster the country’s Islamic rulers. The country’s supreme leader has urged Iranians to “disappoint the enemy” by …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | World oil prices soared more than four percent on Friday after the US killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears of a conflict in the crude-rich Middle East, with Tehran warning of retaliation. The head of Iran’s Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, was hit in …

Paris, France | AFP | The world reacted with alarm on Friday after top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Iraq, with leaders appealing for restraint. The attack was praised by US President Donald Trump’s Republicans but elsewhere there were sharp warnings it could inflame regional …