Iran

Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian armed group Hamas, speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021. File Photo: Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP
Middle East

Iran vows to avenge killing of Hamas political chief Haniyeh

Khamenei said it was Iran’s duty to avenge the assassination of Haniyeh

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gives a Presidential decree to Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, during an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, July 28, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Middle East

Khamenei officially endorses relative moderate as Iran's president

The Iranian flag flutters outside the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, 6 March 2023. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Heatwaves force Iran to shutter government offices and banks, electricity consumption soars 

Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump looks on during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Callaghan O'hare
USA

Trump discusses US wiping Iran 'off the face of the Earth'

Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attend a Muharram mourning ceremony in Tehran, Iran July 12, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

How Iran's Khamenei elevated a little-known moderate to the presidency

Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a gathering with his supporters at the shrine of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in south of Tehran, Iran July 6, 2024. Photo:Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS /File Photo
Politics

Iran's Pezeshkian rejects US pressure, praises Russia, China

Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Advantage Sweet, which, according to Refinitiv ship tracking data, is a Suezmax crude tanker which had been chartered by oil major Chevron and had last docked in Kuwait, sails through Bophorus Istanbul, Turkey, February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo
World+Biz

Oil tanker seized by Iran moving to international waters, tracking data shows

Iranian navy frigate Sahand. File Photo: Collected
Middle East

Iranian warship capsizes during repairs in port of Bandar Abbas

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/File photo
Middle East

Saudi crown prince keen to develop Iran ties following Pezeshkian's election, state news agency says

Presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian votes at a polling station in a snap presidential election to choose a successor to Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, in Tehran, Iran June 28, 2024. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Politics

Who is Masoud Pezeshkian? A heart surgeon now Iran's president-elect

Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian waves at the crowd during the run-off presidential election between him and Saeed Jalili, in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2024. Saeed Zareian/pool/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Politics

Iran's Pezeshkian brings hopes of moderation after routing hardline rival

Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian waves during a campaign event in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/ File Photo
Politics

Moderate Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential race

Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian waves during a campaign event in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/ File Photo
Politics

Moderate Pezeshkian expected to win Iran's presidential race, Iranian source says