Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Fast Facts
CNN — Here is a look at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Birth date: July 17, 1939 Birth place: Mashhad, Iran Birth name: Seyyed Ali Khamenei Father: Ayatollah…
Why the rising star of Iranian diplomacy was replaced
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: ‘Even one American in Iraq is too much,’ Iran’s leader tells Iraqi president
CNN — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried the presence of the US military in Iraq during a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in Tehran on Saturday.…
Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities Fast Facts
CNN — Here’s a look at Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Since 2003, worldwide concern over Iran’s nuclear program has increased as Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spar over…
Medics, teacher, parents accuse Iran government of silencing victims of suspected poisoning attacks
CNN — Iran has experienced a spike in suspected poisoning attacks at girls’ schools across the country in recent days, according to state and semi-official media, as medical staff and…
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Iran’s protests have quieted but anger remains, says renowned human rights lawyer
CNN — A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has told CNN that while a brutal state crackdown has succeeded in quieting the demonstrations that gripped the country for months, many…
Iran pardons or commutes sentence of ‘large’ number of prisoners, state media reports
CNN — Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty, state media reported Sunday, although it is unclear how…
Iran: Khamenei’s niece arrested after calling for foreign govts to cut ties with regime
CNN — Farideh Moradkhani, the niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been arrested after calling on foreign governments to cut all ties with the Iranian government. Moradkhani…
Iran’s supreme leader praises paramilitary for crackdown on ‘rioters’
CNN — Iran’s Supreme Leader has praised the country’s Basij paramilitary force for its role in the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters. Meeting with Basij personnel in Tehran Saturday, Ayatollah…
Children’s deaths ‘must stop’ in Iran, says UNICEF, as protests continue
CNN — The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, said it remains deeply concerned by reports of children being killed, injured, and detained in Iran, it said in a statement on…