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Iran jails father of young man executed over protests
AFP via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThe sentencing of Mashallah Karami, the father of an executed protester in Iran, to six years in...
Iran's Center of Power Shifts From ‘Clerical Slippers to Combat Boots’
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoHard-line cleric Raisi — who died on Sunday in a helicopter crash — and Khamenei’s son Mojtaba were...
Who is in charge of Iran?
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Islamic Republic was shaken by a huge wave of protests in 2022 following the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini who was detained by the morality police...
Iran's Raisi: ultraconservative president close to supreme leader
AFP via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAlways piously dressed in a black turban and religious robe, Iran's ultraconservative President...
Iran’s Leaders Aim to Show They Aren’t Isolated at Presidential Funeral
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoIran is still reeling from mass antigovernment protests in 2022 that represented the most serious...
At Cannes, Iranian director Rasoulof recalls difficult exile decision
Reuters· 17 hours agoRasoulof was in the French Riviera town for the premiere of his new drama "The Seed of the Sacred...
President Ebrahim Raisi's mixed legacy in Iran
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoUnder his leadership, there was some reform in processing a backlog of court cases, and relatives of some officials were arrested for corruption and...
Hillary Clinton Has Some Tough Words for Democrats, and for Women
New York Times· 19 hours agoIn an interview for a forthcoming book, Mrs. Clinton also suggested that if Donald Trump won in...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a Hard-Liner With Supreme Leader’s Backing, Dies at 63
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoRaisi also presided over mass imprisonments of journalists, political activists and dual citizens,...
Divided Iran marks Raisi’s death with muted mourning, furtive celebration
South China Morning Post· 6 days agoRights groups say hundreds of Iranians died in 2022–2023 demonstrations triggered by the death in...