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Sunni cleric challenges Iran's leaders as protests rage
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA prominent Sunni cleric who directed unprecedented criticism at Iran's supreme leader over a bloody...
Cleric killed in restive Iranian city, protests rage on
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDUBAI (Reuters) -A cleric at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the restive, mostly Sunni Muslim Iranian...
Prominent Iranian Sunni cleric urges release of protest detainees
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA prominent dissident Sunni Muslim cleric urged Iranian authorities on Friday to free thousands of detained protesters and stop executions as the three-month-old unrest churned on with street ...
Factbox-Ethnic groups swept up in Iran's nationwide protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe authorities have accused armed dissidents from some of these minorities of fomenting trouble....
Tens of thousands march in Berlin in support of Iran protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBERLIN/DUBAI (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday in a show of...
Bahrain prison inmates are on hunger strike, the latest sign of simmering unrest in island kingdom
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoInmates at a Bahrain prison are on a hunger strike over conditions there, activists and authorities...
In Bahrain, pope speaks out against death penalty and discrimination
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSAKHIR, Bahrain (Reuters) -Pope Francis spoke against the death penalty on Thursday at the start of...
Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals...
U.N. rights council votes to probe Iran's ongoing crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) -The U.N. Rights Council voted on Thursday to appoint an independent...
Activists say Iranian forces shot at protesters, killing 2
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIranian security forces opened fire Friday on demonstrators in a southeastern city that has seen...