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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...
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...
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...