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TEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that Israel killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh using a "short-range projectile" launched from outside of his accommodation in Tehran. "This terrorist operation was carried out by…

TEHRAN: Iran held funeral processions on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel. The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led…

PARIS: The killing in Tehran of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, which the Palestinian militant group has blamed on Israel, has exposed the depth of Israeli penetration inside the Islamic republic, analysts say. Doha-based Haniyeh,…

TEHRAN, Iran: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination but suspicion immediately fell on Israel,…

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave Sunday his official endorsement of reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's ninth president, following snap elections that had concluded earlier this month. In a…

Pezeshkian is a known democrat with a track record as health minister in the reformist Khatami government from 2001 to 2005 and is known to be in favour of better relations with Europe, even the US.

The 69-year-old reformist took around 54 percent of the 30 million votes cast.

Iran's president is not head of state, and the ultimate authority rests with the supreme leader -- a post held by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for the last 35 years.

Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign and long has held Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the final arbiter of all matters of state in the country.

Calls for a boycott and low turnout highlight deep public disillusionment with Iran's political system.

On Friday, Iranians voted in a Presidential run-off as the results of the June 28th elections were inconclusive with nobody getting a clear majority.

Tehran; Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has censured certain Western governments for letting some "disruptors" intimidate and insult overseas Iranian voters during the country's 14th presidential election. He made…

Tehran: Voting for Iran's 14th presidential election ended at Friday midnight after 16 straight hours, said Spokesman of Iran's Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami. He made the remarks in a live interview with Iran's state-run IRIB…

Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has emphasised the significance of a strong turnout in the country's upcoming presidential election, scheduled for Friday. He made the remarks on Tuesday in an address to thousands of…

Tehran: Iranian Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has condemned the Canadian government's "provocative and irresponsible" decision to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist entity". He…

Tehran; At least four people were killed and more than 120 others injured in a magnitude-5.0 earthquake that jolted Kashmar County in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the media reported. Out of those injured,…

Tehran; Iranian Interim President Mohammad Mokhber and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have reiterated the two countries' commitment to further improving ties, according to a statement published on the website of the Iranian…

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani slammed on Sunday the claims of the Group of Seven (G7) over the country's nuclear activities as "anti-Tehran". Reacting to a G7 communique issued on Friday, Kanaani stressed…

Tehran: Iran and Sweden have completed a prisoner swap, according to the government of Oman, which mediated the process. Citizens from both countries were flown to Muscat, the capital of the small state on the Persian Gulf, on Saturday.…

Tehran: Iran has announced the names of six qualified candidates for the country's early presidential election scheduled for June 28. The final nominees are Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Masoud Pezeshkian, Saeed Jalili, Alireza Zakani,…