TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran staged mourning processions on Thursday, with cries for vengeance following the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in an Israeli-claimed strike. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Islamic republic’s supreme leader, led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having previously warned “harshRead More →

As the trial of a former Iranian official suspected of war crimes in Sweden came to a close on Wednesday, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency stated that a Swedish-Iranian national sentenced to death in Iran on charges of spying for Israel will be executed by May 21. Ahmadreza Djalali, aRead More →

Iran’s armed forces would attack Israel’s heart if it makes “even the tiniest move” against the Islamic Republic, President Ebrahim Raisi said during a military parade on Monday, amid stalled talks between Tehran and international powers to resurrect a 2015 nuclear deal. Israel, largely regarded as possessing the Middle East’sRead More →