Category: Ebrahim Raisi
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Iran’s strategic affairs deputy Zarif resigns over President Pezeshkian’s cabinet choices
Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned as the nation’s vice president of strategic affairs over dissatisfaction with President Masoud Pezeshkian’s cabinet selection. Mr Zarif announced his decision in a social media post on Sunday. Parliamentary commissions were set to meet on Monday to discuss cabinet nominations after the names of ministerial nominees were…
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Iran’s Pezeshkian names UN-sanctioned official as nuclear agency head
UN-sanctioned Eslami has served in several ministerial roles under previous Iran presidencies [Getty/file photo] Iran’s newly-elected president re-appointed a US-educated official who came under United Nations sanctions 16 years ago as head of the country’s nuclear department, state TV reported Saturday. Mohammad Eslami, 67, will continue his work as chief of Iran’s civilian nuclear programme…
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New UN Report Denounces Iran’s Genocide in the 1980s
Latest Developments Iran committed crimes against humanity and genocide when it executed thousands of dissidents in 1981-1982 and 1988, a new United Nations report released on July 22 declared. Authored by Javaid Rehman, the UN’s outgoing special rapporteur for human rights in Iran, the report states that the executions constitute “the worst and the most…
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Brazil’s Hezbollah threat: Why sanctioning the terrorist group is crucial
Brazil has a Hezbollah problem. It directly threatens Brazil’s domestic security and the integrity of its financial system. Brazil should recognize this threat and sanction Hezbollah as a terror organization. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in Latin America, is a critical node in Hezbollah’s regional activities. However, for years, the Brazilian government has refrained from…
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Tehran – Crisis Group
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22 July 2024 The IRGC confirmed that it had seized a Togo-flagged, UAE-bound tanker and detained its crew, asserting that the ship had been “systematically engaged in fuel smuggling”. View More 19 July 2024 Iranian authorities reported that one police officer had been killed and another injured in a “terrorist attack” in the south east.…
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The curious international silence about Iran’s new reformist president
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When Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter crashed on 19 May, killing all on board, it was hardly foreseeable that the heart surgeon turned reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian would replace him as Iran’s new president. Names of the main hopefuls seeking to snatch the vaunted position had remained unchanged for years, illustrative of the stagnant political landscape. Pezeshkian was…
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Post-Raisi Iran: Succession, Domestic Politics, and Regional Implications
Featured Speakers: Ambassador Patrick Theros, Holly Dagres, Dr. Abdolrasool Divsallar, and Dr. Hamidreza Azizi. Event Synopsis On May 19th, a tragic helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border resulted in the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and several other officials. In response to this devastating event, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced…
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A New Era in Iranian Politics? The Challenges and Hopes of Masoud Pezeshkian’s Ascent – Gulf International Forum
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A months-old video of Iran’s reform-minded president-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian, surfaced recently, showing the 69-year-old future head of state playing soccer with senior teammates and retired peers. In the footage, Pezeshkian, a cardiologist-turned-politician and former Iranian health minister under the administration of former president Mohammad Khatami, is seen enthusiastically bragging about his football abilities, with passers-by…
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Iran Update, July 18, 2024 – Institute for the Study of War
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Iran Update, July 18, 2024 Alexandra Braverman, Johanna Moore, Kelly Campa, Katherine Wells, Kathryn Tyson, Siddhant Kishore, and Brian Carter Information Cutoff: 2:00pm ET The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability…
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Pezeshkian’s election could become a burden for Israel
IranSource July 18, 2024 • 2:24 pm ET Raz Zimmt The letter of support Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian sent to the secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, on July 8 was seen by Israelis as a reinforcement of their already strong conviction that the reformist president’s election will not result in any change in the…
