The Latest | Polls open in Iran runoff election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
Iranians are voting in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the countryโs northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials.
Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker
Iranians have begun voting in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East.
Leaders of Russia and China to meet in Central Asian summit in a show of deepening cooperation
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances.
Iran's presidential candidates discuss economic sanctions and nuclear deal ahead of July 5 runoff
Iranian presidential candidates have discussed the impact of economic sanctions imposed on their country by the United States and other Western nations, and presented their views about reviving a nuclear deal with world powers.
Iranian presidential candidates accuse each other of having no plan or experience ahead of runoff
Iranโs two presidential candidates are accusing each other of having no solution for the countryโs problems ahead of Fridayโs runoff election aimed at choosing a successor for the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash.
First candidate drops out of Iran presidential election, due to take place Friday amid voter apathy
A candidate in Iranโs presidential election has withdrawn from the race, becoming the first to back out in order for hard-liners to coalesce around a unity candidate in the vote to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi.
Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran's next president
Six candidates have been approved by Iranโs theocracy to run in Fridayโs presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with several other officials in May.
Iran's presidential candidates talk economic policies in 2nd live debate ahead of June 28 vote
In the second live debate on state television, six presidential candidates have discussed Iranโs economic problems ahead of the countryโs June 28 election following a helicopter crash last month that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad
Iranโs Guardian Council on Sunday approved the countryโs hard-line speaker of parliament and five others to run in the countryโs June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
While the cause of the May 19 helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others remains unknown, the sudden death of the hard-line protรฉgรฉ of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has exposed the contradictions and challenges facing the countryโs Shiite theocracy.
Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election
Iranโs hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered as a possible candidate for the June 28 presidential election, seeking to regain the countryโs top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nationโs president and seven others.
UN tribute to Iran's late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs
The U.N. General Assemblyโs tribute to Iranโs late president Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations amid protests against honoring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on opponents.
Iran's supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash
Iranโs supreme leader and representatives of allied militia groups prayed over the coffins of the countryโs late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week.
The Latest | Iran's president, foreign minister and others die in helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the countryโs foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the countryโs northwest.
Helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others could reverberate across the Middle East
The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the countryโs foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iranโs influence runs wide and deep.
Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a quick trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and also host the Iranian president in Moscow this week.
Iran's president says US should ease sanctions to demonstrate it wants to return to nuclear deal
Iranโs President Ebrahim Raisi says that relations with the United States can move forward if the Biden administration demonstrates it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and a first step should be easing sanctions.
Iran's president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal
Iranโs President Ebrahim Raisi says that his country will never give up its right โto have peaceful nuclear energyโ and urged the United States โto demonstrate in a verifiable fashionโ that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iran unveils armed drone resembling America's MQ-9 Reaper and says it could potentially reach Israel
Iranโs Defense Ministry has unveiled a drone resembling Americaโs armed MQ-9 Reaper, claiming that the aircraft is capable of staying airborne for 24 hours and has the range to reach the country's archenemy Israel.
Iran morality police status unclear after 'closure' comment
An Iranian lawmaker has said that Iranโs government was โpaying attention to the peopleโs real demandsโ a day after a top official suggested that the countryโs unpopular morality police has been shut down following months of protests.
US urges UN court to toss out Iranian frozen assets case
The United States has urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case brought by Iran seeking to claw back some $2 billion worth of frozen Iranian assets that the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Tehran.
Germany's Scholz sees no imminent nuclear deal with Iran
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has made clear that he doesnโt expect an agreement with Iran in the immediate future to restore Tehranโs tattered nuclear deal with world powers, though he said thereโs no reason for Iran not to sign up and European countries would remain โpatient.โ.
Biden administration responds to Iran's offer on nuke deal
The Biden administration says it has responded to Iranโs latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.
US, Iran inch closer to nuke deal but high hurdles remain
The Biden administration is expected to weigh in this week on Iranโs latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.