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 “harshContinue Reading

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, aContinue Reading

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’sContinue Reading