The Latest | An election is underway in Iran to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
Iranians are voting in a presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash in May along with the country's foreign minister and several other officials.
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.
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.
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in helicopter crash
Iranโs Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-liner close to the countryโs paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who confronted the West while also overseeing indirect talks with the U.S. over the countryโs nuclear program, has died.
Meta removes Instagram and Facebook accounts for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Meta has removed Instagram and Facebook accounts run on behalf of Iranโs Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after criticism over his support for Hamas after its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the monthslong war still raging in the Gaza Strip.
Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says
A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an โalarmingโ number of executions.
Microsoft: Iran unit behind Charlie Hebdo hack-and-leak op
After the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdoโs launched a cartoon contest to mock Iranโs ruling cleric, a state-backed Iranian cyber unit struck back in early January with a hack-and-leak campaign intent on striking fear with the claimed pilfering of a big subscriber database.
Protests galvanize Iranians abroad in hope, worry and unity
As anti-government protests roil cities and towns in Iran for a fourth week, tens of thousands of Iranians living abroad have marched on the streets of Europe, North America and beyond in support of what many believe to be a watershed moment for their home country.
Iran holds mass funeral for '80s war dead amid nuclear talks
Thousands of mourners have poured into the streets of Iranian cities for the mass funeral of 250 victims of the Iran-Iraq war โ remains recently recovered in a testament to the brutal conflictโs scale and enduring legacy after 35 years.
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Israeli PM and Biden postpone meeting because of Afghanistan
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett have postponed their White House meeting as Biden focused his attention on dealing with the aftermath of deadly explosions near the Kabul airport that targeted U.S. troops and Afghans seeking to flee their country after the Taliban takeover.
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Florida law seeks to rein in large social media companies
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that seeks to punish social media platforms that remove โconservative ideasโ from their sites, though it is not clear if it would pass constitutional muster because it might violate the First Amendment.
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Florida law seeks to rein in large social media companies
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that seeks to punish social media platforms that remove โconservative ideasโ from their sites, though it is not clear if it would pass constitutional muster because it might violate the First Amendment.