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Iran

Euroviews. Iran's upcoming election is a mafia-style tussle of Khamenei's minions

The 1 March election is set to be an insider patron-client fight, with various oligarchic clans competing to have the upper-hand insider hand and ultimately a greater slice of the pie in the kleptocratic so-called “holy system” that is the Islamic Republic, Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.

Culture news

Breaking taboos: Iranian-born architect named Miss Germany 2024

A shift from the superficial beauty pageants of the past, Miss Germany names a new winner - Iranian-born architect Apameh Schönauer.

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Berlinale 2024 review: 'My Favourite Cake'

A masterful Iranian tragicomedy that stands as an early contender for this year's Golden Bear.

Iran

Head of UN nuclear watchdog says Iran not being 'entirely transparent'

The warning comes two days after the military displayed a series of missiles at the Islamic Republic's 45th anniversary celebrations.

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US porn star Whitney Wright causes uproar after visit to Iran

US-based activist Masih Alinejad, who faced assassination attempts by Iran, condemned Wright for making the trip and for alleged remarks where the actress said "if you respect the law, you will be safe in Iran".

Israel

EU concerned by 'domino effect' of Israel Hamas War

EU Foreign Affairs chief Josef Borrell calls for parties to help halt escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, and the EU is worried that Israel might extend the war in Gaza to a 'pressure cooker' town near Egypt.

Culture news

Berlin Film Festival appeals for travel ban lift for Iranian directors

Calls are intensifying for Iranian authorities to drop all charges against two filmmakers and for their travel ban to be lifted.

Iran

Iran launches three rockets into space as part of missile programme

Analysis of the footage showed that it took place at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s rural Semnan province.

Iraq

Iraq and US begin talks to end coalition formed to fight Islamic State

The two nations have made the decision to open the dialogue as US forces in Iraq and Syria are targeted by Iran-backed militias since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

Yemen

Who are Yemen’s Houthi rebels?

The group, a Zaidi Shiite movement that’s been fighting Yemen’s Sunni-majority government since the early 2000s, recently launched a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea which have disrupted global trade.

Iran

Iran launches satellite - part of a Western-criticised programme

The launch comes as regional tensions spike across the Middle East.

Iran

Could the Pakistan-Iran airstrikes be start of regional escalation?

Eleven people have been killed this week in airstrikes by Iran and Pakistan - what is behind them and what could it mean for the future?

Iran

Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes against Iran

In a Middle East already unsettled by the Israel Hamas war, the spectre of regional conflict is growing.

Iran

Iran: At least 95 killed in blasts at ceremony for slain general

Qassim Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force, died in a US drone strike in Iraq in January 2020.

Spain

Iran releases Spanish man detained after visiting Mahsa Amini's grave

Santiago Sánchez Cogedor was accused of espionage by the Iranian regime after taking a photograph in front of Mahsa Amini's grave last year.

Iran

Fears grow for Iran protesters amid record executions

The Islamic Republic was shaken by the largest - and most significant - wave of anti-government dissent in decades last year.

World News

EU awards Sakharov prize to 'brave and defiant' Mahsa Amini

The EU said Amini's death triggered a women-led movement in Iran, and representatives of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran were in Strasbourg, France, to attend the solemn ceremony.

Iran

Iran accuses Swedish EU diplomat of conspiring with Israel

Floderus is on trial for "corruption on earth", one of the most serious charges in Iran, which carries the death penalty.

Israel

Euroviews. Does Israel have a vision for the day after Hamas?

Hamas’ rule in Gaza may end due to its own strategic miscalculation, but the real question is what happens after, Shlomo Roiter Jesner writes.

Yemen

US warship and multiple commercial ships come under attack in Red Sea

The Pentagon made the announcement as a British ship was reportedly hit by rocket fire in Red Sea off Yemen coast. Drone activity has also been reported in the area which separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.