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Ahmad Vahidi: The hard-line Iran general becoming a major player in US peace talks

A hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad is believed to have seized a place near the center of power

The Independent UK

Years of absolute rule: Who was Ali Khamenei and how did he come to power in Iran?

The most powerful man in Iran was killed on Saturday in US and Israeli air strikes on Tehran and his death leaves a power vaccum in the country. But how did Ali Khamenei rise to power and what is his legacy?

Euronews

Rafsanjani's Family Urges Iranian Authorities to Release his Daughter

The family of the former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, demanded the release of his daughter, Faezeh, who was arrested by the authorities last September on charges of incitement to protest. The Jamaran website, affiliated with the office of the first Supreme Leader Khomeini, reported that the family said they…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran executions ‘state sanctioned killing’: UN rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned the ‘weaponisation’ of the death penalty to squash dissent.

Al Jazeera

Iran sentences former president's daughter to a five-year prison term

The activist daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Amid unrest, Iran's hardliners turn their anger to France

Iranian hardliners have burnt France’s flag outside of its embassy in Tehran where they were protesting cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that lampoon Iran’s ruling clerics

The Independent UK

Mahsa Amini: What we know after 11 days of protests in Iran

The demonstrations after death of young woman have continued amid internet restrictions imposed for ‘security reasons’.

Al Jazeera

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Rafsanjani's Daughter Accused of Propaganda Against Iranian Regime

An Iranian court has charged the daughter of the former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, with carrying out propaganda against the regime and blasphemy in social media posts, the Iranian judiciary announced Sunday. Tehran's Public Prosecutor, Ali Salehi, said that the indictment was issued and referred to the court on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Faezeh Rafsanjani: My Father Tried to Convince Khomeini to End War with Iraq

Faezeh Rafsanjani, the daughter of late Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, revealed that her father sought an end to the Iran-Iraq war. He proposed ending the war to then supreme leader Khomeini, but he refused, she revealed in an interview to Asharq television. Moreover, she revealed that her father sought…

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