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Muslim-majority nations express outrage and plan street protests over Quran desecration in Sweden

Muslim-majority nations are expressing outrage over the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden

The Independent UK

Why are the US and Iran holding talks and why does it matter?

A deal could see Iran free US prisoners in return for the release of billions of dollars worth of Iranian assets.

Al Jazeera

US, Iran inch toward understanding aimed at easing tensions

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Iran are close to an informal understanding under which Tehran would free American prisoners and eventually limit its nuclear program, people familiar with the matter said.

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Nuclear bomb fears are a false ‘excuse’: Iran’s Khamenei

Iranian leader said some international stakeholders cannot be trusted, but that cooperation with IAEA must continue.

Al Jazeera

Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs

Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of antagonism under a Chinese-brokered deal.

Reuters

Iran's top leader defends hard-line approach toward West, blames protests on 'thugs and villains'

Iran’s supreme leader has defended his tough approach to the West, saying compromise would only invite further hostility from Iran’s enemies

The Independent UK

Iran supreme leader says he'd 'welcome' full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked

Iran’s supreme leader says he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic

The Independent UK

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Iran's Khamenei welcomes better ties with Egypt - state media

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with Oman's Sultan that Tehran welcomes better diplomatic relations with Egypt, Iranian state media reported on Monday.

Reuters

What to expect after change of Iran’s top security official?

Ali Akbar Ahmadian, a senior commander in the IRGC, is the new secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.

Al Jazeera

Iran's president appoints new official in powerful security post, replacing longtime incumbent

Iran’s president has appointed a new official to take over the post of the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, replacing the longtime powerful Ali Shamkhani

The Independent UK

Iran’s security chief Shamkhani replaced after almost 10 years

Shamkhani was the second-longest-serving security chief since the 1979 revolution.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan set for run-off: Who are the world’s longest-serving leaders?

You have to go back to the 1960s to find the world’s longest-serving ruler

Evening Standard

Iran summons Iraq envoy to protest presence of ‘terrorist groups’

Tehran is not content with how its recent security pact with Baghdad is being implemented.

Al Jazeera

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran's government pushes back

More women are choosing not to wear the mandatory headscarf, or the hijab, publicly in Iran

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The Independent UK

Iranian foreign ministry website hacked to display anti-regime messages

Images of pro-western opposition leader depicted over crossed-out picture of Khamenei

The Guardian - UK

Saudi-Iranian detente is fragile but potential for the Middle East is huge

Should rapprochement solidify it could augur well for Yemen, Lebanon and Syria – and spell disaster for Israel

Al Jazeera

‘Even one American in Iraq is too many’, Iran’s Khamenei says

Iran’s supreme leader meets Iraqi president, says recent security and economic agreements need to be fully implemented.

Reuters

Even one American in Iraq is too many, Iran leader tells Iraqi president

The United States is an unreliable friend, and Iraq should not allow any U.S. troops on its territory, Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told visiting Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Saturday.

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Member of Iran's powerful clerical body assassinated - Fars

A member of Iran's influential clerical body was assassinated in the country's northern province of Mazandaran on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, adding that the suspected killer had been detained.

The Conversation

Israel's domestic turmoil raises serious questions about its long-term survival

In late 2022, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won Israel’s fifth election in the past three years by forming a coalition with far-right religious extremists whose ilk were previously considered beyond the pale in Israeli politics.

Daily Mirror

Iranian prison guards break knees of woman, 70, locked up in notorious Evin jail

Mahvash Sabet Shahriari was brutally battered during interrogation after being sentenced to 10 years in Tehran's notorious Evin jail - which also housed freed Brit Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - for anti-government protests

Reuters

Timeline: Saudi-Iranian ties - A history of ups and downs

The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met in China for the first formal meeting of their most senior diplomats in more than seven years, Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya television said, under a deal to revive ties between the regional superpowers.

Al Jazeera

Iran’s Khamenei says US wants to keep Ukraine war going

The supreme leader accuses Washington of starting the war, saying it benefits US weapons manufacturers.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: China gets the credit for improving Iran-Saudi Arabia ties — but the US benefits

There was a time, only a few short years ago, when Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman thought Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was worse than Adolf Hitler. “I believe that the Iranian supreme leader makes Hitler look good,” Prince Mohammed told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg in a…

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Iran and Saudi Arabia, from rivalry to rapprochement

Iran and Saudi Arabia have had an adversarial history. Here’s a look at recent important events in their relations.

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