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 An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during Iranian defence week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 24, 2024.

Iran plays down importance of US election, voices readiness for confrontation

By REUTERS
 Greek authorities present confiscated guns, money and Captagon amphetamine pills after dismantling a criminal ring near Elefsina, south west of Athens, Greece, March 6, 2017.

Captagon crisis: Middle East’s $5.7 billion drug trade fuels Hezbollah

 Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks in Tehran, Iran April 14, 2022

Qaani is alive, will receive medal from Khamenei, IRGC official claims

 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Cape Town, South Africa, June 2, 2023.

Iranian president to attend BRICS summit in Russia

By REUTERS
 MASOUD PEZESHKIAN, Iran’s newly elected president, attends a Muharram mourning ceremony in Tehran, on July 12.

Iran's parliament approves Pezeshkian's unity cabinet

By REUTERS
 IDF soldiers operate in Jenin, the West Bank, August 6, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War:What happened on day 305?

 Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion is docked to the port of Aden, Yemen to which it arrived after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appears to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, February 21, 2024.

Did a boat full of smuggled arms for the Houthis ‘disappear’ off Yemen coast?

 Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a gathering with his supporters at the shrine of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in south of Tehran, Iran July 6, 2024.

Iran's president-elect reaffirms countries anti-Israel stance

By REUTERS
 A satellite photo shows suspected tunnel expansion (in the upper-right quadrant of the picture) at Shahid Modarres Garrison, near Tehran, Iran, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on July 5, 2024.

Iran expanding missile production in new satellite photos, sources say

By REUTERS
 A general view of the Iranian parliament during the opening ceremony of Iran's 12th parliament in Tehran, Iran, May 27, 2024.

Iran’s presidential election dominated by Khamenei loyalists

By REUTERS
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with members of Canadian Armed Forces in Toronto, Ontario, Canada February 24, 2023.

Iranian parliament proposes labeling Canadian army as terrorist group

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
A plane carrying Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian lands in Damascus International Airport, in Damascus, Syria March 23, 2022

Planes flying from Lithuania to SE Asia mysteriously land in Iran

 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad former president of Iran, speaks at a press conference after registering as a candidate for the presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran June 2, 2024.

Iran's ex-president Ahmadinejad registers to run in presidential elections, state TV says

By REUTERS
 RUSSIAN FOREIGN Minister Sergei Lavrov and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan attend the 3+3 Regional platform summit in Tehran in October.

The tightening of Armenian-Iranian ties

 A man stands next to the apparent remains of a ballistic missile, as it lies in the desert near the Dead Sea, following a massive missile and drone attack by Iran on Israel, in southern Israel April 21, 2024

Why nearly intact Iranian missiles are being found in the Negev

By UDI ETZION/WALLA!
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, July 2020

Iran's Khamenei on Gaza: Islam will overcome 'crooked' Western civilization

 MOHSEN NAZIRI ASL, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives for an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, in September. There are still many who try to play down any real risk of a nuclear attack on Israel from Iran if Tehran were to attain such weapons, says writer.

IAEA chief says Iran's nuclear enrichment activity remains high

By REUTERS
 A new hypersonic ballistic missile called "Fattah" with a range of 1400 km, unveiled by Iran

Iran claims to fire ballistic missile from new ship