Helicopter crash that killed Iran's president was caused by climatic conditions, report finds
Iranian state TV says an official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iranโs President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions.
Iranโs new president reappoints UN-sanctioned official as head of the country's nuclear agency
Iranโs newly-elected president has reappointed a U.S.-educated official as director of the countryโs nuclear department.
Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' international face, was marked for death by Israel over the Oct. 7 attack
Ismail Haniyeh was the international face of Hamas, its top leader in exile who kept up the militant groupโs ties with allies around the region.
Iranโs new president is sworn in and pledges to keep trying to remove Western sanctions
Iran has sworn in the country's new president, a reformist politician and heart surgeon who pledged to keep trying to remove economic sanctions imposed by the West over Tehranโs controversial nuclear program.
Elections in Europe, Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted
At first glance, elections in France and Britain were a triumph for leftists and reformers over authoritarians and the right.
Reformist Pezeshkian beats hard-liner to win Iran presidential election, promising outreach to West
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iranโs runoff presidential election, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili.
The Latest | Iran holds runoff election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
Iranians have voted in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the countryโs northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials.
Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-liner against reformist after record low turnout
Iran has held a runoff presidential election pitting a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker.
Leaders of Russia and China meet at a Central Asian summit in a show of deepening cooperation
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met for the second time in as many months as they visit Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances.
Iran's presidential candidates discuss economic sanctions and nuclear deal ahead of Friday runoff
Iranian presidential candidates have discussed the impact of economic sanctions imposed on their country by the United States and other Western nations, and presented their views about reviving a nuclear deal with world powers.
Iranian presidential candidates accuse each other of having no plan or experience ahead of runoff
Iranโs two presidential candidates are accusing each other of having no solution for the countryโs problems ahead of Fridayโs runoff.
The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
Iranians have voted 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.
Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner's death and as Mideast tensions rise
Iranians have voted in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi.
Iran's supreme leader warns sole reformist in presidential race, while calling for 'maximum' turnout
Iranโs supreme leader has issued a thinly veiled warning to the sole reformist candidate in the countryโs upcoming presidential election.
Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran's next president
Six candidates have been approved by Iranโs theocracy to run in Fridayโs presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with several other officials in May.
Iran's presidential candidates talk economic policies in 2nd live debate ahead of June 28 vote
In the second live debate on state television, six presidential candidates have discussed Iranโs economic problems ahead of the countryโs June 28 election following a helicopter crash last month that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad
Iranโs Guardian Council has approved the countryโs hard-line speaker of parliament and five others to run in the countryโs June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
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 parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy's top figure in the presidential vote
Iranโs hard-line parliament speaker has registered for the countryโs June 28 presidential election.
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.
UN tribute to Iran's late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs
The U.N. General Assemblyโs tribute to Iranโs late president Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations amid protests against honoring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on opponents.
Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash
Iran has opened a five-day registration period for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election.
Iran's acting president addresses new parliament after helicopter crash killing president, others
Iranโs acting President Mohammad Mokhber has addressed the countryโs new parliament for the first time since last weekโs helicopter crash that killed his predecessor and seven others.
Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash
Iran has interred late President Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him, the countryโs foreign minister and six others.
From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president's death
Among Iranian communities from London to Los Angeles, few tears are being shed over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.
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.
Protesters against war in Gaza interrupt Blinken repeatedly in the Senate
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denounced the chief prosecutor of the worldโs top war crimes court for seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran's president and others killed in helicopter crash
Mourners have begun the days of funerals and processions for Iranโs late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash.
The Latest | UN food aid collapses in Rafah as Israeli leaders decry war crime accusations
The United Nations says itโs no longer able to distribute food aid in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity.
Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran's acting president after a helicopter crash?
Iranโs first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed acting president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-line diplomat, dies in a helicopter crash
Iran's state media has reported that Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has died in a helicopter crash that also killed the country's president.
The Latest | Iran's president, foreign minister and others die in helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the countryโs foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the countryโs northwest.
Iran's president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the countryโs foreign minister have been found dead hours after their helicopter crashed in fog.
Helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others could reverberate across the Middle East
The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the countryโs foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iranโs influence runs wide and deep.
What we know so far about the helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others
The helicopter crash that killed Iranโs president and foreign minister has sent shock waves around the region.
Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president whose helicopter suffered a 'hard landing' in foggy weather?
Iranโs hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protรฉgรฉ to Iranโs supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the countryโs Shiite theocracy.
Iran's hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials apparently has crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of his country.
The leaders of Iran and Pakistan vow to boost trade in a meeting seeking to mend a diplomatic rift
The leaders of Iran and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen economic and security cooperation in a meeting that sought to smooth over a diplomatic rift.
Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying Israel will decide how to respond to Iran's attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iranโs major air assault over the weekend.
The Latest | Netanyahu says Israel will decide how to respond as Iran warns against retaliation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will decide whether and how to respond to Iranโs major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint.
Tehran vows response after strike blamed on Israel destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria and killed 12
Iran has vowed to respond to a deadly airstrike widely attributed to Israel that demolished Iranโs consulate building in the Syrian capital and killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals.
Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution as tensions grip the wider Middle East
Iran has marked the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israelโs continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a quick trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and also host the Iranian president in Moscow this week.
UN atomic chief backs nuclear power at COP28 as world reckons with proliferation
The world wants more nuclear energy as a means to fight climate change and supply an ever-growing demand for electricity, part of a generational shift in thinking on atomic power.
Iran's president says US should ease sanctions to demonstrate it wants to return to nuclear deal
Iranโs President Ebrahim Raisi says that relations with the United States can move forward if the Biden administration demonstrates it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and a first step should be easing sanctions.
Iran's president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal
Iranโs President Ebrahim Raisi says that his country will never give up its right โto have peaceful nuclear energyโ and urged the United States โto demonstrate in a verifiable fashionโ that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal.
US issues more sanctions over Iran drone program after nation's president denies supplying Russia
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on seven people and four companies in China, Russia and Turkey who officials allege are connected with the development of Iranโs drone program.
Americans released by Iran arrive home, tearfully embrace their loved ones and declare: 'Freedom!'
The Americans released by Iran after being detained for years have arrived back home and declared, โFreedom!โ.
UNGA Briefing: Biden, Zelenskyy and what else is going on at the United Nations
Itโs Day 1 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York.
'Stop it!' UN's nuclear chief pushes Iran to end block on international inspectors
The U.N. nuclear chief says he asked to meet Iranโs president on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assemblyโs high-level meeting, His goal is to reverse Tehranโs ban on many of the agencyโs inspectors.
A new Iran deal shows the Biden administration is willing to pay a big price to free Americans
As the Biden administration heralds the forthcoming release of five U.S. citizens detained by Iran, itโs also confronting questions about the price being paid to bring them home.
Britain, France and Germany say they will keep their nuclear and missiles sanctions on Iran
Britain, France and Germany have announced that they will keep their sanctions on Iran related to the Mideast countryโs atomic program and its development of ballistic missiles.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are among 6 nations set to join China and Russia in the BRICS economic bloc
Iran and Saudi Arabia are among six nations that have been invited to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, along with the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia.
Iran unveils armed drone resembling America's MQ-9 Reaper and says it could potentially reach Israel
Iranโs Defense Ministry has unveiled a drone resembling Americaโs armed MQ-9 Reaper, claiming that the aircraft is capable of staying airborne for 24 hours and has the range to reach the country's archenemy Israel.
Iran's leader, visiting Africa, attacks Western support for homosexuality as among 'dirtiest' things
Iranโs president on a rare visit to Africa has sharply criticized Western nationsโ support for homosexuality as โone of the dirtiest things which have been done in human history.โ.
UAE leader welcomes Iranian foreign minister in latest softening of Persian Gulf tensions
The president of the United Arab Emirates has met with Iranโs visiting foreign minister in the latest sign of improving relations between Arab Gulf countries and the Islamic Republic.
Iran president rails against US sanctions during visit to Nicaragua
In his first visit to Latin America, Iranโs hardline president has met with his Nicaraguan counterpart and railed against a theme both leaders have in common: U.S. sanctions.
Iran unveils what it calls a hypersonic missile able to beat air defenses amid tensions with US
Iran is claiming that it's created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound.
Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights
The Taliban and Iran have exchanged heavy gunfire on the Islamic Republicโs border with Afghanistan.
Iran-Saudi Arabia deal casts China in unfamiliar global role
An agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations has cast China in a leading role in Middle Eastern politics โ a part previously reserved for longtime global heavyweights like the U.S. and Russia.
Crisis over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings escalates
A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls is escalating as authorities now acknowledge over 50 schools have been struck in a wave of possible cases.
Iran's president orders probe of poisoning at girls' schools
Iranโs president has ordered authorities to investigate a series of incidents in which noxious fumes have sickened students at girls' schools, which some officials suspect are attacks targeting womenโs education.
China's Xi expresses support for Iran amid Western pressure
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has expressed support for Iran during a visit by its president as Tehran tries to expand relations with Beijing and Moscow to offset Western sanctions over its nuclear development.
EU assembly wants Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list
The European Parliament has called for Iranโs Revolutionary Guard to be put on the European Unionโs terrorist list and insisted that sanctions targeting Tehran had to be expanded after the violent suppression of protests.
Amid unrest, Iran's hardliners turn their anger to France
Iranian hardliners have burned French flags outside the French embassy in Tehran, protesting against cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that lampoon Iranโs ruling clerics.
Iran morality police status unclear after 'closure' comment
An Iranian lawmaker has said that Iranโs government was โpaying attention to the peopleโs real demandsโ a day after a top official suggested that the countryโs unpopular morality police has been shut down following months of protests.
Iran marks 1979 US Embassy takeover amid nationwide protests
Iran is marking the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran as its theocracy faces nationwide protests after the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier arrested by the countryโs morality police.
Iran leaders try to link protests to gun attack killing 15
Iranโs supreme leader and its president have tried to link the nationwide protests roiling the country to an Islamic State-claimed gun attack on a famous mosque that killed 15 people.
2 killed as demonstrations around Iran enter 4th week
Anti-government demonstrations have erupted in several areas across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week.
Iran's president tries to assuage anger as protests continue
Iranian president has appealed for national unity and tried to allay anger against the countryโs rulers, even as the anti-government protests engulfing the country continued to spread to universities and high schools.
Kurdish officials: Death toll climbs in Iranian drone attack
An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq has killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others.
UN nuclear watchdog, Iranian officials meet in Vienna
The head of the United Nationsโ nuclear watchdog says he met with his Iranian counterpart in Vienna for talks about an ongoing investigation into manmade uranium particles found at undeclared sites in Iran.
Iranian leader vows 'steadfast' probe of young woman's death
Iran's president says the death of an Iranian woman in the custody of the countryโs morality police for violating the dress code must be โsteadfastlyโ investigated.
With Ukraine nuke plant in peril, UN tries to broker safety
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says he'll meet with Ukraineโs and Russiaโs foreign ministers in a bid to establish a safety and security zone around a nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine that is Europeโs largest.
US urges UN court to toss out Iranian frozen assets case
The United States has urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case brought by Iran seeking to claw back some $2 billion worth of frozen Iranian assets that the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Tehran.
Iranian president's Holocaust remarks spark outcry in Israel
The Iranian presidentโs comment that โthere are some signsโ that the Holocaust happened but that the issue required more research has sparked an outcry from Israel, a country home to tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors.
Germany's Scholz sees no imminent nuclear deal with Iran
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has made clear that he doesnโt expect an agreement with Iran in the immediate future to restore Tehranโs tattered nuclear deal with world powers, though he said thereโs no reason for Iran not to sign up and European countries would remain โpatient.โ.
Iran president: No way back to nuclear deal if probe goes on
Iranโs president is warning that any roadmap to restore Tehranโs tattered nuclear deal with world powers must see international inspectors end their probe on man-made uranium particles found at undeclared sites in the country.