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Will a reformist win and chart a new course with the West and nuclear deal negotiations or will another hardliner win and continue Raisi’s anti-Western stance?

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met with Iran's acting President Mohammad Mokhber on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kazakhstan.

Iranians will vote on Friday in a presidential run-off pitting the relatively moderate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative anti-Western former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.

The Russian president asked Mohammad Mokhber to "pass along his wishes for good health and prosperity to Iran's Supreme Leader" Ali Khamenei

Tehran views the SCO as a major instrument for increasing the factor of multilateralization in the region, Mohammad Mokhber noted

"The promotion of transit corridors plays a key role in easing trade processes, as well as in economic development and, as a consequence, in political stability of member states," Mohammad Mokhber said

In a bustling Tehran prayer hall, ultraconservative Saeed Jalili has rallied fervent supporters ahead of Friday’s runoff presidential vote, while his reformist rival Masoud Pezeshkian stirred up a crowd in a nearby stadium.

Iran’s Acting President Mohammad Mokhber said that member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) can do business with the world countries through the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). Addressing the 24th…

An Israeli official alluded to the country's undeclared nuclear arsenal after Iran's UN mission threatened Israel over war with Hezbollah.

Israel will only be able to claim complete victory over Hamas and Hezbollah once Iran's nuclear programme is wiped out, according to an Israeli politician.

This is the latest attempt by the Iranian regime to try to protect its Hezbollah ally in Lebanon.

According to the Russian leader, "the free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Iran will contribute to further strengthening economic ties"

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) added missile corvettes and a mothership for special forces to its fleet, enabling new capabilities.

More than 1,000 days after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, women and girls are reluctantly seeking education elsewhere

Russia and China are key partners of Iran. Iran, under Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, had worked hard to increase ties with Russia and China.

Iranian presidential hopefuls Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili held their final campaign rallies on Wednesday in preparation for Friday's snap election runoff. Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote on who will succeed the late…

Painted as 'moderate vs conservative', the vote is being closely watched.

After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was ''unacceptable in the Islamic Republic to arrest a girl for her hijab and then hand over her dead body to her family.''

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was “unacceptable in the Islamic Republic to arrest a girl for her hijab and then hand over her dead…