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RFL/RE – At least 53 people have been killed in two explosions during commemorations of the fourth anniversary of the death of Qasem Soleimani, a former commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force killed in January 2020 in an air strike by U.S. forces near Baghdad, Iranian state-run media report. The Mizan news agency, which is close to Iran’s judicial system, reported …

iranintl – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday called a meeting with some 50 politicians loyal to the regime, amid sharp controversy over upcoming parliamentary elections. The meeting, which was the first of its kind since Raisi took office as Iran’s President in 2021, was shunned by some Reformists who saw his maneuver as a move to distract the nation …

iranintl – Iran’s government, military and hardliners have so far reacted cautiously to the Israeli assassination of a senior Hamas official, Saleh al-Arouri, in Lebanon. A drone attacked Hamas’s office in the southern suburbs of Beirut, where Arouri had a meeting. Several others attending were also killed. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned Israel’s “despicable” killing of al-Arouri and two other …

iranintl – In a message to Israel’s parliament on Tuesday, Iranian opposition figure Vahid Beheshti urged Israel to target Iran directly amid the regime’s proxy war raging in the region. Beheshti, known for his recent hunger strike in London in a bid to pressure the UK government to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, said direct action is “the only language they …

iranintl – An Israeli drone killed top Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri Tuesday, on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the US killing of IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani. Some hardline commentators in Iran are suggesting that the timing has been deliberate and all the more insulting. Al-Arouri was killed just as state-media in Iran broadcast images of mourners paying homage to Soleimani …