What we know about Iranian President Raisi’s helicopter crash | Politics

What we know about Iranian President Raisi’s helicopter crash | Politics

NewsFeed A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister has crashed in a remote area in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. Search and rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather. Published On 19 May 202419 May 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook…

President Raisi’s helicopter crashes in Iran: What we know so far | News

President Raisi’s helicopter crashes in Iran: What we know so far | News

EXPLAINER A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister crashed while travelling back from East Azerbaijan. The world is watching as Iran mobilises emergency crews to search for President Ebrahim Raisi, whose helicopter – which was travelling in a convoy – went down in a remote area…

Iranian man loses bid to be freed from Australian immigration detention | Migration News

Iranian man loses bid to be freed from Australian immigration detention | Migration News

Court rules detention can be justified when an individual is refusing to cooperate in their deportation. Australia’s High Court has dismissed a closely-watched bid by an Iranian asylum seeker demanding to be released from immigration detention because he feared being held indefinitely. The man has been resisting deportation from Australia…

UN pushes Iran for ‘concrete’ cooperation on atomic programme | News

UN pushes Iran for ‘concrete’ cooperation on atomic programme | News

Grossi urges ‘practical and tangible measures’ to accelerate cooperation in talks in Tehran on Iran’s nuclear programme. The head of the United Nations nuclear body has called on Iran to increase its efforts to make cooperation tangible and “concrete”. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi urged Tehran on…

Cost of doing business with Iran? US warns Pakistan of sanctions risk | Politics News

Cost of doing business with Iran? US warns Pakistan of sanctions risk | Politics News

Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States has warned Pakistan of the risk of sanctions after it promised greater security and economic cooperation with Iran during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi. The first Iranian president to visit the South Asian country in eight years, Raisi concluded his three-day trip on…

Tightrope: Jordan’s balancing act between Iran and Israel | Israel War on Gaza News

Tightrope: Jordan’s balancing act between Iran and Israel | Israel War on Gaza News

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is caught between two regional powers and could face serious social, political and economic repercussions should regional tensions continue to intensify. Jordan’s tenuous position means that any regional action – an intensification of hostilities between Iran and Israel or an Israeli invasion of Rafah –…

Supreme Leader Khamenei says Iran demonstrated its power against Israel | Israel War on Gaza News

Supreme Leader Khamenei says Iran demonstrated its power against Israel | Israel War on Gaza News

Analysts say his comments have dampened fears of an all-out war between Iran and Israel. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised the country’s armed forces for their “success” after Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel last week. In a meeting with Iranian military commanders on Sunday,…

US calls for ‘de-escalation’, but tensions rise in the Middle East | Israel War on Gaza

US calls for ‘de-escalation’, but tensions rise in the Middle East | Israel War on Gaza

With no end to the war on Gaza, and Iran-Israel tensions rising, do US calls for ‘de-escalation’ ring hollow? In this episode, host Steve Clemons speaks with Ussama Makdisi, professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley; and Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group. The…