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Iran's World Cup team gets tepid welcome home, amid protests

Iran's national soccer team has received a subdued welcome home with a few dozen fans greeting them at the capital Tehran's airport and waving flags following their World Cup defeat by the U.S. team

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Iran Reportedly Asks Iraq to Continue Efforts to Mediate between Regional Countries

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and discussed strengthening political and economic relations. An official Iraqi source said Wednesday that Tehran had asked Sudani to stick to Iraq's role in bringing views between regional countries closer. On Tuesday, Sudani arrived in Tehran…

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Sudani to Raisi: Iraqi Territories Will Not Become Platform to Threaten Iran

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said on Tuesday Baghdad will not allow its territories to be used as a platform to threaten Iran’s security. Sudani was speaking from Tehran where he met with President Ebrahim Raisi. Speaking at a joint press conference, he said his visit came at an…

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Iraqi PM in Tehran to after Iran Border Attacks

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani will kick off on Tuesday a visit to Tehran in an attempt to contain tensions in wake of Iran’s attacks on Kurdish opposition groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the PM is visiting at the invitation of President Ebrahim…

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Iran World Cup showdown with U.S. overshadowed by protests against Islamic regime

DOHA, Qatar — When Ramin Rezaeian scored his first World Cup goal to seal Iran's victory over Wales last week — just the country's second tournament win in 24 years — it should have been a moment of pure joy.

Los Angeles Times

Protest scrutiny intensifies on Iran team

DOHA: Iran’s football stars scored a famous victory with a last-gasp World Cup win on Friday but scrutiny of the conduct of the team ahead of the decisive clash with the United States will only intensify as its leaders press a crackdown on protests at home.

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Iran Players Sing National Anthem at World Cup Match

Iran's national football team sang during the playing of their national anthem at their second World Cup match against Wales on Friday having refrained from doing so in their opening game earlier this week in apparent support of protesters back home. Loud jeers were heard from Iranian supporters as the…

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Iran Media Blames Humiliating World Cup Loss on Protests

Iran was reeling Tuesday from the humiliation of starting the World Cup with a lopsided 6-2 loss against England in a match overshadowed by protests on and off the field. Hard-line Iranian media sought to blame the defeat on the unrest that has gripped the country since the Sept. 16…

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Iran media blames humiliating World Cup loss on protests

Iran was reeling Tuesday from the humiliation of starting the World Cup with a lopsided 6-2 loss against England in a match overshadowed by protests on and off the field

The Independent UK

Iranian World Cup Squad Declines to Sing National Anthem, Backing Protests

Iran's World Cup team declined to sing their anthem before their opening World Cup match on Monday in a sign of support for mass protests back home after many fans accused the squad of siding with a violent state crackdown on the unrest. Protests demanding the fall of the ruling…

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France's Macron calls for fresh sanctions against Iran over protest repression

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for international sanctions on Iranian officials in response to the regime's crackdown on the protest movement he again described as a "revolution".

Radio France Internationale

Putin, Raisi discuss deepening ties between Russia and Iran

The two leaders are strengthening ties as they face increasing discontent at home and isolation from the West.

Al Jazeera

Putin speaks to Iranian president, with emphasis on deepening ties - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, with both leaders placing emphasis on deepening political, trade and economic cooperation, the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday.

Reuters

Russia’s security chief discusses Ukraine, trade on visit to Iran

Nikolai Patrushev meets his Iranian counterpart and Iran’s president, as Moscow and Tehran look to deepen ties.

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President Raisi says Iran thwarted U.S. destabilisation

President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran's cities were "safe and sound" after what he called a failed attempt by the United States to repeat the 2011 Arab uprisings in the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported on Saturday as protests continued for a 50th day.

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Raisi Condemns Biden's Pledge to 'Liberate Iran' as Protests Enter 8th Week

The anti-regime protests in Iran entered their eighth week amid division in the streets, as authorities organized annual rallies on the 43rd anniversary of the storming of the US embassy. President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday that Iran was "freed" from the US "clutches 43 years ago," in response to…

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Iran marks the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover amid nationwide protests

The country's theocracy, which came to power 43 years ago, faces one of its stiffest challenges amid weeks of widespread protests after the death of a woman arrested by the country's morality police.

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Iran Celebrates 1979 US Embassy Seizure amid Anti-government Protests

Iran held state-sponsored annual rallies on Friday marking the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, as the clerical establishment that has ruled since then struggles to suppress nationwide protests calling for its downfall. Radical students cemented Iran's revolution by storming the embassy soon after the fall of the…

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The Independent UK

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 country’s morality police

Reuters

Iran's Raisi tells Biden: Iran was freed 43 years ago -TV

Iran's hardline president on Friday said that Iran had been freed by the 1979 Islamic revolution, responding to a vow by U.S. President Joe Biden to "free Iran".

Al Jazeera

Armenian PM Pashinyan in Iran after meeting with Putin, Aliyev

Tehran says peace in the Caucasus is important but warns it will not tolerate a corridor sought by Baku and Ankara.

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Iran Says it Will Not Allow ‘Enemies’ to Undermine its Security

Security is Iran's red line and it will not allow its enemies to undermine it, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday according to state media, at a time when the country is experiencing nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in September. "Security is a red line” and “we…

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Iran’s Khamenei Vows Revenge after Deadly Attack in Shiraz, Raisi Links Attack to Protests

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed on Thursday to retaliate against an attack claimed by ISIS on a shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, in which 15 people were killed. The assault is expected to aggravate tensions amid widespread anti-government protests that erupted since the death of…

The Independent UK

Iran leaders try to link protests to gun attack killing 15

Iran’s 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

Reuters

Iran says attack on shrine will not go unanswered -Tasnim

The attack on a Shiraz shrine will not go unanswered, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said on Wednesday according to semi-official Tasnim news agency, after a "takfiri" gunman shot at pilgrims praying at the Shah Cheragh shrine.

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