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Iran’s theocracy is trying hard to both ignore the upcoming anniversary of nationwide protests over the country’s mandatory headscarf law and tamp down on any possibility of more unrest

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to fulfill promises made to his citizens and defended his “balanced” foreign policy, blaming the previous government, which was headed by Hassan Rouhani, for economic instability and “challenges” facing the country. The Iranian government’s website quoted Raisi as saying that the government’s internal policy depended…

As a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi sat on a "death committee" overseeing the execution of hundreds of political prisoners in the Iranian capital, rights groups say.

The regime’s lawlessness combined with its Russia-leaning policies should prompt an urgent rethink by the UK and allies

Since assuming power in 1989, Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei did not find any president agreeable to his desires and line of thought until Ebrahim Raisi, the current president, took office in 2021. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who came to office with the support of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and pretended…

Iran are due to play the USA in their final Group B clash in the World Cup with a place in the Round of 16 up for grabs but tensions are high ahead of the clash

As US meets Iran in critical World Cup match in Qatar, Al Jazeera looks at the volatile history between the two nations.

The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide with Iranians in the streets demanding an end to theocratic rule.