Ebrahim Raisi only won the presidency because Khamenei fixed the contest in his favor. This leaves him with little political legitimacy of his own, and more beholden to Khamenei.
Banning, blocking, or barring users from social media without any legal process is a problem, and may lead to its demise as universal platforms for conversation.
The key intervention sends clear signal to Iranian hardliners not to stand in the way of talks with US President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office next month.
Democrats have a child-like faith in Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who they think will mend his ways if he can be persuaded that the US is not out to get him.
It astounds many that Modi didn’t even acknowledge the migrant crisis or the loss of jobs in his Atmanirbhar Bharat speech. And yet there is no anger with him.
A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.
In a tweet, Khamenei urged Modi govt to confront extremist Hindus & their parties, adding Muslim hearts across the world are grieving over Delhi violence.
As a practising doctor, I discovered large question marks on claims of a trustful patient-doctor relationship in the past. The routine dehumanisation of underprivileged patients remains a rarely mentioned topic.
As the second regiment of the S-400 Triumf air defence system starts getting delivered, Russia said it expects the serial production of AK 203 rifles in Amethi to begin in late 2022-early 2023.