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Topic: Tehran

Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks with Israel as IDF strike Beirut for 4th consecutive day

Outgoing Biden administration appears keen to secure ceasefire in Lebanon, even as efforts to end Israel’s war in the Gaza appear totally adrift.

Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd died before his execution, says Iran judiciary

Dubai: Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd died before his execution, which was announced by Tehran late last month, Iran's judiciary said on Tuesday, according to...

German-Iranian national executed in Iran; US resident was ‘Israeli spy’, says Tehran

Tehran: Iranian state media has reported that German Iranian national Jamishid Sharmahd, convicted last year has been executed to death. The execution took place on...

Iranian officials to determine how to respond to Israel, says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Dubai: Iranian officials should determine how best to demonstrate Iran's power to Israel after the Israeli attack on Iran two nights ago, Iran's official...

Israel strikes Iran military targets, Tehran says damage ‘limited’

‘Iran reserves the right to respond to any aggression, and there is no doubt that Israel will face a proportional reaction for any action it takes,’ Tasnim news agency said Saturday.

Iran says it does not want regional escalation but must ‘punish’ Israel

Tehran and Iran-aligned groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah have accused Israel of killing Hamas' political chief Haniyeh on 31 July.

Haniyeh killing ‘disaster’ for Tehran, could impair Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks

Hamas’ political chief was assassinated during early hours of Wednesday in his Tehran residence after meeting with Iranian leadership.

Top SAARC, ACD officials discuss cooperation on sidelines of foreign ministers’ meet in Tehran

During the talks, the two discussed ways to deepen cooperation and collaboration between the two regional organisations in the areas of mutual interest and priorities.

Iran’s Parliament re-elects former Revolutionary Guards Commander as Speaker

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was elected to the post Tuesday with 198 votes in the first session of the 12th term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Vice President Dhankar leaves for Tehran to attend Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral

Thousands took to the streets in Iran as the funeral ceremony began Friday in the city of Tabriz in the north-west where his chopper crashed.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.