Out of the total executions in Iran so far this year, over 20% were of ethnic minorities.
New Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, an ethnic Azeri, calls for regional peace and cooperation amid political tensions.
The letter expressed Ireland’s President Michael Higgins's condolences for the Butcher of Tehran Ebrahim Raisi.
Israel is aware of the Iranian danger, as is the president of the United States. Staying quiet is no longer an option, nor can we put this genie back into the bottle.
Instead of memorializing him, the United States and the United Nations should have wiped his name from global memory.
The Jewish Association of Iran congratulated Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian on his election as Iran's president and expressed optimism for progress under his leadership.
Videos on social media showed supporters of Pezeshkian dancing in streets in many cities and towns across the country and motorists honking car horns to cheer his victory.
The run-off follows a June 28 ballot with a historic low turnout, when over 60% of Iranian voters abstained from the snap election for a successor to Ebrahim Raisi following his death.
Will a reformist win and chart a new course with the West and nuclear deal negotiations or will another hardliner win and continue Raisi’s anti-Western stance?
Russia and China are key partners of Iran. Iran, under Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, had worked hard to increase ties with Russia and China.
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