Author: Steven Sahiounie

At least three million mourners marched in his home town Mashhad Thursday to bid farewell to President Raeisi, the mega city’s mayor said, following processions in the cities of Tabriz, Qom, Tehran and Birjand. The 63-year-old president lost his life on Sunday alongside his foreign minister and six others after their helicopter went down in the country’s mountainous northwest while heading to inaugurate an upgraded oil refinery unit in Tabriz. The incident engulfed Iran in shock and grief and generated a groundswell of support and solidarity from Muslims and non-Muslims across the world. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali…

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s talks with Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will be held today in the Kremlin first with their inner circles and then over an official breakfast, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “First, the president and the king will talk in a small group and then break out into two delegations. This will be in the format of an official breakfast,” the Kremlin spokesman said. The meeting will be held in the Grand Kremlin Palace. As part of the talks, a number of agreements are to be signed. The King of Bahrain arrived in Moscow…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will continue to strengthen bonds of friendship with regional states despite the “difficult” loss of President Ebrahim Raeisi. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who was visiting Tehran to honor the late president, whom the Leader described as a “polyhistor.” The Leader expressed gratitude for Qatar’s condolences and emphasized the importance of advancing collaborative relationship between Iran and Qatar. Ayatollah Khamenei said countries in the region have no option but to unite in the face of adversarial efforts to disrupt stability and peace in the region.…

Following the ICJ hearing held earlier this month on South Africa’s latest provisional measures request, the court will announce its decision tomorrow. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced today in a press release that it will deliver its order on the request for the “modification” and “the indication of provisional measures” submitted by South Africa on May 10 in its case against “Israel”. The court posted on X that Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the court, will read out the order in a hearing set to happen at 3 pm at the Peace Palace in The Hague. An overview by…

The attendees discussed the political, social, and military conditions in Gaza, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, and the role of the Axis of Resistance.  A meeting was held between a group of Resistance factions and the chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami and the IRGC Quds Force Commander Brigadier General Esmail Qaani on the sidelines of the funeral ceremony for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Tehran reported. The Resistance factions comprised Hamas, the Islamic Jihad Movement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Hezbollah, Ansar Allah in…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has left an entry in the book of condolences at the Iranian Embassy in Moscow over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and that country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash. “I am deeply saddened by the news of the tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other Iranian statesmen in a helicopter crash,” Lavrov wrote, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s said on Telegram. The Russian minister noted that he recalls with warmth the meetings with the Iranian president and foreign minister. “They were true patriots of their country and…

Thousands of people in Iran’s South Khorasan Province have gathered to bid farewell to President Ebrahim Raeisi and two of his companions who embraced martyrdom in a tragic helicopter crash in the country’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan. The coffins of Raeisi and his associates were warmly welcomed by tearful eyes and black-clad mourners in the provincial capital of Birjand on Thursday morning. The martyred president was elected as the representative of South Khorasan Province in the Assembly of Experts elections in March. The 88-member body with an eight-year mandate is in charge of overseeing the activities of the Leader of…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reaffirms plans to enhance strategic cooperation with Iran and safeguard mutual interests during talks with Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Safari. China will continue to strengthen strategic cooperation with Iran, protect mutual interests, and work towards regional and global peace, according to Foreign Minister Wang Yi, as quoted by Chinese state media. Wang made these comments during talks with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Safari on Tuesday, while attending a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). “Iran has lost outstanding leaders and China has lost good friends and…

The Arab League has welcomed the official recognition of the state of Palestine by Spain, Ireland, and Norway.The prime ministers of the three countries said on Wednesday they were formally going to recognize Palestine as a state as of May 28.Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Arab League secretary-general, said that this “significant move underscores a genuine commitment to the two-state solution and reflects the sincere desire of these nations to safeguard it from those seeking to undermine or eradicate it.”Gamal Roshdy, Aboul Gheit’s spokesman, said that “this important development follows the recent recognitions by Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Bahamas.…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rose on Wednesday, gaining 34.55 points, or 0.28 percent, to close at 12,157.03.