Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran’s supreme leader gets first dose of homegrown vaccine as Covid plans falter
Queues for any jab grow with only 2% of Iranians vaccinated and fifth wave breaking
Patrick Wintour
25, Jun, 2021 @4:37 PM

There are no real winners in Iran’s ‘engineered’ presidential elections | Mohammad Ali Shabani
Legitimacy concerns will haunt Ebrahim Raisi, says editor Mohammad Ali Shabani
Mohammad Ali Shabani
20, Jun, 2021 @1:58 PM

Iran hardliners fight to ensure Ebrahim Raisi wins presidential election
Polls predict low voter turnout over Iranian regime’s efforts to engineer result
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
16, Jun, 2021 @12:09 PM

The Observer view on Iran’s rigged presidential election | Observer editorial
It is not only Iranians who will suffer if a hardliner wins, it could have profound consequences for world peace
Observer editorial
13, Jun, 2021 @5:30 AM

Iran’s supreme leader says rejected election candidates were ‘wronged’
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei concedes that some candidates disqualified from 18 June vote were unfairly treated
Patrick Wintour and agencies
04, Jun, 2021 @7:19 PM

Hawks in Iran and Israel agree: Biden’s bid to salvage nuclear deal must not succeed
With elections looming in both states, and hardliners out to ensure the collapse of the 2015 deal, time is running short for the US president to save it
Simon Tisdall
21, Feb, 2021 @7:00 AM

Biden will not lift sanctions to get Iran back to negotiating table
President has said he will seek to revive the nuclear deal, but insists that Iran must first reverse its nuclear steps
Guardian staff and agencies
07, Feb, 2021 @5:03 PM

Iranian nuclear chief's body prepared for burial as anger focuses on Israel and US
Newspaper publishes comment urging retaliation with strike on Haifa that ‘causes heavy human casualties’
Oliver Holmes and Patrick Wintour
29, Nov, 2020 @3:52 PM

Iran vows retaliation after top nuclear scientist shot dead near Tehran
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, identified by Israel as director of nuclear weapons programme, ambushed in street
Patrick Wintour and Oliver Holmes
27, Nov, 2020 @6:14 PM

Iranian president upbeat about relations with Biden-led US
Hassan Rouhani tells Tehran cabinet he hopes US will ‘condemn Trump policies against Iran’ and lift sanctions
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
25, Nov, 2020 @2:21 PM

'What a spectacle!': US adversaries revel in post-election chaos
From Iran to Venezuela to Russia, once-chided national leaders enjoy the sight of US democracy in action
Andrew Roth in Moscow and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
06, Nov, 2020 @2:33 PM

Revolutionary Guards block clemency for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Iranian regime is guilty of ‘psychological torture’ of his wife, says Richard Ratcliffe, as she is again denied freedom
Donna Ferguson
30, May, 2020 @5:00 PM
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