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President Trump: History will remember Iran, not the US midterms - opinion

The midterms will shape the next two years of American politics. What happens in Iran could shape the Middle East for the next hundred.

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks ahead of the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, after being reopened following months of repairs, on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, November 2, 2026.
Then-Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad pictured in Tehran in 2011; illustrative.

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad killed in Israeli-US strikes - report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev

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 MASOUD PEZESHKIAN, Iran’s newly elected president, attends a Muharram mourning ceremony in Tehran, on July 12.

Iranian president visits Oman, as Tehran sees 'new global order is already shaping'


Iran’s Zarif at center of political storm at home - analysis

Zarif has stirred up trouble at home apparently due to a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos and also due to an interview on CNN.

 Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif speaks during the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2025.

Iran's parliament approves Pezeshkian's unity cabinet

"The road to our salvation is unity and solidarity," Pezeshkian said on Wednesday in his speech to the 285 parliamentarians present to give their vote of confidence to the cabinet.

 MASOUD PEZESHKIAN, Iran’s newly elected president, attends a Muharram mourning ceremony in Tehran, on July 12.

US condemns 'deplorable' coercion of Iran’s Jewish voters in recent election

“Iran’s Jews are hostages who could be attacked and arrested at any moment and under any pretext," reminded Haroonian, "Just as the regime does to others whom it wants to intimidate into submission.”

 Electoral staff count ballots at a polling station after voting ended in Iran's run-off presidential election between Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, in Tehran, Iran July 6, 2024.

Iran’s new president vows to back Hezbollah and other terror groups

From Iran’s perspective these are not terror groups but “resistance.”

 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Masoud Pezeshkian (right) and Saeed Jalili ​attend an election debate at a television studio in Tehran, on Monday.

Reformists’ propaganda mafia cannot silence the voice of the Iranian people - opinion

No one dares to stand up to the dictator Ali Khamenei, and reform within the authoritarian structure and the inner circle of the Islamic Jurist is impossible.

IRAN’S NEW president, Masoud Pezeshkian, speaks during a gathering with supporters at the shrine of the late Iranian leader Khomeini, in Tehran, last Saturday.

Iran's president-elect reaffirms country's anti-Israel stance

"The Islamic Republic has always supported the resistance of the people of the region against the illegitimate Zionist regime," Pezeshkian said in a message to Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah.

 Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a gathering with his supporters at the shrine of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in south of Tehran, Iran July 6, 2024.

‘Khamenei will wait to see if Trump wins to decide Iran nuke policy,’ Iran expert says

Iran expert at INSS and at the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Raz Zimmt, told the Post that anyone who says that “the regime fully controls the results – this is not true.”

 IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini’s shrine in Tehran, last week.

Beyond the ‘reformist’ label: What will Pezeshkian’s impact be on Israel-Iran relations - analysis

Iranian President Pezeshkian openly told reporters, “God willing, we will try to have friendly relations with all countries except Israel.”

Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a gathering with his supporters at the shrine of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in south of Tehran, Iran July 6, 2024.

Iranian President Pezeshkian will not open a new chapter for Iran-Israel relations - analysis

The Iranian regime is not just the president and President Masoud Pezeshkian will not have much power to recast Iran’s role in the region.

 A poster of presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian is displayed at a campaign center in Tehran, Iran June 25, 2024

A regime that neglects its own people is destined to self-destruct - opinion

The people of Iran, by boycotting the elections, have showcased their political maturity. 

 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Masoud Pezeshkian (right) and Saeed Jalili ​attend an election debate at a television studio in Tehran, on Monday.