Tag: Iran Elections
Blinken suggests recent terror attacks, including suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, aren’t escalations
With his hands clasped, Israeli President Isaac Herzog detailed “ongoing terror attacks by Palestinian terrorists” in the prior 24 hours, during a Tel Aviv press conference alongside U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday. Those...
Iran elects Khamenei protege Ebrahim Raisi to the presidency
Khamenei loyalist Ebrahim Raisi won a landslide victory in Iran’s June 18 presidential election, Iranian media reported.
Raisi garnered 61.9 percent (17.9 million) of the votes versus his next-closest challenger, Mohsen Rezaei, a former Islamic...