Iran's rulers are expecting a higher turnout, which seems unlikely as polls show only 41 per cent of Iranians will vote. Iran has been rattled by economic and political crises, with widespread protests over hijab rules culminating in the worst turmoil since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Amini was arrested by the so-called Iranian Morality Police for not wearing the burqa in public, and died after being tortured in custody, Her death sparked nationwide protests, and police launched a violent crackdown killing 500 and arresting thousands.
The twin bomb explosions were the deadliest attacks in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 with a death count of nearly hundred people. As victims were buried on Friday, mourners wept over their coffins and crowds chanted "revenge, revenge".
The Iranian supreme leader warned that if the "atrocities" against Gazans continue, Muslims would "lose their patience" and no one can control what they will do. He had earlier denied Iran's involvement in the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel.
ran's top authority Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has hailed Hamas' attack on Israel and backed Palestine. However, on October 10 Ayatollah Khamenei said that Tehran had not been involved in the Hamas attack.
“Iran should refrain from making such hostile statements against India. The Supreme Leader must realise that such threats against India could possibly serve towards marginalising India’s Shia Muslims from the mainstream."
A senior Iranian official and close advisor to country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died of coronavirus. Mohammad Mir-Mohammadi, a member of the Expediency Council, which is known as the closed circle of Iran's leader, died at a Tehran hospital on Monday.
Iranian state media has claimed that at least '80 terrorist US soldiers' were killed in the missile strikes at Iraqi bases housing US troops. The strike was in retaliation to the killing of Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike.
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the 'criminals' who killed General Qasem Soleimani will have to pay for their actions. "Harsh revenge awaits 'criminals' who killed General Soleimani," Khamenei was quoted as saying by the state media. Calling for 3-day mourning, Khamenei said, "Soleimani's killing will double the motivation of the resistance against United States and Israel."
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