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Reuters, citing a senior Iranian official: Tehran would only ship its highly enriched uranium abroad if US sanctions were lifted "verifiably and effectively".

Reuters, citing a senior Iranian official: Iran has not received any fresh proposal from the United States to resolve a decades-long nuclear dispute.

Ansar Allah leader Sayyed Abdul Malik al-Houthi: The horrific scale of crimes committed by the Israeli enemy in the Gaza Strip clearly constitutes genocide.

Pezeshkian: We believe in negotiations, but not in threats and imposed dictates, and we will never back down from preserving Iran's dignity.

Pezeshkian: All enemy efforts revolve around inciting sedition within Iran.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Fifteen Palestinians, including 11 children and one woman, were martyred in an Israeli airstrike targeting a prayer hall in Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza Strip

Pezeshkian: You want the countries of this region to turn on each other by handing out bombs and missiles, and then you say you are peace-seekers?

Pezeshkian: When they boast of having missiles and bombs beyond imagination, is it us who are causing war and bloodshed—or is it them, who flood this region with weapons and ammunition?

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian replying to Trump: Those who for the past year have killed more than 60,000 Palestinian women and children in bombings, cannot claim to be peace-seekers.

Who is Iran’s Presidential candidate Alireza Zakani?

Author: Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
23 Jun 2024 13:08

Alireza Zakani, a war veteran, physician, former assistant to late President Ebrahim Raisi, and the current mayor of Tehran, is running for Iran's presidency in 2024. Here's what you need to know about him.

Who is Iran’s Presidential candidate Alireza Zakani?
Who is Iran’s Presidential candidate Alireza Zakani?
Who is Iran’s Presidential candidate Alireza Zakani?