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Two ultraconservative candidates exit Iran presidential race
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 hours agoTwo ultraconservative candidates have pulled out of Iran's Friday presidential vote, leaving four...
Uzbekistan tries to put fresh spin on its silk industry
AFP News via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 7 hours agoIn the shade of an almond tree, Zubayda Pardayeva began the age-old and barely profitable process of...
Iran to pick new president at turbulent time
France 24 via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoIranians vote on Friday to elect a new president from six candidates, including a lone reformist who hopes he can challenge the dominance of...
Shadow banking network for Iranian military hit with US sanctions
The Hill via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoThe U.S. Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on a what it calls a shadow banking network for ...
Breaking Baz: Narges Rashidi & Joseph Fiennes Cast In Under-Wraps BBC Drama About Nazanin...
Deadline via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days ago...London, The Girlfriend Experience) and Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale, Shakespeare in Love)...
Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran's next president
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoSix candidates have been approved by Iran's theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to...
Iran’s presidential election dominated by Khamenei loyalists
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoWith Iran's supreme leader now 85, it is likely that the next president will be closely involved in...
Start your week smart: Heat and flooding, Supreme Court gun ruling, Arkansas shooting, Paul Whelan,...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoOut of 80 initial candidates, only six individuals were approved in a vetting process by Iran’s Guardian Council, a powerful 12-member body charged with overseeing elections ...
Iranian rapper's death sentence overturned
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoSalehi, 22, was initially sentenced to prison...a death sentence due to a Supreme Court ruling. But the following January, the Revolutionary Court in the city of Isfahan charged ...
Iran overturns the death sentence of rapper, famous for songs after Mahsa Amini in 2022 death
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoIran's Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a government critic and a popular hip-hop...