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Arch-rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia are to re-establish diplomatic relations thanks to China's mediation. If this rapprochement is serious, the cards in the Middle East will be reshuffled, writes Karim El-Gawhary from Cairo
Arch-rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia are to re-establish diplomatic relations thanks to China's mediation. If this rapprochement is serious, the cards in the Middle East will be reshuffled, writes Karim El-Gawhary from Cairo
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The award-winning filmmaker was arrested in July after going to the prosecutors’ office in Tehran to inquire about the arrest of fellow filmmakers Mohamad Rasoulof and Mostafa al-Ahmad.
Long-time member of the Assembly of Experts dies of 'digestive disease' at 85
At the time of his death, Mesbah-Yazdi was the head of the of Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute and a long-time member of the Assembly of Experts, the body that oversees the works of the supreme leader and is tasked with choosing his successor. He had failed to secure a seat in the assembly in the 2016 elections amid a surge by reformists and moderates, whom he fiercely opposed, but managed to regain the position in a by-election two years later. The cleric had said in 2014 that Iran's people "do not deserve such a leader" as Khamenei and that his leadership was a "blessing" for ...