Raisi’s death fuels uncertainty in Iran in the midst of its confrontation with Israel
The regime is now forced to hold a new presidential election and risks seeing a new abstention record that would evidence widespread popular discontent
The regime is now forced to hold a new presidential election and risks seeing a new abstention record that would evidence widespread popular discontent
The president, who died in a helicopter accident, was at one point touted to succeed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He is seen as the embodiment of ultraconservative orthodoxy, a man against change and in favor of repression
A Gazan woman tells EL PAÍS that Israel ordered the move at the same time as it dropped bombs on the area, without giving the population time to get to safety. At least 80,000 people have escaped, according to the United Nations
The Israeli army has ordered the inhabitants of the city to move to supposed ‘safe zones,’ but these areas have been previously attacked and lack basic infrastructure
The Islamic Republic is closer than ever to possessing atomic weapons, but the regime insists that it does not intend to manufacture them
The target of the operation, a response to the Iranian attack last weekend, was Isfahan, where the heart of the country’s nuclear program is located. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that no nuclear facilities were damaged. Tehran says it has shot down three drones and is downplaying the situation
U.S. and Israeli representatives discuss plans for that city, the only one ground troops have not entered, as military retaliation against Iran remains up in the air
Critics of the Islamic regime fear that a conflict will deepen the serious economic situation, with skyrocketing inflation and corruption that especially affects the Revolutionary Guard
The attack on Israel came after successive assassinations of senior Revolutionary Guard officers. Tehran intends to restore the deterrence that these undermined, according to experts
Tehran has just over 3,000 ballistic missiles, according to a U.S. estimate. Nine models of these projectiles have the capacity to reach Israeli territory
Israeli authorities urge the EU to immediately declare the Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. Experts feel Tehran may be buying time with a move that it feels is not serious enough to legitimize retaliation by Israel
Indications that a direct attack against Israel would trigger a resounding retaliation by Biden and Netanyahu are deterring Tehran from action, experts say
The Israeli government has also not yet allowed the landing of humanitarian supplies for the Strip in the nearby port of Ashdod
The army said it had achieved its military objectives in Khan Younis and would shift strategy to favor ‘targeted incursions.’ Military sources deny that the decision is due to pressure from Washington
UNRWA and other UN agencies, together with international and local NGOs, provide and coordinate assistance through mostly local staff
The suspension of activities by the NGOs World Central Kitchen and Anera raises fears of a domino effect on other organizations operating in the Strip
The unfulfilled promises to conduct ‘thorough’ investigations into similar killings include the case of American activist Rachel Corrie and British filmmaker James Miller in 2003
The report commissioned by the United Nations accuses Iranian security and paramilitary forces of killing and torturing protesters with ‘encouragement and endorsement by high-level state authorities and senior members of state institutions’
The sentence for musician Shervin Hajipour was announced on the same day the country held elections that served as a test of the regime’s legitimacy
Polls predict low turnout in first election since the death of Mahsa Yina Amini in police custody
Several experts believe that Israel has linked the agency to the Hamas attacks in a bid to put an end to this principle, which was recognized by the U.N. in 1948
The opposition candidate for the presidency of Mexico is confident that she will defeat the ruling party’s candidate — Claudia Sheinbaum — on June 2, despite the fact that the polls show her lagging far behind
The stigma that still tinges the illness of rulers is breaking down, due to social changes and the evolution of the leadership model
The attacks on a crucial commercial artery under the pretext of solidarity with Gaza have increased the regional weight of the fundamentalist group, which controls nearly 30% of the Arab country
Neve Shalom is the only Israeli village where members of the two communities have chosen to live together. Its neighbors struggle to minimize the impact of the Hamas attack and the war in Gaza on their project.
Israel continues to shell areas in southern Gaza, despite ordering internally displaced civilians to move there, as its troops continue their ground offensive
Israel is the only state in the world that systematically tries children and adolescents in military courts, according to UNICEF. The vast majority say they suffered physical or psychological abuse and many remain detained without charge