Iranian Azerbaijanis

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic congratulated Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday evening on being elected new president of Iran and wished him success in performing the difficult duties that were ahead of him.

A post on Vucic's buducnostsrbijeav Instagram profile said the Serbian president had spoken with Pezeshkian.

An electoral banner showing reformist candidate Massoud Pezeshkian, hangs on an overhead foot path traversing a thoroughfare, in Tehran on July 4, 2024,

Iranians voted on Friday in a presidential runoff election where the choice is between a reformist advocating improved ties with the West and an ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei led funeral procession – Hamas and Hezbollah leaders present – Raishi’s burial tomorrow in his hometown in northeastern Iran

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for late president Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday as huge crowds thronged the capital Tehran for his funeral procession.

Flanked by top officials, Khamenei said prayers over the coffins of the eight dead from Sunday's helicopter crash, who also included foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Khamenei called on citizens to vote as soon as possible, stating that, as he said, "both friends and enemies of Iran are watching the turnout," reports Arab News. "Make your friends happy and make your enemies hopeless," Khamenei added.
Preliminary results of the Iranian elections are expected on Saturday.

I was wandering around in a historic caravansary a little outside Kashan in Iran, a Turkic city that dates back to antiquity. A group of students, from the University of Tehran, I later found out, were sightseeing at the historical building just like me. They were having a conversation among themselves.

Hürriyet correspondent Ç?nar Oskay and photojournalist Sebati Karakurt write about the unfortunate league final for Tractor Sazi Tabriz, an Iranian football club with its Azeri fans who sport Turkish nationalist symbols.