At the Free Iran World Summit that was held in the Headquarters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran on July 1, 2023, the 48th Vice President of
A Khamenei protege, Ebrahim Raisi was elected president in June 2021 in a tightly managed race that brought all branches of the state under hardline control after years of more pragmatic government under ex-president Hassan Rouhani.
Iran and Venezuela have signed a 20-year “cooperation road map” as Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro met his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday in Tehran. The two leaders met at the at the Saadabad Palace in the Iranian capital and the meeting was aimed at boosting bilateral ties between two nations facing tough sanctions from the United States. In a joint press conference, the two leaders said that the agreement will boost sectors in both countries like trade, energy, science and technology, agriculture and tourism sectors.
Pentagon tracked failed Iranian satellite launch and new images reveal Tehran is set to try again
Updated 9:12 PM ET, Tue June 22, 2021
On June 19 and 20, Planet captured two images that showed Iran was again making preparations for a launch of the Simorgh, according to experts at the Middlebury Institute of International Affairs at Monterey. (CNN)The Pentagon was watching as Iran attempted, and failed, to launch yet another satellite into orbit earlier this month, multiple defense officials tell CNN.
But while that previous effort, which took place in mid-June, was unsuccessful, Iran appears to be preparing for another attempt in the near future, as satellite imagery captured by commercial firms Planet and Maxar shows increased activity at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in recent days, according to experts at the Middlebury Institute of International Affairs at Monterey who analyzed the photos.