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For about three weeks, Reza Pahlavi... appeared to be the most obvious figure to lead an overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The protests... targeted the whole theocracy and its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Israeli air strikes have killed four people across the Gaza Strip, including three local police members, as violence escalates despite a ceasefire agreement.

Due to the ongoing conflict the United States currently has with Iran, the Iran national team has provisionally withdrawn from this summer's World Cup, at least as far as participating in the United States, though there could be a possibility that Mexico hosts all of their group stage matches.

The foreign secretary reiterated the UK government's position, stating, 'As the prime minister has made clear we will provide defensive support against these reckless Iranian threats but we have not been - and we continue not to be - involved in offensive action.'

Israeli settlers have carried out more violent attacks on Palestinian areas in the West Bank on Saturday, burning buildings, homes and vehicles, and beating and pepper spraying Palestinians attempting to stop them.

"We have recently launched the largest ever release of IEA emergency oil stocks - and I am in close contact with key governments around the world, including major energy producers and consumers, as part of our international energy diplomacy."

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the Iranian oil waiver as a 'narrowly tailored, short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil currently stranded at sea,' which is expected to release about 140 million barrels. He emphasized that Iran 'will have difficulty accessing any revenue generated.'

Having endured more than two years of relentless physical, political and legal attacks, most fiercely in Palestine, Unrwa has reached breaking point. The risks to Palestinians' rights and the stability of the region are immense.

Mojtaba was announced as supreme leader on March 9 after his fellow hardliners rallied behind him to succeed his father. His public response was limited to a written statement on Telegram three days later, intensifying the speculation about how badly he was wounded during Israel's strike on his father's residence.

The Russian-flagged, state-owned tanker the Anatoly Kolodkin departed March 8 from Primorsk, Russia, carrying 750,000 barrels of crude that, once refined, could provide Cuba with several precious weeks of energy.