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Iran to hold presidential elections on June 28
Iran will hold presidential elections on June 28 following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Vice President Mohammad Mokhber will serve as president in the interim. Raisi's death has sparked mourning across Iran, with many analysts expecting a successor aligned with his ultraconservative views. The election comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, with Iran reaffirming its support for the Palestinians.
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India, Iran, Armenia aim to balance Pakistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey axis
Armenia, whose ties with New Delhi are acquiring strategic dimensions, has proposed the Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridor via Iran parallel to INSTC or part of a new branch of INSTC to connect Indian traders with Russia and Europe, sources said. Meanwhile, Pakistan, which is facing an energy crisis, is also expanding its energy ties with Azerbaijan, which is rich in oil and natural gas resources.
India blocks Azerbaijan's anti-Iran move at NAM
Experts aware of the development told ET Azerbaijan was keen to raise the issue at the forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power block before its NAM chairmanship is passed on to Uganda this year. Iran President Ebrahim Raisi has told his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev that bilateral relations should not be affected after the embassy attack in Tehran that left one person dead.
Armenia says 49 soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan
Armenia said several towns near the border with Azerbaijan, including Jermuk, Goris and Kapan, were being shelled in the early hours of Tuesday, and that it had responded to what it called a "large-scale provocation" by the Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of attacking Armenian towns because it did not want to negotiate over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave which is inside Azerbaijan but mainly populated by ethnic Armenians.
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree new Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire
Russia, France and the United States belong to the Minsk Group, which has attempted to help resolve the conflict under the umbrella of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
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Iran holds nuclear talks with UN, Russia in Tehran
Iran on Monday started talks with inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog as well as Valentin Sobolev, acting secretary of Russia's National Security Council.
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