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Iranian director restages “Waiting for Godot” in Tehran
TEHRAN- Iranian director Amir Hossein Javani is restaging an adaptation of Irish novelist and theater director Samuel Beckett’s 1953 play “Waiting for Godot” at Labkhand Theater Hall in Tehran.
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Al Arabiya English
· Jun 28, 2026
Iranian FM Meets Iraq's Top Leaders
Footage shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meeting separately with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Iraqi President Nizar Amidi in Baghdad. #Iran #Iraq
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· Jul 3, 2026
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Middle East Eye
· Jun 28, 2026
Iran's Aragchi to 'discuss regional developments' with Iraqi officials
Iran's Aragchi to 'discuss regional developments' with Iraqi officials Iran's foreign minister Abbas Aragchi on Sunday morning left for Baghdad, where he will exchange views with senior Iraqi officials on bilateral relations and regional and international developments, IRNA reported. The official visit comes amid a fresh wave of US strikes on several Iranian installations and Tehran's retaliatory attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait. FM @araghchi departed for Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, on Sunday morning for an official visit. During this trip, he will exchange views with senior Iraqi officials on bilateral relations and regional and international developments. pic.twitter.com/3GBCUT6REb — IRNA News Agency (@IrnaEnglish) June 28, 2026
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· Jul 8, 2026
Funeral rites for Iran’s supreme leader shift to Shiite cities in Iraq
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Tehran Times
· Jun 27, 2026
New “Art & War” exhibition at TMoCA showcasing Iranian epic works on Ashura, Shahnameh
TEHRAN – The fifth exhibition in the “Art War” series, titled “Iranian Epic Painting: From the Shahnameh to Ashura,” is underway at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA).
Iran Herald
· Jun 28, 2026
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(260628) -- BAGHDAD, June 28, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and his visiting Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi hold a joint press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 28, 2026. Hussein met Araghchi here on Sunday to discuss bilateral ties and regional security. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)
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Related coverage for "Iranian director restages “Waiting for Godot” in Tehran": Al Arabiya English — Iranian FM Meets Iraq's Top Leaders. Mehr News Agency — Nechirvan Barzani meets with Araghchi, Pezeshkian. Middle East Eye — Iran's Aragchi to 'discuss regional developments' with Iraqi officials. The Washington Post — Funeral rites for Iran’s supreme leader shift to Shiite cities in Iraq. Tehran Times — New “Art & War” exhibition at TMoCA showcasing Iranian epic works on Ashura, Shahnameh. Iran Herald — IRAQ-BAGHDAD-IRAN-FM-VISIT