Tag: Iran
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The Iran War Is Already Tanking Luxury Sales in the Gulf—Could Art Be Next?
By the end of last year, 2026 seemed poised to be the year of the Gulf for the art market. In December 2025, Sotheby’s held the first edition of Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week, netting $133 million in the process. This past February, Art Basel held the inaugural edition of Art Basel Qatar. And, in November, read more
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Iran warns it will hit US bases across region hours after president’s apology
Iran’s military warned that it would continue to target US forces across the Middle East, hours after the Islamic republic’s president said Tehran would halt attacks on Gulf states, which are home to American bases. In a recorded video aired on state television on Saturday, President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised for the assaults on Iran’s Arab read more
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Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba emerges as a leading candidate for supreme leader of Iran
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba has emerged as a leading candidate to replace his slain father as Iran’s supreme leader, with regime loyalists backing him for the position hours after top clerics met to choose a successor. Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency on Wednesday quoted Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Assembly of Experts, as read more
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Tehran’s Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Damaged in US-Israel Bombing of Iran
The Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Tehran, has reportedly been damaged in US-Israeli airstrikes as the military campaign against Iran spirals into a wider regional conflict. According to Iran’s cultural heritage minister, Reza Salehi-Amiri, debris and blast shockwaves from a strike near Arag Square in southern Tehran damaged the read more
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