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Who is Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s ousted shah?

Nearly 50 years after Iran’s revolution, the son of the ousted Shah of Iran is drawing renewed attention as protests spread. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh explains the significance.

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Who is Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s ousted shah?

Nearly 50 years after Iran’s revolution, the son of the ousted Shah of Iran is drawing renewed attention as protests spread. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh explains the significance.

02:32 • Source: CNN
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Where is Iran's new supreme leader?

Nearly two days after his appointment as Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has yet to appear publicly or issue a statement, while state media reports he may have been injured in the "Ramadan War." CNN's Senior Reporter Mostafa Salem

01:08 • Source: CNN
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Dangerous communal tensions exposed amid Lebanon chaos

Lebanon’s displacement crisis is exposing communal tensions in the country, with officials and aid organizations warning that ethnic and religious strife in the country could quickly boil over. CNN’s Matthew Chance reports from Beirut.

00:52 • Source: CNN
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With jets overhead, CNN's crew forced to seek safety in Tehran

CNN's Frederik Pleitgen and photojournalist Claudia Otto were filming the aftermath of a previous day's airstrike when they heard jets overhead, and ran for cover. CNN operates in Iran with the permission of the Iranian government, as required under local regulations, but maintains full editorial control over what it reports

01:32 • Source: CNN
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Historic Iranian sites damaged

CNN’s Leila Gharagozlou reports as Iranian state media release photos and video showing damage done to some of Iran’s historical and cultural UNESCO sites.

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Trump wants to pick Iran’s next leader. That could backfire

After saying he wants a leader in Tehran who treats the US and Israel well, Donald Trump’s comments revive a long history of foreign powers trying to shape Iran’s leadership from the 1953 coup to the 1979 revolution often with unintended consequences.

01:44 • Source: CNN
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Seven Iranian soccer players granted humanitarian visas

A video shows a soccer player from Iran's women's soccer team being taken by the wrist and led to the team coach. It comes as Australia has granted seven players humanitarian visas from the team.

00:53 • Source: CNN
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Hegseth says US will end war with Iran 'on our timeline'

At a Pentagon briefing on the war with Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US will not relent until “the enemy is totally and decisively defeated."

00:32 • Source: CNN
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28-year-old man donates part of his brain for research

For the first time, researchers have been able to study how a living brain interacts with Alzheimer’s proteins in real time -- and how parts of the brain are lost to the disease. The scientific breakthrough was made possible by tissue samples from living donors. CNN’s Isobel Yeung went inside the operating room to explain why one young man agreed to donate part of his brain. Stream the full story now on the CNN app.

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Hegseth speaks about Iran's new supreme leader

At a Pentagon briefing on the war with Iran, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei should “heed the words” of US President Donald Trump and “not pursue nuclear weapons."

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Fighter jet fires at drone over Dubai beach

Video posted on social media shows a fighter jet firing a missile at a drone over a beach in Dubai. The drone looked similar to an Iranian Shahed.

00:23 • Source: CNN