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Iranian hardliners gather in Tehran to mourn Supreme Leader

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen and photojournalist Claudia Otto join demonstrators as the government attempts to put on a defiant face. CNN operates in Iran only with government permission.

01:45 • Source: CNN
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Iranian hardliners gather in Tehran to mourn Supreme Leader

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen and photojournalist Claudia Otto join demonstrators as the government attempts to put on a defiant face. CNN operates in Iran only with government permission.

01:45 • Source: CNN
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Why Trump administration has its eyes on Cuba

CNN's Patrick Oppmann breaks down why President Donald Trump, in an interview with CNN, said Cuba is going to "fall" and wants to make a deal with the United States.

01:03 • Source: CNN
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What it’s like to be stuck in prison in Iran

British citizens Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been imprisoned in Iran since last January, while they were traveling through the country on a motorcycle trip and accused of espionage. Joe Bennett, Lindsay's son, is in regular contact with the couple over the phone. They told him those in prison “are petrified,” Bennett said in an interview with CNN’s Christina Macfarlane.

01:24 • Source: CNN
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Iranian missile strikes Kurdish base

CNN's Clarissa Ward shows the aftermath after an Iranian missile struck a base of Iranian Kurdish militias in Iraq's Kurdistan. The CIA is working to arm Iranian Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN this week.

00:54 • Source: CNN
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Iranian women's soccer team say they've been threatened by state gov't

Sources tell CNN Iran’s women’s soccer team is under heavy security in Australia after refusing to sing the national anthem with families allegedly threatened and state media calling them “traitors.” CNN's Christina Macfarlane reports.

01:04 • Source: CNN
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Intensifying crossfire on Israel-Lebanon border

A CNN team on the Israel-Lebanon border witnessed two projectiles from Lebanon striking northern Israel, as the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies. Israel has carried out a wave of strikes in Beirut and in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Israel says five Israeli soldiers were seriously wounded by Hezbollah fire on Friday. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond reports from the Israel-Lebanon border.

02:01 • Source: CNN
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First direct flight from UAE lands at JFK Airport

Americans stranded for days in the Middle East are beginning to return home, with the first direct commercial flight from the UAE landing at New York’s JFK Airport. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports.

01:44 • Source: CNN