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Could Iran's new moderate president actually change anything?
Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian is a moderate in a system run by hardliners. Here's what he could try to change, and what he definitely won't.
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Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian is a moderate in a system run by hardliners. Here's what he could try to change, and what he definitely won't.
The unrest followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini detained by the police for allegedly not properly wearing her mandatory hijab.
Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran's Shiite theocracy in his campaign and long has held Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the final arbiter of all matters of state in the country.
CBS News' Seyed Bathaei explains Iranian voters' options and motivations as 2 presidential candidates head for a decisive run-off election round.
Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili are headed to a runoff presidential election on Friday to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in May.
Iranians are voting to elect a new president after their last was killed in a plane crash, but many said they wouldn't bother taking part.
Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog.
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, but his death is unlikely to spark any political crisis. Here's what happens next.
Iran's president and foreign minister were killed when their helicopter crashed on a mountainside in dense fog, state media say.
Two U.S. officials tell CBS News an Israeli missile has hit Iran in apparent retaliation for the recent drone and missile attack on the Jewish state.
Neither Iran's leaders nor its people appear fearful of an imminent Israeli counterstrike, but they all know the real risks of a war.
Details emerge of Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, and how it was largely thwarted by the U.S. ally's defenses.
Israel says 99% of the missiles and drones launched by Iran in an overnight assault were downed by its air defenses, with help from its allies.
Americans in Israel have been warned to limit their travel as U.S. officials say Iran is expected to launch an attack on the country as soon as Friday.
The Iranians are now believed to be planning a retaliatory attack with a swarm of Shahed loitering drones and cruise missiles, according to U.S. officials.
London police say 3 people linked to the stabbing of an Iran International journalist managed to fly out of Heathrow just hours after the attack.
Iran said it would respond to a strike widely attributed to Israel that demolished its consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus and killed seven, including two Iranian generals.
A Syrian war monitor says Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah fighters and Syrian soldiers near Aleppo have killed 44 people.
Iran has held its first parliamentary election since mass 2022 protests over mandatory hijab laws after the death of Mahsa Amini, apparently drawing a low turnout amid calls for a boycott.
An Iran-backed militia says it hit a base in Syria, killing U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters amid a high-stakes exchange of fire being fueled by the Israel-Hamas war.
The U.S. is planning to strike Iran-backed groups, and Iranian personnel, in Iraq and Syria, and while some Iranians are nervous, their leaders remain defiant.
There are about 40 militant groups backed by Iran in the region, including one that claimed the deadly drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan.
4 men convicted in Iran of plotting with Israeli intelligence to sabotage a weapons factory have been executed, state media say.
The U.S. warning about the Jan. 3 ISIS' terrorist strike was delivered over a week before dual suicide bombings took place.
Pakistan says it attacked "terrorist hideouts" in neighboring Iran, as tension between the two countries, and across the Mideast, soars.
After the hiker was killed, Romania's prime minister summoned lawmakers back from their summer recess for an emergency session of parliament.
When Tim Bushe looks at a hedge, he sees "the shape within" the shrubbery - and then he teases it out with his trimmer to honor his late wife.
A team of Italian researchers say they have discovered evidence of a lunar cave and suspect that there could be hundreds more.
Two brothers kidnapped Muriel McKay in 1969 for a £1 million ransom -- thinking that she was Rupert Murdoch's second wife.
Russia says Vladimir Putin will not call Trump as foreign leaders react to the assassination attempt on the former U.S. president
Police said "the evidence gathered so far does not suggest there was a homophobic motive" to the killings.
Police in Kenya say an alleged serial killer has admitted to murdering 42 women and leaving their mutilated bodies in a garbage dump.
Spade-toothed whales are the world's rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. Until, perhaps, now. One may have washed up onto a New Zealand beach.
Paris 2024 Summer Games organizers hope Olympic flame's glitzy arrival in the City of Light can help cast off shadow of low local enthusiasm.
The crowd cheered wildly for former President Donald Trump, whose ear was bandaged Monday after his ear was grazed by a bullet at a rally Saturday.
CBS News fact checked some of the statements made by GOP speakers at the first night of the 2024 RNC, where Donald Trump is accepting the GOP presidential nomination.
"The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It's time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that," President Biden said.
"Today, the Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party," Teamsters chief Sean O'Brien said.
"It was a mistake to use the word," President Biden told NBC News' Lester Holt on Monday. "I meant focus on him. Focus on what he's doing."
Rite Aid, which has already closed hundreds of stores, is shutting more locations in Michigan and Ohio.
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The crowd cheered wildly for former President Donald Trump, whose ear was bandaged Monday after his ear was grazed by a bullet at a rally Saturday.
CBS News fact checked some of the statements made by GOP speakers at the first night of the 2024 RNC, where Donald Trump is accepting the GOP presidential nomination.
"The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It's time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that," President Biden said.
"Today, the Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party," Teamsters chief Sean O'Brien said.
"It was a mistake to use the word," President Biden told NBC News' Lester Holt on Monday. "I meant focus on him. Focus on what he's doing."
Rite Aid, which has already closed hundreds of stores, is shutting more locations in Michigan and Ohio.
Fitness guru Richard Simmons, who helped millions lose weight by preaching the value of exercise and movement, died Saturday, July 13, 2024, at age 76. In this November 30, 2003 commentary recorded for "Sunday Morning," Simmons offered his advice on dealing with holiday feasts, diets, and the benefits of "moving and grooving."
Sierra Butler was offered the opportunity to be just one of two people enrolled in a clinical trial looking at a therapy that could put her lupus into remission.
Symptoms among the new bird flu cases included "fever, chills, coughing and sore throat/runny nose," alongside pink eye and eye tearing, a CDC spokesperson confirmed Monday.
You might've heard of rage rooms — places to smash things to relieve some stress — but how about a place to go cry in comfort?
After the hiker was killed, Romania's prime minister summoned lawmakers back from their summer recess for an emergency session of parliament.
When Tim Bushe looks at a hedge, he sees "the shape within" the shrubbery - and then he teases it out with his trimmer to honor his late wife.
A team of Italian researchers say they have discovered evidence of a lunar cave and suspect that there could be hundreds more.
Two brothers kidnapped Muriel McKay in 1969 for a £1 million ransom -- thinking that she was Rupert Murdoch's second wife.
Russia says Vladimir Putin will not call Trump as foreign leaders react to the assassination attempt on the former U.S. president
"90210" stars like Jennie Garth and Brian Austin Green paid tribute, and Alyssa Milano commented on her "complicated relationship" with Shannen Doherty.
In an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings," Kate Hudson opens up about her debut album "Glorious," the personal stories behind the songs and how her children inspired her musical journey.
Shannen Doherty had been battling cancer since 2015.
This month's recommended fiction and non-fiction titles include new novels by Joseph O'Neill, Claire Lombardo and Julia Phillips, and a biography of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
The "Sunday Morning" book reviewer offers his picks from this month's new titles, including novels by Joseph O'Neill, Claire Lombardo and Julia Phillips, and a biography of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
AT&T on Friday disclosed that hackers had accessed records of calls and texts of "nearly all" its cellular customers for a six-month period between May 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2022. Jo Ling Kent reports.
AT&T disclosed yet another major data breach on Friday. The company said a third party illegally downloaded call and text records for nearly all its 109 million customers with accounts between May and October 2022. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent is following this story.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
It's more important than ever to scrutinize what you see online. These three tips from CBS News Confirmed will help you know what to trust.
The FCC and law enforcement officials are investigating a massive data breach disclosed by AT&T where hackers accessed records of calls and texts of nearly all of the company's cellular customers from about two years ago. Daniel Ives, managing director and senior equity analyst for Wedbush Securities, joined CBS News to discuss the breach.
Spade-toothed whales are the world's rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. Until, perhaps, now. One may have washed up onto a New Zealand beach.
Symptoms among the new bird flu cases included "fever, chills, coughing and sore throat/runny nose," alongside pink eye and eye tearing, a CDC spokesperson confirmed Monday.
The image released Friday depicts two merging galaxies, nicknamed "the Penguin and the Egg," that are about 100,000 light years apart, a surprisingly close distance in astronomical terms.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season got off to a deadly start as Hurricane Beryl tore across the Caribbean, Mexico and eventually the U.S.
Archaeologists say the discovery could shed light on early religious practices in the region.
Federal law enforcement agents are continuing their two investigations into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. CBS News' Nicole Sganga and Meg Oliver have the latest.
"Both were treated about as horribly as a person can be treated," the judge said. "It's the stuff of nightmares."
Two brothers kidnapped Muriel McKay in 1969 for a £1 million ransom -- thinking that she was Rupert Murdoch's second wife.
Police said "the evidence gathered so far does not suggest there was a homophobic motive" to the killings.
Police in Kenya say an alleged serial killer has admitted to murdering 42 women and leaving their mutilated bodies in a garbage dump.
It has been two years since NASA's James Webb telescope gave us a stunning first look at the depth of our universe. To commemorate the achievement, NASA has released new images showing two distant galaxies interacting with each other. Jane Rigby, astrophysicist and a senior project scientist for the Webb telescope at NASA, joins CBS News to discuss.
The image released Friday depicts two merging galaxies, nicknamed "the Penguin and the Egg," that are about 100,000 light years apart, a surprisingly close distance in astronomical terms.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket suffered a catastrophic engine failure as it launched a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit Thursday night, the first time in nearly a decade the rocket has failed. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more on that and the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
The engine failure blamed for stranding 20 Starlink satellites in a low, non-survivable orbit was caused by a liquid oxygen leak.
The engine powering a SpaceX rocket's second launch stage suffered a catastrophic failure, and possibly an explosion, while carrying another batch of Starlink internet satellites from California on Thursday, company founder Elon Musk posted early Friday on social media. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more on what happened and the new images released from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Sean O'Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, gave Monday's keynote speech as the first boss in the organization's 121-year history to address the Republican National Convention. "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell leads special coverage.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin told CBS News 24/7 at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee that he previously spoke with former President Donald Trump who encouraged him to "rewrite [his] speech, too" as he pleads for unity following Saturday's shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania. Watch his full interview.
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The 2024 Republican National Convention kicked off Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the wake of an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe spoke with former Wisconsin Govs. Tommy Thompson and Scott Walker on the convention floor.
Former President Donald Trump made his first public appearance since his attempted assassination, arriving at the 2024 Republican National Convention late Monday. "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell leads special coverage.