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..., a syed or descendant of the Prophet Mohammed....
...Ali Mohsen al-Allaq, the previous incumbent, was named as acting governor....
...“These two incidents come at a time when the nuclear deal’s serious opponents inside and outside the country pursue the same goal of blocking an agreement even if they are not co-ordinated,” said Mohammad-Ali...
...Mohammad Hassan Akhund, a close adviser to the late Taliban founder Mohammed Omar, will be acting prime minister, said Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid....
...Mohammed Sohail, chief executive at brokerage Topline Securities, says Pakistan’s turbulent politics has been a persistent drag on investment....
...So fervent was Mohammed Ali Zam, a white-turbaned cleric, in his support for Iran’s 1979 theocratic revolution that he named his son after its founder, Ruhollah Khomeini....
...The proxy forces reminded everyone that . . . no one should think of a war and not even use the rhetoric of war,” says Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, a former Iranian vice-president....
...Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, Qatar’s foreign minister, said Iran and the US were locked in “stalemate” and both parties needed to compromise to avoid a “miscalculation”....
...Mr Abe has also in recent days spoken to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the capital...
...US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said that Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, would also face sanctions “later this week”....
...“Whoever is responsible for the recent attacks against oil tankers and those in Iraq, they are going to benefit Iran,” says Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former reformist vice-president....
...The group, also known as Ansar Allah, launched armed campaigns against the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was also a Zaydi....
..., Ayatollah Ali Khamenei....
...He wears the black turban that marks him as a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed. Mr Rouhani, by contrast, wears a white turban....
...“Mr Alamolhoda has become a big loudspeaker for hardliners,” said Mohammad-Sadegh Javadi-Hesar, a reform-minded politician....
...Meanwhile, investors are taking the deposition of Saudi’s Ali al-Naimi as head of the country’s oil ministry, in their stride....
...That has not deterred senior reformists — led by former presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a centrist, and Mohammad Khatami....
...This weekend’s Isis bombings at the Shia shrine near Damascus of Sayyida Zeinab — daughter of the first Shia Imam Ali and granddaughter of the Prophet Mohammed — looks like an attempt to replicate the al-Qaeda...
...And no less eminent a figure than Ali Jannati, minister for culture, appeared, to launch the show and talk of a rapprochement with the west through art. “This is a first step,” he said....
...Last week they forced the cancellation of a Mumbai concert by famed Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali....
...under Mohammad bin Nayef, who is also interior minister; and the Council of Economic and Development Affairs under Mohammed bin Salman, who is also defence minister....
...“The president is ageing with no known and accepted way of transition,” says Ali Jarbawi, a professor of political science at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank....
...Reformists will have stronger participation,” Mohammad-Reza Bahonar, a conservative politician and a critic of the president said before the agreement was reached....
...Mohammad-Ali Jafari, commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, on Tuesday warned the “Zionists” that his forces would step up their support for anti-Israel movements throughout the region until “this epitome...
...In a recent statement, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader and highest authority, hinted at his frustration....
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