https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APqyNgL8b4g/geneive-abdo RSS for Node Thu, 07 May 2026 06:25:03 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-10-22/iraq-s-top-ayatollah-is-becoming-its-political-savior https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-10-22/iraq-s-top-ayatollah-is-becoming-its-political-savior Mon, 22 Oct 2018 08:00:26 GMT Iraqis flash the sign for victory next to a portrait of Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani as they celebrate in the streets of the holy city of Najaf on July 11, 2017 a day after the government's announcement of the "liberation" of the embattled city of Mosul. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared Mosul finally retaken on July 10, as his forces fought to recapture a last sliver of territory still held by the jihadists in the Old City on the west bank of the Tigris River. / AFP PHOTO / Haidar HAMDANI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-07-24/as-u-s-iran-tensions-grow-iraqis-suffer https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-07-24/as-u-s-iran-tensions-grow-iraqis-suffer Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:00:17 GMT An Iraqi Kurd soaks his finger in ink at a polling station after casting his vote during an election test process in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on April 30, 2018. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-27/china-isn-t-going-to-save-iran-s-economy https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-27/china-isn-t-going-to-save-iran-s-economy Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:00:15 GMT Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and China's President Xi Jinping attend a welcoming ceremony at the Xijiao State Guesthouse in Shanghai on May 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kenzaburo Fukuhara (Photo credit should read Kenzaburo Fukuhara/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-26/iranian-revolution-shiite-clerics-are-standing-up-to-khamenei https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-26/iranian-revolution-shiite-clerics-are-standing-up-to-khamenei Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:54:33 GMT TEHRAN, IRAN - MAY 19: Iranians vote in the twelfth presidential election on May 19, 2017 in the city of Qom, south of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iranians began voting Friday in the country's first presidential election since its nuclear deal with world powers and is seen as a choice between the existing leadership Hassen Rouhani against strong conservative opposition. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-06/egypt-s-muslim-brotherhood-finds-favor-again https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-06/egypt-s-muslim-brotherhood-finds-favor-again Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:23:52 GMT Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Egypt's president, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Jan. 21-24. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-19/iran-s-latest-revolution-won-t-fade-away https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-19/iran-s-latest-revolution-won-t-fade-away Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:00:09 GMT TOPSHOT - An Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017.Students protested in a third day of demonstrations sparked by anger over Iran's economic problems, videos on social media showed, but were outnumbered by counter-demonstrators. / AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)