People in Iran and Iranians in other parts of the world have come together in prayer for the well-being of President Ebrahim Raeisi after the helicopter accident.

While it would be unfair to whitewash excesses committed by some fringe elements against Afghan refugees in Iran, it is sheer hyperbole to suggest that Afghan refugees in Iran are in any manner being exploited or terrorized.

The death toll from the stabbing incident at the Imam Reza Shrine in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad has reached two after another cleric succumbed to his wounds at a local hospital on Thursday.