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Former Iraqi president Salih picked as new UNHCR chief

Former Iraqi president Barham Salih is set to become the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, according to a document seen by AFP on Friday, taking over an agency tackling swingeing budget cuts. Salih, 65, was president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022. He will replace

Iran detains Nobel-prize winner in 'brutal' arrest

Iranian security forces on Friday detained the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi along with at least eight other activists in an arrest condemned as "brutal" by the Norwegian Nobel committee. Mohammadi, who was granted temporary leave from prison in December 2024,

Former Iraq president named UN refugee chief, document shows

GENEVA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - ​Iraq's former ​president Barham ⁠Salih has been chosen as the ​next high ‍commissioner for ​refugees for the United Nations, a letter ⁠showed on Friday. The letter signed by United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres ​and dated ⁠Dec. ⁠11 says Salih has