Virginia Pietromarchi

Virginia Pietromarchi is a senior reporter at aljazeera.com.

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Based in Doha, Qatar, she writes breaking news, features and explainers with a focus on the Middle East, particularly Iran, and Europe. Virginia has reported from a dozen countries, including the occupied West Bank, Chad and the Vatican and covers a wide array of issues including elections, migration and diplomacy. She also scripts, hosts and produces video content when on assignment. Before joining Al Jazeera, she contributed to Italian news outlets La Stampa and Radio Rai, where she focused on Iranian politics. Virginia has carried out in-depth investigations into the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the destruction of villages in southern Lebanon. In 2024, she was part of the Al Jazeera Live Page team which received the Edward R Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage for her reporting on Israel’s War in Gaza.

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This handout picture released by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 5, 2025 shows him attending a mourning ceremony in Tehran marking the ninth day of the Islamic month of Muharram in the lead-up to Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein

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epaselect epa13238564 (L-R) Sinn Fein Vice-President and First Minister for the North of Ireland Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald, Leader of Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth and Leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney pose for photographers ahead of a meeting between leaders of nationalist parties in Cardiff, Wales, Britain, 14 September 2026. Leaders of nationalist parties from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are meeting to strengthen the co-operation of the three countries and build towards constitutional change. EPA/JON ROWLEY

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A heavily-damaged bridge which was hit by a US strike is pictured along the road connecting Roudan and Bandar Abbas in southern Iran

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The leader who shaped Iran’s defiance

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The leader who shaped Iran’s defiance

‘Leone!’ Vatican crowds hail Leo XIV as new pope of the Catholic Church

How Israeli settlers are expanding illegal outposts amid Gaza war

‘As the night descended, they came and killed’: Sudan’s other war

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