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A man walks past a motorist on a motorcycle near a banner displayed at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on March 10, 2026, depicting Iran's late supreme leader ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) watching as his successor the late ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) hands over a national flag to his son and new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (R). (AFP)
March 25, 2026, 6:08 pm
Iran’s regime was teetering. This war could be keeping it from collapse
Rather than accelerate a change of leadership, Israeli and US strikes may have helped harden the resolve of those whose defection would be key to bringing down the Islamic Republic, experts say
By Nava Freiberg
A government supporter holds a picture of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
March 1, 2026, 11:21 am
After Khamenei killed, Iran set for largely opaque supreme succession
Iran’s constitution lays out clear guidelines for choosing a new top cleric, but with senior aides also killed in the strikes, the path forward is anything but certain
By Jon Gambrell
Leaked footage from mid-2024 shows Fatemeh Shamkhani in a Western-style, low-cut strapless wedding dress, left, being led down the aisle by her father Ali Shamkhani, a close adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Screen capture: Iran International, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 28, 2025, 10:19 am
Leaked wedding video lays bare luxury that highlights hypocrisy of Iran’s political elites
Islamic Republic riled by leaked footage of Ali Shamkhani, who oversaw harsh repression of 2022 protests, leading his daughter Fatemeh down aisle at lavish, Western-style wedding
By Farhang Morady
Women walk past election posters for Iranian reformist presidential candidate Massoud Pezeshkian along a street in Tehran on June 26, 2024 ahead of the vote. (RAHEB HOMAVANDI / AFP)
June 27, 2024, 2:56 pm
2 hardliners quit Iran presidential race a day before vote, warn of reformist victory
Vice president drops out, followed by ultraconservative mayor of Tehran, in mutual push to form ‘united front’ against reformist Massoud Pezeshkian in Friday’s election
By AFP
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
January 24, 2024, 8:44 pm
Iran’s Rouhani barred from standing for reelection to key clerical body
Top constitutional council bars former president from running for seat on Assembly of Experts, which appoints and can dismiss supreme leader
By Reuters
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
April 19, 2023, 11:06 am
Iran’s supreme leader rules out holding referendums on policies
Khamenei rejects calls by anti-regime protesters and former PM Rouhani for national votes to be held on some matters
By AP
Then-Iranian president Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, February 16, 2020. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
September 6, 2022, 7:50 pm
Iran’s ex-president says he and Trump almost held meeting in 2019
Hassan Rouhani says former US president refused to accept demand that meeting on sidelines of UN General Assembly be reported only after it had occurred
By ToI Staff
Israel Military Intelligence representative in Washington Danny Citrinowicz in Arlington, Virginia in 2016. (Courtesy)
November 30, 2021, 4:33 pm
He led IDF intel gathering on Iran, was ignored and fears Israel is now paying price
Danny Citrinowicz, ex-head of Military Intelligence research, says politicians’ inability to adopt a nuanced approach led to ‘colossal’ policy failure, sped up Tehran’s nuke effort
By Jacob Magid
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 8, 2021, 8:22 pm
With world watching, Raisi’s cabinet will indicate where he’s taking Iran
Hardline president to reveal conservative cabinet in coming days, as nuclear talks expected to pick up in September
By Lazar Berman
Iran's newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi speaks at his swearing in ceremony at the Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP)
August 5, 2021, 6:31 pm
Iranian hardliner Raisi sworn in as president, vows to resist pressure
Ultra-conservative cleric says Tehran will back diplomatic moves to end sanctions as he takes office with terror group leaders, senior EU official in attendance
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (C) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (R) addressing foreign ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, August 4, 2021. (Israel Foreign Ministry)
August 4, 2021, 7:22 pm
Gantz: Iran 10 weeks away from amassing enough weapons-grade material for nuke
Defense minister tells envoys from UNSC members the time has come for tangible actions — including military — against Tehran as hardline president comes into office
By Lazar Berman
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
August 2, 2021, 8:32 pm
Rouhani confirms Israeli heist of Iran’s nuclear archive
In final week in office, president says stolen ‘secrets’ were used to convince Trump to pull out of nuclear deal, blasts critics who blamed his government instead of US
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
August 1, 2021, 12:36 pm
Outgoing Iran president admits government was not always truthful
Rouhani says he withheld information from his citizens because ‘I did not find it useful and I was afraid it would harm national unity’
By AP
Iran's new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi waves at the conclusion of his news conference in Tehran, Iran, June 21, 2021. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
August 1, 2021, 9:26 am
Seeking to save battered economy, Iran’s Raisi may prioritize axing US sanctions
Ultra-conservative new president is set to take reins of a country facing deep economic problems; experts say he’ll focus on removing trade barriers with China and Russia
By Ahmad Parhizi and Karim Abou Merhi
Rob Malley, US special envoy for Iran (R) and Stephan Klement, EU ambassador and European external action service special advisor on Iran, talk in front of the Hotel Imperial near the Grand Hotel Vienna where closed-door nuclear talks took place in Vienna, Austria, June 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)
August 1, 2021, 4:01 am
US said increasingly skeptical return to Iran nuclear deal is possible
NY Times reports on pessimism in Washington amid challenges facing accord, including new hardline government in Tehran and growing Iranian technical knowhow
By ToI Staff
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