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A man holds up an Iranian pre-1979 Islamic Revolution flag and a sign reading "Khamenei is dead!" during a rally expressing support for US and Israeli military action against Iran's Islamic Republic regime on February 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)
March 1, 2026, 3:19 pm
Iranian exiles across North America rally for strikes; others march against war
Expatriates from Los Angeles to Toronto celebrate killing of Khamenei, but protesters in Washington and New York say US-Israeli military campaign will only make things worse
By AFP
The old flag of Iran used prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution stands on the National Mall in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2025. (Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP)
June 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
For Iranian-Americans, Israel-Iran war brought out complex feelings of fear and hope
While much of the diaspora is desperate for change in Tehran, most agree it can’t come from US or Israel: ‘We want to do it internally… not through bombing’
By MARIAM FAM
Christine Levinson, wife of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran in 2007, left, gets a hug from Babak Namazi, right, the son of Baquer Namazi who has been held in Iran, following their testimony before a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
February 22, 2021, 8:14 pm
Iran commutes sentence of ailing Iranian-American, but blocks him from leaving
Former UNICEF official Baquer Namazi, 84, was detained in February 2016, when he traveled back to the Islamic Republic after arrest of his son in Tehran
By AFP
Jacqueline Saper at age 16 in 1977, before the 1979 Iranian Revolution (left), and at age 23 in 1982. (right).
December 4, 2020, 4:47 am
Miniskirted no more: Jewish woman charts 8 years of oppression under Iran regime
In award-winning memoir ‘From Miniskirt to Hijab,’ Jacqueline Saper explains how watching her 6-year-old daughter don a hijab for 1st grade forced her to finally flee her homeland
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this Oct. 9, 2019 photo, traffic enters Canada from the United States at the Peace Arch Border Crossing, in Blaine, Wash. The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans were detained and questioned at the border crossing over the weekend. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
January 7, 2020, 1:24 am
Groups want answers after Iranian-Americans say they were detained at US border
Families held for hours after crossing back from Canada amid warnings Tehran might retaliate for killing of top general; US customs denies targeting them
By Gene Johnson
In this Wednesday, January 23, 2019, photo, Melorin Issarezal, 8, plays with a scarf during Persian story time at Irvine public library in Irvine, California. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
February 12, 2019, 2:52 pm
Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution
As immigrants age, their children and grandchildren buck decades of tension between the countries in bid to maintain a link to their heritage
By Amy Taxin
A Pittsburgh police officer walks past the Tree of Life synagogue and a memorial of flowers and stars in Pittsburgh, on October 28, 2018. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)
October 30, 2018, 12:14 am
Iranian refugee raises over $700,000 for Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue
Shay Khatiri says he decided to launch online fundraiser after seeing how shooting rampage affected a Jewish friend
By Josefin Dolsten
A man carries belongings of his brother's apartment damaged by an earthquake, in a compound which was built under the Mehr state-owned program, in Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, November 15, 2017. (AP /Vahid Salemi)
November 16, 2017, 4:29 pm
Criticism of US sanctions returns in Iran after earthquake
Iranian-Americans are unable to send financial aid due to monetary restrictions; Iranian media says countrymen finding solutions
By AP
Illustrative: A 2008 photo of Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, where a number of foreigners and dual nationals have been detained over the years. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
July 16, 2017, 2:37 pm
American accused of ‘infiltration’ in Iran sentenced to 10 years
Unnamed individual with dual citizenship said to be among some 70 alleged ‘spies’ jailed by Tehran
By AFP
People take part in a rally to protest restrictive guidelines issued by the US on who qualifies as a close familial relationship under the Supreme Court order on the Muslim and refugee ban at Union Square on June 29, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
July 1, 2017, 1:10 pm
For Iranian-Americans, Trump travel ban keeps families apart
Members of the community, many of whom came to US seeking freedom after 1979 Islamic revolution, frustrated by the new limitations
By Amy Taxin
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter, Gabriella, in 2016. (AFP)
September 10, 2016, 5:18 am
British-Iranian woman sentenced to 5 years in Iran prison
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe found guilty on ‘secret charges’ after being held since April
By Jon Gambrell
US State Department spokesman John Kirby briefs reporters on August 18, 2016. (screen capture/US State Department)
August 19, 2016, 2:20 am
US says $400m cash delivery to Iran was ‘leverage’ for release of prisoners
In first, State Department admits connection between payment, prisoner swap and implementation of controversial nuke deal
By ToI Staff and AP
US Secretary of State John Kerry talks during a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, August 4, 2016. (AP/Jorge Saenz)
August 4, 2016, 10:32 pm
Kerry: $400m delivery to Iran was not a ransom payment
Top US diplomat defends cash payout in wake of nuke deal, prisoner swap, says it saved US taxpayers ‘billions of dollars’
By ToI Staff and AP
In this photo from Sept. 26, 2015, US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
August 3, 2016, 5:45 am
US sent Iran $400m as prisoners were freed — report
Cash said to have been airlifted in unmarked cargo plane; administration says payment unconnected to release of prisoners
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
July 24, 2016, 11:35 pm
Iran confirms Iranian-American held, mum on details
State Department said last week it was checking reports of Robin Shahini’s arrest after girlfriend expressed concern over anti-regime comments
By AP
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