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Iranian opposition

Iran's Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Shah Reza Pahlavi, waves to supporters after an attacker threw red fluid at him following a news conference in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
April 23, 2026, 7:52 pm
Iran’s exiled crown prince splashed with red liquid after railing against ceasefire
Police say protester in Berlin detained for throwing what appeared to be tomato juice at Reza Pahlavi, who was snubbed by government on visit to Germany
By Agencies
Illustrative: A member of Iran's security forces stands atop an armored vehicle in downtown Tehran on March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 4, 2026, 5:41 pm
Exiled dissidents say Iran is seizing their family members, friends and property
Some say US-Israel bombing campaign led Tehran to worsen conditions for political prisoners and crack down even harder on opposition: ‘They’ve been taken hostage from both sides’
By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY
Iranians and Jews celebrate the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in north London, February 28, 2026. (Meir Porat)
March 1, 2026, 10:44 pm
Iranians and Jews celebrate Khamenei’s death shoulder to shoulder in north London streets
After their Persian neighbors showed support following Oct. 7, Jewish Londoners return the gesture, joining jubilant crowds Saturday night cheering the prospect of regime change
By Lianne Kolirin
Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, December 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)
December 29, 2025, 11:44 pm
Massive protests rock Iran after currency sinks; Tehran shopkeepers shutter stores
Footage shows authorities dispersing crowd with tear gas; protesters chant anti-regime slogans in largest demonstrations since death of Mahsa Amini in 2022
By Agencies
This photo taken in 2021 shows Narges Mohammadi in Tehran, Iran. (Reihane Taravati via AP)
December 13, 2025, 1:32 pm
Rights groups condemn reported re-arrest of Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran
Mohammadi’s attorney says rights activist was arrested after denouncing suspicious death of lawyer at a memorial ceremony; EU demands release of all those ‘unjustly arrested’
By Agencies
Iranians walk past a poster featuring Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside the venue of the 22nd Police and Security Equipment Exhibition at Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on October 15, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 4, 2025, 12:23 am
Iran reportedly arrests three leftist government critics, summons another
Iranian media says authorities confiscated electronic devices of journalist, sociologist, translator and economist, one of whom called for dissolving the theocracy
By AP
Protesters hold pictures of Maryam Rajavi and Massoud Rajavi, leaders of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), during a demonstration in Berlin, on June 29, 2024 (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
July 27, 2025, 12:02 pm
Iran executes two members of banned opposition group for alleged armed operations
One arrested following 2022 blast at Communications Ministry; pair found guilty of manufacturing improvised launchers and mortars and using them in support of MEK
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Reza Pahlavi, an Iranian opposition figure and son of the deposed shah, holds a press conference in Paris on June 23, 2025. (Joel Saget/ AFP)
June 24, 2025, 1:07 am
Son of Iran’s ousted shah pleads with world not to give Khamenei a ‘lifeline’
Reza Pahlavi says regime’s days are numbered: ‘This is our Berlin Wall moment’; Israeli minister asserts that Jerusalem is cooperating with Iranian opposition figures
By AFP
Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi protest against the result of the recent election, which they say was fraudulent, at the Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2009. (AP/Ben Curtis)
June 20, 2025, 3:52 am
Splintered Iranian opposition sees opportunity, but activists remain wary of unrest
As exiled opponents of regime urge protests, activists question motives of both dissidents based abroad and Israel, note Iranians being asked to ‘pour into the streets’ amid strikes
By Parisa Hafezi
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, leads the Friday prayers at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
June 19, 2025, 9:26 pm
Ayatollah Khamenei may fall, but there’s no telling what could come next
As Israel reportedly mulls assassinating supreme leader and monarchists hope for return, analysts say chaotic attempt at regime change could end with IRGC in power
By Stuart Williams
People simulate a hanging during a demonstration in Paris by an Iranian opposition group on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the uprising against the Shah, on February 8, 2025. (Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)
February 9, 2025, 1:25 am
Iranian opposition group rallies some 6,000 in Paris, calling for fall of regime
Former Belgian PM tells crowd, assembled by People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, that Islamic Republic will collapse just as Bashar al-Assad did in Syria — ‘and it will be in 2025’
By AFP
Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi is seen at her home in Tehran on September 4 2001. (Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)
October 6, 2023, 5:06 pm
Change sparked by Iran protests ‘irreversible,’ says jailed activist who won Nobel
Despite having no prospect of release and enduring pain of separation from her family, Narges Mohammadi insists protest movement that erupted against regime last year still alive
By Cecile Feuillatre and Stuart Williams
Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian women's rights campaigner imprisoned by Iran who won the Nobel Peace Prize, on October 6, 2023. (AFP/ Narges Mohammadi Foundation/ File)
October 6, 2023, 12:14 pm
Imprisoned Iranian women’s rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Mohammadi honored ‘for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all’
By Agencies
Leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran Maryam Rajavi (R), former US Vice President Mike Pence (C) and his wife Karen Pence (L) pose for a photograph as they tour an exhibition inside of Ashraf-3 camp, a base for the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), in the Albanian town of Manza, on June 23, 2022. Gent Shkullahu/AFP)
July 2, 2023, 2:44 am
Pence, former British PM Truss slam Western ‘appeasement’ at Iran opposition rally
Thousands of People’s Mujahedin supporters rally outside Paris; American ex-VP says ‘this is not just another protest but the beginning of a revolution for freedom’
By Joris FIORITI and Stuart Williams
Habib Chaab is seen on Iranian state TV in November 2020, confessing to an attack on a military parade two years earlier. (Video screenshot)
May 6, 2023, 8:49 am
Iran executes Swedish-Iranian dual national said behind deadly 2018 parade attack
Tehran says Habib Chaab was head of a terror group acting under the direction of foreign intelligence services, including the Israeli Mossad
By Agencies
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