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Illustrative: US and Israeli flags are pasted on the ground in Tehran, Iran, August 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 16, 2026, 4:45 pm
Iran pushes bill to criminalize journalists’ communication with ‘hostile media’
Legislation would further outlaw contact with foreign media, send Iranians who interview with US or Israeli outlets to prison amid crackdown on journalists in the Islamic Republic
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran, Iran, on February 1, 2026. (Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA)/AFP)
March 20, 2026, 3:49 am
After Larijani’s death, Iran’s hardline parliament speaker appears to be leading war effort
As the new supreme leader remains out of sight, Qalibaf has positioned himself in the public eye, giving interviews and unleashing threats against Israel and the US
By Stuart Williams
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him waving during a meeting with Iranian people in Tehran on February 1, 2026, ahead of the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
February 1, 2026, 2:14 pm
In direct threat, Khamenei warns of regional war if US attacks Iran
Supreme leader says Washington knows that conflict would spread, Iranians not afraid; in tit-for-tat, Tehran’s parliament designates European armies as terrorist organizations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Army office on December 31, 2022, shows Iranian troops during a military drill in Makran beach on the Gulf of Oman, near the Hormuz Strait. (Iranian Army office / AFP)
June 19, 2025, 6:37 pm
Iran may shut down vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, lawmakers say
Ali Yazdikhah says Iran has refrained from move because many countries benefit from key oil route, but could change mind if US enters war
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This handout picture provided by the media office of the Iranian presidency shows heavy smoke billowing at the site of an explosion that took place a day earlier in Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan on April 27, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
April 27, 2025, 9:32 pm
Iranian MP accuses Israel of involvement in port blast, as fires continue to smolder
‘There were explosives planted in the container, either in their country of origin or along the transportation route,’ says parliamentarian Mohammad Siraj, without offering proof
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, takes his oath, as Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi listens during a ceremony at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 30, 2024, 6:23 pm
Iran’s new president sworn in at parliament as heads of Hamas, Islamic Jihad look on
Masoud Pezeshkian takes oath as parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf gives speech lambasting Israel’s ‘crimes’ in Gaza; Hezbollah, Houthis also send delegates to ceremony
By AFP and ToI Staff
Former Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani (L) and reelected speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf (R) attend the inauguration session for the new Parliament in Tehran on May 27, 2024. (AFP)
May 28, 2024, 10:49 am
Ex-Tehran mayor reelected as Iran parliament speaker, cementing hardliner control
Former Revolutionary Guard general Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf ran the capital for 12 years, served as Ahmadinejad’s foreign minister, backed violent crackdowns on anti-regime protests
By AP
Illustrative: Women spend an afternoon around the Persian Gulf Martyrs' Lake in Tehran, Iran, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 2, 2023, 9:08 pm
UN rights group: Iranian hijab bill constitutes ‘gender apartheid’
Bill raises fines against women who do not wear a headscarf and includes new penalties such as car confiscation
By AFP
Illustrative: People line up to vote in the presidential election at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
August 15, 2023, 12:35 pm
Record number of candidates register for Iranian parliamentary elections
Nearly 49,000 people file paperwork to run for parliament, though all contenders must be approved by 12-member Guardian Council
By AP
Iranian Industries Minister Reza Fatemi Amin, center, listens during an open session of parliament for his impeachment, in Tehran, Iran, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/ Vahid Salemi)
April 30, 2023, 7:55 pm
Iranian MPs vote to fire industries minister over alleged mismanagement
Ignoring President Raisi’s call for ‘stability in the ministry,’ more than half of parliament supports ousting of Reza Fatemi Amin
By AP
Schoolgirls chant slogans at a rally in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2019. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
March 7, 2023, 3:17 pm
Iran makes first arrests in school poisonings that have affected 5,000 students
Deputy interior minister says ‘a number of people’ detained across five provinces; most victims are girls; White House calls for ‘credible independent investigation’
By AFP
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi speaks before parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 25, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
August 26, 2021, 3:55 pm
Raisi says Iran ‘seriously lagging behind,’ vows to improve sanction-hit economy
At first cabinet meeting of new government, Iranian president promises to tackle country’s financial and health crises by increasing vaccine imports, boosting local production
By AFP
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi speaks before parliament to defend his cabinet selection in the capital Tehran, on August 21, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
August 25, 2021, 8:16 pm
Iranian parliament approves ultra-conservative Raisi’s hardline cabinet
Lawmakers in Tehran give backing to 18 of 19 ministerial posts picked by new president, enabling his government to start working in earnest following June election victory
By AFP
Iranian lawmakers attend a parliament session to review the new president's cabinet selection in the capital Tehran on August 21, 2021. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
August 25, 2021, 3:45 pm
Iranian parliament set to vote on Raisi’s new cabinet
The confidence vote on the strictly conservative lineup — all 19 of them men — will allow the new president to begin leaving his mark
By AFP
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaking in a pre-recorded message played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York, September 22, 2020. (UNTV via AP)
December 2, 2020, 12:37 pm
Iran’s Rouhani calls bill to boost uranium enrichment ‘harmful’ to diplomacy
Iranian president says legislation in wake of killing of nuclear scientist is damaging to efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear deal and ease US sanctions
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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