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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Iranian Regime

Members of Iranian paramilitary forces (Basij) march with weapons and their national flag during a rally in Tehran, January 10, 2025. (AFP)
June 26, 2025, 12:23 am
Iran pivots to internal crackdown on dissent as ceasefire ends war with Israel
Activists say the now-weakened regime in Tehran has put paramilitary police on guard for internal unrest; ‘We are being extremely cautious right now’
By Parisa Hafezi and Ahmed Rasheed
Iranian lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi poses for a photograph during the presentation of the exhibition "Dessins pour la liberte" (Cartoons for peace), marking the international press freedom day on the shores of Lake Geneva, in Geneva on May 3, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
June 25, 2025, 11:25 pm
Tehran’s ‘paper tiger’ regime will fall, says exiled Iranian Nobel peace laureate
‘I predict the people will succeed this time around and this regime will be gone,’ says Shirin Ebadi, arguing that after war with Israel, Iranians see how weak their leadership is
By Bahareh Khodabandeh and William James
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
Illustrative: An Iranian man looks at newspapers displayed outside a kiosk in Tehran on November 6, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 22, 2025, 10:47 pm
Iran accused of abducting opposition journalist’s family over war coverage
Iran International says IRGC took presenter’s parents and brother to an undisclosed location, forced her father to phone her and demand that she resign from her job
By Farnoush Amiri
Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
June 22, 2025, 10:21 pm
Iran says man accused of spying for Israel executed
Hanging of Majid Mosayebi comes among arrests of dozens on charges of carrying out acts of espionage since start of Israel’s bombing campaign on June 13
By AFP
Smoke rises after an apparent Israeli airstrike in Tehran on June 18, 2025 (Screen grab from social media/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 18, 2025, 8:15 pm
IAF continues to strike Tehran, targeting police HQ and centrifuge production sites
Army says it has hit more than 1,100 Iranian assets in hundreds of strikes since Friday; Defense Minister Katz vows to ‘continue to target symbols of Iran’s rule’
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Iranian demonstrators burn a representation of the US flag during a rally commemorating anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the late pro-US Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
February 10, 2025, 12:30 pm
Iranians mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution as they face new Trump term
Ten of thousands rally in Tehran with banners of ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’; one display depicts US president and Netanyahu behind bars
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustraive: People act as political prisoners during a protest against the regime in Iran outside United Nations headquarters during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 19, 2023 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP)
January 22, 2025, 3:05 pm
Iran claims Swiss man who died by suicide in prison had photographed military sites
After Bern demanded probe into death of tourist who was arrested on suspicion of espionage, Tehran says 64-year-old entered Iran ‘in a car fitted with various technical equipment’
By Agencies
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballots during the parliamentary and key clerical body elections at a polling station in Tehran on March 1, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
March 3, 2024, 8:35 pm
Iranian media: Hardline conservatives secure bulk of parliamentary seats in elections
Official IRNA news agency puts turnout at around 41% in first vote since outbreak of protests over death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022; authorities still counting ballots
By AFP
Shiite Muslim devotees participate in a mourning procession in Tehran on September 6, 2023, to observe Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the killing of Imam Hussein, a founding figure in Shiite Islam and the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by the forces of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD. (Photo by AFP)
February 10, 2024, 1:27 pm
Report: Iran recruiting British Muslims on Middle East pilgrimages to spy on UK Jews
UK newspaper says IRGC approaches Shiite Muslims visiting religious sites in Iraq, Iran, asks them to gather intel on prominent British Jews, synagogues, Iranian dissidents
By ToI Staff
Mourners attend the funeral of Razi Mousavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed on December 25 in an alleged Israeli strike in Syria, in Tehran, on December 28, 2023. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
December 28, 2023, 2:11 pm
Iranians chant ‘Death to Israel’ at huge funeral of commander said killed by Israel
Khamenei leads prayer over body before thousands gather to pay respects to senior Revolutionary Guard official Razi Mousavi, killed in Syria airstrike; Iran vows response
By AFP
US President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's economic agenda at Prince George's Community College, Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, in Largo, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 16, 2023, 2:06 am
Biden leads new Western sanctions against Iran on anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
With mass demonstrations having died down, US president affirms ‘our commitment to the courageous people of Iran, to support their ability to advocate for their own future’
By Shaun Tandon
A woman in the Cypriot capital Nicosia looks at a screen on November 4, 2022, displaying an undated video of Iranian journalist Nazila Maroufian, who according to a Norway-based human rights organisation, was arrested by the Iranian authorities on October 30, after she interviewed the father of Mahsa Amini. (Alex Mita/AFP)
August 17, 2023, 9:45 pm
Iran reporter defiant after release from prison for posting photo without headscarf
Nazila Maroufian, who was first arrested after interviewing Mahsa Amini’s father, says she has no regrets after pictures twice landed her in jail
By AFP
File: Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi. (Screenshot/Youtube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 10, 2023, 3:17 pm
Iran sentences rapper to more than 6 years in prison over protests, supporters say
Toomaj Salehi lambasted the regime in his music; was among thousands of Iranians who protested over the death of Mahsa Amini
By AP
Iranian chef Navab Ebrahimi films a cooking video in December, 2022. (Screen capture/YouTube)
January 17, 2023, 3:16 pm
Iran releases celebrity chef arrested in crackdown
Human rights groups says Navab Ebrahimi, known for his videos promoting Persian cooking, has been freed; no reason was given for his detention
By AFP
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