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Iranian Regime
File: Iranian Christians attend Christmas mass at a church in Tehran, Iran, December 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
December 10, 2018, 11:25 pm
Iran said to arrest over 100 Christians in crackdown on conversions
While the Islamic Republic permits religious practice by its Christian minority, defection from Islam is a punishable offense
By TOI staff
In this Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012 File photo, Somali porters offload charcoal from a truck at a charcoal market in Mogadishu, Somali (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
October 13, 2018, 4:31 pm
Iran facilitating banned Somali charcoal exports, UN report says
Monitor: False certificates for products generating millions for al-Qaeda-linked group ‘evidently issued through official channels’
By Jennifer Peltz
In this Dec. 30, 2017 file photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a university student attends a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran (AP Photo, File)
September 25, 2018, 1:34 am
As anger builds and norms change, topsy-turvy Iran seeks release valve
With Tehran readying to mark 40 years since the Islamic Republic’s founding, the regime hopes allowing slightly more public criticism will ease pressure on leaders
By Jon Gambrell
US National Security Adviser John Bolton (L) gives a press briefing in New York on September 24, 2018, on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
September 24, 2018, 8:54 pm
US vows ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran but says it’s not seeking regime change
Trump’s national security adviser calls for ‘massive changes’ in Islamic Republic’s behavior; Tehran’s oil minister says Washington won’t be able to halt crude exports
By AFP and AP
Iranians display their smartphones using the Telegram messenger application on December 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
September 12, 2018, 1:19 pm
Jihadist wallpaper app used to hack Iranians’ phones, says Israeli security firm
Check Point says recent malware attack, likely by regime, lured minorities and possible IS supporters into downloading spy apps, then stole their data
By TOI staff
Illustrative: People protest the state of Iran's economy at the old grand bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 25, 2018 (Iranian Labor News Agency via AP)
August 20, 2018, 12:02 pm
Iranians rage against elites’ nepotism, corruption in social media campaign
Anger grows online over the privileges and apparently extravagant lifestyles of government officials’ family members
By TOI staff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting in the Knesset, June 4, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 10, 2018, 10:42 am
Liberman says Iranian regime ‘living on borrowed time’
Defense minister wants Trump’s Korean denuclearization model implemented with Tehran; on Gaza, he slams as ‘delusions’ the idea that improving Strip’s economy will halt terror
By Michael Bachner
Mohammad Ali Taheri, founder of a New Age version of Shiite Islam and a proponent of alternative medicine, who has been repeatedly sentenced to prison and death by Iranian courts. (YouTube screen capture)
March 10, 2018, 2:46 pm
Iran spiritual leader on death row gets jail on retrial
Courts previously found Mohammad Ali Taheri, who started a mysticism movement, guilty of ‘corruption on earth’ and ‘satanism’
By AFP
A street in Tehran (CC-BY SA Ehsan/Wikimedia Commons)
March 10, 2018, 9:09 am
As economic problems pile up, Iran cautiously weighs changes
Even Supreme Leader Khamenei has acknowledged serious problems ahead of 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution
By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
Iranian worshippers chant slogans while they burn a representation of US flag during a rally against anti-government protestors after the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran, January 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
January 8, 2018, 1:18 pm
Iran’s Zarif warns foreign powers against ‘misusing’ unrest
Foreign minister accuses neighbors of ‘creating insecurity,’ slams US for convening Security Council over anti-government protests
By Nasser Karimi
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives an interview to The Associated Press at his office, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
January 6, 2018, 5:44 pm
Report: Ex-Iranian president Ahmadinejad arrested for inciting unrest
According to Arab paper, former leader’s comments against Rouhani government amid rallies have led authorities to seek to place him under house arrest
By TOI staff
Iranian pro-government supporters burn the Israeli and US flags during a rally in support of the regime after authorities declared the end of deadly unrest, in the city of Mashhad on January 4, 2018. (AFP/ TASNIM NEWS / NIMA NAJAFZADEH)
January 5, 2018, 12:48 am
Iran blames Israel-backed CIA plot for week of protests
Amid uncertainty over whether demonstrations are fading, Tehran alleges US operative sparked unrest with intelligence support from Israel, Saudi financing
By Agencies
Neda Amin
January 4, 2018, 5:10 pm
Neda Amin
In Iran, a ray of sunshine after 39 years of darkness
Despite the lies the Islamic Republic will keep telling, the protesters are simply demanding what is theirs
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir speaks during a press availability with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, October 22, 2017, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
December 2, 2017, 5:06 pm
Saudi FM assails Tehran: ‘They’ve gotten away with murder’ around the world
Rome peace summit becomes mudslinging contest between Jubeir and his Iranian counterpart Zarif, as nations struggle for regional dominance
By AFP
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (R) and Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman walk through an honor cordon as Lieberman arrives for meetings at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on October 19, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
October 23, 2017, 2:49 am
In Washington, Liberman praises US efforts for ‘moderate’ Mideast coalition
Meeting US counterpart, defense minister says it is in both countries’ interest to forge regional alliances
By JTA
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