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A fruit seller arranges fruits at his stall at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 17, 2026, 3:17 pm
Iranians beset by uncertainty, financial woes amid stepped-up hostilities with US
Facing soaring prices and escalating airstrikes, many Iranians feel their future is in flux but are nevertheless reluctant to leave the country, citing family ties, hope for change
By Reuters
A large sign saying "We will kill Trump" is carried by funeral-goers in Mashhad, Iran, where supreme leader Ali Khamenei was being buried on July 9, 2026. (via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 9, 2026, 5:13 pm
‘People here all seek revenge’: Crowds mass for Khamenei’s burial, banners call to kill Trump
Caricatures of the US president and Netanyahu line the procession route in Iran’s Mashhad on the sixth and final day of the supreme leader’s funeral
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A commuter walks past a billboard bearing pictures of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along a street in Baghdad on July 2, 2026, ahead of his funeral in Tehran. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
July 3, 2026, 4:27 pm
‘Extravagant ceremony for a dictator’: Some Iranians will avoid Khamenei’s funeral
Tehran locals say streets are empty, nighttime checkpoints are back as many fear dangerous crowds, potential attacks; others lament lavish government spending while people suffer
By AFP
A woman shops for flowers ahead of the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, in northern Tehran, Iran, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 20, 2026, 2:00 am
‘Hope and fear’: Iranians celebrate new year darkened by losses of war, regime crackdown
Iranians at home and abroad are marking Nowruz, the Persian New Year, under the shadow of war, uncertain of what their shared future will look like once the smoke clears
By Susannah Walden
Anti-Iranian regime protesters in Yalova, Turkey on January 16, 2026. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP)
February 28, 2026, 5:28 pm
‘War is no good, but I’m happy’: Iranian diaspora jubilant as regime attacked, see difficult days ahead
In Istanbul, several exiled Iranians express support for US-Israeli strikes, lament deaths but say it is Iran’s ‘brutal theocracy that has put us in this situation’
By AFP
Demonstrators hold flags and placards during a rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran, in Los Angeles, California, on January 18, 2026. (Jonathan Alcorn / AFP)
January 19, 2026, 11:36 am
Thousands march in New York, LA, decrying Iranian regime crackdown on protests
Protester who fled Iran in 2006 says 10-year-old cousin was killed during rallies; other activist expresses hope Trump will intervene, backs Pahlavi monarchy
By AFP
People take part in a demonstration to support mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic in Iran in Paris on January 11, 2026. (Kiran RIDLEY / AFP)
January 11, 2026, 11:16 pm
Masses gather in London, Paris, Istanbul to support Iran’s anti-regime protests
‘My son is there, and I don’t know if he’s alive or not,’ says one protester in London, ‘We just want this murderous regime to leave Iran, that’s it!’
By AFP
A demonstrator holds up a sign reading 'Stop Executions in Iran' as Iranian opposition protesters carry their national flags in Paris during a rally to protest against the visit of the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, in France, January 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)
July 12, 2025, 10:20 am
Iran executes man in public over young girl’s rape, murder
Man hanged in northwestern Iran at request of child’s family; Islamic Republic ranks second globally in number of executions
By AFP
Two shoppers select items at a grocery store in the "Tehrangeles" neighborhood of Los Angeles, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
July 5, 2025, 8:31 pm
End of Israel-Iran war tests the harmony of LA’s huge, mixed-faith Iranian community
Fallout of the 12-day war has come to ‘Tehrangeles,’ the largest Iranian diaspora community in the world; ‘It’s been an emotional roller coaster,’ says one local
By DEEPA BHARATH
Shops are seen seen shuttered in Tehran's historic Grand Bazaar on Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 17, 2025, 2:51 pm
With ‘mixed feelings,’ Iranian diaspora worries for loved ones back home
Iranians in Europe say they’re ‘caught between hope for change, and horror at what is happening right now,’ as Israeli strikes target regime that many want to see toppled
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iranians arrive to cross into Turkey at the Gurbulak Bazargan border post on the Iran-Turkey border, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Kadir Cesur)
June 16, 2025, 10:34 pm
Bumper-to-bumper traffic on roads out of Tehran as residents flee Israeli strikes
Some head for Turkish border with the hope of staying there until conflict dies down, while others make the long drive to a quieter province further north
By Agencies
Iranians walk past a statue of a father and daughter in Tehran, on January 7, 2025 (Atta Kenare / AFP)
January 10, 2025, 11:16 am
Iran’s population aging fast, bucking government efforts
Authorities fear long-term economic effects of rising life expectancy and declining birth rates
By MENNA ZAKI and Payam DOOST MOHAMADI
A supporter of the Iranian regime kicking a woman filming a scene at an event marking the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in London, May 24, 2024. (X screengrab)
May 25, 2024, 5:53 pm
4 hurt, 1 arrested after Iranian regime supporters clash with opponents in London
Police investigating if additional offenses committed after skirmishes outside event commemorating Raisi
By AP and ToI Staff
Swiss police officers stand next to a train, where passengers traveling from Yverdon to Sainte-Croix were earlier held hostage, in Essert-Sous-Champvent, western Switzerland on February 8, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
February 9, 2024, 1:19 pm
Axe-wielding Iranian asylum seeker killed by police in Swiss train hostage situation
Speaking in Farsi and English, hostage-taker holds 14 passengers, train conductor for four hours before authorities storm train, execute maneuver to keep him away from hostages
By Agencies
Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi in a video clip released in May 2023. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 28, 2023, 9:07 pm
Iran arrests singer for ‘illegal’ song encouraging headscarf removal
Judiciary says Mehdi Yarrahi’s new video ‘defies the morals and customs of the Islamic society’; he has consistently backed women’s rights protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death
By AFP
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