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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in the capital Tehran, June 13, 2025. Above him is a portrait of his late predecessor Ruhollah Khomeini. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
June 14, 2025, 3:58 pm
Israel’s strikes on key Iranian figures hint at a bigger ambition: regime change
In video appeal to Iranians, Netanyahu says attacks ‘also clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom,’ as analysts say Israel needs US help to take out nuclear program
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Placards with photos of Iranian Nika Shakarami (R) and Donya Farhadi, both believed to be victims of the Iranian security forces, are seen on a fence during a rally against executions in Iran outside the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on October 31, 2024 (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
February 20, 2025, 10:54 am
Iran executed at least 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation,’ rights groups say
Report says 17% increase over 2023; watchdog director says spike seen in last 3 months of year came ‘as the threat of war between Iran and Israel escalated’
By AFP
This image released by Iran's Defense Ministry on Dec. 6, 2024, shows the launch of the Simorgh, or "Phoenix," rocket at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in rural Semnan province, Iran. (Iran Defense Ministry via AP)
December 6, 2024, 4:27 pm
Iran claims successful satellite launch said to improve Tehran’s ballistic missiles
Tehran’s Simorgh program is a satellite-carrying rocket that could be used to deliver nuclear payloads; no immediate independent confirmation of success of the launch
By AP
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the extended format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool/AFP)
December 3, 2024, 3:17 pm
Iranian president expresses doubts over bid for harsher hijab penalties for women
Pezeshkian tells state TV he has ‘many reservations’ about new law, already passed by parliament; regulations said to impose fine equivalent to up to 20 months’ average salary
By AFP
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) waves to the crowd in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 27, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, in Jerusalem, October 27, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool Photo via AP)
October 27, 2024, 1:51 pm
Netanyahu: Attack on Iran was precise, powerful, achieved all goals; Khamenei: A mistake
PM says airstrikes hit Iran defense capabilities, missile production; Iran’s supreme leader warns of ‘response to Zionist regime,’ says its ‘incorrect assessment must be corrected’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
This UGC image posted on Twitter reportedly on October 26, 2022 shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way towards Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's home town in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death. (Photo by UGC / AFP)
September 15, 2024, 1:25 pm
Two years after Mahsa Amini protests, Iran restores order but not legitimacy
Activists hope 2022 death of woman in custody who allegedly violated dress code won’t be in vain, but many are still reeling from the brutal crackdown on demonstrators
By Stuart Williams
People walk past a banner featuring a picture of the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed last month while in Iran, in Tehran on August 20, 2024. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
August 20, 2024, 7:23 pm
Revolutionary Guard says wait for Iran’s retaliation against Israel ‘could be long’
IRGC spokesperson says time is in Tehran’s favor, ‘the enemy’ should wait for calculated and precise response, as country urged to de-escalate tensions
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, left, sits next to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a mourning ceremony commemorating the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, as a portrait of the late President Ebrahim Raisi is placed at center, in Tehran, Iran, July 12, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 28, 2024, 12:00 pm
Khamenei endorses Iran’s president-elect Pezeshkian ahead of Tuesday’s swearing-in
Reformist thanks supreme leader and voters for ‘heavy burden’ of presidency, though ultimate authority remains with Khamenei
By AFP
Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian after casting his ballot during the presidential runoff elections in Shareh Qods, west of Tehran on July 5, 2024 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
July 10, 2024, 10:48 am
Pezeshkian’s win doesn’t change the fact that Iran is dangerously close to the bomb
Relatively moderate president can move the needle on domestic issues and will be committed to talks with West to relieve sanctions, but real power resides with the supreme leader
By Lazar Berman
A man crosses a street as motorists drive past a billboard depicting Iranian ballistic missiles in service in Tehran on April 19, 2024. (AFP)
July 8, 2024, 9:44 pm
Satellite photos show Iran expanding ballistic missile production
Building at two key military sites follows Iran’s pledge to supply Moscow with missiles for use in Ukraine, and during ongoing attacks by its Axis of Resistance against Israel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 28, 2024, 11:35 am
Weary Iranians head to polls to replace president killed in chopper crash
Public faces few choices in election marred by economic troubles, Middle East tensions; some call to boycott vote to avoid legitimizing regime, as supreme leader urges high turnout
By Agencies
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (C) at the site of Qiz Qalasi, the third dam jointly built by Iran and Azerbaijan on the Aras River, ahead of its inauguration ceremony on May 19, 2024. (Iranian Presidency/AFP)
May 19, 2024, 9:46 pm
Raisi’s death doesn’t change Iranian policy, but will spark fight for power
After fatal crash of Iran’s president and potential Khamenei successor, deep stable of figures aiming to fill the vacuum his loss creates may test supreme leader
By Lazar Berman
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof poses as he arrives on May 27, 2017 for the Un Certain Regard prize ceremony at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (Loic Venance/AFP)
May 13, 2024, 10:26 pm
Convicted Iranian filmmaker flees country on foot, will attend Cannes Film Festival
Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in an Iranian jail for collusion against national security. His film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ will premiere at Cannes
By Stuart Williams
An undated satellite image showing empty air defense embattlements at a site reportedly struck in an alleged Israeli attack on April 19, 2024, near Isfahan, Iran. (Screen capture: Google Maps)
April 21, 2024, 12:54 pm
Satellite image appears to show damaged Iranian radar allegedly struck by Israel
Surrounding Russian-made S-300 air defense missile launchers largely unscathed in attack that reportedly targeted embattlements guarding secret Natanz nuclear site
By ToI Staff
Fire breaks out at Iran's Aftab oil refinery in the port city of Bandar Abbas, killing at least one person and injuring several more, on March 7, 2024. (Screenshot from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 7, 2024, 5:52 pm
Iran reports one killed, several injured in oil refinery blaze
Iranian media says furnace caught fire while being repaired, no major damage caused to facility at key Bandar Abbas port
By Agencies
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