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A US Navy patrol boat leaves a 5th Fleet base near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
June 22, 2019, 1:08 pm
Iran warns US the region could be ‘set on fire,’ vows to defend its borders
Tehran threatens American forces and regional allies, says it will firmly confront aggression, as tensions continue to spiral
By TOI staff and Agencies
This photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, June 9, 2019, shows the Khordad 15, a new surface-to-air missile battery at an undisclosed location in Iran. The system uses locally made missiles that resemble the HAWK missiles that the US once sold to the shah and later delivered to the Islamic Republic in the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
June 9, 2019, 6:53 pm
Iran unveils new advanced missile defense system it says can destroy enemy jets
Islamic Republic’s defense minister says the Khordad 15 can trace targets 150 km away, intercept them at a range of 120 km and can destroy six objects at once
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Two young Iranians sit in a fast food restaurant in downtown Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
June 9, 2019, 1:06 pm
Iran shutters 547 eateries in Tehran for breaking ‘Islamic principles’
Separately, authorities in capital ask citizens to report people for ‘hosting mixed dance parties,’ posting ‘immoral content’ to Instagram
By AFP
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh pictured in 2012. (CC BY-sabzphoto, flickr)
March 6, 2019, 9:00 am
Iran rights group says lawyer convicted for defending women protesters
Court said to sentence Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is held in a Tehran jail, to unspecified term; activist previously served three years for her activism
By AP
In this photo from October 9, 1978, Iranian protesters demonstrate against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo, File)
February 1, 2019, 2:32 pm
Key dates since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution
From takeover of American embassy to Trump’s nuclear deal withdrawal, hostile ties with US have been a defining feature of the Islamic Republic
By AFP
The tomb of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, on the 40th anniversary of his return from exile from in Paris, at his mausoleum in southern Tehran, on February 1, 2019. (Stringer/AFP)
February 1, 2019, 1:03 pm
Crowds chant ‘death to Israel’ as Iran marks 40 years since Islamic Revolution
Thousands gather at tomb of Islamic Republic’s founder Khomeini on the anniversary of his return from exile; senior cleric rails against US
By Agencies
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
January 12, 2019, 10:56 pm
IDF chief warns Iran’s Soleimani: He who acts against us puts his life in danger
In farewell interviews, Gadi Eisenkot says Iran poses most significant threat to Israel, but is being forced to rethink
By TOI staff
Iran supporters pose for picture in a restaurant in St. Petersburg on June 14, 2018, on the eve of the Russia 2018 World Cup football match between Morocco and Iran. (AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)
June 15, 2018, 5:28 pm
Ahead of its opening game, Iran cancels public World Cup screenings
Islamic Republic is only country in world that refuses to allow fans to gather in open spaces to watch the tournament
By AFP
A screenshot of the website of Iran's 'Hourglass Festival' which celebrates Israel's imminent destruction. (Screen capture)
February 28, 2018, 7:51 pm
New Iranian festival fetes Israel’s predicted destruction by 2040
First installation of ‘Hourglass Festival’ calls for entries in art and media competition ‘to disclose beastly and anti-human rights measures of Zionist occupier regime’
By TOI staff
Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations annual mission in Jerusalem on February 21, 2018. (Avi Hayoun/Conference of Presidents)
February 21, 2018, 10:11 pm
Netanyahu: Nuclear deal is setting Iran on a ‘highway to a nuclear arsenal’
Silent on burgeoning corruption probes in address to US Jewish leaders, PM says deal emboldened Islamic Republic but helped reshape the region in opposition
By Raoul Wootliff
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on prison reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 11, 2018. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
January 12, 2018, 6:05 pm
Officials: Iran nuclear deal survives, Trump will waive sanctions
Formal announcement expected later Friday, to be accompanied by other, targeted sanctions on Islamic republic
By Matthew Lee
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)
April 15, 2017, 7:44 pm
Ahmadinejad says Trump can’t hurt ‘powerful’ Iran
In interview, presidential candidate dodges questions about Israel, voices tepid support for nuclear deal
By Nasser Karimi
The Arrow 3 missile defense system that was delivered to the Israeli Air Force on January 18, 2017. (Defense Ministry)
March 17, 2017, 2:57 pm
No offense to the ‘Arrow,’ but greater threats loom from the north
While Friday’s use of surface-to-air missiles by Assad against Israeli jets is worrying, Iranian-built rocket factories in Syria and Lebanon are worse
By Avi Issacharoff and TOI staff
Illustrative photo of fraternity/sorority party. (Photo credit: CC-BY/D.H. Parks/Flickr)
June 4, 2016, 9:14 am
Iran arrests 132 for partying, drinking alcohol
‘Six bisexuals’ among those detained in latest crackdown on violators of Islamic rules
By AFP
Illustrative: Iranian women in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 27, 2016, 2:56 pm
Iran deploys plainclothes morality police on Tehran streets
Officials claim new 7,000-strong force will protect women, but critics fear main aim is to enforce Islamic dress code
By AP
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