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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
Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, 20, an Iranian Jew executed in November 2024 (Iran Human Rights)
November 4, 2024, 11:00 am
Iran executes Jewish citizen over fatal stabbing he claimed was in self-defense
Watchdog reports Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani hanged at Kermanshah Central Prison; stabbing victim’s family reportedly refused to accept financial settlement to prevent execution
By ToI Staff and AFP
In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2023. (Iranian state television/ AP)
October 11, 2023, 9:25 pm
Condition of hijab-less girl injured in alleged Tehran metro assault deteriorates
Kurdish rights group says Armita Geravand hurt in clash with police at train station, while state news contends she fainted due to low blood pressure
By AFP
An Iranian police officer refuses to arrest a woman for not wearing a hijab in recent days, in the western province of Kermanshah. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2023, 1:04 pm
Iranian policeman rebuked for refusing to enforce mandatory hijab rule
Authorities say officer received ‘warnings and training’ after video posted online shows him rejecting a woman’s plea to arrest another woman who wasn’t wearing headscarf
By AFP
The Iranian city of Kermanshah (CC-BY Parwiz/Wikimedia Commons)
October 13, 2018, 11:54 pm
Iranian intelligence forces kill 2 Kurd separatists
Tehran has accused Arab nations of supporting separatists and inciting chaos in the Islamic Republic
By AP
Illustrative: Buildings damaged by the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck two days before in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's western Kermanshah province, November 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare/File)
August 26, 2018, 12:14 pm
Two dead, 241 injured in Iran earthquake
US Geological Survey says 6.0-magnitude temblor near Iraqi border struck near site of last year’s powerful quake, which killed 620 people
By Eric RANDOLPH
A rescue worker searches debris for survivors with his sniffing dog after an earthquake at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, November 13, 2017. (Pouria Pakizeh/ISNA via AP)
August 26, 2018, 4:42 am
Dozens hurt as 6.0-magnitude quake rattles western Iran
Powerful shallow temblor strikes south of Javanrud near Iraq border, in area hit by quake that killed hundreds last year
By AFP
Illustrative image provided by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, shows a rescue worker searches debris for survivors with his sniffing dog after an earthquake at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, on November 13, 2017. (Pouria Pakizeh/ISNA via AP)
July 23, 2018, 2:13 pm
Iranian media: Dozens injured in fresh quake in south
5.8 earthquake and aftershocks follow series of temblors on Sunday in western Iran that injured nearly 300
By AP
Iranians chant slogans as they march in support of the government near the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. (HAMED MALEKPOUR/TASNIM NEWS/AFP)
January 3, 2018, 10:12 am
Tens of thousands said to gather across Iran for pro-regime rallies
Semi-official PressTV says the demonstrations are in protest at anti-government violence in recent days
By Agencies
Reported anti-regime protests in the Iranian city of Rasht on December 29, 2017 (Twitter video screen capture)
December 30, 2017, 2:05 am
Largest Iran protests since 2009 spread to Tehran
US State Department slams arrests of demonstrators in anti-government rallies over rising food prices and inflation
By Amir Vahdat
A picture taken on November 15, 2017 shows a view through the buildings left damaged by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck days before in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's western Kermanshah province near the border with Iraq, leaving hundreds killed and thousands homeless. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
November 26, 2017, 5:46 pm
Iran earthquake death toll rises to 483
Official total increases as victims die from their injuries and authorities identify some buried in haste
By AFP
People including rescue personnel conduct search and rescue work following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake at Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's Kermanshah province, November 13, 2017. (AFP/ISNA/POURIA PAKIZEH)
November 13, 2017, 8:44 am
Death toll from Iran-Iraq earthquake climbs to at least 207
1,600 people injured in tremor, felt across region, as rural Iranian region digs out from 7.3 magnitude quake
By Agencies
Illustrative photo of Iranian Revolutionary Guards (@MidEastNews_Eng via Twitter/File)
August 16, 2016, 7:21 pm
Iranian police say security forces killed 4 Sunni militants
6 others arrested in 2 firefights in the country’s west over the past 24 hours, authorities say
By Nasser Karimi
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