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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

Masoud Pezeshkian

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses members of parliament, during impeachment proceedings against the country's finance minister in Tehran on March 2, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 11, 2025, 11:17 pm
Iran’s Pezeshkian rejects Trump’s offer of nuke talks: ‘Do whatever the hell you want’
Pezeshkian doubles down as Iran conducts joint naval drills with China and Russia amid US threats over nuclear program
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iran's Vice-President for strategic affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)
March 3, 2025, 11:38 am
Iran vice president Zarif, former face of nuke deal, quits under hardliner pressure
Senior official who led talks with Western powers a decade ago tenders resignation to President Masoud Pezeshkian for second time, in latest blow to reformist leader
By Agencies
Ali Fadavi, deputy chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, delivers a speech during an anti-Israel protest, Tehran, August 9, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
February 18, 2025, 7:45 pm
Top Iranian general warns Tehran will strike Israel again at ‘appropriate time’
IRGC deputy Ali Fadavi’s hints at future attacks after Netanyahu said Israel ‘can and will finish the job’ against Iranian ‘axis of terror’
By ToI Staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to the national anthem as air force officers salute during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 7, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
February 7, 2025, 12:27 pm
Iranian supreme leader vows to respond in kind if US ‘acts on threats’ against Iran
Khamenei also suggests ‘there should be no negotiations’ with US after Trump floated the possibility, but stops short of issuing a direct order not to engage
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)
February 5, 2025, 5:21 pm
Denying US and Israel are planning a strike, Trump says he wants a deal with Iran
US president urges that work on new nuclear pact start ‘immediately’; Iranian FM insists administration’s restoration of ‘maximum pressure’ policy ‘will turn into another failure’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) visits a defense and space achievements exhibition in Tehran, February 2, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
February 2, 2025, 1:22 pm
Iran unveils new ballistic missile that can reach Israel
President Pezeshkian attends unveiling of ‘Etemad,’ which has a maximum range of 1,700 kilometers, says it ‘aims to ensure that no country dares to attack Iranian territory’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
January 17, 2025, 11:37 pm
Russia, Iran deepen defense ties as Putin and Pezeshkian sign 20-year pact
While agreement doesn’t specify arms transfers between the two sanctioned countries, Putin offers aid to Tehran’s nuclear program as he and Pezeshkian express hope for a Gaza truce
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo provided Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, by the Iranian Army, army commander Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, left, speaks with Defense Minister Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh in a ceremony to deliver domestically-built drones to the army in an undisclosed location in Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)
January 13, 2025, 6:45 pm
Iran and Russia to ink ‘strategic partnership’ deal as Tehran seeks money, arms
Pezeshkian to sign accord during talks with Putin in Moscow days before Trump inauguration; similarly named pact with Pyongyang has seen North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this handout picture released by the Iranian presidential office, heads of state and delegates pose for a group picture during the D-8 summit in Cairo, on December 19, 2024. (IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP)
December 19, 2024, 11:01 pm
At Cairo summit, Muslim leaders envision Syria free of ethnic tensions, and of Israel
At D-8 conference of Muslim nations, Iran’s Pezeshkian blames Israel for regional turmoil, PA’s Abbas demands Jerusalem be ‘held accountable and punished’ for actions across region
By AFP and ToI Staff
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (C-R) gestures to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (5th-R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-L) after a group picture during the D-8 summit in Cairo on December 19, 2024. (IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP)
December 19, 2024, 2:36 pm
Egypt hosts Turkish, Iranian leaders as part of Muslim summit; Abbas also to attend
Special sessions on Gaza and Lebanon to be held; event will be first meeting between leaders of anti-Assad Turkey and pro-Assad Iran since overthrow of Syrian regime
By AFP and ToI Staff
The reactor building of Iran's nuclear power plant and electricity poles are seen, at Bushehr, Iran, 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, February 27, 2005. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
December 13, 2024, 1:03 pm
Amid rolling blackouts in Iran, some blame power-intensive cryptocurrency mining
Government won’t publicly connect bitcoin mining to energy problems, but cheap electricity, plus possible IRGC involvement to fund terror groups, makes country hotbed for crypto
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 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi pose for a photo before their meeting in Tehran on November 14, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 19, 2024, 3:24 pm
Iran faces fresh censure over lack of cooperation at UN nuclear meeting
IAEA chief’s visit to Tehran was ‘too little and too late’ to avoid new resolution, says expert, as Europe and US look to pressure Iran into compliance with international standards
By AFP
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during an interview with AFP in Baku on November 12, 2024, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
November 13, 2024, 10:24 am
UN nuclear watchdog chief heads for Iran, stresses need for diplomatic solution
Rafael Grossi says IAEA must have more access to nuclear program, warns Tehran has a large amount of nuclear material that can be used for a bomb
By AFP and ToI Staff
A man rides his motorbike over a bridge in Tehran facing the landmark anti-US mural painted on the wall of a building in the heart of the Iranian capital on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 7, 2024, 6:51 pm
Iranians brace for Trump’s return, recalling tough stance during first term
Iranian president signals openness to talks with US, despite history of ‘maximum pressure,’ killing of top general — but approach ultimately depends on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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