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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Meir Javedanfar

An Iranian checks various currency rates at an exchange shop window in downtown Tehran, Iran, November 5, 2018. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
November 6, 2018, 12:25 am
Will renewed sanctions force Iran to buckle? Ask after midterm results are in
Analysts say Tehran is unlikely to cave quickly, will hope for a new US administration in 2020; a blue wave during Tuesday’s midterms may give it enough hope to hold out
By Raphael Ahren
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran on July 18, 2015 (Iran Press TV screenshot)
July 22, 2015, 9:39 am
Khamenei aims to ensure Iran deal won’t lead to regime change
If world powers are hoping the influx of Western money and ideals will boost and even ultimately empower reformists, they’ve likely miscalculated
By Raphael Ahren
Israelis dancing at a Purim party in the Israeli Embassy in Tehran in the late 1970s. (photo credit: screenshot from 'Before the Revolution,' courtesy Journeyman Pictures)
November 1, 2013, 2:50 pm
Did Israel, under the shah, help start Iran’s nuclear program?
A new documentary recalls the ‘paradise in a bubble’ of Israelis in Iran before 1979. It also suggests they played an initial role in setting Iran on the nuclear path
By Raphael Ahren
Bodies are buried after an August 21, 2013 chemical attack near Damascus (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)
August 30, 2013, 1:25 am
Chemical allegations in Syria haunt ally Iran
Islamic Republic ‘a major victim of chemical weapons,’ notes country’s new president
By Brian Murphy
Hasan Rowhani gestures to his supporters at a rally in Tehran on June 1. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
June 16, 2013, 9:57 pm
With Rowhani at the helm, all options may no longer be on the table
The election of the relative moderate in Iran gives the clerical regime a facade of legitimacy that may protect it from domestic and Western opposition
By Brian Murphy
A female supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani flashes a victory sign as she holds his poster during a celebration gathering in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 15, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
June 16, 2013, 1:45 am
Iran votes for change, but new president will have a hard time delivering
Hasan Rowhani may have his heart in the right place, but his ability to overcome a conservative supreme leader is limited
By Elhanan Miller
Hassan Rouhani (photo credit: Mojtaba Salimi/Wikimedia Commons)
June 5, 2013, 2:28 am
For Iranian moderates, a glimmer of hope
Presidential hopeful Hassan Rouhani, a relative liberal, could squeeze though to the second round run-off, experts posit, but Khameini won’t let him win presidency
By Elhanan Miller
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registering his candidacy for president in May 2013. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 22, 2013, 4:04 pm
Iran’s presidential shortlist exposes a fearful regime
The removal of two outspoken Khamenei critics indicates the narrowing of legitimate discourse in the Islamic Republic, experts say
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian President Bashar Assad (center), shakes hands with a member of Iran's parliamentary committee on national interest and foreign policy, in Damascus, Syria, April 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP/SANA)
May 6, 2013, 11:36 pm
Iran recruiting volunteer troops for Syria
‘Today our main war front is against the Zionist entity,’ says prominent Iranian lawmaker
By ToI Staff
Iranian men line up as they wait to vote for presidential election, while they stand in front of a picture of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a polling station, in downtown in Tehran in 2009. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)
January 13, 2013, 9:50 pm
Loose lips sink Ayatollahs, Iran warns ahead of vote
Leaders in Tehran, hoping to avoid repeat of unrest from 2009 elections, tell those calling for free elections to keep quiet
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and Brian Murphy
Embassy staff back a van into the underground garage at the Iranian embassy in Ottawa, Friday Sept.7, 2012 (photo credit: AP/The Canadian Press, Fred Chartrand)
September 9, 2012, 8:32 pm
No other countries likely to follow Canada’s lead in severing ties with Iran
Ottawa denies it shut embassy because of imminent Israeli attack; other Western countries disinclined to close their legations
By Raphael Ahren
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
July 19, 2012, 4:26 pm
German FM cautions Israel not to jump to conclusions regarding Bulgaria attack
Guido Westerwelle says that without information, one ‘should be careful in commenting’
By Asher Zeiger
Rita, an Israeli singer of Iranian descent, performs in Ashdod in June 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 6, 2012, 3:18 am
Rita hopes Farsi album’ll charm Iran
Tehran-born Rita’s album ‘My Joys,’ sung ‘in the language of Ahmadinejad,’ is gaining a following in the land of her birth. It’s not a political statement, she stresses, but a return to her roots
By Aron Heller
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at the economic forum in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 21, 2012. (photo credit: Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service, AP /RIA-Novosti,)
June 22, 2012, 3:57 am
Putin visit to Israel next week could be vital in bid to thwart Iran via sanctions
Russian president may be signaling to Tehran that it needs to compromise in order to retain his support
By Amy Teibel
A missile displayed during a military parade outside Tehran. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)
May 22, 2012, 3:10 pm
Israel highly skeptical on Iran-IAEA inspection deal
Ministers point to Tehran’s history of backtracking on agreements; defense official says Iran will never give up on nuclear ambitions
By Ron Friedman
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