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A man rides on his motorbike as boys ride on their bicycles in downtown Tehran, Iran, July 22, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
July 24, 2026, 8:49 am
Iran hangs six accused of membership in banned group, as executions ramp up amid war
Vahid Baniamerian, 34, hanged alongside five others over alleged ties to People’s Mujahedeen of Iran; in prison outside country, inmates protest drug-related executions
By Stuart Williams
France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on June 10, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
June 19, 2026, 3:01 pm
French FM: Paris will support UN sanctions relief only after ‘major concessions’ by Iran
Huckabee asks if ‘France gets all its info from Hezbollah’ after Barrot demands IDF halt Lebanon attacks; Iranian dissidents say Paris rally banned after Barrot spoke with Iranian counterpart, he denies allegation
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Cars drive under a billboard depicting the late Iranian supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei handing an Iranian flag to his son Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
April 23, 2026, 2:12 pm
Iran executes man for alleged links to Israel and membership in banned opposition group
Judiciary claims Sultan-Ali Shirzadi-Fakhr was part of People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, collaborated with Mossad; regime has stepped up executions, drawing accusations of repression
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The visitors' room at Evin Prison in Tehran, damaged on June 23, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes, seen on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
March 30, 2026, 5:12 pm
Iran hangs two political prisoners from opposition group, activists say
Members of the outlawed MEK group hanged at Gehzel Hesar prison outside of Tehran; rights organizations fear a surge in executions during war
By Stuart Williams
Anti-Iranian regime protesters hold up a portrait the last shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, as they take part in a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in central London on January 10, 2026. (CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
January 15, 2026, 3:47 pm
Iran protests show bitter schism among exiled opposition factions
The two main factions abroad are led by Reza Pahlavi, son of the former shah, and the Mujahedin-e Khalq, a leftist-Islamist group. It’s unclear that either has broad support
By John Irish, Vitalii Yalahuzian and ANGUS MCDOWALL
Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 5, 2025, 12:29 pm
Iran says it detained ‘sabotage cell’ linked to exiled opposition group
Three alleged members of People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran planned to ‘disrupt public order,’ are undergoing ‘specialized interrogation,’ prosecutor says
By AFP and ToI Staff
Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi protest against the result of the recent election, which they say was fraudulent, at the Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2009. (AP/Ben Curtis)
June 20, 2025, 3:52 am
Splintered Iranian opposition sees opportunity, but activists remain wary of unrest
As exiled opponents of regime urge protests, activists question motives of both dissidents based abroad and Israel, note Iranians being asked to ‘pour into the streets’ amid strikes
By Parisa Hafezi
People simulate a hanging during a demonstration in Paris by an Iranian opposition group on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the uprising against the Shah, on February 8, 2025. (Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)
February 9, 2025, 1:25 am
Iranian opposition group rallies some 6,000 in Paris, calling for fall of regime
Former Belgian PM tells crowd, assembled by People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, that Islamic Republic will collapse just as Bashar al-Assad did in Syria — ‘and it will be in 2025’
By AFP
Hamid Noury (center) is seen arriving in Iran after being released in a prisoner exchange deal with Sweden, June 15, 2024. (X screengrab)
June 15, 2024, 8:59 pm
Sweden releases convicted war criminal in swap with Iran
Hamid Noury, who was involved in 1988 mass executions, exchanged for two Swedish nationals; EU vows to work for freedom of other Europeans who it says are arbitrarily detained
By Jon Gambrell
Leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran Maryam Rajavi (R), former US Vice President Mike Pence (C) and his wife Karen Pence (L) pose for a photograph as they tour an exhibition inside of Ashraf-3 camp, a base for the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), in the Albanian town of Manza, on June 23, 2022. Gent Shkullahu/AFP)
July 2, 2023, 2:44 am
Pence, former British PM Truss slam Western ‘appeasement’ at Iran opposition rally
Thousands of People’s Mujahedin supporters rally outside Paris; American ex-VP says ‘this is not just another protest but the beginning of a revolution for freedom’
By Joris FIORITI and Stuart Williams
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, center, as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi sits at left, in Tehran, Iran, May 29, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
May 29, 2023, 6:47 pm
Khamenei says Iran would ‘welcome’ restoring full diplomatic ties with Egypt
Supreme leader makes comments in meeting with visiting sultan of Oman; hacker group takes responsibility for defacing Iranian state websites with images of exiled group
By Jon Gambrell
A locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
May 29, 2023, 1:34 pm
Hackers post photos of Iranian opposition leaders on government websites
Pictures of Massoud Rajavi, the long-missing leader of the MEK exile group, and his wife go up on several sites
By Jon Gambrell
Schoolgirls wave Iranian flags during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square, in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2019. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
March 12, 2023, 12:35 pm
Iran says more than 100 arrested over poisonings that hurt thousands of schoolgirls
Interior ministry accuses perpetrators of seeking to sow ‘terror,’ points at possible links with Albania-based exiled Iranian opposition group MEK
By AFP
Protesters shout slogans and wave flags outside the Appeals Court building in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, Sweden on January 11, 2023, at the start of the appeal trial of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Sweden for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
January 11, 2023, 5:36 pm
Appeal opens for ex-Iran official sentenced to life in Sweden for dissidents purge
Case relates to 1988 killing of at least 5,000 prisoners allegedly ordered by Ayatollah Khomeini in order to avenge attacks carried out by exiled opposition group
By AFP
MEK members at the Ashraf 3 camp wave Iranian flags during a speech by former US vice president Mike Pence at the Iranian opposition headquarters in Albania, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)
December 15, 2022, 6:28 pm
Albania sentences Iranian man to 10 years in prison on terror charges
Bijan Pooladrag convicted by Albanian court 2 years after being arrested on suspicion of spying on members of Iranian opposition group
By AP
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