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Qom
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October 3, 2024, 9:21 am
Iran’s nuclear facilities: Potential targets long in Israel’s sights
The Jewish state is mulling retaliation for the latest missile barrage by the Islamic Republic, with some speculation it could go after nuclear operations
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Reuters
February 26, 2023, 7:18 pm
Iranian official says schoolgirls poisoned in holy city of Qom
Deputy health minister suggests someone seeking to shut down female education responsible for contaminating water, causing respiratory illness
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AFP
February 21, 2023, 10:49 am
Even in Shiite heartland of Qom, Iranians quietly call for change
Though many support theocratic regime, mandatory hijab, some residents say anti-government protesters treated too harshly, women who flout dress code should be warned, not arrested
By
AP
November 27, 2022, 12:01 pm
Iranian bank fires manager for serving an unveiled woman
Report claims video footage of the woman who broke the dress code ‘elicited a lot of reaction on social media’
By
AFP
October 26, 2021, 10:55 am
Iran man gets jail, lashes for stealing cashews
Amid ridicule and calls for lighter punishment, judiciary says it will form a special commission in Qom province to study the issue of the ‘proportionality of the offense’
By
AFP
November 29, 2020, 12:17 pm
Body of assassinated Iran nuclear chief taken to Muslim shrine ahead of burial
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s remains will be taken to 2 more holy sites ahead of Monday funeral; parliament in Tehran holds closed session to ‘investigate the assassination’
By
AFP
and
ToI Staff
August 3, 2020, 3:12 pm
Iran covered up true virus death toll of 42,000 – report
Data seen by BBC shows actual number is nearly triple the reported tally; 52 people died in month before Islamic Republic admitted to outbreak
By
ToI Staff
March 17, 2020, 12:04 pm
Hard-line Shiites storm Iran shrines closed over coronavirus
Police disperse angry crowds that push into the courtyards of Mashhad’s Imam Reza and Qom’s Fatima Masumeh shrines; officials start checking people trying to leave major cities
By
Jon Gambrell
February 25, 2020, 3:02 pm
Day after sweaty press conf, Iran deputy health minister says he has coronavirus
Iraj Harirchi isolates himself at home; revelation comes a day after he was seen sweating and coughing during press conference in which he denied mass deaths from disease
By
Agencies
February 24, 2020, 6:39 pm
Iran says 12 dead from new coronavirus, rejects higher death toll
Lawmaker from province of Qom had said 50 people died; conflicting reports raise questions about Iranian government’s transparency on scale of outbreak
By
Aya Batrawy
February 23, 2020, 1:04 pm
Iran’s health ministry raises death toll from new virus to 8
Spokesman says there are now 43 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country
By
AP
February 20, 2020, 3:42 pm
Iran announces 3 new cases of coronavirus after 2 deaths
All schools and universities, including religious Shiite seminaries, reportedly shut down in the holy city of Qom where infected people detected
By
Amir Vahdat
February 19, 2020, 2:07 pm
Iran reports its first 2 cases of the new coronavirus
Health ministry official says infected people discovered in the central province of Qom, declines to say how many more are suspected of having the disease
By
Amir Vahdat
January 3, 2018, 5:01 pm
Pro-government rallies held in Iran after days of protest, unrest
While state television shows thousands in major cities supporting the regime, unconfirmed reports say disturbances continue in outlying areas
By
Nasser Karimi
and
Jon Gambrell
November 21, 2017, 2:51 pm
From Qom to Medina: Israeli Jew visits holy sites across Muslim world
Some in Arab social media fume after Ben Tzion posts photos of himself sporting Hebrew letters in Saudi Arabia’s Mosque of the Prophet. I come as ‘a friend,’ he stresses
By
Raphael Ahren
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