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A woman holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a ceremony honoring the armed forces and those killed in the war with Israel and the US at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 25, 2026, 10:10 am
‘Like a sitcom’: Iranian regime’s bunkers, elaborate courier network said delaying deal
‘Exasperated’ officials spend weeks hidden, even they don’t know Mojtaba Khamenei’s location, US source tells CBS; still, supreme leader giving general instructions to negotiators
By ToI Staff
This handout picture taken in Tehran on October 30, 2024, shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Office of Supreme Leader / AFP)
April 7, 2026, 4:56 pm
Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly in ‘severe’ condition, unable to govern Iran
New supreme leader incapacitated in Qom, according to US-Israeli intelligence summarized in diplomatic memo, which also says Tehran prepping to bury father with others — possibly Mojtaba himself
By ToI Staff
Footage of the Israeli strike on a building in the Iranian city of Qom where a body was set to choose Iran's new supreme leader on March 3, 2026. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 3, 2026, 7:35 pm
Israel strikes building where Iranian clerics said gathering to elect new supreme leader
IDF confirms Air Force hit building in Qom where Assembly of Experts believed to gather; unclear how many of its 88 members were in attendance; unsourced report says none of them
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
A combination picture of satellite images show the Parchin military complex under reconstruction in 2024-2026. (Planet Labs PBC and Vantor/Handout via Reuters)
February 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid tensions with US
Islamic Republic has buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear site bombed by the US in June war, fortified tunnel entrances near another, and worked on and obscured missile bases
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iran's domestically built centrifuges are displayed in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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
By Reuters
A COVID-19 patient in a hospital in the city of Qom, Iran, September 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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
By AFP
A cleric walks in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom, Iran, February 7, 2023. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
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
Illustrative: Iranians use ATMs of Bank Melli Iran in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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
Illustrative: A bowl of cashew nuts. (etiennevoss/iStock)
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
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi pays his respect to the body of slain scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh among his family, in Tehran, Iran, November 28, 2020. (Mizan News Agency via AP)
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
In this March 1, 2020, file photo, a medic treats a patient infected with coronavirus at a hospital in Tehran, Iran. (Ali Shirband/Mizan News Agency via AP, File)
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
A cleric and a woman pray behind a closed door of the Fatima Masumeh shrine in the city of Qom, Iran, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo)
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
Screen capture from video if Iran's Deputy Health Minister, Iraj Harirchi, during a press conference about the spread of the coronavirus, February 24, 2020. (Twitter)
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
File: A policeman and pedestrians wear masks to help guard against the coronavirus, in downtown Tehran, Iran, February 23, 2020.(Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
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
An Iranian street vendor sells protective masks in the capital Tehran on February 20, 2020 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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
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