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Iran's Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
June 16, 2026, 11:17 pm
Son of Iran’s late shah warns against any deal that leaves Islamic Republic intact
‘Dealing with this regime will fail and we will all face the consequences,’ Reza Pahlavi declares, as US-Iran agreement takes shape
By AFP
Artist Farideh Golbahar with the flowers she tends at her Jerusalem home, May 2026 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 1, 2026, 2:10 am
Tehran memories meet the Israeli sun in Iranian-born artist’s paintings on show in Tel Aviv
‘Beyond Garden,’ now open through July 11, traces 84-year-old Farideh Golbahar’s decades of dreamy and meticulous oils on paper, shaped by Iran, Europe and Jerusalem
By Jessica Steinberg
TOI’s Rossella Tercatin and Jessica Steinberg, superimposed over Andy Warhol’s Mao Zedong painting series at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on display in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 2, 2026, 1:27 pm
Daily Briefing April 2: Picassos and other veiled masterpieces in Iran
Archaeology and religions reporter Rossella Tercatin reports on art collection amassed by Queen Farah Pahlavi and a Passover Haggadah that examines influence of Egyptian culture
By Jessica Steinberg and Rossella Tercatin
Supporters of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi attend a demonstration during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 14, 2026, 4:46 pm
Last shah’s son says ready to lead Iran transition ‘as soon as Islamic Republic falls’
Reza Pahlavi asserts transition team he’s assembling will ‘in the shortest possible time, establish order, security, freedom, and conditions for Iran’s prosperity and flourishing’
By AFP
Students seen holding up the banned flag of the shah of Iran at protests on campuses against the regime on February 22, 2026. (Screencapture/X)
February 22, 2026, 8:19 pm
Fresh campus protests in Iran continue for second day with shows of defiance
40-day memorial services for those killed in brutal crackdown last month become a rallying point for new demonstrations; regime stages pro-government counterprotests
By Agencies
A playground by Tel Aviv's Kikar HaMedina which sits on a plot of land once purchased by Iran (Google Street View)
January 24, 2026, 1:10 pm
Iran’s tiny Tel Aviv outpost: City playground has surprising owners
With social media quiz, municipality draws attention to the fact that a small park near the city center is built on a plot purchased by pre-revolutionary Iran for an embassy
By ToI Staff
In this December 10, 1978, file picture, demonstrators hold up a poster of exiled Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini during an anti-shah demonstration in Tehran at the Shayah monument, which was built to commemorate the monarch's rule and was a symbol of his power. (AP/Michel Lipchitz)
January 15, 2026, 4:28 pm
Podcaster Mitch Ginsburg: Escape from Tehran, an untold 1979 Israeli caper
On February 20, 1979, the last 33 Israeli officials left in Iran miraculously come back to the Jewish state. Their families had been told they were unlikely to return alive
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Mitch Ginsburg
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
People hold posters of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a funeral ceremony for a group of security forces, who were killed during anti-government protests, in Tehran, Iran, January 14, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
January 15, 2026, 11:02 am
Scale of protests and violence in Iran echoes chaos around 1979 Islamic Revolution
State television has itself recalled violence that led to ouster of shah, indicating regime’s concern over current uprising and its efforts to recharacterize the unrest
By Jon Gambrell
US President Donald Trump (left) speaks during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, January 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci); Reza Pahlavi, an Iranian opposition figure and son of the deposed shah, holds a press conference in Paris on June 23, 2025. (Joel Saget/ AFP)
January 15, 2026, 9:58 am
Trump says Iran’s Reza Pahlavi ‘seems very nice’ but unsure if he can garner support
‘I don’t know whether or not his country would accept his leadership,’ US president says of the exiled crown prince, who has emerged as a key figure in anti-regime protests
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A protester removes the flag from Iran's embassy in London and replaces it with a pre-Islamic revolution flag, January 10, 2026. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2026, 10:58 pm
Protester replaces Islamic Republic flag with shah-era banner at Iran’s London embassy
Video shows activist scaling building to fly pre-revolution flag over mission; police say 2 arrested for aggravated trespassing as hundreds in UK capital rally for a ‘free Iran’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A man waves the flag of monarchist Iran during a protest against the Islamic Republic, in Hamedan, Iran, January 9, 2026. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2026, 3:28 pm
Rights group says Tehran using more lethal force against protesters amid internet blackout
Unconfirmed report claims hundreds killed, mostly by live ammunition; Khamenei said to put Revolutionary Guards on highest state of alert; Iran blames violence on US, Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a news conference, June 23, 2025 in Paris. (AP/Thomas Padilla, File)
January 10, 2026, 2:00 pm
Iran’s exiled crown prince Pahlavi takes on leading role urging protests in former homeland
Son of deposed shah issues widely disseminated calls for Iranians to demonstrate as he seeks renewed relevance, but unclear how much support he truly has inside the country
By Jon Gambrell
Reza Pahlavi, an Iranian opposition figure and son of the deposed shah, holds a press conference in Paris on June 23, 2025. (Joel Saget/ AFP)
June 24, 2025, 1:07 am
Son of Iran’s ousted shah pleads with world not to give Khamenei a ‘lifeline’
Reza Pahlavi says regime’s days are numbered: ‘This is our Berlin Wall moment’; Israeli minister asserts that Jerusalem is cooperating with Iranian opposition figures
By AFP
Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 12, 2025, during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran. (IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER'S WEBSITE / AFP)
March 14, 2025, 8:11 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Dramatic saga of the temporary Israel-Iran alliance
ToI’s diplomatic reporter talks about the complex historical ties between the two peoples — and why Israel was arming Iran after the Islamic revolution
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
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