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A person stands on the roof of a building looking at a plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on March 3, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
March 4, 2026, 1:03 pm
IDF carries out ‘extensive’ strikes on regime targets; Iran fires missiles at Israeli towns
Katz: Khamenei’s successor an ‘unequivocal target for elimination’; Israeli military says it’s carrying out ‘systematic, round-the-clock hunt’ against launchers, ballistic missiles
By Emanuel Fabian
Vehicles drive past a banner showing portraits of the Iranian armed forces commanders and nuclear scientists who were killed in Israeli strikes, at Tajrish Square in northern Tehran, Iran, June 30, 2025. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
July 1, 2025, 6:23 am
Two dozen Iranian Jews accused of contact with Israel as mass arrests rattle community
Former communal leader says 11 arrested in post-war sweep have been let go, but others face charges over phone calls to relatives in Israel, as regime hunts for spies who helped Mossad
By Larry Cohler-Esses
This undated photo is said by Iranian media to show Ehsum Bagheri, a judge in the Islamic Republic who was reportedly stabbed to death in the southern city of Shiraz, May 27, 2025. Above him is a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 27, 2025, 11:15 am
Judge stabbed to death in southern Iran, assailants at large, state media says
Ehsum Bagheri, previously a revolutionary court prosecutor, killed on way to work in Shiraz four months after assassination of two justices linked to 1980s ‘death commissions’
By Agencies
Emergency personnel transport the injured following a shooting attack at Iran's Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Fars province capital Shiraz, on August 13, 2023. (MOHAMMADREZA DEHDARI / ISNA / AFP)
May 18, 2025, 12:29 pm
Iran sentences three to death over deadly attacks on Shiite shrine
Verdicts address two ISIS-linked shootings in 2022 and 2023 that killed 15 at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in Shiraz
By AFP
Emergency personnel transport the injured following a shooting attack at Iran's Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Fars province capital Shiraz, on August 13, 2023. (MOHAMMADREZA DEHDARI / ISNA / AFP)
September 21, 2023, 5:44 pm
Iran hands 2 death sentences to Tajik man for deadly attack on Shiite shrine
Islamic State member Rahmatollah Nowruzof to be executed over shooting at Shiraz’s Shah Cheragh mausoleum in August, in which 2 were killed
By AFP
Bullet holes riddle windows at the site of a shooting attack at Iran's Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Fars province capital Shiraz, on August 13, 2023. - (Photo by MOHAMMADREZA DEHDARI / ISNA / AFP)
August 14, 2023, 10:43 am
Iran arrests four more after deadly attack at Shiite shrine
Tehran says shooting was carried out by Islamic State to avenge execution of two men involved in attack on same site last year
By AFP
Emergency personnel transport the injured following a shooting attack at Iran's Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Fars province capital Shiraz, on August 13, 2023. (MOHAMMADREZA DEHDARI / ISNA / AFP)
August 13, 2023, 8:58 pm
At least 4 killed in repeat attack on Iranian shrine
Shooting at Shiraz’s Shah Cheragh, revered by Shiite Muslims, comes less than a year after 13 were killed in attack at same location blamed on Islamic State
By AFP
Workers clean up the scene following an armed attack at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Iranian city of Shiraz, in which 15 people were killed, on October 26, 2022. (ISNA NEWS AGENCY/AFP)
July 8, 2023, 2:52 pm
Iran publicly hangs 2 over deadly shooting at Shiraz shrine claimed by Islamic State
Nationalities of men not revealed but Tehran previously said attack involved people from other countries; public executions relatively rare, with almost all carried out in prisons
By AFP
Workers clean up following an deadly armed attack at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Iranian city of Shiraz on October 26, 2022. (Mohammadreza Dehdari/ISNA News Agency/AFP)
March 18, 2023, 6:46 pm
Iran sentences 2 to death over Shiraz shrine attack that killed 13
Iranian judge says the pair ‘were directly involved in the arming, procurement, logistics and guidance of the main perpetrator’ who carried out shooting claimed by Islamic State
By AFP
Shiraz International Airport, October 20, 2021. (Tahere Rokhbakhsh/Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia)
November 2, 2022, 6:32 pm
9 hours at an Iranian airport: IDF soldier endures unnerving flight diversion
Iranians thought to have been unaware Israeli was on plane traveling from Uzbekistan to UAE; Mossad contacted her while on the ground, instructed her to conceal her identity
By Emanuel Fabian
Workers clean up following an deadly armed attack at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Iranian city of Shiraz on October 26, 2022. (Mohammadreza Dehdari/ISNA News Agency/AFP)
October 31, 2022, 1:42 pm
Iran arrests ‘accomplice’ of Islamic State-claimed shrine attack that killed 15
Suspect accused of providing ‘support’ did not enter the Shah Cheragh mausoleum, where gun attack took place, and his alleged role is unclear
By AFP
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the parliament in a vote of confidence session for his proposed labor minister in Tehran, Iran, October 4, 2022. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
October 27, 2022, 1:06 pm
Iran’s Raisi blames recent protests for deadly attack on Shiite holy site
Islamic Republic’s president promises ‘severe response’ to those responsible for Islamic State-claimed shooting that left at least 15 dead and 19 wounded in Shiraz
By AFP
An undated photo of the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, Iran, where three gunmen opened fire on bystanders, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, on October 26, 2022. (Herbert Karim Masihi / Wikipedia)
October 26, 2022, 7:31 pm
Gunmen attack major Shiite holy site in Iran, killing 15
Islamic State claims credit for Shah Cheragh mosque assault; judiciary says two gunmen arrested, a third on the run
By AP
Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari. (screenshot)
September 12, 2020, 12:50 pm
Iran executes wrestler who made purported confession of murder
Official says Navid Afkari killed at Adelabad prison in Shiraz; wrestler reportedly forced to say he carried out 2018 killing; Trump had called on Tehran to release him
By Agencies
Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari. (screenshot)
September 6, 2020, 6:07 am
Iran airs purported confession by wrestler sentenced to death for murder
Navid Afkarai was reportedly tortured in order to extract statement; Trump calls on Tehran to release him
By ToI Staff
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