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Women affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carry rifles as they march beneath a banner depicting US President Donald Trump in crosshairs and reading “We will kill” during the state-organized “Janfada,” or “Sacrifice for Iran,” military-style parade in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 18, 2026, 2:30 pm
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rally in government-organized demonstration
State broadcaster says 300,000 gather in Tehran, pledging to take up arms for Islamic Republic; some trample US, Israeli flags, chant ‘Death to America’ and “Death to Israel’
By Nasser Karimi, Cara Anna and Lee Keath
The truck carrying the coffins of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family makes its way through mourners during the funeral procession toward Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 6, 2026, 12:59 pm
Masses accompany Khamenei funeral procession through Tehran as throngs chant for revenge
Flag-draped coffins of slain leader, relatives paraded on truck through crowded capital, as mourners call for death to Trump and Netanyahu; Katz vows same fate for new supreme leader
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A commuter walks past a billboard bearing pictures of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along a street in Baghdad on July 2, 2026, ahead of his funeral in Tehran. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
July 3, 2026, 4:27 pm
‘Extravagant ceremony for a dictator’: Some Iranians will avoid Khamenei’s funeral
Tehran locals say streets are empty, nighttime checkpoints are back as many fear dangerous crowds, potential attacks; others lament lavish government spending while people suffer
By AFP
Fans greet members of the Iran World Cup soccer team as they leave their hotel for the airport, June 30, 2026, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
July 1, 2026, 11:34 pm
‘Iran, Iran!’: Iran’s World Cup squad feted by loyal fans upon return home
Musicians serenade team as they deboard plane in Tehran, meet crowd of adoring supporters; goalkeeper apologizes for failing to qualify for next round
By AFP
Pro-government demonstrators wave Iranian and Hezbollah flags in Tehran, Iran, on June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 8, 2026, 8:48 am
Pro-government Iranians rally in Tehran after renewed missile attacks on Israel
Footage published by state media appears to show crowd calling on IRGC air force commander to ‘strike the devil, strike Tel Aviv,’ as volleys resume after two months of truce
By ToI Staff
Director, illustrator and author Marjane Satrapi posing for photographers as she arrives to present the movie "La Bande des Jotas" at the 7th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, on November 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
June 4, 2026, 4:36 pm
Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi dies at 56
Satrapi is best known for her graphic novel and film ‘Persepolis,’ a coming-of-age tale set against the Islamic Revolution; reports say she ‘died of sadness’ after husband’s death
By AP
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
A clip published by Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency on May 31, 2026, shows people enjoying music as a guitarist plays onstage at a Tehran cafe that authorities accused of satanic activities. (Screen capture: X/Tasnim)
May 31, 2026, 12:56 pm
Iranian authorities shutter Tehran cafe over alleged ‘satanic’ activities
Prime-location venue featured Western-style music that ‘provided a setting for abnormal behaviors,’ local media says; regime has long labeled rock and heavy metal as satanic
By AFP
A huge Iranian flag adorns a building as Iranians walk past damaged structures following an earlier military strike in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on March 15, 2026. (Atta KENARE / AFP) /
May 24, 2026, 7:31 pm
As US moves to end war, Iranians tell ToI they fear regime clampdown just starting
Speaking via diaspora activists, five anti-government residents describe country ‘crushed’ by intensified repression and inflation, and ask the US and Israel to ‘finish regime off’
By Nava Freiberg
Iranian women walk past American-Jewish artist Roy Lichtenstein's 'Brattata' as they visit an exhibition called: 'Art & war' displaying some artworks of American pop artists at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran, on May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 12, 2026, 8:03 pm
Amid ceasefire, Iranian museum opens ‘Art & War’ exhibit, including US Jewish artist
Artwork by Roy Lichtenstein is among the pieces chosen by Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art for its first exhibit since reopening
By AP and Rossella Tercatin
Broken glass lies on the floor in a room damaged, according to Iranian authorities, by a nearby airstrike during US-Israeli strikes in early March at the Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026. (Francisco Seco/AP)
May 10, 2026, 7:56 am
Iran conservationists shore up heritage sites damaged during war
Iranian authorities say at least 140 culturally and historically significant locations, including 5 UNESCO-listed World Heritage sites, suffered damage from airstrikes and shockwaves
By AFP
A banner shows a portrait of the slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a memorial for him and others who were killed in the US and Israel strikes, at Yousefabad Synagogue, in Tehran, Iran, on April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 17, 2026, 10:20 am
Reeling from war after synagogue wrecked, Iran’s Jews staying loyal to regime
Tehran synagogue said holding event Friday in honor of slain Iranians, as homes of some in small community suffer damage during weeks of US-Israeli strikes; Torah scrolls unharmed
By ToI Staff
Commuters wait on the platform for their metro train to arrive in Tehran, Iran on April 13, 2026 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 13, 2026, 2:33 pm
Iran says train service resumed on routes damaged by strikes during war
Authorities say tracks rebuilt in key areas; IDF said it hit specific rail sections as part of effort to prevent Revolutionary Guards from moving weapon systems
By AFP and ToI Staff
A government supporter waves a flag honoring the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a revered figure in Shiite Islam, across from the Foreign Ministry in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026. (AP
April 6, 2026, 6:29 pm
A 12-hour drive through Iran offers glimpses of destruction, defiance and daily life
After crossing into Iran from Turkey, AP journalists see normality in cities yet untouched by the war, contrasted with the destruction in and around Tehran
By BASSEM MROUE
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends an anti-Israel Al-Quds Day rally in Tehran, March 13, 2026. (Via X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
April 3, 2026, 8:29 pm
Iran leaders join crowds on Tehran’s streets in show of defiance
Officials walk streets to project image of control amid Israeli assassinations; families meet in parks for music and barbecues, using public spaces as refuge, show of loyalty to regime
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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