Tehran

January 16, 2021, 10:21 pm

Blame Bitcoin? Iran hit by blackouts and smog amid electricity production woes

Power-heavy cryptocurrency mining and a shortage of natural gas have been blamed for outages and pollution amid COVID crisis

By TOI staff

A woman picks a book at a bookstore on Enqelab (Revolution) street in Iran's capital Tehran, on September 8, 2020. (ATTA KENARE/AFP)

December 24, 2020, 9:36 am

Reading Anne Frank in Tehran: Diarist among top foreign authors for Iran’s women

Israeli academic Yuval Noah Harari’s history of mankind, translated into Persian, can also be found on display tables of book shops in Iranian capital

By Ahmad Parhizi

In this picture released by the Iranian Defense Ministry and taken on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, caretakers from the Imam Reza holy shrine, carry the flag draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist linked to the country's disbanded military nuclear program, who was killed on Friday, during a funeral ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

November 30, 2020, 8:50 am

Nuke chief’s killing dealt Iran a major blow, but the price may be high

Brazen daytime raid may hobble Biden’s plans to rejoin the nuclear deal and draw retaliation from Tehran as it smarts from losing the architect of its atomic weapons program

By Judah Ari Gross

Students of Iran's Basij paramilitary force burn US and Israeli flags during a rally in front of the foreign ministry in Tehran, on November 28, 2020, to protest the killing of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh a day earlier near the capital. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

November 28, 2020, 6:35 pm

Iranians burn Israel and US flags, Trump and Biden photos after scientist killed

Students affiliated with Basij paramilitary group hold small protest outside foreign ministry in Tehran; some call to expel IAEA inspectors in response to assassination

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Iran's alleged atomic warehouse in Turquzabad, Tehran. (YouTube screenshot)

November 11, 2020, 8:22 pm

UN rejects Iran’s explanations for nuclear material at site flagged by Israel

Atomic watchdog says Islamic Republic’s explanations are ‘not credible,’ demands answers on activity at Tehran warehouse dating back to early 2000s

By AFP and TOI staff

A cemetery worker prepares new graves at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery on the outskirts of the Iranian capital, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 1, 2020 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

November 11, 2020, 10:50 am

In Iran, a massive cemetery struggles to keep up with surging virus death toll

Tehran officials say they are preparing 15,000 new graves at Behesht-e-Zahra as bodies flow into the necropolis at rate not seen in earthquakes or wars

By Mohammad Nasiri

People wear protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Tehran, Iran, October 11, 2020. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

October 14, 2020, 3:29 pm

Iran coronavirus death toll hits record high for the third time in a week

Travel ban applied to and from five major cities, including capital Tehran, though authorities resist total lockdown for fear of impact on economy already hard-hit by US sanctions

By AP

Iranians walk along the artificial Chitgar lake in the capital Tehran, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, on October 3, 2020. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

October 3, 2020, 11:40 pm

Iran reimposes restrictive virus measures in Tehran

Authorities order closure of public venues, cancellation of gatherings in Iranian capital days after Islamic Republic sees record number of infections in a day

By AFP

A fire breaks out in a factory outside of Tehran, Iran on September 22, 2020. (Screencapture/Twitter)

September 23, 2020, 1:39 pm

Large fire breaks out in factory outside Tehran

No casualties reported in incident, which follows a number of mysterious blasts and blazes throughout Iran

By TOI staff

Richard Ratcliffe husband of imprisoned British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, poses during an Amnesty International-led vigil outside the Iranian Embassy in London, January 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

September 8, 2020, 7:38 pm

Iranian TV: British-Iranian dual national faces new charge

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was first sentenced to prison by Iran’s Revolutionary Court in Tehran on murky espionage charges in 2017

By Nasser Karimi

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, welcomes his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis in the Iranian capital Tehran on September 7, 2020. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

September 7, 2020, 4:03 pm

In Tehran, Swiss foreign minister holds ‘fruitful’ talks on peace, rights

Ignazio Cassis meets FM Zarif, also expected to meet President Rouhani

By AFP

University students attend a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2017. (AP Photo)

August 5, 2020, 3:07 pm

Iran executes man who killed Revolutionary Guard member in 2017-18 unrest

Mostafa Salehi convicted of shooting attack during economic protests that rocked Tehran, Mashhad and other cities

By AFP

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

First responders search for survivors at the scene of an explosion at the Sina Athar health center in the north of Iran's capital Tehran on June 30, 2020. (Photo by AMIR KHOLOUSI / ISNA / AFP)

July 1, 2020, 1:58 pm

Iran police question 4 after deadly Tehran blast

Those being probed are director general and 3 other officials from health clinic where explosion killed 19; police chief denies incident could have been result of sabotage

By AFP

The explosion at a health clinic in Tehran, Iran, on June 30, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

June 30, 2020, 9:35 pm

Gas explosion at medical clinic rocks Iran’s capital, killing 19

Authorities say blast at Sina Athar Medical Center caused by gas leak; firefighters attempt to rescue people trapped in facility, nearby buildings

By Agencies and TOI staff