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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
A scene in the trailer for the new Israeli television series "Tehran." (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 27, 2020, 5:13 pm
New Israeli espionage TV series ‘Tehran’ tackles shadow war with Iran
Dana Eden, a creator of the show, says she wants to take viewers into the heart of Israel’s archfoe, ‘which is a place we really don’t know and really want to know more about’
By ISAAC SCHARF and Aron Heller
The site of an explosion that rattled Iran’s capital, on June 26, 2020 (European Commission via AP)
June 27, 2020, 4:20 pm
Large blast in Iran came from suspected missile site, satellite images show
Complex in Tehran’s eastern mountains said to hide underground tunnel system, missile production; authorities have claimed a gas tank blew up at a non-military facility
By Jon Gambrell
An explosion is seen in the night sky near Tehran in a video posted online by the country's Fars news agency, June 26, 2020. (Screenshot/Twitter)
June 26, 2020, 3:14 am
Large explosion lights up Tehran night sky, state media reports
Iranian news agency says blast caused by ‘industrial gas tank explosion,’ police investigating matter
By AFP and TOI staff
Niv Sultan appears in the trailer for "Tehran." (Screenshot/ YouTube)
June 17, 2020, 5:54 am
‘Fauda’ writer’s new show ‘Tehran’ gets picked up by Apple TV
Also, US adaptation of Israeli show ‘On The Spectrum,’ about three young people on the autism spectrum who share an apartment, picked up by Amazon
By Lior Zaltzman
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf in Tehran, Iran in 2017 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 28, 2020, 8:24 am
Hard-line former Tehran mayor named Iran parliament speaker
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf served in Revolutionary Guard during 1980s war with Iraq; replaces Ali Larijani
By AP
Shoppers clad in protective gear, including face masks and shields and latex gloves, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walk through the Tajrish Bazaar in Iran's capital Tehran on April 25, 2020, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 25, 2020, 7:16 pm
Fears of ‘fresh outbreak’ of virus in Iran as Ramadan begins
Anti-coronavirus coordinator in Tehran criticizes ‘hasty reopenings,’ warning they could create new waves of illness
By AFP
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