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Iranians chant slogans, as they march in support of the government, near the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / TASNIM NEWS / HAMED MALEKPOUR)
January 1, 2018, 8:17 pm
Policeman said killed amid crackdown on fresh Iran protests
New demonstrations break out, including in Tehran, despite President Rouhani’s vow to deal with ‘rioters and lawbreakers’
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
Iranians chant slogans as they march in support of the government near the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. Tens of thousands of regime supporters marched in cities across Iran in a show of strength for the regime after two days of angry protests directed against the country's religious rulers. (AFP PHOTO / TASNIM NEWS / HAMED MALEKPOUR)
December 30, 2017, 3:10 pm
Iran warns against ‘illegal gatherings’ as fresh protest reported in Tehran
State TV banned from covering demonstrations now in their third day, instead focuses on hard-line marches in support of the regime
By Ali Noorani and Eric RANDOLPH
A picture from the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry claims to show the launch of a satellite-carrying rocket on July 27, 2017. (Iranian Defense Ministry)
September 15, 2017, 6:44 am
Iran relaunches space ambitions after uproar over satellites
Science minister says Tehran looking to collaborate with Russia to realize manned space mission in under a decade
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (2-R) delivers a speech after being sworn in before parliament in Tehran, on August 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
August 15, 2017, 12:24 pm
Iran says it can quit nuclear deal if US keeps adding sanctions
President Rouhani hits out at US counterpart Trump, saying he showed the world that Washington was ‘not a good partner’
By Ali Noorani
Iranians queue to cast their ballots during Iran's 12th presidential election at the Consulate General of Iran in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, on May 19, 2017. (Haidar Mohammed Ali/AFP)
May 19, 2017, 5:29 pm
Huge turnout as Iranians deliver verdict on Rouhani
Though the world is most concerned by election’s implications for Tehran’s foreign policy, Iranians are more worried about economy, social justice
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
A supporter of Iranian conservative presidential candidate and Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf attends a campaign rally in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 14, 2017, with her hand wrapped with a band carrying the colors of the Iranian national flag and ink on her palm reading in Persian: "With action not by speech you can finish the job and work." (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
May 15, 2017, 9:21 am
Iran hardliners turn to reformist-dominated social media
Presidential hopefuls who traditionally supported tech bans now embracing popular photo sharing and messaging apps in final days of campaign
By Ali Noorani
Iranians shop in the Grand Bazaar in southern Tehran's Molavi neighbourhood on May 11, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
May 12, 2017, 6:52 am
Pessimism rife in working-class Tehran ahead of poll
Disillusioned residents of the southern Molavi neighborhood say they feel ignored by all six presidential candidates
By Ali Noorani
Reza Parastesh, a doppelganger of Barcelona and Argentina's soccer player Lionel Messi, poses for a picture in a street in Tehran on May 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
May 9, 2017, 5:04 pm
Things get Messi for Iranian lookalike
Doppelganger mobbed by passerby, hassled by police for his resemblance to Barcelona FC’s Argentinian soccer star
By Ali Noorani
Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani hold his portrait during a campaign rally in the capital Tehran on May 4, 2017. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
May 5, 2017, 8:43 pm
Rouhani: Revolutionary Guards tried to sabotage nuke deal with anti-Israel slogans on missiles
In pre-election debate, president also appears to takes issue with testing that heightened tensions with US
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech after registering to run for re-election at the interior ministry in the capital Tehran on April 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
April 22, 2017, 1:26 am
Iran election campaign kicks off, without Ahmadinejad
Campaigning for May 19 presidential vote begins, with incumbent Hassan Rouhani facing a tough battle against hardliners
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
Iranian cleric and head of the Imam Reza charitable foundation, Ebrahim Raisi, gestures after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections at the ministry of interior in the capital Tehran on April 14, 2017. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 15, 2017, 8:14 am
What would a hardline new president mean for Iran and the world?
Ebrahim Raisi, leading challenger to incumbent Hassan Rouhani, could leave Tehran’s tenuous opening to the West in jeopardy
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
Iranian presidential candidates Ezzatollah Zarghami (R), Alireza Zakani (C) and Ali Nikzad (L) attend the general assembly of conservatives, in Tehran, on April 6, 2017 to decide on a shortlist of five candidates for the presidential election. (AFP/STR)
April 6, 2017, 6:29 pm
Iran conservatives hold primary in hunt for candidate
In first-ever democratic vote, 3,000 delegates shortlist five men to run against President Rouhani next month
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
An Iranian couple walk in a park in the capital Tehran on March 14, 2017. (AFP/ATTA KENARE)
March 19, 2017, 6:33 am
Iranian pre-nups land thousands of men behind bars
With families demanding grooms pay traditional gold coins after divorce, and those failing to come up with ever-increasing sum thrown in jail, reformers say system must change
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi speaks in a recorded video message during the public screening for the film 'The Salesman' in Trafalgar Square in central London on February 26, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS)
February 27, 2017, 8:28 am
Iran’s ‘The Salesman’ wins Oscar as director boycotts
Asghar Farhad skips ceremony, blasts US mood of ‘fanaticism and extremism’ at open-air screening in London
By Ali Noorani
Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah (L) greets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani upon the latter arrival in Muscat on February 15, 2017. (AFP/Omani News Agency/Handout)
February 18, 2017, 9:55 am
Trump fears may thaw Iran, Gulf relations, analysts say
President’s rhetoric and actions have created ‘a good opportunity for Muslim countries to come closer,’ according to Iranian professor
By Ali Noorani
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