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In this photo released by Iran's supreme leader's office, Iran's top officials, including the brothers of Iran's new supreme leader, attend funeral prayers over the coffins of the late ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 5, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 5, 2026, 2:27 pm
At Khamenei funeral, speaker calls to kill Trump; posters and grafitti urge death to Netanyahu, too
Iranian poet leads chants of ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Death to America,’ threatens Trump’s life, as mourners declare fealty to new leader and urge revenge; 3 of Khamenei’s sons appear, but not Mojtaba
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
A man fills his car at a gas station in Tehran, Iran, December 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
December 13, 2025, 2:30 pm
Iran raises gas prices for first time since deadly 2019 protests
As its currency tanks amid global sanctions, the Islamic Republic moves to rein in massive energy subsidies, but is hesitant to provoke war-wary public
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
An Iranian woman walks across a crosswalk as the first winter rains soak the Iranian capital following one of the driest years in Tehran, December 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
December 10, 2025, 10:46 am
First autumn rain falls in Iran’s capital, but drought-ravaged nation needs far more
Brief shower offers relief in Tehran as reservoirs run low, but meteorologists say country remains in its worst drought in decades
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
A general view shows the Iranian capital Tehran with the snow-covered Alborz mountain range in the background on December 8, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
December 8, 2025, 10:13 pm
Second flight carrying deportees back to Iran leaves US, Tehran says
Islamic Republic claims 55 people on plane sought repatriation, in second mass deportation since September, as Trump policies conflict with US position as safe haven from regime
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
A man walks past a currency exchange shop in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on March 3, 2025. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
April 5, 2025, 2:43 pm
Iran’s currency falls to record low against dollar amid spiraling tensions with US
Rial trading at over 1 million to the dollar as Trump ramps up pressure on Tehran; vice president fired for taking a luxury cruise to Antarctica
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
This undated photo provided by Iranian Space Agency, ISA, shows the Chamran-1 satellite which Iran launched into space on September 14, 2024, with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. (ISA via AP)
September 14, 2024, 10:32 pm
Iran says it launched satellite that West fears may advance ballistic missile program
Tehran claims satellite built to ‘test hardware and software systems for orbital maneuver technology validation’
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center, is greeted by lawmakers while leaving the parliament after his speech during the debate on his proposed ministers, at the Majlis in Tehran, August 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 22, 2024, 1:04 pm
Iran’s parliament approves all of new president’s cabinet picks, in first since 2001
Pezeshkian hails ‘consensus’ after Majlis okays 19 ministers, including several holdovers from hardline predecessor and lone woman, chosen in apparent bid to placate conservatives
By Nasser Karimi
A woman plays Hamster Combat game on a cell phone in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2024 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 24, 2024, 10:24 am
Iran’s ‘Hamster’ crypto craze highlights economic malaise ahead of presidential vote
Analysts say app’s popularity a sign of desperation in face of rocketing cost of living; Ukrainian authorities also concerned about game, saying data is stored in Russia
By Jon Gambrell and Nasser Karimi
People pray over the flag-draped coffins of victims of a suicide-bomb attack during a funeral ceremony in the city of Kerman, Iran, January 5, 2024. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
January 11, 2024, 1:45 pm
Iran names alleged bombmaker behind ISIS attack, says 1 of 2 bombers is Tajik-Israeli
Intelligence ministry says explosives in bombing that killed over 90 were made by Tajik national known by alias Abdollah Tajiki; Tehran doesn’t name alleged second suicide bomber
By Nasser Karimi
A royalist tank moves into the courtyard of Tehran Radio a few minutes after pro-Shah troops occupied the area during the coup which ousted Mohammad Mosaddegh and his government on Aug. 19, 1953. (AP Photo, File)
August 25, 2023, 10:55 am
70 years later, a CIA-backed coup still roils Iran-US relations
The 1953 ouster of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh to cement the rule of the Shah still haunts the country and its Islamist rulers
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, second right, listens to Chief of Aviation Industries of Armed Forces Gen. Afshin Khajehfard, as Defense Minister Gen. Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani, right, listens, during a ceremony unveiling a drone called the Mohajer-10, August 22, 2023. (Iranian Presidency Office, via AP)
August 22, 2023, 3:54 pm
‘Prepare your shelters’: Iran unveils armed drone, claims it could reach Israel
Tehran says Mohajer-10 drone, which appears to be modeled after US MQ-9 Reaper, can stay aloft for 24 hours
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
An Iranian woman walks in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 5, 2023, wihout wearing the mandatory hijab. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 10, 2023, 9:35 am
A year after Mahsa Amini protests, Tehran targets businesses not enforcing hijab
President Raisi says ‘this lack of hijab will be definitely put an end to,’ as authorities send over a million warning text messages to women seen without veil in cars
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel watches an American warship in the Strait of Hormuz, May 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
August 2, 2023, 2:12 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard runs drill on disputed Persian Gulf islands
Islands are claimed by UAE; exercise comes as US military presence in region grows
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Tahrir Square, Thursday، July 20, 2023 in Baghdad, Iraq. The protest was in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden. (AP Photo/Adil AL-Khazali)
July 21, 2023, 2:31 pm
Muslim nations outraged following latest Quran desecration in Sweden
Iraq cuts off ties with Stockholm after Iraqi-born Christian stands on Islamic holy book outside Iraqi embassy in Swedish capital
By Jon Gambrell, ABBY SEWELL, Nasser Karimi and Munir Ahmed
A woman sits in the alfresco dining area of a cafe at the Tajrish commercial district without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf in northern Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 10, 2023, 10:05 am
‘Leave us alone’: As more women shun hijab, Iran crackdown unveils decades-old rifts
Tehran’s theocracy is escalating its response to a growing trend of openly defying mandatory headscarf rule; some say rulers may be overreaching, risking a renewed wave of protests
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
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