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Tehran

Conflict & Justice
After the bombs, Iranians struggle to rebuild and recover
5:39
Conflict
As Netanyahu and Khamenei face off, what’s the end game?
17:13
woman facing camera
Women & Gender
A traditional Iranian sport has been closed off to women. One activist wants to change that.
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Oct. 1, 2022. 
Protest
Amid ongoing protests, Iran’s morality police ‘lies in ruins,’ analyst says
aerial image
Satellite photos show damage at Iran prison amid protests
A woman in Tehran climbs onto a car and sets her hijab ablaze.
Protest
‘The hijab will never be the same,’ protester in Iran says
Woman holding hose from truck to fill water trough
Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, center, attends a meeting with the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.
Iran-UN nuclear agreement signals ‘very, very tempered optimism’ for negotiations, Iran analyst says
Two small fishing boats are shown in the near ground with large oil tankers off in the distance.
Energy
Iran bypasses Hormuz Strait to export crude oil
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is shown behind a large number of microphones.
Internet
US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
Iran's new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi is shown standing at a podium with several dozen microphones.
Elections
Iran’s hard-line president-elect says he won’t meet Biden
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is shown speaking and with his right hand rised and point his finger in the air.
Nuclear
Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna amid new complications
Richard Ratcliffe is shown holding a red candle and a sign that says #Free Nazanin on it.
Justice
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe gets another year in prison
Sabha Aminikia immigrated to the US as a refugee and began studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. But even as he launched his career in America, his music was often focused on Iran.
Movement
Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia: Music transforms like raindrops that ‘wash this part of humanity’
Richard Ratcliffe is shown standing in front of large wooden doors and holding a large card with a picture of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on with with dozens of flowers nearby.
Conflict & Justice
British Iranian woman ends 5-year sentence, but not free yet
A crowd of people are shown at night holding candles with one person holding a poster of an aircraft with the word "Innocent" printed on it.
Conflict & Justice
A year on, questions haunt Iran’s downing of Ukrainian plane
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is shown wearing a traditional white turban while sitting behind a microphone.
Conflict & Justice
Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes tanker in strait
Rows of tall storage columns are show in a UNICEF warehouse.
Top of The World
Cyberespionage hits the vaccine refrigeration process; Iran moves to expand uranium enrichment; US tightens visa rules for Chinese Communist Party
Rows of military personnel are shown on either side of a coffin that has an Iranian flag on top and a photo of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on the side.
Conflict
Iran says Israel killed military nuclear scientist remotely
In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, right, sits in a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 23, 2019.
Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed
A woman stands on a street wearing a head covering and talking on the phone
Human rights
New doc features the life of Iran’s leading human rights lawyer
Three women wearing masks shop at a busy market with overflowing plastic packages of nuts
Foreign policy
In Iran, all eyes are on US election’s impact on sanctions, security
A large, beige building
Foreign policy
US Embassy closure in Iraq would hand Tehran a ‘strategic victory,’ says former Iraqi amb to UN
Two Iranian women take a selfie outside a shopping mall in northern Tehran, Iran, on July 2, 2019.
#MeToo
Iranians share stories of sexual harassment, abuse on social media
A man kisses a woman wearing blach shorts on a rooftop overlooking a pink skyline
Justice
As Iran arrests Instagram influencers, some seek safety abroad 
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the opening ceremony of Iran's 11th parliament in Tehran, Iran, May 27, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Iran sends mixed signals on release of foreign prisoners
A man wearing a protective face mask and gloves, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), jumps rope at Valiasr street in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2020.
COVID-19
Should sanctions against Iran be lifted in the wake of COVID-19?
A man crosses a street holding his daughter's hand
Justice
Aid worker released from Iranian prison amid COVID-19 fears
Iranian women wear protective masks to prevent contracting coronavirus as they walk in the street in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 25, 2020.
Iranians skeptical their government can handle the coronavirus outbreak
Candles surround a photo of a woman and girl.
Protest
Iranians react as government admits it shot down UIA flight
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin take questions as they announce new sanctions on Iran in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 10, 2020.
Foreign policy
Analysis: Iran-US relationship still precarious with no clear US strategy in sight
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is shown wearing a dark suit and standing in front of several microphones.
Nuclear
Fearing nuclear proliferation, Europe scrambles to calm Iran tensions
Two people are shown hugging while standing in front of a makeshift memorial for Ukraine Airlines flight that crashed.
Conflict & Justice
Iran investigation says airliner caught fire before crash, Ukraine outlines theories
President Donald Trump departs from a podium, flanked by several officials
Conflict
‘Neither the United States nor Iran wants to go to war,’ says former ambassador
US President Donald Trump is shown speaking from a podium wearing a dark suit and red tie.
Conflict
Trump says no casualties in Iran attacks, does not want to use more force
Dozens of workers dressed in red and white overalls are shown at an airplane crash site.
Science & Technology
Ukrainian airliner crashes in Iran, killing 176
Iranian people attend a funeral procession and burial for Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad airport, at his hometown in Kerman, Iran, Jan. 7, 2020.
Iran fires missiles at Iraqi bases in retaliation for US strike on commander
A massive crowd of mourners gathers on the streets of Tehran, Iran.
Military
Killing Soleimani was a ‘hasty’ decision, says former defense undersecretary
Three leaders of Iraq's paliament are shown sitting at the front of a large room with other lawmakers.
Conflict
Iraq wants foreign troops out after airstrike
a man wearing a green military uniform looks to the left.
Conflict
US strike kills top Iranian commander
A line of security forces wearing helmets and carrying weapons are shown standing outside of the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Protest
Iraqi paramilitaries call for withdrawal from US Embassy as Pentagon sends more troops to region
Iranians shout slogans during a protest
A new year, a new Iran nuclear deal?
Students at Ettefagh School
A high school reunion for Iranian Americans, 40 years after the revolution
Iranians walk past a burned and destroyed bank.
Protest
The Iranian government admits to killing protesters
Ash Carter sits in the WGBH studios in boston
Military
Former defense secretary: US could end up in ‘unintentional’ war in Iran
US President Donald Trump is shown in a close up photo wearing a blue suit and striped tie.
Conflict
Trump warned Tehran a US attack was imminent, called for talks: Iran
A large military drone is shown with a white top and dark underside.
Conflict
Iran, US in war of words after US drone shot down
A man holds Iranian and American currency
Nuclear
Things That Go Boom: Are sanctions on Iran spurring economic resilience?
An oil tanker is shown from above with a red deck and being sprayed by water by a second, adjacent boat.
Conflict & Justice
Tanker attacks seen as calibrated but risky Iranian response to US sanctions
Iranian American businesses in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
Diaspora
War or no war? Iranians in California try to make sense of US-Iran tensions
Young soldier wearing uniform raises his fist alongside other cheering soldiers
Conflict
Cheap drones are changing the calculus of war in Yemen
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is shown wearing a dark suit and blue tie while walking on the tarmac in Iraq with a State Dept. airplane in the background.
US pulls non-emergency staff from Iraq amid concerns over Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is shown sitting at a table with a glass of water speaking behind two microphones.
Iran rolls back nuclear pledges but stops short of violating pact
Ken Kraus receives a medal in front of an airplane
A Marine remembers Tehran
A man with short brown hair sits in front of a colorful geometric mural
Sanctions are ‘dead end’ for middle-class Iranians risking life for asylum
Nate Terani
Politics
Why one veteran sees his political activism as an extension of his service
Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran.
Global Politics
Iran says it has full control of Gulf, US Navy does not belong there
Animation of a person lying in the dark in what seems to be a jail cell. Light shines in from a window with bars.
Justice
At a clinic for torture survivors, an Iranian refugee works to build a new life
Iran President Hassan Rouhani with his right hand raised and finger pointed upward.
Trump tells Iran ‘never, ever threaten’ US or suffer consequences
A young girl sits on a couch.
Conflict & Justice
1 million Afghan children face an uncertain future in Iran