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Iran

Trump says Iran is ‘standing down’ after firing missiles at US forces in Iraq

US President Donald Trump said on January 8, 2020, that Iran appeared to be "standing down" the day after Tehran launched a missile strike targeting US forces in Iraq. The Iranian missile attack was itself a retaliation against the US killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani.

January 9, 2020
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Unrest continued in Iran as protests over the death of Mahsa Amini entered its third month. Video shared on social media on November 17, 2022, shows an Iranian woman setting a hijab on fire at a...01:56
Iran
Watch these protesters defy Iranian authorities in Tehran’s metro
November 18, 2022
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Lebanon
Protests across Asia mark year of Israel-Gaza conflict
October 7, 2024
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Iran
Iran strikes Israel, raising fears of ‘all-out war’
October 2, 2024
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Lebanon
With its leader dead, what’s next for Hezbollah?
September 30, 2024
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Israel
Hundreds dead in Lebanon amid Israeli air strikes
September 24, 2024
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Israel
Taiwan firm denies making pagers that detonated in Lebanon
September 18, 2024
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US-China relations
Nato calls China ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia in Ukraine war
July 11, 2024
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Ebrahim Raisi
Who will be Iran’s next president?
May 20, 2024
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Israel-Gaza war
Global concern after Iran air strikes on Israel
April 15, 2024
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Iran
Pakistan air strikes kill at least 9 in Iran
January 19, 2024
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Iran
Iranian girl critically hurt after alleged confrontation over hijab
October 5, 2023
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Iran unveils latest version of ballistic missile with 2,000km range
May 30, 2023
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Human rights
Global rise in executions in 2022, says Amnesty report
May 17, 2023
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Tara Tahbaz, the daughter of an Iranian-American environmental campaigner who has been imprisoned by Iran, said she has lost confidence in US efforts to free her father. Morad Tahbaz was arrested...02:12
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Will the US help free the environmentalist jailed in Iran?
April 25, 2023
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Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places to identify and penalise women not wearing a headscarf, Iran's chief of police announced on April 8, 2023. The increased surveillance is...02:04
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Tehran police set up CCTV to catch women not wearing headscarves
April 12, 2023
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A man used yogurt to attack two women in Iran, according to surveillance camera footage recorded on March 30, 2023. The man was arrested for disturbing public order, while the two women were also...02:01
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Unveiled women in Iran attacked with yogurt then arrested
April 3, 2023
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Iran will investigate the suspected poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls, said the country’s health minister Bahram Eynollahi on March 2, 2023. More than 1,000 students have reportedly been...01:31
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Hundreds of schoolgirls poisoned in Iran
March 2, 2023
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An Iranian court has sentenced a young couple to 10 years and six months in prison after a video of them dancing in public was widely shared online, according to a report by Human Rights Activists...02:10
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Dance video reportedly lands Iranian couple in jail for over 10 years
February 2, 2023
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Top Iranian General Esmail Ghaani openly threatened the media with dire consequences in a fiery speech delivered at an event in the capital Tehran on December 20, 2022. His remarks came at an...02:20
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‘All of you will be targeted’: Iranian general threatens media
December 21, 2022
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Iran announced on December 12, 2022, that it had hanged a man in a public execution. It was the second known death sentence carried out against a protester since the country cracked down on anti...01:36
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Second Iranian detainee in a week executed for ‘waging war against God’
December 13, 2022
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World Cup stadium security reportedly tackled at least two men after the World Cup match between Iran and the United States on November 29, 2022. One man chanting the slogan “women, life, freedom”...02:10
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Iranian protest supporter pinned down by World Cup stadium security
November 30, 2022
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The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution on November 24, 2022, launching an investigation of Iran’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters following the death of 22-year...03:14
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UN rights council will investigate crackdown on Iran protesters
November 25, 2022