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Protesters Put Pre-Islamic Revolution Iran Flag On London Embassy
A protester briefly replaced the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its London embassy with the former flag, flown before 1979, during a demonstration Saturday.
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Explained: The Protests That Have Shaken Iran Since 1979
Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests. In the lead-up to Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, students, oil workers and others protested, demanding political freedoms.
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Woman Riding Motorbikes On Tehran Streets Latest Sign Of Societal Change
While women can now hold jobs, political office and a car license, since its 1979 Islamic Revolution the country has imposed a strictly conservative, Shiite Islam understanding of conduct by women.
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Key Facts About Iran's Influential Revolutionary Guard
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has grown into a powerful force with the country's theocracy, answering only to its supreme leader and overseeing its ballistic missile arsenal and missions overseas.
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US Ultimately Seeking To Make Iran "Obedient To It": Ayatollah Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic.
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How The United States Forced Iran To Pursue A Nuclear Programme
When American scientists helped install a nuclear reactor in Tehran in the 1960s, they did so under the banner of peace. Decades later, US warplanes bombed Iranian nuclear sites to halt what they now see as a threat.
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As Trump Floats Regime Change In Iran, Lessons From US's Past In Middle East
As President Donald Trump floats the idea of "regime change" in Tehran, previous US attempts to remake the Middle East by force over the decades offer stark warnings about the possibility of a deepening involvement in the Iran-Israeli conflict.
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Ayatollah Khamenei Asks Putin To Do More For Iran After US Air Strikes
Iran's Supreme Leader sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Monday to ask President Vladimir Putin for more help from Russia after the biggest US military action against the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution over the weekend.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Urges Putin To Back It Stronger After US Strikes
Iran's supreme leader sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Monday to ask President Vladimir Putin for more help from Russia after the biggest US military action against the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution over the weekend.
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1953 Iran Coup: How The US Promised Liberation, But Delivered B2 Bombers
Seventy-two years ago, in August 1953, the US and the United Kingdom orchestrated a covert operation to depose Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
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Iran's First Supreme Leader's Ancestors Lived In This Indian Village
Gripped in a bitter flareup in the Middle East crisis, the Islamic regime in Iran has vowed not to yield to US pressure and Israeli missiles.
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House Of Iran's 1st Supreme Leader That Stands Bereft Of Grandeur In Tehran
A narrow lane leads to a modest single-story house in Tehran that was once the abode of Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini.
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Iran And Israel's Open Warfare After Decades Of Shadow War
Israel said on Friday it carried out strikes in Iran, a day before talks between the Islamic Republic and the US about Tehran's escalating uranium enrichment program were set to take place in Oman.
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Explained: Axis Of Resistance And Iran's Proxy Network Across Middle East
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 that upended Iran's political and societal structure, the country has made a conscious effort to fan its influence across the Middle East with proxy groups.
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Iran Court Orders US To Pay Damages For 1980 Hostage Rescue Bid
An Iranian court ordered the US government Thursday to pay $420 million in compensation to victims of an abortive 1980 operation to free hostages held at the US embassy, the judiciary said.
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Protesters Put Pre-Islamic Revolution Iran Flag On London Embassy
A protester briefly replaced the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its London embassy with the former flag, flown before 1979, during a demonstration Saturday.
-
Explained: The Protests That Have Shaken Iran Since 1979
Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests. In the lead-up to Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, students, oil workers and others protested, demanding political freedoms.
-
Woman Riding Motorbikes On Tehran Streets Latest Sign Of Societal Change
While women can now hold jobs, political office and a car license, since its 1979 Islamic Revolution the country has imposed a strictly conservative, Shiite Islam understanding of conduct by women.
-
Key Facts About Iran's Influential Revolutionary Guard
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has grown into a powerful force with the country's theocracy, answering only to its supreme leader and overseeing its ballistic missile arsenal and missions overseas.
-
US Ultimately Seeking To Make Iran "Obedient To It": Ayatollah Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic.
-
How The United States Forced Iran To Pursue A Nuclear Programme
When American scientists helped install a nuclear reactor in Tehran in the 1960s, they did so under the banner of peace. Decades later, US warplanes bombed Iranian nuclear sites to halt what they now see as a threat.
-
As Trump Floats Regime Change In Iran, Lessons From US's Past In Middle East
As President Donald Trump floats the idea of "regime change" in Tehran, previous US attempts to remake the Middle East by force over the decades offer stark warnings about the possibility of a deepening involvement in the Iran-Israeli conflict.
-
Ayatollah Khamenei Asks Putin To Do More For Iran After US Air Strikes
Iran's Supreme Leader sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Monday to ask President Vladimir Putin for more help from Russia after the biggest US military action against the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution over the weekend.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Urges Putin To Back It Stronger After US Strikes
Iran's supreme leader sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Monday to ask President Vladimir Putin for more help from Russia after the biggest US military action against the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution over the weekend.
-
1953 Iran Coup: How The US Promised Liberation, But Delivered B2 Bombers
Seventy-two years ago, in August 1953, the US and the United Kingdom orchestrated a covert operation to depose Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
-
Iran's First Supreme Leader's Ancestors Lived In This Indian Village
Gripped in a bitter flareup in the Middle East crisis, the Islamic regime in Iran has vowed not to yield to US pressure and Israeli missiles.
-
House Of Iran's 1st Supreme Leader That Stands Bereft Of Grandeur In Tehran
A narrow lane leads to a modest single-story house in Tehran that was once the abode of Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini.
-
Iran And Israel's Open Warfare After Decades Of Shadow War
Israel said on Friday it carried out strikes in Iran, a day before talks between the Islamic Republic and the US about Tehran's escalating uranium enrichment program were set to take place in Oman.
-
Explained: Axis Of Resistance And Iran's Proxy Network Across Middle East
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 that upended Iran's political and societal structure, the country has made a conscious effort to fan its influence across the Middle East with proxy groups.
-
Iran Court Orders US To Pay Damages For 1980 Hostage Rescue Bid
An Iranian court ordered the US government Thursday to pay $420 million in compensation to victims of an abortive 1980 operation to free hostages held at the US embassy, the judiciary said.
