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Who Are Iran's Revolutionary Guards? Feared 'Pasdaran' Set For EU Terror Tag
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the ideological army of the Islamic Republic tasked with protecting the revolution from external and domestic threats.
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Iran Edges Closer To A Revolution That Would Reshape The World
As protesters pour into the streets of Iran night after night, leaders across the region and around the world are grappling with the possibility that the Islamic Republic could be overthrown.
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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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Iran Protests Live Updates: Iran Cuts Internet As Crowds Join Crown Prince-Led Protests
Iran's government cut off the country from the internet and international phone lines Thursday night as a demonstration organised by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi drew large crowds to the streets.
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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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Irans 'Hostage Diplomacy': How Tehran Uses Arrests To Extract Concessions
Iran, since the Islamic revolution, has employed the tactic of arresting Westerners in a bid to extract concessions from its foes, in a strategy of "hostage diplomacy" that has long presented Europe and the US with a dilemma.
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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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Who Are Iran's Revolutionary Guards? Feared 'Pasdaran' Set For EU Terror Tag
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the ideological army of the Islamic Republic tasked with protecting the revolution from external and domestic threats.
-
Iran Edges Closer To A Revolution That Would Reshape The World
As protesters pour into the streets of Iran night after night, leaders across the region and around the world are grappling with the possibility that the Islamic Republic could be overthrown.
-
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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Iran Protests Live Updates: Iran Cuts Internet As Crowds Join Crown Prince-Led Protests
Iran's government cut off the country from the internet and international phone lines Thursday night as a demonstration organised by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi drew large crowds to the streets.
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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.
-
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.
-
Irans 'Hostage Diplomacy': How Tehran Uses Arrests To Extract Concessions
Iran, since the Islamic revolution, has employed the tactic of arresting Westerners in a bid to extract concessions from its foes, in a strategy of "hostage diplomacy" that has long presented Europe and the US with a dilemma.
-
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.
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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.
