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Following the ordered closure of the Islamic Centre Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany, Iran orders the closure of two branches of a German language school in Tehran for "breaching Iranian law, committing various illegal actions and extensive financial violations." In response, Germany summons the Iranian ambassador.
2024-08-20

Iran orders the closure of non-essential businesses such as public parks, restaurants, dessert shops, beauty salons, Shopping malls and bookstores in 275 "red" and "orange" zone cities, including the capital Tehran, due to the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.
2021-07-4

The film "Facing Mirrors" hits cinemas in Tehran. Though transsexualism has been legal in Iran since a fatwā was issued in 1987 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Iran permits more sex-change operations than any country except Thailand, this is the first time the subject has been treated on the big screen.
2012-11-2

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano begins talks in Tehran aimed at convincing the Iranian government to co-operate with the agency.
2012-05-21

Daryoush Rezaei, an Iranian scientist, is shot dead outside his home in Tehran. It was reported that the scientist had links to the country's nuclear programme.
2011-07-23

Hundreds of students gather outside the United Nations building in Tehran, Iran, to protest against government suppression of students in Bahrain.
2011-04-26

Clashes erupt in Tehran as some protesters come out to demonstrate and dozens are detained as security forces disperse them.
2010-06-12

Pakistan's ambassador to Iran, Mohammad Bakhsh Abbasi, is hospitalised after becoming injured in an attack by an Afghan on his car in Tehran.
2010-05-11

President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to relocate millions of Tehranians as the city is threatened by earthquakes.
2010-04-11

Masoud Alimohammadi, an Iranian nuclear physics professor, is killed in a bomb attack in the capital Tehran; Iran state media accuses Israel and the United States of involvement.
2010-01-12