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Authorities in Iran disarm 30 explosive devices that were set to detonate simultaneously in Tehran and arrest 28 people linked to the Islamic State.
2023-09-24

A Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran, sentences Olivier Vandecasteele, a Belgian aid worker to a minimum of 12 and a half years in prison and 74 lashes on espionage charges.
2023-01-10

Iran reopens museums in Tehran and other large cities with sanitary protocols after a year-long closure due to the pandemic.
2021-09-19

Iran imposes tougher restrictions in Tehran and other cities as the country battles a third wave of COVID-19.
2020-11-21

A double bombing injures three police officers in Tehran, Iran.
2019-01-29

An Iranian man attempts self-immolation in front of the Tehran city hall.
2018-09-5

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

Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr is sentenced to 90 lashes of the cane and a year's jail in Tehran for appearing in the film "My Tehran For Sale" which criticises the Government of Iran's harsh policies on the arts.
2011-10-10

Iranian authorities disperse and arrest protesters in the capital Tehran marking the second anniversary of the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President.
2011-06-12

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan flies to Tehran to join talks also attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva aimed at convincing Iran of the advantages of sending its nuclear material abroad for processing to ease fears from the West that Iran wants to build a bomb.
2010-05-16