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Iran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests

By: Farnaz Fassihi — 10 January 2026 at 07:24

Large marches against the government occurred despite an internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown.

Demonstrators marched in Tehran in an image taken from a social media post that was shared on Thursday.

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Khamenei Appears in Public for First Time Since Israel War Began

By: Farnaz Fassihi — 5 July 2025 at 22:36

The long absence of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, from public life had fueled speculation about his health and threats to his life.

A photograph released by Iran’s state media on Saturday showing Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Where Is Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

By: Farnaz Fassihi — 26 June 2025 at 01:09

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not been seen publicly or heard from in nearly a week. That absence has surprised and unnerved everyone from political insiders to the general public.

Officials have said Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been sheltering at a bunker and refraining from electronic communication to prevent assassination attempts against him.

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Israel attacks Iran’s state television, live on the air.

By: Aaron Boxerman， Farnaz Fassihi， Aric Toler and Sanjana Varghese — 16 June 2025 at 18:52

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Iran Begins to Evacuate Military Officials and Personnel From Syria

By: Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman — 7 December 2024 at 04:02

The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad’s key backers come amid a resurgent rebel offensive.

An antigovernment fighter covers his ears as a multi-barrel rocket launcher fires against government forces, in the northern outskirts of Syria’s west-central city of Hama on Wednesday.

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Terrorism in Iran Exposes a Vulnerability It Doesn’t Want to Admit

By: Farnaz Fassihi — 5 January 2024 at 21:08

Even after the Islamic State took responsibility for deadly bombings, Iran’s government, facing public anger, blamed Israel.

The funeral of a victim of Wednesday’s terrorist bombing in Kerman, on Friday in Tehran.

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Imprisoned Nobel Winner and Iranian Rights Activist Begins a Hunger Strike

By: Farnaz Fassihi and Cassandra Vinograd — 6 November 2023 at 20:48

Narges Mohammadi is protesting the prison’s denial of hospital treatment for her heart condition, her family said.

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is serving a 10-year sentence in Iran’s Evin prison. “We are extremely worried,” her husband, Taghi Rahmani, said. “Her life is in danger.”