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SOCCER / World cup
Nov 22, 2022
England off to flying start at World Cup as Iran keeps silent
Gareth Southgate's side galloped to a 4-0 advantage at Khalifa International Stadium with two goals from man-of-the-match Buyako Saka and a fine Raheem Sterling strike.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2022
Iran's 'civil war' warning may presage bloodier crackdown, analysts say
Fears that Iran is sliding into deeper violence have grown since Wednesday, when assailants on motorcycles gunned down nine people in two mysterious attacks.
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JAPAN
Nov 15, 2022
Iranians in Japan plead for change as unrest shakes their homeland
The killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, by Iran's morality police has rocked some of the approximately 4,000 Iranians who live in Japan.
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WORLD
Nov 13, 2022
Iranian exile who got stuck for years in French airport and inspired movie dies
Mehran Karimi Nasseri died of natural causes just before midday on Saturday in terminal 2F at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside the French capital.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2022
Four Iranian police, one 'terrorist' reported killed
Iran has been rocked by more than seven weeks of nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian after she was arrested by Tehran's morality police.
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WORLD
Nov 5, 2022
Iran’s weapons are slowly dragging Israel to Ukraine’s defense
After months of reluctance, Israel is softening its opposition to providing military aid to Ukraine, as Iran's deepening support for Russia evolves into a threat to Israel.
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SOCCER / World cup
Nov 2, 2022
Why some Iranians want their own country banned from the World Cup
A group of current and former athletes has called on FIFA to ban Iran from the upcoming World Cup in light of its recent violent crackdown on protesters and other human rights violations.
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WORLD
Oct 27, 2022
Iranian security forces 'open fire' as thousands mourn Mahsa Amini
Despite heightened security measures, columns of mourners had poured into Saqez in the western Kurdistan province to pay tribute.
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WORLD
Oct 23, 2022
Iran’s top nuclear agency says its email servers were hacked
The announcement comes after a group called Black Reward claimed on Friday that it had hacked Iran's atomic energy agency as part of a campaign supporting anti-government protests.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2022
The man who would be king: Iran's theocratic ruler
The role of Iran's supreme leader contradicts centuries of Islamic doctrine and is a wholly made-up office concocted by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the 1979 revolution.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2022
Standing up to Iran's gender-driven violence
Women in Iran are not only protesting for the right not to wear the hijab; they are protesting against a government that has curtailed their most basic rights.
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WORLD
Oct 22, 2022
Protest chants, a riot and gunshots: How a prison fire unfolded in Iran
The cause of the fire remains unclear, but witnesses and families of prisoners say that the authorities had been bracing for unrest in the notorious Evin Prison in northern Tehran.
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JAPAN
Oct 21, 2022
Foreign minister declines to clarify Japan's position on Iran drone allegations
Japan's top envoy said the nation will closely monitor developments and urge Iran to 'play a constructive role for peace and stability' amid the war in Ukraine.
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WORLD
Oct 21, 2022
Iranian trainers helped Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, U.S. says
Washington said it would pursue all means to deal with Iran's supply of munitions to Russia, while also considering air defense solutions for Ukraine.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 20, 2022
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi greeted as hero after competing without hijab
Climber apologizes for causing concern as doubts swirl about her safety.
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WORLD
Oct 20, 2022
Deadly Iran jail fire erupted during police clash with inmates
The bloody crackdown by the police and the deadly fire on the evening of Oct. 15, whose origins are disputed, have shaken a society already on edge after a month of violence.
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WORLD
Oct 19, 2022
Iran agrees to ship missiles and more drones to Russia, defying the West
The appearance of Iranian missiles in addition to drones in Moscow's arsenal in the war with Ukraine would raise tensions between Iran and the United States.
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WORLD
Oct 18, 2022
Iran prison fire toll doubles as protest tensions surge
Human rights groups say they doubt the official version of events and fear the real toll could be higher.
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WORLD
Oct 16, 2022
Fire erupts at Iran’s most notorious prison amid national protests
Contradictory reports on social media cited an explosive device, an attempted escape and an infiltration of the prison from the outside.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2022
Back to the brink in Iran
After decades of repression and corruption, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his fellow hard-liners will find it difficult to quell the current unrest with force alone.

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