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News Articles: Iran

People gather in Tehran's Azadi Square on March 20, 2023 to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year.

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  • World

Celebrations are underway for Nowruz, Persian New Year, marking the start of spring

Revelers feast and jump over fire to mark the beginning of the new year, but recent protests across Iran and the faltering economy have cast a pall over this year's celebrations.

March 20, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani (right) shakes hands with senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, as Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban looks on during an agreement signing ceremony between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in Beijing, Friday.

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  • World

Rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran restore ties, with China's help. Here's why it matters

Saudi Arabia and Iran are restoring full diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China, a move that could reduce tensions in the region and that asserts China's growing influence in the Gulf.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy

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  • Middle East

Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to resume relations after years of tension

Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions, including a devastating attack on the heart of the kingdom's oil production.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
People listen to a speaker during a demonstration to denounce the Iranian government and express support with anti-government protesters in Iran, in Washington, DC.

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  • Middle East

Despite Khamenei's amnesty, most protesters in Iran won't go free, advocate says

Iran has jailed up to 20,000 people in months of protests against the regime. The announcement that it's pardoning prisoners is an empty gesture, a human rights lawyer says.

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • John Helton
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly interviews the Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in Tehran.

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  • Middle East

In Iran, NPR sees anger and desperation. Its government tells us nothing is wrong

In an interview with NPR in Tehran, Iran's foreign minister dismisses the protests that have spread in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death, saying "nothing important had happened."

February 09, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Fatma Tanis,
  • and 1 more
Siamak Namazi, shown in this photo before his 2015 imprisonment, has begun a one-week hunger strike in Iran to mark seven years since he was left out of a prisoner swap that occurred when the Iran nuclear deal went into effect.

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  • World

Siamak Namazi, imprisoned since 2015 by Iran, has begun a hunger strike

The Iranian American businessman's hunger strike marks seven years after he was left out of a prisoner swap when the Iran nuclear deal took effect. He's appealing to President Biden for action.

January 16, 2023
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
In this photo released by KhabarOnline News Agency on Sept. 18, 2019, Ali Reza Akbari speaks in an interview in Iran.

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  • Middle East

Iran has executed an Iranian-British dual national over spying claim

Ali Reza Akbar, who once worked for Iran's defense ministry, was executed despite international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid protests.

January 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

Iran executes 2 more men detained amid nationwide protests

There are now four men known to have been executed since demonstrations began in September over the death of Mahsa Amini. All have faced internationally criticized, rapid, closed-door trials.

January 07, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Protesters hold placards with messages such as "Do not leave the people of Iran alone" during a demonstration on Dec. 3 in Istanbul.

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  • World

Iran demonstrators vow to continue protests despite ongoing crackdowns

The protests that have gripped the country since September may have diminished to some extent recently, but demonstrators in Iran reached by NPR insist the protests will not die out or fade away.

January 06, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Kenyon
Prominent Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti (center) holds flowers as she poses for a photo among her friends after being released from Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday.

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  • World

Iran releases a top actress who was held for criticizing the crackdown on protests

Taraneh Alidoosti, the 38-year-old star of the Oscar-winning 2016 film The Salesman was released from Tehran's notorious Evin Prison nearly three weeks after her arrest.

January 04, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Arash Ashtiani as Rahimi and Sharifi in <em>Holy Spider.</em>

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  • Movies

A man killed women he deemed 'immoral' — an Iranian film fictionalizes the story

The real-life "Spider Killer" murdered 16 women in Iran between 2000 and 2001. The case inspired Holy Spider, which has resonated abroad during a time of amplified state violence in Iran.

January 04, 2023
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
People protest against the Iranian government at a demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday. In recognition of those allegedly executed by the Iranian government, protesters wore nooses around their necks and held photographs of people who have been killed.

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  • World

More Iranians face possible execution as authorities seek to crush continuing unrest

The executions are Tehran's main response to protests that have swept the country since September, and are seen as a sign that Iran's clerical leadership intends to continue a violent crackdown.

December 20, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Kenyon
GPB News NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Popular global TikToks of 2022: Bad Bunny leads the fluffle!

TikTok is more than just goofy dances and challenges. Here are some of the most widely viewed — and engaging — global TikToks of the year.

December 19, 2022
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By:
  • Max Barnhart and
  • Estefania Mitre
Taraneh Alidoosti arrives for a movie premiere at the Cannes film festival in southern France on May 25. Iranian authorities arrested Alidoosti, one of the country's most famous actresses, on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests, state media said Saturday.

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  • World

Iran arrests a top actress who expressed solidarity with a man executed over protests

Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie The Salesman, was detained after she made an Instagram post about the first man recently executed for crimes committed during nationwide protests.

December 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Christian Pulisic of the United States (right) shoots to score his side's first goal past Iran's goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand during their teams' World Cup match.

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  • Sports

U.S. beats Iran 1-0 in a must-win World Cup match

The U.S. had to beat Iran to advance in the World Cup. Iran had to just tie in order to move on. The U.S. will go up against the Netherlands in the Round of 16.

November 29, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Tom Goldman
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