TIL Tag: iran
125 headlines found.
- Russians have visited Iran at least twice in last month to examine weapons-capable drones
July 16, 2022 - Iran has "categorically" denied any link with Salman Rushdie's attacker – but blamed the writer himself.
August 15, 2022 - Iran protests: Women burn headscarves in anti-hijab protests
September 21, 2022 - CNN cancels interview with Iranian president over headscarf demand
September 22, 2022 - Iran restricts internet as Mahsa Amini protest deaths mount and UN calls for investigation
September 24, 2022 - Elnaz Rekabi: Crowd greet Iranian climber who broke hijab rule on return
October 19, 2022 - White House says Iran sent personnel to Crimea to train Russians to use drones.
October 21, 2022 - Iranian who made Paris airport home for 18 years dies.
November 13, 2022 - World Cup 2022: Iran players decline to sing national anthem.
November 22, 2022 - Iran's football federation has complained to Fifa after the Islamic Republic emblem was removed from its flag in social media posts by the United States team. The US said they decided not to use Iran's official flag to show "support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights", amid mass anti-government protests in the country.
November 28, 2022 - Iranian man, 27, shot dead for celebrating team's World Cup exit.
November 30, 2022 - Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests, says attorney general
December 4, 2022 - blasts heard in Kyiv city centre; mayor says 10 Iran-made drones shot down.
December 14, 2022 - Ukraine shoots down 16 Iranian-made drones.
December 30, 2022 - Iran hangs two more protesters
January 7, 2023 - Alireza Akbari: Iran executes British-Iranian dual national
January 14, 2023 - Iran smuggled drones into Russia using boats and state airline, sources reveal
February 12, 2023 - US and Iran expected to complete $6bn prisoner swap deal
September 18, 2023 - Biden confirms Israel visit as Iran warns against Gaza offensive
October 17, 2023 - Tanker hit off India coast by drone from Iran, says US
December 24, 2023 - More than 100 people killed in twin blasts near slain Iran commander's grave
January 3, 2024 - Islamic State claims responsibility for Iran attack; Palestinians to lead Gaza after war, says Israeli minister
January 4, 2024 - Pakistan condemns deadly Iranian missile strike on its territory as an 'unprovoked violation'
January 17, 2024 - Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes on Iran, with reports of seven killed
January 18, 2024 - Senior Iran Revolutionary Guard officials killed in Syria strike blamed on Israel
January 20, 2024 - Israeli military says 99% of Iran's 300 drones and missiles intercepted; Biden denounces 'unprecedented' attack
April 14, 2024 - UK foreign secretary condemns 'reckless' Iran attack on Israel as UN chief says region on 'brink'
April 15, 2024 - Israel carried out a strike inside Iran, US official says, in a move that threatens to push the region deeper into conflict
April 19, 2024 - Helicopter in Iranian president's convoy crashes
May 19, 2024 - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash
May 20, 2024 - Iran's presidential election heads to a runoff after reformist wins most votes
June 29, 2024 - Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran
July 31, 2024 - Trump campaign says its internal messages hacked by Iran
August 11, 2024 - Alarm in UK and US over possible Iran-Russia nuclear deal
September 14, 2024 - Iran launches barrage of missiles at Israel
October 1, 2024 - IDF 'preparing response' to Iran attack as Macron urges halt to arms deliveries to Israel
October 5, 2024 - Israel hits Iran with retaliatory air strikes
October 26, 2024 - Justice department charges Iran Revolutionary Guard member with trying to kill Trump
November 8, 2024 - Israel's Netanyahu acknowledges pager attack, says he sees 'eye-to-eye' with Trump on Iran
November 10, 2024 - Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites
February 17, 2025 - Trevor Lock, hero of Iranian embassy siege, dies aged 85
April 1, 2025 - Trump signs ban on travel to US by nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Haiti and Iran
June 5, 2025 - US to partially evacuate embassy in Iraq as Iran tensions rise
June 12, 2025 - Israel strikes Iran, killing military chiefs and scientists, as Trump warns Tehran to agree nuclear deal
June 13, 2025 - Israel and Iran exchange missile strikes with explosions heard in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Tehran
June 14, 2025 - Iran missiles cause multiple casualties in Israel as Israeli strikes hit Tehran oil depot
June 15, 2025 - Iran launches fresh missile strikes on Israel as conflict enters fourth day
June 16, 2025 - Trump will not sign joint G7 statement on de-escalation between Israel and Iran
June 16, 2025 - Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender'
June 17, 2025 - Israeli hospital damaged and injuries reported in wave of Iranian missile strikes
June 19, 2025 - Trump to allow up to 2 weeks for diplomacy before deciding on US strike in Iran
June 19, 2025 - foreign ministers from Europe and Iran to hold talks as US says it is still deciding whether to join war
June 20, 2025 - Iran and Israel exchange strikes after Iran rules out nuclear talks while under attack
June 21, 2025 - US bombs Iran nuclear sites and Tehran warns of 'everlasting consequences'
June 22, 2025 - Trump floats regime change to 'make Iran great again' as region braces for Iranian response to US strikes
June 23, 2025 - Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to 'complete and total' ceasefire
June 23, 2025 - Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran as he accuses both of violating ceasefire
June 24, 2025 - US strikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear programme, intelligence report says
June 24, 2025 - CIA director says Iran's nuclear sites 'severely damaged'
June 26, 2025 - Iran holds state funeral for officials killed by Israeli strikes
June 28, 2025 - Trump considers forcing journalists to reveal sources who leaked Iran report
June 29, 2025 - US must rule out more strikes before new talks, Iranian minister tells BBC
June 30, 2025 - Iranians asked to limit water use as temperatures hit 50C and reservoirs are depleted
July 22, 2025 - Hegseth fires general whose agency's intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump
August 23, 2025 - Sweeping UN sanctions on Iran come into effect after nuclear talks fail
September 28, 2025 - Iran confirms seizure of tanker carrying petrochemical cargo
November 15, 2025 - Iran turns to cloud-seeding as historic drought causes driest fall in 50 years
November 17, 2025 - Trump mulls 'very strong' military options as hundreds killed in Iran protests
January 12, 2026 - Almost 650 killed in Iran protests, rights group says, as supreme leader issues warning to US
January 12, 2026 - Trump 'immediately' imposes 25% tariffs on countries that do business with Iran. That could include China
January 13, 2026 - Iran protester 'to be executed tomorrow', rights group says, as official says 2,000 killed in crackdown
January 13, 2026 - Trump warns US will 'take very strong action' if Iran starts executing arrested protesters
January 14, 2026 - Iran protest killings have halted, Trump claims, as Tehran says executions are 'out of the question'
January 15, 2026 - Iran authorities demanding large sums for return of protesters' bodies, BBC told
January 16, 2026 - Ali Khamenei says thousands killed in Iran protests, some in 'inhuman, savage manner'
January 17, 2026 - Iranian government braces for possible attack as US navy arrives in region
January 26, 2026 - EU designates Iran's revolutionary guard as terrorist organisation
January 29, 2026 - Netanyahu to meet Trump as Iran nuclear talks reach critical stage
February 11, 2026 - US military ready for possible Iran strikes but Trump yet to make decision, reports say
February 19, 2026 - Trump says world has 10 days to see if Iran deal reached
February 19, 2026 - Trump changed mind on Chagos deal ‘after UK blocked use of Diego Garcia for Iran strikes’
February 20, 2026 - US and Iran begin talks seen as crucial to prevent conflict
February 26, 2026 - Israel says it has launched attack on Iran, as explosions reported in Tehran
February 28, 2026 - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israel attack
March 1, 2026 - Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon exchange fire as conflict widens after attack on Iran
March 2, 2026 - Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran
March 2, 2026 - Israel launches new attacks on Tehran and Beirut as Iran closes critical Strait of Hormuz
March 2, 2026 - Melania Trump chairs UN Security Council meeting on children in conflict amid Iran strikes
March 3, 2026 - Global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
March 3, 2026 - Turkey says NATO shot down Iranian missile headed toward its airspace, as US sub torpedoed Iranian warship in Indian Ocean
March 4, 2026 - Democrats’ Iran war powers push fails in the Senate
March 4, 2026 - Trump demands say in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader; Israel tells hundreds of thousands to flee Beirut
March 5, 2026 - US temporarily lets India buy Russian oil amid energy fears; Israeli military launches strikes on Beirut
March 6, 2026 - Iran’s president apologises to neighbouring countries as Israel pounds Tehran
March 7, 2026 - Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader
March 9, 2026 - UAE and Turkey intercept Iranian missiles, as UK chancellor warns inflation rate likely to rise due to war
March 9, 2026 - Iran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources say
March 10, 2026 - US says 16 Iranian mine-laying ships 'eliminated', as Iran launches attacks across region
March 11, 2026 - Iranian minister says country will not play in World Cup
March 11, 2026 - We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say
March 12, 2026 - British tourist among 20 charged in Dubai over videos of Iranian missile strikes
March 13, 2026 - Iran's supreme leader 'likely disfigured', Hegseth says as strikes hit Tehran's ability to build more weapons
March 13, 2026 - FCC chair threatens to throttle news broadcasts over ‘hoaxes’ about Iran war
March 14, 2026 - US embassy in Baghdad hit by strike as Trump says military targets 'obliterated' on Iran's key oil island
March 14, 2026 - Crucial UAE port targeted in attack as Trump says military targets on Iran's key oil island 'obliterated'
March 14, 2026 - US orders Americans out of Iraq as Trump renews calls for allies to secure strait of Hormuz
March 14, 2026 - Trump says US may strike Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’
March 15, 2026 - Trump steps up pressure on European allies to help protect strait of Hormuz
March 16, 2026 - US embassy in Iraq hit by drone strike as several Western leaders call for de-escalation in Lebanon
March 17, 2026 - ‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation’: Trump-appointed intelligence official resigns over Iran war
March 17, 2026 - Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ entire South Pars gasfield if Iran strikes Qatar
March 19, 2026 - FBI probing US counter-terrorism chief who resigned over Iran war, reports say
March 19, 2026 - Trump compares attack on Iran to Pearl Harbor in meeting with Japan's PM
March 19, 2026 - US removes sanctions on 140 million barrels of Iranian oil
March 21, 2026 - Trump says US considering 'winding down' war in Iran but other nations must guard Hormuz
March 21, 2026 - Trump tells Iran it has 48 hours to open Hormuz or US will ‘obliterate’ its power plants
March 22, 2026 - Trump postpones military strikes on Iranian power plants for a five day period
March 23, 2026 - Iranian military says US is 'negotiating with itself' after Trump says Tehran wants deal 'so badly'
March 25, 2026 - Australia bans Iranian tourists with valid visas for six months
March 26, 2026 - Israel says it has killed Iran's navy chief overseeing Strait of Hormuz blockade
March 26, 2026 - President Trump said the US will hold off on targeting Iranian energy sites another 10 days as ‘talks are ongoing’ with Tehran
March 27, 2026 - Iran says its forces are 'waiting' for US ground troops, as more American marines arrive in region
March 29, 2026 - Trump raises prospect of taking Iran’s oil and again weighs seizing Kharg Island
March 30, 2026 - Spain closes airspace to US military over Iran war, widening rift with US
March 30, 2026 - US gas hits $4 as Trump tells other nations to ‘go get your own oil’
March 31, 2026