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January 05, 1398

Iran Bans Celebrities From Raising Money For Flood Victims

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo disembark from their aircraft upon their arrival at Beirut airport. March 22, 2019

January 05, 1398

Pompeo Insists Lebanese Leaders Want To Keep Iran Out

Javaid Rehman is a British-Pakistani legal scholar and Professor of Islamic Law and International Law at Brunel University and the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. File photo

January 04, 1398

Iran Attacks U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur, Says It Is 'Largest Democracy In The World'

Iran -- Heavy rains have battered Iran's northern provinces of Golestan and Mazandaran, leaving homes flooded and others without power.

January 04, 1398

Slow Response To Destructive Floods Blamed On Rouhani Government

A man with a small girl, flood in Mazandaran, March 2019 floods

January 04, 1398

Governor Fired For Traveling Abroad As Floods Devastate His Province

Dollars, euros and Iranian currency as a trader counts money. Undated

January 04, 1398

Price Of Onions In Iran Jump Fourfold In Matter Of Weeks

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) speaks with President Hassan Rohani during a meeting with members of Iranian Assembly of Experts in Tehran, March 14, 2019

January 04, 1398

Conservatives Suggest Eliminating The Presidency In Iran, A move That Can Backfire

While some conservatives suggest eliminating the presidency in Iran, a reformist says let's make the Supreme Leader an elected official.

FILE PHOTO - Mohammad Javad Zarif. 27 Feb 2019

January 04, 1398

Zarif's Disagreements With Pompeo Turn Biblical

Delegates attend the opening day of the 40th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on February 25, 2019 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

January 03, 1398

UN Iran Human Rights Rapporteur Mandate Extended

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has extended the mandate of its special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for another year.

Iran -- Ahmad Alamolhoda, Iranian Imam and a Shia figure. He is the prayer of Jumu'ah in Mashhad

January 03, 1398

Hardliner Ayatollah Claims Iran Has Hacked Telephones of Netanyahu Family

One of five freed Iranian security personnel who had been held by jihadists for a month in Pakistan, is received by military officers and media upon their arrival at an undisclosed location in Iran, November 22, 2018

January 03, 1398

Iranian Border Guards Freed In Pakistan Arrive Home

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been attacking the establishment for more than year. File photo

January 02, 1398

Ahmadinejad's New Attacks Target Rouhani, Parliament, Spare Khamenei.

Lately, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appeared more often on traditional media, but has refrained from criticizing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Iranians celebrating the traditional fire and light festival prior to Norooz New Year, in a moment of happiness in the midst of economic crisis. March 19, 2019

January 02, 1398

Iran Drops Lower In World Ranking Of Happiest Nations

Iran -- Iranian Media reported at least two people "injured" during tensions in border lines of Dezful and Andimeshk in Khuzestan province.

January 02, 1398

Clashes Over Municipal Boundaries Break Out In Khuzestan

ISFAHAN, IRAN - AUGUST 20, 2018: A clergyman passing under a towel designed like a U.S. dollar bill. File photo

January 02, 1398

Latest Report Says Annual Inflation Close To 50 Percent In Iran

At the end of the Iranian year on March 20, inflation figures heralded a tough time ahead for ordinary Iranians, as price rises neared 50 percent in the last 12 months.

IRAN -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech on the first day of Persian New Year, also known as Norouz in Mashhad, northeast of Tehran, March 21, 2019

January 01, 1398

Khamenei Calls Western Leaders 'Savages' In His New Year Speech

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Europe has practically pulled out of the nuclear agreement with Iran, and he expects only "backstabbing and treason" from the West.

Kazakhstan - Acting President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (R) shakes hands with his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev during a joint session of the houses of parliament in Astana, Kazakhstan March 20, 2019. Kazakh Presidential Press Service/Handout

January 01, 1398

Iran Voices Support For Top Political Change In Kazakhstan

Iranian women hold numbers forming the Persian New Year 1398, Norooz, on New Year eve in Tehran, March 20, 2019

January 01, 1398

Iranian, U.S. Leaders Vie For The Sympathy Of The People On New Year

US. and Iranian leaders issued statements or delivered speeches on the occasion of the Iranian New Year or Norooz (Nowrouz), March 21, all vying for the attention and sympathy of the people in Iran.