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Mar 3, 2025 | 
rferl.org | Kian Sharifi |Reid Standish |Golnaz Esfandiari |Hannah Kaviani
Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif has stepped down on the "advice" of the country's judiciary chief, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
rferl.org | Reid Standish |Golnaz Esfandiari |Kian Sharifi |Hannah Kaviani
Two years after reemerging from decades in hiding, Parviz Sabeti is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by three former Iranian dissidents who accuse the ex-top security official under the shah of years of torture and abuse. Sabeti in the 1970s served as the deputy head of SAVAK, the feared security and intelligence service of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Kian Sharifi |Frud Bezhan |Yassin Jaber |Hannah Kaviani
Mahmoud sleeps on a blanket with his wife and 2-year-old son on a beach in Lebanon's capital, Beirut. They are among the tens of thousands of people who have sought refuge in Beirut after fleeing Israel's devastating air raids across Lebanon. "We came to Beirut because we thought the city would be safer," Mahmoud said.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
globalsecurity.org | Hannah Kaviani |John Pike
By Hannah Kaviani and RFE/RL's Radio Farda October 01, 2024
Shortly before Israel launched its ground operation into southern Lebanon aimed at disrupting the operations of Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video message to the people of Iran.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Margot Buff |Kian Sharifi |Hannah Kaviani |Golnaz Esfandiari
Iran has said its missile attack on Israel has ended and it will not be renewed unless Tehran will be forced to act again amid growing fears of a wider regional conflict. Tehran on October 1 launched a massive ballistic missile attack on Israel, its largest so far, in retaliation for the campaign launched by the Jewish state in southern Lebanon against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, prompting warnings of countermeasures from Israel and its main ally, the United States.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Kian Sharifi |Hannah Kaviani |Golnaz Esfandiari |Yassin Jaber
Iran is preparing to "imminently" launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel, according to a senior U.S. administration official who warned of "severe consequences" should it take place. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the United States is actively supporting Israeli defensive preparations. Iran’s state media has not suggested any attack is imminent.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
romania.europalibera.org | Hannah Kaviani
Cu puțin timp timp înainte ca Israelul să-și lanseze operațiunea la sol în sudul Libanului, menită să perturbe operațiunile militanților Hezbollah susținuți de Iran, premierul israelian Benjamin Netanyahu a lansat un mesaj video poporului iranian. Hezbollah este grup armat și partid politic care controlează o mare parte din sudul Libanului.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Kian Sharifi |Frud Bezhan |Hannah Kaviani |Golnaz Esfandiari
Israel has invaded southern Lebanon, in what it has called a “limited, localized, and targeted” ground operation against Hezbollah. Israeli forces on October 1 crossed the border for the first time since the 34-day Israeli-Hezbollah war in 2006. Hezbollah is both an armed group and political party that controls much of southern Lebanon. It is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, although the European Union has only blacklisted its armed wing. What Is Israel’s Goal?
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Kian Sharifi |Hannah Kaviani |Golnaz Esfandiari |Yassin Jaber
Shortly before Israel launched its ground operation into southern Lebanon aimed at disrupting the operations of Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video message to the people of Iran.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Kian Sharifi |Riin Aljas |Frud Bezhan |Hannah Kaviani
Grammy Award winner Shervin Hajipour, who was facing a prison sentence for creating the viral song Baraye, said on September 23 that his case had been closed and he'd been granted amnesty.
