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PHOTO: People wave flags as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026. — Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters

As ceasefire begins, some Iranians express relief after days of living in limbo

PHOTO: Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. — Sajjad Safari/AP

Private messages reveal some Iranians still feel hope for future even as bombs fall

PHOTO: Iran's players pose for a group picture ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier football match between Qatar and Iran at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, June 5, 2025. — Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images

Iran's sports minister says national soccer team will not participate in World Cup

PHOTO: A view shows the aftermath of an Israel and the U.S. strike on a building in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. — Amir Kholousi/ISNA/West Asia News Agency via Reuters

After US-Israel attack that killed Khamenei, who is running Iran now?

PHOTO: A view shows the aftermath of an Israel strike on a school in Minab, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. — Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News/West Asia News Agency via Reuters

Iranian officials claim school hit during US-Israeli army strikes

PHOTO: People gather in Revolution Square to mourn the death of Iran's Supreme Leader who was killed in joint operation named Epic Fury by Israel and the U.S. in his residence a day before, March 1, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. — Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

Iran forms interim leadership council as President Pezeshkian resurfaces

PHOTO: This video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media on Feb. 23, 2026, and verified by AFPTV teams in Paris, shows students gathering for an anti-government rally at the all-female Alzahra university in Tehran. — User-generated content via AFP via Getty Images

Protests resurging across Iranian universities as families mourn massacre victims

PHOTO: A Ukrainian rescuer stands next to a heavily damaged house following an air attack in Sofiivska Borshchagivka, Kyiv region on Feb. 22, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images

Russia targets Ukraine with 345 drones and missiles, striking energy sites and residential buildings, Zelenskyy says

PHOTO: In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2026. — UGC via AP, FILE

1 month after Iran regime's deadliest crackdown, the death toll mounts as repression deepens

PHOTO: People gather during protest, January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. — Getty Images

As Iran pursues US talks, families of dead and missing protesters detail human rights abuses

PHOTO: Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, in northeastern Egypt on the first day of the evacuation of some 50 Palestinian, at the Rafah crossing on Feb. 2, 2026. — Str/AFP via Getty Images

Gaza-Egypt border crossing at Rafah partially reopens after more than 2 years

PHOTO: A billboard with a picture of Iran's flag, on a building in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 24, 2026. — Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters

Iranians detail 'bloodbath' crackdown said to have killed 5,700 protesters, as internet blockade eases

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