The pro-government demonstrators chanted against America and Israel, according to state media.
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Commentary: Rushdie attack shows the hard truths of Iran’s soft power
The signal from Tehran is that enemies of the regime can be attacked anywhere, even in the U.S., even decades after the regime first put a target on their backs.
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Iran denies involvement in attack on Salman Rushdie but blames him
In 1989, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding the author’s death, and while Iran has not focused on Rushdie in recent years, the decree still stands.
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Iranian operative charged in plot to murder former U.S. official John Bolton
Prosecutors say the murder-for-hire scheme unfolded more than a year after the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force was killed in a targeted airstrike in Baghdad in January 2020.
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Commentary: In the nuclear face-off with Iran, Biden just blinked
Washington’s offer of some sanctions relief for Tehran’s nuclear program is an empty gesture that betrays weakness.
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Jim Fossel: Joe Biden falls short on promise of unity
As a candidate, he claimed to be able to bring people together, but as a president, he has not delivered.
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Iran marks anniversary of 1979 takeover of U.S. Embassy
Thousands of Iranians gather on the streets of Tehran, chanting ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ and burning the flags of both nations.
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U.S. takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
It’s not the first time that the U.S. has seized domain names of sites it accuses of spreading propaganda.
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Iran president-elect takes hard line, refuses to meet Biden
During a news conference, Ebrahim Raisi said Iran’s ballistic missile program is ‘non-negotiable.’
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Iran blames Israel for sabotage at Natanz nuclear site
Iran has blamed Israel for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged its centrifuges