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Tehran

Capital of Iran; seat of the Islamic Republic's fractured wartime government since February 2026.

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Gave conflicting death counts — 1,444 official versus 4,300 independent — with n

Iran Conflict 2026: Iran war dead: two counts, no consensus
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Endured strikes with 14 million residents and no sirens, warning systems, or bom

Iran Conflict 2026: Tehran's 14 million: no sirens, shelter
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Generated the fastest and largest internal displacement wave in Middle East hist

Iran Conflict 2026: 3.2m Iranians displaced in a fortnight
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Assessed by CFR as holding power through IRGC loyalty and Russian and Chinese co

Iran Conflict 2026: Mojtaba holds via IRGC, Russia, China
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Blacked out under smoke from 30 struck fuel depots, followed by acidic black rai

Iran Conflict 2026: Smoke from 30 depots blacks out Tehran
#307 Mar

Installed its first dynastic supreme leader as Mojtaba Khamenei was confirmed un

Iran Conflict 2026: Mojtaba Khamenei named Supreme Leader
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Rejected Trump's unconditional surrender demand as 'a dream they should take to

Iran Conflict 2026: Pezeshkian rejects Trump surrender terms
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Declared by Trump as the war's endpoint — no peace until its leaders 'cry uncle'

Iran Conflict 2026: Trump: war ends when Iran 'cries uncle'
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Became explicit target of Israeli regime change war aim announced by Netanyahu

Iran Conflict 2026: Netanyahu makes regime change a war aim
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Rejected all ceasefire and negotiation offers as foreign minister drew clearest

Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi: no ceasefire, no negotiations
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Warned of imminent second massive US air assault as Hegseth claimed skies would

Iran Conflict 2026: Hegseth: second massive assault imminent
#174 Mar

Confirmed Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader overnight — the first dynastic

Iran Conflict 2026: Mojtaba Khamenei named Supreme Leader
#123 Mar

Became object of public US cabinet split: Hegseth said no regime change, Rubio s

Iran Conflict 2026: Hegseth and Rubio split on regime change
#123 Mar

Struck as Netanyahu declared he had 'yearned to do this for 40 years'

Iran Conflict 2026: Netanyahu: 'yearned to do this 40 years'
#143 Mar

Recorded 787 dead across 131 cities in the first four days of strikes

Iran Conflict 2026: 787 dead across Iran in four days
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#122 Mar

Escalated the conflict as IRGC designated all US embassies in the region as mili

Iran Conflict 2026: IRGC declares US embassies valid targets
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#51 Mar

Ran out of bread, eggs, water, and milk within hours of US-Israeli strikes begin

Iran Conflict 2026: Tehran out of bread and fuel in hours
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Confirmed Supreme Leader Khamenei killed by Israeli airstrike on his compound

Iran Conflict 2026: Iran confirms Khamenei killed by Israel