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Recent Did you know? items
* ... that the film Critical Zone was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
* ... that the film '''''[[Critical Zone]]''''' was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
* ... that Maryam Eslamdoust was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Maryam Eslamdoust]]''' was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Walter A. Groves]]''' received a job offer from [[Centre College]] by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a [[missionary]] in Iran due to [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|the country being invaded]]?
* ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader Ashraf Dehghani since she escaped prison in 1973?
* ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader '''[[Ashraf Dehghani]]''' since she escaped prison in 1973?
* ... that in September 2023, The New York Times publicly confirmed the detention of Johan Floderus in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
* ... that in September 2023, ''[[The New York Times]]'' publicly confirmed the detention of '''[[Johan Floderus]]''' in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
* ... that the '''[[2004 Nosratabad fuel tanker explosion]]''' highlighted the high rate of road accidents in Iran, [[List of countries by traffic-related death rate|one of the worst globally]]?
Israeli airstrikes in the Aleppo region kill 20 Iranian-backed militia members, including 16 Syrian militiamen, an Iranian advisor, and three Hezbollah members.[1][2]
:[[Israel]]i airstrikes in the [[Aleppo]] region kill 20 Iranian-backed militia members, including 16 [[Syria]]n militiamen, an [[Iran]]ian advisor, and three [[Hezbollah]] members.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Due to Israeli targeting of Aleppo countryside {{!}} 16 of Iranian-backed militias killed most of them of Syrian nationality|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/335208/|access-date=2024-06-03|website=[[SOHR]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Under Israeli strikes {{!}} 17 people including two Iranians and three members of Lebanese Hezbollah kil:led|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/335275/|access-date=2024-06-04|website=[[SOHR]]}}</ref>
:Former [[president of Iran]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] announces that he intends to run again following the [[2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash|death]] of [[Ebrahim Raisi]]. Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-02/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-registers-iranian-election-helicopter-crash/103925472 (ABC News Australia)]
:[[OpenAI]] removes online [[information warfare|influence operations]] based in [[Russia]], [[China]], [[Iran]], and [[Israel]], due to the usage of [[AI]] by these operations to generate propaganda and fake content. [https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1670/openai-influence-operations-china-russia-israel (NPR)]
29 May 2024 –
Amnesty International says that the number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest since 2015 and up more than 30% from 2022, with Iran carrying out 74% of the global total. The figures exclude China, because execution numbers are considered a state secret. (BBC News)
:[[Amnesty International]] says that the number of [[Capital punishment|executions]] recorded globally in 2023 was the highest since 2015 and up more than 30% from 2022, with [[Capital punishment in Iran|Iran]] carrying out 74% of the global total. The figures exclude [[China]], because execution numbers are considered a state secret. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rr0178rzeo (BBC News)]
:[[Vice President of Iran#First vice president|First vice president of Iran]] [[Mohammad Mokhber]] becomes [[provisional government|acting]] [[president of Iran|president]] following the [[2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash|death of]] [[Ebrahim Raisi]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/irans-khamenei-confirms-mohammad-mokhber-as-interim-president (Al Jazeera)]
:A [[Bell 212]] helicopter crashes in [[Varzaqan]], [[East Azerbaijan province]], [[Iran]], killing all the eight people on board, including [[President of Iran|President]] [[Ebrahim Raisi]] and [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)|Foreign Minister]] [[Hossein Amir-Abdollahian]]. [https://apnews.com/article/helicopter-iran-raisi-crash-azerbaijan-3ef9fe5772fb06f6d9dcc371b115923f (AP)]
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