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Photos of live music stirring back to life in Tehran as a ceasefire offers a fragile respite

TEHRAN (AP) — Bands and orchestras have begun returning to the stage in Tehran, where musicians have struggled to find work since war with the U.S. and Israel broke out in late February.

 

Photos of a mass wedding and a colorful missile at Tehran’s ‘Sacrifice for Iran’ ceremony

The Iranian government held a mass wedding as part of its “Sacrifice for Iran” event in Tehran amid regional tensions.

 

Photos of life inside Iran after latest US proposal falters

Iran responded Sunday to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal, but President Donald Trump rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”

 

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Photos from Tehran as a fragile ceasefire is marked by mourning and a quiet weekend

TEHRAN (AP) — Scenes in Tehran reflect a mixed atmosphere since the start of a ceasefire on April 8, with negotiations set to begin in Pakistan.

 

A photo captures black spots on clothespins that reveal the environmental toll of conflict in Tehran

Here’s what he had to say about this extraordinary photo.

 

Photos show the aftermath in Iran of US and Israeli airstrikes

TEHRAN (AP) — U.S. and Israeli airstrikes have pounded Iran since the initial volley that killed the country’s supreme leader, raising plumes of smoke and destroying buildings as the war takes its toll on civilians in Tehran and elsewhere.

 

Photos show the Tehran rally marking the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hundreds of thousands gathered across Iran and in Tehran, the country’s capital, to mark the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, attending the annual state-organized rallies that draw officials, clerics and government supporters.

 

Photos of leisure and commerce along Iran’s Caspian Sea coast

In Bandar Anzali, fish markets draw locals and visitors.

 

Photos show mourners in Tehran honoring the unknown soldiers killed in the 1980’s Iran-Iraq war

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mourners gathered Monday in Iran’s capital to honor the unknown soldiers killed in the 1980–88 Iran-Iraq war, whose remains were recently recovered from former battlefields.

 

Photos of the first female conductor to lead a Tehran Symphony Orchestra performance

TEHRAN (AP) — Paniz Faryousefi became the first woman to conduct a performance of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday as the musicians played at the Unity Hall in Iran’s capital.

 

Tehran theater stages a musical telling a love story in the Qajar dynasty, in photos

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On stage in Tehran, Iranian actors bring to life “Mehrara,” a musical set during the Qajar dynasty.

 

Shiite Muslims mark the end of the Arbaeen pilgrimage in photos

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

 

Photos from ‘In Women’s Words’ exhibition that showcases modern Iranian women artists

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Visitors attend an exhibition called “In Women’s Words,” which displays works by modern Iranian women artists.

 

Photos of Israel’s attacks on Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — This gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features photos from Israel’s attack on Iran early Friday.

 

AP PHOTOS: Life in Iran’s capital, Tehran, as high-stakes nuclear negotiations with the US go on

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As I prepared to take a photograph of an anti-American mural outside of the former U.S.

 

Iran celebrates ancient fire festival ahead of Persian New Year as tensions with US loom

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year, and which falls next Wednesday.

 

The death toll has risen to 89 in blasts claimed by the Islamic State as Iran mourns those killed

Iranian officials have tried to link Israel and the U.S. to an Islamic State group-claimed suicide bombing while speaking to a mass funeral for some of the 89 people killed in the attack.

 

AP PHOTOS: Underground music flourishes in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Heavy metal guitarists jamming in basements. Headphone-wearing disc jockeys mixing beats.