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Recent Did you know? items
* ... that Trump wrote a letter to Ali Khamenei in an effort to initiate new nuclear negotiations with Iran?
* ... that [[Donald Trump|Trump]] wrote '''[[Donald Trump's letter to Ali Khamenei|a letter]]''' to [[Ali Khamenei]] in an effort to initiate new nuclear negotiations with Iran?
* ... that '''[[Mirza Muhammad Amin Shahristani]]''' served in the royal courts of the [[Sultanate of Golconda|Golconda Sultanate]], [[Safavid Iran]], and the [[Mughal Empire]]?
* ... that Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi opened the first commercial movie theater in Iran, only for it to be banned within a month?
* ... that '''[[Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi]]''' opened the first commercial movie theater in Iran, only for it to be banned within a month?
* ... that Canadian microbiologist Patricia Taylor helped American diplomats hide in her house in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis?
* ... that Canadian microbiologist '''[[Patricia Taylor]]''' helped American diplomats hide in her house in Tehran during the [[Iran hostage crisis]]?
* ... that after Jamal Valizadeh was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team?
* ... that after '''[[Jamal Valizadeh]]''' was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the [[Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympics|Refugee Olympic Team]]?
* ... 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?
:The casualty figure from the explosion at the [[Port of Shahid Rajaee]] in [[Hormozgan province]], [[Iran]], is revised by the [[Chief Justice of Iran|judiciary of Iran]] to 57 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries. Two people, including a government official, are arrested in connection with the explosion. [https://www.arabnews.com/node/2599520/middle-east (Arab News)]
4 May 2025 –
Five people, including four Iranian citizens, are arrested for planning to carry out a terrorist attack at a single location in London, United Kingdom. Separately, three other Iranian men are arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation. (CTV News)
:Five people, including four [[Iran]]ian citizens, are arrested for planning to carry out a [[Terrorism in the United Kingdom|terrorist attack]] at a single location in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. Separately, three other Iranian men are arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation. [https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/uk-police-arrest-several-iranian-men-over-alleged-attack-plot/ (CTV News)]
:The death toll from yesterday's explosion at the [[Port of Shahid Rajaee]] in [[Bandar Abbas]], [[Iran]], rises to 40 while the injury count increases to 1,205. [https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202504261552 (Iran International)]
:At least twenty-five people are killed and over 800 others are injured in an explosion at the [[Port of Shahid Rajaee]] in [[Bandar Abbas]], [[Iran]]. [https://apnews.com/article/iran-explosion-fire-bandar-abbas-72637c6b3e152a30045275f57ace29ed (AP)]
:Eight [[Pakistan]]i citizens are killed in a [[mass shooting]] by [[Baloch Nationalist Army]] gunmen in [[Mehrestan]], [[Sistan and Baluchestan province]], [[Iran]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/14/islamabad-seeks-answers-after-eight-pakistanis-shot-dead-in-iran (Al Jazeera)]
:[[Iran]] and the [[United States]], represented by [[Foreign Ministry of Iran|foreign minister]] [[Abbas Araghchi]] and special envoy [[Steve Witkoff]], hold their first round of indirect talks in [[Muscat]], [[Oman]], and agree to continue the negotiations. [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-849909 (''The Jerusalem Post'')]
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