Local News and Views from Iran – The “Local” section is dedicated to political news stories from Iran that do not fall under any of the other main categories, including municipal issues, special interests groups, party politics, and statements from religious figures.
Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, met with the family of Martyr Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the IRGC Quds Force.
A recent rise in subscription fees for Internet services in Iran has drawn the reaction of many, from ordinary citizens to authorities and businesses, with most of the users furious about the government move.
A Iranian paper close to the principlists has lashed out at a spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for his recent comments about the Palestinian group Hamas' anti-Israel operation in early October.
People in the Iranian capital city of Tehran have taken to the streets to show their tribute to Seyyed Razi Mousavi, a senior military advisor recently assassinated in Syria.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei participated on Thursday in the funeral ceremony of a top Iranian military advisor who was assassinated in an Israeli attack outside of the Syrian capital, Damascus earlier this week.
Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it would be a mistake to separate the national cause of a country from its national interests.
Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says all political groups and officials in the country are outraged with Russia for taking sides with the United Arab Emirates in its territorial claim over the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
The head of the nursing council organization of Iran says "wrong policies" toward the profession has disillusioned nurses in Iran and called for those responsible for those policies to be held accountable.
The managing editor of Iranian principalist daily Kayhan has decried Russia’s support for Arab countries stance on the three Iranian islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Musa, demanding the Kremlin apologize to the Iranian government.
Christmas is already in the air in the Iranian capital Tehran with Christians, mainly from the Armenian descent, are on a shopping spree to celebrate the birth of the Jesus Christ and the start of the New Year.
An Iranian daily says the terrorist attack in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Friday should be viewed in a broader context where multiple agents, most outstandingly the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan, are involved.
Almost all gas stations in Iran are operational a day after about 70 percent of the pumps were hit in a cyberattack, the Iranian deputy oil minister said Tuesday.
A high-profile Iranian politician, close Hassan Rouhani, says the former Iranian president is going to run for the upcoming Assembly of Experts elections with a 16-member list.
An Iranian lawmaker has criticized the parliament for its handling of the Debsh Tea fraud case, involving billions of dollars, saying it is not tough on the issue.
Iran’s Oil Minister confirmed that about two thirds of the gas stations across the country were disrupted after they were targeted in a cyberattack on Monday.
A former Iranian lawmaker has informed President Ebrahim Raisi of an alleged “rent” that enabled a fledgling company to import 13 million tons of basic goods such as wheat, maize, barley, rice, oil and red and white meat through a contract with a completely confidential classification.
A technical error has knocked fuel rationing system in Iran off course, the head of the Gas Stations Union confirmed, adding offline fueling system at non-subsidiary prices has not been affected.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the deadly terror attack on a police station in Sistan and Baluchestan Province that left at least a dozen security forces dead, injuring several others.
The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami has stated Israel cannot withstand a prolonged onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Turkish authorities have arrested Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, nicknamed Tataloo, saying he has been handed over on the Bazargan border to Iranian authorities.
Probes by the General Inspection Organization of Iran indicate that “a certain company” that had received billions of dollars to import tea and machinery, sold the forex on free market at a higher exchange rate, marking “the largest fraud” in the country.
Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has underlined the need for authorities to support those who promote good and prevent vices in the country’s public places like subway stations.
