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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.

Local

Gov’t spokeswoman says Iran “absolutely” not interested in a broader war

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The Iranian government spokeswoman says Tehran has “absolutely no interest in a broader war" hours after Iran's Armed Forces fired dozens of missiles at Israel in response to the assassination of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders as well a military advisor with the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).
Local

Iran’s Reformist party hails missile operation against Israel

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In the wake of Iran’s missile strikes against Israel on Tuesday evening, the leader of Iran’s Reformist Front issued a strong message of unity and support for the punitive military measure.
Parliament

Iranian MPs prevent lawmaker from being appointed as VP 

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The Iranian parliament has rejected a Sunni Muslim MP’s resignation after his appointment by President Masoud Pezeshkian to a government post.
Local

Ayatollah Khamenei calls for mobilization of relief aid after Iran mine blast

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stressed the necessity to provide urgent aid to the workers affected by the devastating explosion at a coal mine in northeastern Iran.
Local

Iranians express solidarity with Lebanon over deadly pager blasts

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A group of Iranians gathered outside Lebanon's embassy in Tehran, in solidarity with the Lebanese people following the recent deadly explosions across the Arab country that saw more than two dozen killed and thousands injured.
Local

Top MP asks President Pezeshkian to facilitate Iran’s accession to FATF

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The head of the Iranian Parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee has called on President Massoud Pezeshkian to pave the rocky path for Iran’s accession to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) money-laundering watchdog.
Security

Iranian daily defends presence of Afghan nationals in Iran amid growing calls for expulsion

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Amid increasing public demands for the expulsion of illegal Afghan immigrants in Iran, the principlist newspaper Kayhan has come out in defense of Afghan nationals, particularly highlighting the strategic importance of the "Fatemiyoun" brigade within the Resistance Front.
Local

Iran ministry of health announces return of expelled students after presidential directive

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Masoud Habibi, Deputy Minister of Culture and Student Affairs at the Iranian Ministry of Health, announced the return of expelled and disciplined students to their universities, following a directive from the President.
Local

Iran’s Leader deplores double standards exercised in 2024 Olympics, Paralympics

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The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran has criticized the biased and double standards of decision-makers in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympics Games regarding the participation of countries in the competitions.
Parliament

Lawmaker raps ex-FM Zarif appointment over dual citizenship controversy

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In a fiery address to the Iranian Parliament, principlist MP Hamid Rasaei criticized former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's return to government after his resignation, questioning the legal foundation of his current role as Strategic Advisor to the President.
Local

Video of Iranians sympathizing with 9/11 victims goes viral after 23 years

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A video footage has resurfaced on the internet after over two decades showing Iranians in a protest rally on a street in the Iranian capital Tehran in a display of sympathy with the victims of the 2001 terror attacks on the Twin Towers in New York.
Energy

Iran vice president slammed for saying subsidized gasoline price ‘unreasonable’

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Iranian Vice President Mohammadreza Aref has been the subject of criticisms for saying on Sunday that importing gasoline price at high prices and selling it at heavily-subsidized prices is ‘unreasonable.’
Local

Brother: Iranian political activist Abdollah Momeni released after Supreme Court overturns ruling

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Abdollah Momeni, a well-known Iranian political activist, has been released from prison following a Supreme Court decision that overturned his original sentence, says his brother.
Local

Baloch Sunni scholar appointed as Iran’s deputy minister of tech

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In a recent appointment by Iran’s Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Mohammad Nabi Shahiki, a prominent Baloch and Sunni academic, has been named the Deputy Minister of Technology and Innovation.
Economy

Head of Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran steps down amid loan row, red market

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The Chairman of the Board of the Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran Majid Eshghi confirmed on Saturday he resigned from the post after a long period that the markets have been in the red, and days into a reported row over low-rate bank loans he received.
Views

Iranian daily to President Pezeshkian: Do not put too much confidence in Russia

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Russia’s recent and past deviations from what ‘strategic allies’ would normally do for each other, have shaken Iranians’ confidence, with calls growing on the new administration of President Massoud Pezeshkian to revise the country’s policies vis-à-vis Moscow.
Foreign Policy

Iran summons Australia’s envoy over homosexual content

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Canberra's Ambassador to Tehran Ian McConville was summoned to Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, following the posting of an insulting content on social media by Australia's embassy, promoting homosexuality.
Local

Iranian president breaks protocols again, engages warmly with the public in Mashhad

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Today in Mashhad, the Iranian President made headlines for his continuously unexpected and warm interactions with the public.
Local

Iran marks National Day Against British Colonialism

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Iran has designated September 2 as the National Day Against British Colonialism to commemorate the anniversary of the martyrdom of the national hero of the struggle against British colonialism, Rais-Ali Delvari.
Local

Iranian dissident criticizes officials for his implication in new case

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Iranian dissident and reformist activist Mosfata Tajzadeh who is serving his jail term in Tehran's Evin prison has issued a statement in which he criticized top officials for a new case in which he is implicated that could increase his sentence.
Security

Iran dismisses reports ex-president Khatami’s son arrested over espionage accusations

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Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency has rejected reports that the son of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has been arrested over accusations of spying for Israel.
Local

Final report says late President Raisi’s helicopter crashed due to bad weather, sabotage ruled out

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The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed was primarily caused by weather conditions that included thick fog, according to the final investigation report on the incident, rejecting alleged sabotage in the incident.
Local

Iranian daily renews warning on new Afghan migrants ‘trained by Taliban’

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An Iranian newspaper has issued a new warning on the torrent of Afghan migrants in Iran, saying some of them have received military training under the Taliban rulers in the neighboring country and are rep.eat offenders in Iran.
Local

Araghchi officially begins mission as Iran’s foreign minister

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry has held a ceremony to introduce the new Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and bid farewell to the caretaker foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani.
Local

Iran’s Zarif says to serve as strategic deputy to President 

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Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had recently resigned from his position as Deputy for Strategic Affairs under Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, has returned to this role. 
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