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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.

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Iranian president makes changes to his cabinet 

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has made some changes to his cabinet.
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Iran Defense Ministry says world will soon witness collapse of Israeli regime

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Iran's Defense Ministry has vehemently condemned Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people across the occupied territories. It predicted that the world will soon witness the collapse of the Zionist regime.
Security

Senior anti-narcotics police officer killed in clashes with smugglers in southern Iran

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A senior counter-narcotics police official in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province has lost his life in armed clashes with drug traffickers in the region.
Local

Iranian daily calls on govt. to stick to policy that led to negotiations with Saudi Arabia

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If Iranian government officials take the same path in international arena they trod during the negotiations with Saudi Arabia, it will have numerous benefits for Iran and the region, Tehran-based Jomhouri Eslami daily wrote in an article.
Judiciary

Pardoned by wife’s family, Ex-mayor of Tehran freed permanently after Leader’s clemency

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Former mayor of Tehran and senior Iranian politician Mohammad Ali Najafi has been permanently released from prison over two years after he was forgiven by the family of his second wife he had shot dead.
Local

Iran Parliament chief: Harsh punishment awaits Israel thanks to resistance might

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf harshly condemns Israel’s desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque, warning that a “tough, stinging” punishment awaits the regime thanks to the strength of the resistance movement.
Local

Former Iranian president urges referendum on key issues

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Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for a referendum on key issues concerning governance in the country.
Local

Iran’s Leader: US, Europe in no position to talk about human rights

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Iran’s leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the Western states’ crimes in the past and in the contemporary era, saying the US and the European countries are in no position to comment on the human rights issue.
Local

Iran says ‘pleased’ with US declaration of support for peace process in Yemen

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has welcomed a call by the United States to help end the Yemen war, highlighting Tehran’s resolve to that end.
Religion

Ayatollah Khamenei: Removal of hijab is politically and religiously banned

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Iran’s leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says removing the hijab in society in front of unrelated men is religiously and politically banned.
Local

20 female students admitted to hospital with respiratory symptoms in Tabriz, Iran

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The head of the Emergency Department of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province says 20 female students were admitted to a hospital in the provincial capital Tabriz with respiratory symptoms.
Local

Iranians bid farewell to 2 military advisors killed by Israel in Syria

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Large crowds of Iranian people joined a funeral procession held for the two military advisors who were killed by recent Israeli air raids in Syria.
Local

Iranian president accepts Saudi king invitation to visit Riyadh

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has accepted an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz to visit the neighboring country.
Education

Iran education minister resigns over teachers’ salaries crisis

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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has accepted the resignation of Minister of Education Yousef Nouri following the delay in the payment of the teachers’ salaries, and appointed Reza Moradsahraei as the caretaker minister.
Local

Man arrested for throwing yogurt on women without appropriate hijab

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Authorities in Iran have arrested a man who threw yogurt at two women who entered a dairy store in Shanzid, northeastern Iran, without appropriate hijab.
Local

Disabled war veteran hoists Iranian flag underwater on Islamic Republic Day

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A disabled veteran of Iran’s defense campaign against the Iraqi army under ex-dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980s war has hoisted a national flag at the bottom of the sea to commemorate the Islamic Republic Day.
Local

Parachutists jump off Iran’s tallest tower to mark Islamic Republic Day

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Parachutists have jumped off Tehran’s Milad Tower, the tallest in Iran, to mark the anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Republic, which followed the ouster of the Pahlavi monarchy in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Local

Iranian president: Any criticism of government must be fair 

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has urged his critics inside Iran to let the country move ahead without making pointless criticisms of the state of the affairs.
Local

Former Iranian official criticizes proposed heavy fine for hijab rule violation 

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Iran’s former communications minister has criticized a parliamentary motion which would impose a fine of up to 3 billion tomans (roughly 60 thousand dollars) for women’s failure to observe the Islamic veil (hijab).
Local

President Raisi says controlling inflation, ensuring sustainable economic growth on agenda in New Year

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In his address on the arrival of the Iranian New Year, Nowruz, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said his administration’s main plan is to control inflation along with sustainable economic growth.
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Ayatollah Khamenei highlights importance of controlling inflation

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a message issued at the beginning of the new Iranian year, Nowruz, urged the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi to work hard to control inflation.
Local

Interior Ministry: Dozens arrested in connection with school poisonings

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Iran’s Interior Ministry says more than 100 people who played an effective role in the recent poisonings at schools have been arrested.
Local

Iran rights body: Only 10 percent of poisoning among students were due to chemical stimulant

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Iran’s Human Rights Council has said a small percentage of the recent poisonings that have happened in Iranian girl schools were due to a chemical stimulant.
Local

Veteran politician Ghafouri Fard dies of illness

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Hassan Ghafouri Fard, a university professor and the former senior official with Iran’s Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, passes away after enduring an illness for more than a year.
Local

Iran announces first arrests over poisonings at girls’ schools

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Several people have been arrested over a wave of suspected poison attacks targeting mainly female students in schools across Iran, a senior government official has confirmed.
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