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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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Iran Leader warns enemies using economic woes to sow despair among Iranians

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says enemies are exploiting the country’s solvable economic woes to sow despair among the Iranian youths, cautioning the nation against the enemies’ deception.
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Iranians mark 34th anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s departure

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Iranians commemorate the 34th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini, political and spiritual leader who led the nation’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and changed the course of history not just in Iran but also in the broader region.
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Raisi: Imam Khomeini’s Revolution changed all political equations in world

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the 1979 Islamic Revolution led by Imam Khomeini replaced all political equations in the world with new ones, the outcome of which is today clear in the decline of the US and the Israeli regime.
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Iran’s 1st VP join’s Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony in Ankara

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Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber joins the swearing-in of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following his re-election for another term in office.
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IRIB chief rejects calls for return of popular sportscaster Ferdosipour to state TV

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The head of Iran’s Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) snubs calls for a return of Adel Ferdosipour, a popular sports commentator, to the state TV, due to “the positions he has taken against the Islamic Establishment.”
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Grandson of Imam Khomeini apologizes to reporter over bodyguards’ misbehavior

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Hassan Khomeini, a grandson of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, has apologized to a reporter with the ILNA news agency, who was assaulted by his security team as he approached the cleric to take a picture.
Education

Morad-Sahraei becomes Iran’s education minister after winning confidence vote at Parliament

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Reza Morad-Sahraei becomes Iran’s new education minister after securing a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament.
Human Rights

Official: Iran destination for some 63% of Afghan refugees

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The Iranian deputy justice minister says the Islamic Republic is the top destination of around 63 percent of Afghan refugees fleeing a host of crises in their homeland.
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Iranian president’s office rejects rumors of cyberattack on its website

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Iran’s Presidential Office dismisses rumors of a hacking attack against its website, which surfaced online after the web page went down briefly.
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MP urges President Raisi to put Iranians’ medical needs before those of Indonesians

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An Iranian lawmaker has criticized President Ebrahim Raisi for promising to equip a dozen hospitals in Indonesia with Iranian-made products while “a number of Iran’s own towns lack proper health facilities.”
Local

Academic: Up to 10% of Iran’s population emigrated due to ‘social upheavals’

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An Iranian academic claims that between 8 to 10 percent of the country’s entire population has emigrated to other countries, most of whom have been professionals and scientists.
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MP: Iran’s SE province to face problems if water doesn’t reach there in 3 months

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An Iranian lawmaker and ex-envoy to Afghanistan says the southeastern border province of Sistan and Baluchestan will face numerous problems if the water shortages, caused by the Taliban’s blocking of Helmand River’s inflow, drag on for three more months.
Local

Iran Parliament receives govt. bill on confronting hijab violations

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The Iranian Parliament receives a government-approved bill aimed at confronting violations of mandatory hijab, or headscarf, in public locations through fines and denial of banking services to wrongdoers.
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Ayatollah Khamenei applauds Iranian parliament for adopting strategic nuclear act

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated that the Strategic Action Plan to Counter Sanctions which was approved by the Iranian Parliament in late 2020 has saved the country from uncertainty regarding the nuclear issue.
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Iran defense minister rejects reports on joint warship production with Russia

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Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani dismissed “baseless” media reports about Tehran's joint production of warships with Moscow. Meantime, he did not rule out cooperation in the research process to that end.
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Iran’s former security chief becomes Leader’s political adviser, member of Expediency Council

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed the former secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Shamkhani, as his political adviser and a member of the Expediency Council.
Local

Iran holds funeral for guards killed in terror attack near Pakistan border

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Civilian and military officials attended a funeral procession held for five Iranian border guards who were killed by terrorists in southeastern Iran on the border with Pakistan.
Local

Iran’s security chief replaced after almost a decade

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has appointed the director of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Strategic Center as the new secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), replacing Ali Shamkhani. Shamkhani was the second longest-serving security chief since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, behind only former President Hassan Rouhani who was SNSC secretary for nearly 16 years starting in 1989.
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Iranian paper says supporters of interaction with Taliban should be held accountable over water row with group

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Iran’s Jomhouri Eslami newspaper, in an article, has slammed proponents of interaction with the Taliban in Afghanistan as a water dispute with the group escalates.
Local

Supreme National Security Council Media: Secretary Shamkhani’s resignation certain

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Iran’s Nour News website, which is affiliated with the Supreme National Security Council, says a piece of poetry posted by the council’s secretary Ali Shamkhani on his twitter accounts shows he is sure to step down from the position.
Local

Iranian president nominates new individual as education minister

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has nominated Reza-Morad Sahrayi as the new minister of education, more than a month after the previous minister resigned.
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Iran military chief hails Navy’s ‘historic’ round-the-world mission

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Iran’s military chief praises the historic round-the-world mission of the country’s 86th Naval Fleet, saying the “unprecedented achievement” marks the “starting point of a new era in the history” of the Iranian military.
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Iran Leader congratulates nation on successful return of Iranian navy flotilla after round-the-world voyage

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has congratulated the Iranian nation on the successful return of the country's navy’s 86th flotilla following its historic voyage on the high seas.
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Leniency with Taliban does not work, Tehran should prove President Raisi warning serious: Iranian daily

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Even the Iranian apologists of the Taliban now know that putting up with the group doesn’t work, an Iranian daily says, amid the former group’s refusal to release Iran’s water shares from Helmand River into Iranian territory.
Local

Principlist daily: Raisi failed to ease economic pressure troubling people’s livelihoods

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An Iranian daily close to the Principlists criticizes the government of President Ebrahim Raisi for what he calls failing to contain the economic pressure and rising inflation that are taking a toll on the livelihoods of the Iranian people.
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