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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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Former President Rouhani says preservation of Islam in Iran now hinges on restoration of republicanism

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Iran’s former President Hassan Rouhani says in order to “preserve” Islam in Iran, the republican aspect of the state has to be “restored.”
Local

Iranians hold mass funeral for unidentified martyrs

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The Iranian people hold a funeral procession for 200 unidentified martyrs who fell during the eight-year Iraqi-imposed war on Iran in the 1980s.
Local

President Raisi: Enemies sending messages to Iran for talks despite role in riots, unrest

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President Ebrahim Raisi says the US and its Western allies are trying, on the surface, to show Iran as “weak” and “on the verge of destruction” in their propaganda, but at the same time, they have been asking the Islamic Republic for negotiations in messages delivered through various channels.
Local

Former Iranian footballer Ali Daei criticizes removal of wife, child from Dubai-bound flight

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Iran’s former footballer Ali Daei has criticized a move by authorities to return his wife and child to the Iranian Island of Kish while they were en route from Tehran to the United Arab Emirates.
Local

Iran’s Leader: Shiraz terror attack revealed hands of hypocritical Americans

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says America, as the creator of the Daesh terror group, is complicit in the recent deadly terror attack conducted by the Takfiri outfit at a holy shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz.
Cinema

Iranian filmmakers gather outside Evin prison to get word on colleague Alidousti

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A group of Iranian artists including actors, actresses and filmmakers have gathered outside Tehran's Evin prison to get word about famous actress Taraneh Alidousti who is held at the jail.
Local

Senior Iranian principlist figure lashes out at cleric for advising moderation at protestors’ cases

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A renowned Iranian principlist has lashed out at a Muslim cleric and legal scholar for advising justices to practice scrupulousness and caution while issuing death sentences for rioters found guilty in protests in Iran.
Local

Iran’s communications minister says has no authority over ban on Instagram

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Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Issa Zarepour says he has no authority on the restrictions placed on the US-based Instagram photo and video sharing platform, and any decision regarding the bans concerns Iran’s National Security Council.
Cinema

Famous Iranian actress arrested for anti-government comments

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Famous Iranian actress Taraneh Alidousti has been arrested over her recent comments about the execution of a young man involved in the recent protests and deadly riots in Iran.
Local

Iranian daily: Internet shutdown must have parliament approval

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Iran’s Etella’at Newspaper has criticized the decision to keep internet shut down in the country.
Local

20-year-old Iranian confirmed as shortest man on earth

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A young Iranian boy is the new world’s shortest man living, measuring 65.24 cm. Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, 20, is almost 7 cm shorter than the previous record holder, 36-year-old, Edward Fernandez from Colombia.
Local

President Raisi: Enemies failed to deceive Iranian people with empty slogans

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran's enemies though they could deceive the Iranian people with freedom slogans.
Local

British envoy to Iran, embassy staffers clear mission’s walls of anti-UK slogans

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British Ambassador to Iran Simon Shercliff joins staff members of the UK embassy and those of other foreign embassies in Tehran to erase the anti-UK slogans apparently written by protesters on the walls of the country’s diplomatic mission over its reported involvement in a series of protests and riots in Iran.
Local

Iranian daily slams rising prices: Govt. officials incapable of running affairs

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An outspoken Iranian daily criticizes a dramatic rise in prices and a drop in the value of the national currency, saying the economic shock shows the administration’s managers are unable to run the country’s affairs.
Local

Raisi: Hostile sanctions can never stop Iran’s progress

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President Ebrahim Raisi says enemies were wrong in their calculations that sanctions can paralyze production and export in Iran, stressing that such restrictions will never be able to stop the Islamic Republic’s progress.
Parliament

Iranian MPs rap France’s “meddlesome polices”

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Around two hundreds of Iranian lawmakers have condemned France for "frequent instances of interference in the domestic affairs of the Islamic Republic under the guise of defending human rights, despite the European country’s own dark history of human rights abuses."
Local

Detained Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi not in bad health: Report

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A report says Mir-Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian reformist leader who has been held under house arrest for 11 years, has visited a medical center for an “ordinary examination” due to a chronic middle ear issue.
Local

Iran’s Leader calls on officials to swiftly punish thugs behind Sunni cleric’s murder

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered condolences to the people of Sistan and Baluchestan Province on the martyrdom of a senior Sunni cleric by terrorists, calling on officials to quickly bring those behind the assassination to justice.
Local

Funeral ceremony held in Tehran for late roads minister Rostam Qassemi

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A group of Iranian people and officials joined a funeral procession for Rostam Qassemi, the late minister of roads and urban development, in Tehran on Sunday, who died due to illness.
Tourism

Unrest dealt heavy blow to Iran’s tourism sector: Hotel official

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The head of the Iranian association of hotel owners says the recent wave of social unrest and riots promoted 85% percent of the foreign tourists planning to visit Iran, to cancel their reservations in recent weeks.
Local

Sunni cleric kidnapped, murdered in Sistan and Baluchestan, southeast Iran

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A senior Iranian Sunni cleric has been kidnapped and murdered by unknown assailants in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, local officials say.
Local

President Raisi: Iran to firmly pursue prosecution, punishment of rioters

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Tehran will seriously follow up on efforts to identify, prosecute and punish the rioters and those who assassinated security forces during the recent wave of unrest in the country.
Local

Raisi to enemies: Iranians won’t be fooled by empty ‘freedom’ slogans

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President Ebrahim Raisi says the Iranian people will not be deceived by empty slogans for “freedom” and will never allow any threats against the independence, the real freedom and the Islamic Republic system in their homeland.
Local

Ex-Iranian roads minister Rostam Qassemi dies weeks after resignation

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Iran’s former minister of roads and urban development, Rostam Qassemi, has passed away, weeks after he stepped down from the post due to health complications.
Local

Tehran sets deadline for Meta to introduce representative for Iran

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Tehran sent a letter to US Technology Company, Meta, giving it ten days to take necessary measures, including introducing a representative, in order for the company’s platforms to continue activities in Iran.
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