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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.

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. 
Local

Iran Leader meets president, newly-elected cabinet, stresses production 

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Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met on Tuesday with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and members of the cabinet on the occasion of the Government Week.
Local

Iranian parliament approves all ministerial picks of President Pezeshkian

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The Iranian parliament approved all 19 ministerial picks of President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday.
Local

Iran shuts down German-affiliated “illegal centers” in Tehran

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On Tuesday morning, two "illegal centers affiliated with the German government" in Tehran were shut down by order of the Iranian judicial authorities.
Parliament

Iran president’s pick for trade ministry says ‘rise in non-oil exports’ on agenda

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Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian’s nominee for the ministry of industry, mine, and trade says developing exports and boosting the country’s trade balance through increasing non-oil exports is a top priority in his program.
Security

Defense chief pick: Iran has managed to establish deterrence vis-à-vis enemies

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Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, who is Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s pick for defense minister, said on Monday that new technologies have weakened the unipolar US-made world order and new powers are emerging in the world including the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Local

Iran parl’t continues reviewing proposed ministers’ qualifications

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The lawmakers in the Iranian parliament convened for third day on Monday to vet the qualifications of the cabinet ministers proposed by President Massoud Pezeshkian.
Foreign Policy

Iran president pick for foreign minister says prioritizes ties with China, Russia, seeking to lift US bans

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Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian President's pick for foreign minister emphasized that the new administration will continue to pursue a robust policy of good neighborliness, aiming to maximize the political and economic opportunities with neighboring countries while seeking to expand ties with China and Russia and all other nations that stood by Iran in the face of the US-led sanctions.
Local

Seven decades on, Iranians resent 1953 US-orchestrated coup

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Iranians marked Sunday the anniversary of the US-, UK-aided coup that toppled the first democratically-elected government of then Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran in 1953. 
Parliament

Iranian parliament starts reviewing record of President Pezeshkian’s picks for cabinet posts

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Iran’s parliament on Saturday officially started reviewing the qualifications of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s proposed picks for cabinet posts.
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