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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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Sociologist: Protests in Iran won’t die down unless ruling methods change

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Iran is impregnated with emotional reactions due to the ‘wrong ways of ruling’ by the government, and if the feeling of 'rejection and discrimination among people' does not disappear, protest movements will continue in various ways, a renowned sociologist and politician has warned.
Local

Iranian activist Faezeh Hashemi arrested over ‘ties to deadly protests’

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Political activist Faezeh Hashemi has been arrested by Iranian security forces for alleged involvement in the protests triggered after the death of a young woman in police custody two weeks ago, according to Tasnim News Agency.
Local

Funeral in Mashahd for two people killed by rioters

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People in the Iranian city of Mashhad have held a funeral ceremony for two people killed by rioters in recent days in Khorasan Razavi Province.
Security

Interior minister: There’s evidence Amini not subjected to beating in custody

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Iran’s interior minister says definitive medical evidence suggests Mahsa Amini, who died in the custody of morality police last week, had not been subjected to beating by those in charge of the detention facility.
Local

Iranians hold rallies nationwide to condemn violent riots

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Iranians hold demonstrations across the country to condemn the recent deadly riots that have hit several cities, with elements behind the violence launching attacks on security forces, public property, and sanctities.
Security

IRGC: New wave of ‘Daesh-style’ violence organized by Iran enemies doomed to failure

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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) expresses gratitude for the Iranian nation’s vigilance in the face of yet another “organized conspiracy” that the enemies and their domestic elements are pursing against the country in the aftermath of the death of a young woman in custody, stressing that the plot is doomed to failure.
Local

Iran communications minister rejects reports of possible internet blackouts

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The Iranian government’s official news agency, IRNA, has dismissed reports citing the minister of communications and information technology as saying that access to internet could be limited or cut off in the coming days amid protests over the death of Mahsa Amini after being taken into custody by the moral police in Tehran.
Local

Kayhan: Iran must not be silent in face of parties that provoke riots

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A Tehran-based daily close to Principlists says the Islamic establishment in Iran should not stay silent in the face of those who set the stage for chaos in the country, as the role of Western spy services is already crystal clear in riots that occasionally hit Iranian cities.
Local

Protests grip Iranian cities after death of young woman in custody

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Street protests break out in many Iranian cities amid anger in the country over the death of a young woman who had a heart attack in the custody of morality police, as official investigations continue to determine the exact cause of the tragedy.
Politics

Iran’s Leader appoints new members to Expediency Council for 5-year term

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appoints the chairman and members of Iran’s Expediency Council for another five-year term.
Parliament

Ghalibaf: Iran’s parl’t to push for morality police reforms

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After the recent death of a young Iranian woman caused a huge uproar nationwide, the speaker of the Iranian parliament has tasked the Domestic Affairs Committee of the legislature with investigating and improving the morality police’s performance.
Local

Protests erupt at universities in Iran over death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini

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Several groups of students have held protests in universities of Tehran against the death of a young woman who had a heart attack while in police custody.
Local

Tehran Police commander: Claims on social media about Mahsa Amini’s death “sheer lie”

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The commander of Tehran’s Law Enforcement has given new explanations about the death of Mahsa Amini saying many claims regarding police mistreatment are baseless.
Local

Iranian vice president for science, technology steps down

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has accepted the resignation by his vice president for science and technology Sorena Sattari after holding the position for nine years since the previous administration.
Local

Father of Iranian woman who had heart attack in police custody demands full probe into her death

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The father of an Iranian woman who died after a heart attack in morality police custody last week, has once again rejected reports that her daughter had background medical conditions, asking for a full probe into the cause of his daughter’s tragic death.
Local

Rally held in Iran Kurdish city to protest death of young woman

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Hundreds of people took to the streets in the Western Iranian city of Sanandaj, the capital city of Kurdistan Province, on Sunday evening to protest the death of a young woman who died of a heart attack while in morality police custody last week, Fars News Agency reported.
Local

Father of dead Iranian girl says his daughter had no background medical issue

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The family of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian girl who had a heart attack while in morality police custody in Tehran, has denied claims that she suffered background medical issues before death.
Local

President Raisi talks to family of young Iranian girl following her tragic death

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has talked with the family of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, who suffered a heart attack in morality police custody and later died in a hospital in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Local

“No report of physical assault on Mahsa Amini in detention”

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Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says he has no report, yet, of physical assault against Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, who died after detention by morality police in the capital Tehran on Friday.
Local

Iranian academic mocks NYT for false reporting on Ayat. Khamenei’s health

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An Iranian political expert mocks the New York Times for making dramatic false claims about the health of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, only one day before he hosted a ceremony and delivered a speech there in good health.
Local

Leader wishes success for president Raisi during New York visit

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has held a meeting with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei upon arrival from a visit to Uzbekistan for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Local

Statement: Young Iranian woman had no vital signs upon arrival at Hospital

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Tehran’s Kasra Hospital has issued a statement, saying Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman whose recent death in police custody caused uproar, had no vital signs when she was brought to the hospital on September 13.
Local

Young Iranian woman still in coma after ‘police briefing’

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A 22-year-old Iranian woman has not still emerged from a coma she slipped into on Wednesday after being approached by the police in the Iranian capital Tehran, as the police reported, ‘to get a briefing on her clothing.’
Local

Iranian reformist cleric criticizes government’s handling of problems

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An Iranian cleric has criticized the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi for what he calls its failure to resolve the crisis faced by the country.
Local

Iranian expert dismisses claims that 9/11 was an inside job

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An Iranian political expert has rejected as mere speculation conspiracy theories that described 9/11 as an inside job and claim the attacks were carried out by some quarters within the US ruling establishment.
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