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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.

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.
Local

Fake quake alerts on cell phones briefly scare Iranians

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Many Iranians temporarily panicked as they received fake earthquake warnings on their cell phones which called for “calm” and urged people to find shelter.
Local

Mehrdad Bazrpash named Iran’s minister of roads and urban development

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Former Iranian lawmaker Mehrdad Bazrpash has been appointed as Iran’s minister of roads and urban development after securing a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament.
Local

Iran’s president visits iconic Tehran University on Natl. Student Day

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi pays a visit to Tehran University, delivering a speech to mark the country’s National Student Day at the iconic school.
Local

Iranian Judiciary chief says he accepts many criticisms against govt.

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Iranian Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has said he accepts many criticisms that citizens direct against the government.
Local

Iran to give residence services to eligible Afghan refugees

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The Iranian Interior Ministry says Tehran will give residence services to the eligible Afghan refugees who took part in the 2016 and 2017 censuses.
Local

Iran interior minister: Rioters can’t have representative at fact-finding body

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Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says those who had a hand in the destructive riots in the country cannot have a representative in the newly-formed fact-fighting committee tasked with investigating different aspects of the recent developments.
Local

Report: 3.3 percent of Iranians migrated in a single year

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The Iranian principlist newspaper Javan has said some 2.8 million Iranians migrated to foreign countries in the past year. The figure accounts for 3.3 percent of the total population.
Local

Judicial official: No kids sentenced to death over Iran protests

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The general and revolutionary prosecutor of Iran's Sistan and Balouchestan Province denies reports that two children have been sentenced to death for participation in the recent protests and deadly riots in the province.
Local

MP: Iran’s fact-finding mission on protests won’t help unless it’s all-inclusive

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An Iranian lawmaker says the formation of a fact-finding mission by the Interior Ministry over the recent wave of unrest in the country cannot be helpful unless the body is all-inclusive and hears the demands of the protesters.
Local

Informed source rejects “secret bulletins” attributed to IRGC as “fake”

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An informed source in Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has rejected a claim that the commander of the IRGC gets reporters or the media to produce bulletins for him.
Local

Raisi: All elements behind insecurity, murders during Iran riots to face justice

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi pledges that all those behind insecurity and the murder of ordinary people and security forces during recent riots in the country will be identified and brought to justice.
Foreign Policy

Sudani: Iraq will never forget Iran’s support for its anti-terror fight

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New Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says his country will never forget Iran’s support in its fights against terrorism, and that Baghdad will not allow any party to pose a security threat to its eastern neighbor from Iraqi soil.
Foreign Policy

Ayatollah Khamenei urges Iraqis to stand up against “enemies of Iraq’s progress”

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Iran's leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged Iraqis to stand up to the enemies of their country's progress by relying on people and the youth. Ayatollah Khamenei was speaking at a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani in Tehran on Tuesday.
Local

Iran’s Leader stresses need for stronger naval presence in intl. waters

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Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has ordered the all-out promotion of combat capabilities of Iran's Navy. He stressed the need for the naval force to continue its presence in international waters and high seas.
Security

IRGC chief: Iran will turn ‘great sedition into graveyard’ for US, other enemies

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The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the US and its allies are using their media to destabilize the country, stressing, however, that the Islamic Republic will “turn the great sedition into a graveyard” for them.
Local

Iran’s Fars News Agency says origin of recent hacking attack detected

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Iran’s Fars News Agency explains different aspects of the latest cyberattack that recently hit its website, saying the origin of the assault was quickly determined and an operation is underway to neutralize it.
Local

Iranian daily: Protesters used compulsory hijab as pretext to voice greater demands

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An Iranian daily says the issue of compulsory hijab in Iran served as “a pretext” for many protesters to take to the streets in the past weeks and voice three major demands, among them economic improvement, urging authorities to heed the calls.
Society

IRGC chief warns Israel: No assassination will go unanswered

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The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the military force will exact revenge for the assassination of its every single member, days after Israel killed an IRGC military advisor in Syria.
Local

Iranians hold funeral for IRGC member assassinated in Syria

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The Iranian people hold a funeral procession for a member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), who was recently assassinated in a bomb attack by “Israeli agents during an advisory mission in Syria.”
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