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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.

Human Rights

Iran judiciary denounces Swedish court verdict as ‘illegal’

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Iran’s judiciary spokesperson says the life sentence issued by a Swedish court against Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri for allegedly having a role in the execution of jailed dissidents in the 1980s in Iran is ‘completely illegal'.
Local

Iranian paper: Hijab quarrel on bus linked to bigger agenda

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A recent spat between two women on a bus in the Iranian capital Tehran over their hijab that turned ugly has been serving as ammo for heated debates on social media.
Local

Former Iran president Rouhani defends job performance during his tenure

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Iran’s former president Hassan Rouhani says sanctions have caused many problems for the Islamic Republic and that a parliament legislation had prevented the revival of the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, during his tenure.
Local

10-kilometer feast on occasion of Eid Ghadir in Tehran

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On Monday, July 18, 2022, Tehran’s Valiasr Avenue hosted a 10-kilometer feast on the occasion of Eid Ghadir, a great Islamic Eid.
Local

Iranian president urges efforts to streamline border trade

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for authorities to make efforts to improve the livelihoods of people living in border areas.
Local

Ayatollah Khamenei pardons many prisoners on occasion of Eids

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Iran’s leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted prison terms of over 2,272 convicts on the occasion of Eid al-Adha and Eid Ghadir, two great Islamic Eids.
Security

Iran police nab gang that mugged bus passengers at gun point in southern Iran

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Iranian police say they have arrested three members of a gang of armed muggers who stole the belongings of passengers from a bus on a road in southwest of the country.
Local

China says to keep up cooperation with Iran despite US sanctions

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Beijing’s envoy to Tehran slams the US for resorting to unilateral sanctions to exert pressure on other countries, saying China will keep up economic cooperation with Iran despite the American bans imposed on the Islamic Republic.
Middle East

Biden’s tour of region insignificant to us: Iran MP

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An Iranian parliamentarian has shrugged off US President Joe Biden’s visit to the West Asia region, saying “This trip is not important to us.”
Local

Iranian daily: Dealing with flimsy hijab shouldn’t lead to social disunity

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Efforts to enforce the law mandating that women in Iran wear a hijab in public should not become a matter of taste or grudge, otherwise it could lead to a bipolar society, Iran’s Etela’at daily has warned.
Local

Iran’s Raisi rejects any arbitrary action to enforce Islamic dress code

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi renews his call for state institutions to enforce the regulations on hijab and chastity among staff members, but warns that any action to promote the Islamic dress code should lie within the country’s legal framework.
Local

Raisi: Kermanshah Province has great economic capacities

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran’s western province of Kermanshah enjoys many capacities that can greatly contribute to the country’s economic sector, including in the fields of agriculture, tourism, and exports.
Nuclear

Iranian FM: Tehran seeks strong economic guarantees in nuclear talks

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said Iran seeks strong economic guarantees in talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.
Local

Ex-president Rouhani: Japan’s Abe took ‘great strides’ in deepening Iran ties

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The former Iranian president lauds Japan’s ex-premier Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated last week, for taking “great strides” in deepening relations between Tehran and Tokyo, expressing solidarity with the Japanese nation over the loss.
Local

Banned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi arrested

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Iranian authorities have arrested banned filmmaker Jafar Panahi summoning him to the justice department in Tehran.
Local

Iran distributes meat from 30k livestock among needy people

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The head of Iran’s Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation says the charity organization has had 30,000 sheep and other livestock slaughtered for distribution among the poor.
Environment

Heated debate erupts in Iran on how to address increasing street dogs

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The recent tragic deaths of two children in separate attacks by stray dogs in the Iranian city of Qom has triggered calls among the public as well as in the Iranian Parliament and City Councils for legislation on tackling the dangers of free-ranging urban dogs.
Local

Reformist Iranian politician detained

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Senior reformist politician Mostafa Tajzadeh was detained on Friday evening on charges of ‘acting against national security and spreading propaganda to disturb public opinion’, according to media reports.
Energy

President Raisi attends signing ceremony for investment in major oil field

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the signing of a memorandum of understanding to invest $7bn in the South Azadegan oil field, in the Persian Gulf, is an example of mobilization of domestic capabilities.
Local

Daily: Or maybe 200% of Iranians relish high prices!

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A recent report by a pro-government daily regarding the welfare of Iranians and the performance of President Raisi administration, has provoked backlash by Tehran-based Jomhouri-e Eslami Newspaper.
Local

Iranian daily rejects poll claiming Raisi’s popularity has plunged 

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A newspaper affiliated to the Iranian government rejects as a lie an opinion poll’s result that says the popularity of President Ebrahim Raisi has plummeted to 28%.
Local

Iran interior minister: Foreigners without IDs should return home

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Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says it is illegal for foreign nationals to remain on Iranian soil, and that those foreigners who do not possess the required legal documents must return to their home countries.
Local

Ex-Iranian president’s daughter indicted after ‘insulting’ Islam’s Prophet

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Fa’ezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, an Iranian politician and ex-lawmaker, has been indicted in a legal case brought against her over her comments deemed insulting to Islam’s Holy Prophet Muhammad as well as accusations of propaganda activities against the country’s Islamic establishment.
Local

Iran’s Raisi: Activities of knowledge-based firms must be boosted

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has called for a focus on efforts to enhance the activities of knowledge-based companies to pave the way for more jobs and products based on science.
Local

Iran’s ex-Central Bank governor to be retried for “squandering public funds”

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Former Iranian Central Bank governor is going to be put on trial again for "squandering millions of dollars in public funds" during the tenure of former president Hassan Rouhani.
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