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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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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.
Local

Iran’s parliament due to vote on Pezeshkian’s proposed cabinet ministers within days: Qalibaf

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The Iranian Parliament's vote on the proposed cabinet ministers of President Masoud Pezeshkian will take place publicly on Wednesday, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, has stated.
Local

Iran’s IRGC aerospace advisor dies of injuries from Syria strike

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A senior Iranian military advisor with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace Unit on Thursday succumbed to his injuries sustained in an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Syria.
Parliament

Iran parliamentary committee votes down proposed pick for oil ministry

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The Iranian Parliament’s Energy Committee has declared that President Massoud Pezeshkian’s pick for the oil ministry is disqualified for the post.
Foreign Policy

President Pezeshkian says national unity prerequisite for engagement with other states

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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasized the importance of national unity and consensus in the country as a means of interacting with other nations. He stated that developing cooperation with all countries, especially neighboring ones, is a priority of his government's foreign policy.
Local

Ayatollah Khamenei lauds Iran’s Olympic athletes

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has lauded the Iranian athletes who attended the 2024 Olympic Games in France.
Local

Iran vice president Zarif opts for academic career

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Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has departed from President Massoud Pezeshkian’s administration to continue his profession as an international relations professor.
Local

Iran president presents proposed cabinet to parliament

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Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian presented his proposed cabinet members for the 19 ministries to the parliament on Sunday for votes of confidence.
Parliament

MP: Iranian president to present proposed cabinet to parliament Sunday

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The Iranian parliament will start checking the qualification of the proposed ministers by President Massoud Pezeshkian on Sunday, a lawmaker announced.
Local

Iran holds commemorative ceremony for martyred Hamas leader

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The Quranic Society in Iran held a ceremony on Friday in the capital Tehran to commemorate the head of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in an Israeli strike on July 31.
Media

Iran marks national Journalist’s Day

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Iranian officials and media personalities commemorated National Journalist’s Day in the country on Wednesday.
Local

Iran president makes new appointments

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Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian made three new designations for his administration on Sunday.
Parliament

Iran parliament demands deterrent move against Israel

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Iran’s parliament speaker has urged Iranian authorities to take a deterrent measure against the Israeli regime to preserve the country’s national interests following the assassination of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran.
Local

Iran vows crushing response to Israel assassination of Hamas leader in Tehran

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Iran will give a “regrettable and painful” response to the Zionist regime’s assassination of several resistance fighters and leaders in recent days, including the political head of the Palestinian resistance movement in Tehran, the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee says.
Local

How will Haniyeh assassination affect Pezeshkian’s economic aspiration?

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The assassination of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas’ political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday in Tehran in an Israeli plot just a day after Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian’s inauguration ceremony, casts a pall over the president’s economic agenda amid spiraling tensions, an Iranian daily warns.
Local

Tehran’s Tabiat Bridge turns red as a symbol of revenge for Hamas leader’s assassination

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The lights of the Tabiat Bridge in northern Tehran turned red as a sign of blood vengeance for the martyr Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Hamas movement.
Local

Former Iran FM Zarif appointed vice-president for strategic affairs

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Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has appointed former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as the Vice-President for Strategic Affairs.
Local

Iranians hold funeral for assassinated Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran

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Massive crowds of mourners in Tehran took part on Thursday morning in the funeral procession of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated along with his security guard a day earlier in an Israeli air strike in the Iranian capital.
Local

Iran observing 3 days of mourning for Hamas political chief demise

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The Iranian government on Wednesday declared three days of public mourning for the passing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran.
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