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.
Iran’s parliament has started the process of impeaching Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi-Amin but the move is yet to be announced, a lawmaker has revealed.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a former Iranian president, hits out the current administration for what he describes as giving priority to interests of Russia by allowing it to take over Iran’s already “not-so-big” share of the global market.
Iranian state TV takes off the air a medical talk show amid controversy over a viral excerpt of the program, in which a guest surgeon appears to link rising arthritis cases among Iranians to their postures during daily Muslim prayers and while using Iranian-style squat toilets.
President Ebrahim Raisi paid an aerial visit to Zayandehrud, the largest river in Iran and its basin, the Gavkhuni wetland, a region that had been severely affected by water shortages mainly caused by drought.
Iran’s Labor Minister Hojjat Abdolmaleki has announced his resignation amid controversy over his handling of the raises approved by the parliament for the retirees.
Iran’s minister of labor is reportedly slated to leave office, the first ministerial resignation in President Ebrahim Raisi’s government less than a year since he took office.
The head of the media center of Iran’s Expediency Council has denied a report that Saeed Jalili and Ali Larijani, both members of the body, clashed verbally at a session of the council on Saturday over quote Jalili’s proposal that Iran should leave the NPT.
An Iranian news website has claimed a member of Iran’s Expediency Council caused a controversy at a meeting of the body after he proposed that Tehran leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
An Iranian news outlet claims that Hojjat Abdolmaleki, Minister of Labor, Cooperation and Social Welfare of Iran, is going to be the first cabinet member of President Ebrahim Raisi’s administration to leave office.
A large crowd of protesters gathered in southern Iranian city of Ahwaz on Thursday night to slam a movie that has been accused of insulting the eighth Shia Muslim imam, echoing earlier protests in the country that slammed the movie as a plot hatched by the enemies of Islam.
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has sent a message of condolences on the passing of veteran Iranian media personality Seyyed Mahmoud Doaei.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran has progressed whenever the nation has trusted in God, relied on domestic capabilities, and distrusted the enemies.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemies are making miscalculations in their conspiracy to pit the Iranian nation against the Islamic establishment, urging everyone to adhere to the pure ideals and teachings of Imam Khomeini to foil such hostile plots.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the government will go after those responsible for the building collapse in the southern city of Abadan and it will show zero leniency toward violations of laws in connection with the incident.
An Iranian daily has criticized two senior clerics, who lead Tehran’s Friday Prayers, for what it described as contradictory comments about inflation under President Ebrahim Raisi and the same issue under previous administrations.
Iranians have attended a ceremony at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in their thousands to sign en masse a famous anthem dubbed “Salute Commandant” that has also gone viral on media platforms.
People in Abadan have held a touching mourning ceremony on the streets for the victims of a tragic building collapse in the southeastern Iranian city, which has claimed at least 18 lives so far, while several others remain trapped under the rubble.
People have held a funeral in Tehran for a member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps who was assassinated on Sunday by two attackers in the Iranian capital.
Iran’s government spokesman has dismissed reports that the president is considering a rise in gasoline prices, after Ebrahim Raisi’s comments on “difficult economic decisions” triggered panic about further economic woes, amid raging inflation.
