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.
President Rouhani has said that the Iranian nation walks down the path of revolution, independence and resistance and stands united in the face of the outsiders.
The Supreme Leader has said that Iran’s foreign policy is predicated upon long-term interests, principles and values of the country and will not change with administrations holding different political views.
A former parliament speaker has said that those who claim that the nuclear team has not respected the red lines set by the Supreme Leader are talking nonsense.
With heavy hearts, the faithful have come out in their millions across Iran as well as elsewhere in the world to commemorate the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and third Shia Imam.
The Supreme Leader has said that the US has adopted a hostile and disruptive approach toward Iran’s nuclear program, and is unlikely to change tack in the future.
The Supreme Leader says that the Saudi government is responsible for the deaths of Muslims in the Mina tragedy, and that Muslim nations should have expressed their protest with one voice on the heels of the incident.
The most important goal of such a complicated war is to manipulate the Iranian nation’s beliefs, the Leader said in a meeting with senior IRIB officials.
President Rouhani along with a number of senior officials has attended the ceremony to pay tribute to the Iranian pilgrims who lost their lives in the Mina tragedy.
An MP representing Borujerd in the chamber lashes out at Zarif; one representing the capital dismisses his colleague's reaction as oversensitive and politically motivated.
President Rouhani will leave New York sooner than scheduled later Monday to return home and attend a ceremony in Tehran to welcome home the bodies of the Iranian pilgrims who died in a deadly stampede in Mina last week.
A female Iranian manager says that women have gone a long way to stop gender discrimination in society, but still more needs to be done before they can declare the fight is over.
