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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.

Parliament

Iranian parliament votes to add Saturday as second official weekend day

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The Iranian parliament voted on Wednesday to include Saturdays as the second official weekend on the country’s calendar, after a heated controversy over choosing between Saturday and Thursday.
Local

Former President Rouhani lays into Iran’s Guardian Council in new open letter on election disqualification

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Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, in an open letter to the people in Iran, has presented a report on the reasons put forward by the country’s vetting body, the Guardian Council, for disqualifying him as a candidate for the Assembly of Experts elections held earlier this year.
Parliament

Iran’s interior minister calls Friday runoff vote “epic”, critics outcry

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Iran’s interior minister has hailed the Iranian people for their turnout in the second round of the parliamentary elections held on Friday.
Parliament

Iran announces final list of elected lawmakers

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Iran’s Elections Headquarters announced on Saturday the final list of the candidates who won the ticket in the runoff stage of the parliamentary elections for the remaining seats up for grabs in the 290-seat assembly.
Parliament

Iranian president says strong parliament requirement for powerful administration 

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says a strong parliament together with a strong administration will make Iran a powerful country
Sport

Iran Leader meets Futsal National Team

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Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday met with members of the country's Futsal National Team after they won the 2024 AFC Asian Cup.
Parliament

Tehran’s influence at stake as Iran’s parliamentary election enters 2nd round

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The upcoming parliamentary elections in Iran on May 10 will determine the fate of 45 remaining seats across 22 constituencies nationwide.
Local

Iranian daily: Taliban on ethnic cleansing rampage of Shias, Iran silent

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An Iranian newspaper has slammed officials in Iran for turning a blind eye to what it calls an ‘ethnic cleansing and killing spree of Shia Muslims’ in neighboring Afghanistan under the Taliban rulers.
Local

Newly-discovered martyrs’ bodies receive hero’s welcome in Iranian cities

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Iranians in several cities bid farewell on Friday to the martyrs of the war with Iraq in the 1980s, whose remains have just been surfaced.
Local

Iran celebrates National Persian Gulf Day

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Iranians held ceremonies on Sunday to mark the National Persian Gulf Day to assert Iran's sovereignty over the body of water in south of the country and once again remind that any misnomer by any county including the Arab neighbors on the waterway or ownership claim is condemned.
Local

Iranian pres. slams crackdown on anti-Zionist students in US                              

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the harsh crackdown on anti-Israeli students in the US and their arrest in Western universities, especially in the US, is yet another scandal for the fake defenders of the freedom of speech.
Local

Student rallies held across Iran in support of Gaza, world-wide pro-Palestinian demos

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Students in many cities in Iran staged demonstrations on Sunday to express their indignation at the Israeli regime’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as similar rallies are snowballing across the world.
Local

Iranian students rally in solidarity with pro-Palestine American peers

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The members of the academic board, students and employees of Tehran University held a rally to show solidarity with the US and European students who have been protesting against the Zionist regime's genocidal war on Gaza.
Local

Interior minister: Iran set to hold runoff parliamentary elections

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Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says preparations have been made to hold the runoff parliamentary elections in two weeks.
Local

Iranian daily censures ‘disregard for widespread corruption’ in Iran

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Establishment of justice has remained elusive in Iran over four decades after the Islamic Revolution due to the authorities’ failure, or reluctance, to deal with major corruption cases, an Iranian daily argues.
Security

President Raisi: Iran has a lot to say in advanced military industries

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President Ebrahim Raisi said  that Iran displayed its military capabilities in a recent operation against the Israeli regime.
Local

Former Iranian vice president Davoudi passes away at 72

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Iranian economist and former first vice president Parviz Davoodi died earlier on Thursday at the age of 72.
Local

Provincial tour takes Iranian president to Semnan

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi took a trip to the central province of Semnan on Thursday as part of his provincial tours to inspect the development plans in the region.
Local

Iranian daily warns of ‘moles’ following Israel’s targeting of top commander in Damascus

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An Iranian newspaper has heaped praise on Iran’s armed forces for staging a massive operation on Sunday against Israel to retaliate an aggression against the Iranian diplomatic premises in Syria earlier this month, but at the same time has warned of vulnerabilities.
Local

People take to streets in Iran to express support, joy over reprisal  against Israel

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People across Iran were on the streets overnight on Sunday to show their support for Iran’s much-anticipated retaliatory drone and missile attacks against Israel.
Local

Funeral held for security forces killed in Iran’s southeast

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Crowds of mourners in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan held a funeral cortege for the security forces killed in a recent terrorist attack by Pakistan-based militants.
Local

Iran president says Muslims have human, religious duty to stop Gaza war

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed putting an end to the Israeli regime’s months-long genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is a human and religious responsibility for the Islamic countries.
Local

All arrested environmental activists in Iran freed

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After years of legal battles, all environmental activists detained in Iran on charges of espionage have been released.
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Act of sacrifice by slain Iranian police officer goes viral on social media

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The act of sacrifice by an Iranian police officer, who had thrown himself on a grenade lobbed into a police headquarters by terrorists in order to save the lives of his comrades, has gone viral on social media.
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Funeral procession held for Iranian General killed in Israel Syria attack

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People hold a funeral for General Mohammad Hadi Haj Rahimi on Saturday at Shahid Mahalati Township of Tehran.
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