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An Iranian daily says ‘intellectuals’ in Iran failed to take up their leadership position for the younger generation and help thwart the recent unrest on the streets in several cities across the country.
Passports of Iranian Homayoun Shajarian, a prominent singer, and Sahar Dolatshahi, an actress, were seized for a few hours after their return from a foreign concert late on Saturday, according to reports.
Iranian daily Donyaye Eghtesad – a newspaper focused on the market and the economy – says the country is seeing public discontent because people’s livelihoods are under pressure.
Iran’s charge d’affaires says calm has returned to the Iranian embassy in London following an attack on the premises during violent protests there on Sunday.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has once again reiterated the Islamic Republic’s opposition to supply weapons to either side of the conflict in Ukraine.
The commander of the Iranian Army says no foreign entity will be allowed to commit an act of aggression against the country or interfere in its affairs.
Iran’s official IRNA news agency has quoted informed sources in the national radio and TV organization (IRIB) as saying that initial investigations show the Saturday night disruption in a live TV news bulletin was due to hacking of the News Network’s playout.
The IRIB’s sports channel has resumed broadcasting its “Football 1” sports show, which is focused on the Iranian premier league’s matches, after a two-week pause, but with a new presenter.
An Iranian newspaper says the protesters who took to the streets in Iran following the death of a young woman in police custody, are not seeking to overthrow the government, warning the authorities against resorting to the 'failed confrontational tactics.'
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran’s enemies thought they would have the country’s universities on their side but “our students and university professors are vigilant.
Tehran-based Sharif University of technology has announced that all students of the university that were arrested during a protest several days ago have been released.
Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani, the son of the late formet Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has said his sister, Faezeh, is still in custody following her arrest over the unrest in Iran.
A spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the United States has been issuing sanctions against Iran almost by the day using one pretext or another.
Almost three weeks into the unrest over the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody, a university professor has urged Iranian officials to talk to the younger generation as the youth are not sure about their future and need reassurances.
Iranian university officials say almost all the students who were arrested for joining violent protests on campus in the past two weeks have been released, and no student will remain in custody in three days.
The final report of the probe into the death of a young Iranian woman who died in police custody nearly three weeks ago in the capital Tehran was confirmed by Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization after supervision by 19 medical experts, the head of the organization said.
An Iranian Reformist political analyst reacts to remarks by veteran Principlist politician Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel about the growing “polarization” in the Iranian society, saying the trend is in fact nothing new and should have been noted earlier.
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the attack on Tehran’s Embassy in Denmark was not the first of its kind, and other Iranian diplomatic missions in European countries have been violently assaulted recently.
Denmark’s ambassador to Tehran was summoned to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs following an attack by an assailant armed with a cold weapon against Iran’s Embassy in Copenhagen.
Iran’s interior minister says foreign enemies targeted the country's peace and security amid the recent deadly upheaval in southeast of the country, but added this time too they will fail to achieve their goals.
