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The family of a young Iranian woman, whose death in police custody sparked angry reactions in several Iranian cities, have been invited to the parliament to give their account of the incident, a member of the legislature said.
Iranian lawmakers have defended the country's security forces for dealing with the “riots” over the death of 22-year-old girl Mahsa Amini at the police headquarters in Tehran.
The lawyer for the family of 22-year-old Iranian girl Mahsa Amini who died in police custody over two weeks ago told Etemad Daily that her relatives want an independent fact-finding committee to probe Ms. Amini’s death.
The Iranian parliament speaker says a clear light should be shed on the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman who died in police custody two weeks ago, stressing those who are responsible for her demise should be confronted.
Iran’s Etala’at daily has called on the establishment to be tolerant and talk to the people to prevent sudden outpours of public anger, amid ongoing protests and riots over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in morality police custody two weeks ago.
Iranian security forces say they have thwarted a terrorist attack on a police station in southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Saturday evening, an informed source told IRNA.
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has vowed that the force will avenge the deaths of the victims of the Friday terrorist attack on the southeastern city of Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
An Iranian foreign policy expert has regretted that the chances for clinching a deal with major powers in the world to restores a 2015 nuclear deal are ‘next to nil’, holding those opposed to the negotiations process responsible for the failure.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has once again targeted terrorists’ bases in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region with artillery and rocket attacks.
An Iranian daily pointed to President Ebrahim Raisi’s statement that protests “are absolutely okay” in Iran, urging the chief executive to make good on the pledge of paving the way for anti-government gatherings.
A state-run Iranian newspaper says the country is in possession of radar-evading unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which it can use to strike the base of the anti-Iran Mojahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group in Albania.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for closer ties between Iran and China amid US sanctions and 'interference in internal affairs' of the two countries.
Renowned Iranian movie director and actor Mehran Modiri, who had left the country a few days ago, has had his passport confiscated upon arrival in Iran.
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry sheds light on the role of Western states, spearheaded by the US, and their regional allies, including the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia, in fanning the flames of deadly violence in the Islamic Republic, announcing the arrest of groups of mercenaries advancing their agenda on the ground inside Iran.
Two terrorists involved in a terror attack in the city of Zahedan in southeastern Iranian Sistan and Baluchestan Province were killed during the incident, which happened on Friday.
An Iranian judge has escaped an assassination attempt after unknown armed assailants opened fire on his vehicle
in the southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
The commander of the intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and 19 other people, including civilians and security forces, lost their lives in terrorist attacks that targeted a police station and a mosque in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has dismissed and strongly condemned statements and stance of some countries including Germany and the US about attacks by Iran's armed forces against the bases of terror groups in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
A top Iranian military commander says the US claim that its forces has downed an Iranian drone that was trying to attack the positions of anti-Iran groups in northern Iraq shows that Washington is on the side of terrorists and separatists.
The Iranian foreign minister has stressed once again that Iran will continue efforts to reach a lasting agreement with major world powers to save a landmark nuclear accord, adding the ball is in the US court to show it has the courage to make the final decision.
Iranian security forces have arrested a footballer for allegedly instigating unrest during the recent protests following the death of a 22—year-old girl in morality police headquarters.
