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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says the massive rallies across the country in support of the government and the establishment amid the recent unrest in the country dashed the enemies’ hopes to achieve their goals.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s candidate to take the helm of the Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare, was voted down at the parliament on Tuesday.
Dozens of students reportedly gathered Monday on the campus of Tehran’s prestigious Amir Kabir University to call for the release of fellow students who have been detained in recent protests.
The Iranian foreign minister has sounded optimistic about Iran’s talks with the world major powers to save a 2015 nuclear deal, saying the negotiations are “on the right track."
The family of the young Iranian woman, whose death in police custody over two weeks ago sparked deadly protests in several cities, have announced that they want to pursue the case through legal channels.
Principlist Iranian newspaper Kayhan says the security forces who deal with protests over the death of an Irabian woman in police custody have to be decorated with medals of gratitude.
Iran's leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed deep sorry for the recent death of an Iranian girl in police custody, warning the reactions to the bitter event, were preplanned.
The commander of the ground forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, says 40 enemy targets in Iraqi Kurdistan region were recently hit with 70 missiles and dozens of drones with 99 percent accuracy.
The situation is calm on the campus and in dormitories of the Sharif University of Technology in the Iranian capital Tehran after unrest on Sunday evening amid protests in several cities that ensued the death of a young woman in police custody over two weeks ago, the president of the university Rasoul Jalili was quoted by Tasnim News Agency as saying.
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.
