Iran Protests

While there are reports that a decision has been made by Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace to permanently ban the popular messaging app Telegram, the Council has kept denying such allegations.

A group of Iranian lawmakers, composed of reformists, conservatives, and independents, will pay a visit to Tehran’s Evin Prison on Sunday.

A report by Iran’s Interior Ministry has revealed that public dissatisfaction and distrust along with plots by foreign enemies have been the root causes of the recent unrest in Iran.

The Iranian police chief says the forces used to quell the recent violence in Iran did not possess any live bullets when controlling the week-long protests that erupted last month over economic hardships.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the world’s support for the Iran nuclear deal and their unanimous opposition to the US president’s demands was a great victory for Iran and a big defeat for Washington.

The Iranian government has removed the temporary restrictions it had imposed on people’s access to Telegram messaging app in order to prevent the escalation of violence amid the recent unrest.

IRGC Chief-Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari says the enemy failed in its efforts to trigger sedition in the country.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced a meddlesome resolution adopted by the US House of Representatives regarding the recent riots in Iran.

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri warned of enemy plots to blame the government for the deaths in recent riots, most of which, he said, occurred in suspicious circumstances.

Iran’s minister of defense warned the US against any anti-Iran move, referring to a history of heavy blows the US has received in response.

The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Iran says the Islamic Republic’s domestic affairs, including recent riots, are none of his country’s business and that the UK will stay out of Iranian internal affairs.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, says the recent riots in Iran were plotted by the US and Israel, funded by a filthy rich Persian Gulf littoral state, and implemented by MKO murderers.

President Hassan Rouhani says the United States shamed itself by trying to target the Islamic Republic at a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting it had called on the recent events inside Iran.

Tehran has rejected media reports linking an upcoming meeting between Iranian and EU officials to recent scattered riots in Iran, saying the planned talks will focus on the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal.

The European Union has announced that it will invite Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for talks over the recent riots in country.

Tehran’s City Council has passed a plan that urges the municipality to build special places in the capital city for holding protest gatherings by Iranian citizens.

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei says an operation room in the Iraqi Kurdistan, headed by a CIA agent, has orchestrated the recent unrest in Iran.

The Iranian government has lifted the temporary restrictions it had imposed on people’s access to Instagram in order to prevent the escalation of violence amid the recent unrest.

At the Parliament's request, Iranian ministers of intelligence and interior as well as the Secretary of Supreme National Security Council will attend a Parliamentary session on Sunday to discuss the recent Iran protests.

Iranian envoy to the UN has strongly criticized the Security Council for holding an emergency session on the developments in Iran at the request of the US, saying that Washington is abusing its power as a Permanent Member, and abusing the Council itself.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the recent UN Security Council meeting on Iran developments was yet another stupid mistake made by the US administration.

The global reactions to the temporary restriction of social media in Iran amid the recent unrest raises a serious question for Iranian people: if the freedom of Internet is so much important for other countries, why don’t we see any major reaction to the anti-Iran technology sanctions?

The US president is seeking to cash in on the recent protests in some Iranian cities to stop waiving sanctions and to withdraw from the JCPOA.

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says the Islamic Republic managed to control the recent violent protests in a number of cities with the least possible price.

An armed terrorist group which aimed to trigger explosions and kill Iranian people to prolong the recent unrest has been disbanded in clashes during which three Iranian intelligence forces were also killed, an Iranian minister said.