Iran Protests

The latest news and views about the anti-government protest rallies across Iran which started in late December 2017

Nuclear

Raisi: Western sides walked away from negotiating table when unrest began in Iran

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Iran’s President Ebrhaim Raisi says Western parties walked away from the JCPOA revival talks with Tehran and declared that they would pursue the issue with the Islamic Republic on the streets.
Cinema

Iranian documentary filmmaker released from jail

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An Iranian documentary filmmaker has been released from jail after being arrested for participation in the recent unrest and riots in the country.
Local

President Raisi: Enemies tried in vain to destabilize Iran after pressure policy failed

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the enemies resorted to an abortive plot to incite riots and unrest in Iran after they failed to bring the nation to its knees via a military action and a campaign of sanctions and “maximum pressure.”
Foreign Policy

Iran FM slams Western media for ‘overstating’ number of arrests, deaths during recent unrest

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has criticized Western media for “overstating” the number of those arrested during a recent wave of unrest and deadly riots in Iran and “playing up” the number of fatalities.
Local

Iran begins to review release of inmates guilty of role in unrest after Leader’s decree

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Iran’s Judiciary begins the process of reviewing the cases of inmates found guilty of involvement in the recent wave of unrest in the country and releasing those whose cases are compatible with the conditions set in the clemency granted by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Local

Iran parl. Speaker praises Leader’s “fatherly pardon”

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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf has praised the “fatherly approach” of Ayatollah Khamenei, leader of the Islamic revolution to those charged or convicted in the recent rioting and protests, after pardons and commutations, which were granted to thousands in jail.
Local

Iran Leader pardons, commutes penalties of many inmates guilty of involvement in riots

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pardons or commutes the sentences of a large group of prisoners found guilty of involvement in the recent wave of unrest and riots across Iran.
Local

Iran President says riots, sanctions two sides of same coin

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President Ebrahim Raisi has said Iran's enemies plotted the recent riots across the country out of outrage at the failure of their sanctions in impeding Tehran's progress in different fields.
Americas

US House urges Biden to sanction more Iranian individuals, organizations

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The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution praising anti-government protesters in Iran. Lawmakers have called for more sanctions against Iranian officials and entities over alleged “human right violations” following the recent unrest and deadly protests in the country.
Judiciary

Lawyer: Iranian rapper’s death sentence overturned

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A lawyer for an Iranian rapper who was sentenced to death in connection with the recent unrest and deadly riots in Iran says the verdict has been overturned.
Foreign Policy

Iran leader says enemies made miscalculations in recent unrest

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the enemies’ “miscalculations” during the recent unrest in the country. He has stated that they attempted in vain to rally the Iranians behind their plot to overthrow the government and disintegrate the Islamic Republic.
Europe

E3 summon Iran envoys over executions

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Germany, France and Britain on Monday summoned Iran's ambassadors to Berlin, Paris and London in protest against the latest executions of anti-government protestors and what they call "Tehran's deadly crackdown on demonstrations."
Judiciary

Iranian Judiciary: Filmmaker Jafarirad died of aluminium phosphide poisoning

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The head of the justice department of Iran’s Alborz Province has denied some rumors about the cause of the death of a documentary filmmaker arrested during the recent unrest and riots.
Local

Leader: Enemies targeted Iran’s strengths during recent riots

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Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei says enemies wanted to undermine the country’s points of strength during the recent riots, especially by propaganda.
Local

Iran IT minister confirms internet satellite active in country

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Iran’s minister of communications and information technology has confirmed that satellite internet has been activated in Iran, but says the number of active devices in the country is now unclear.
Judiciary

Iran executes two people over gruesome murder of security guard

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Iran has implemented the death sentences handed down to two individuals found guilty of murdering a member of the security personnel, Rouhollah Ajamian, during recent riots and protests near the capital, Tehran.
Human Rights

Iranian judiciary official demands probe into sex abuse allegations in prison 

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The secretary of Iran’s human rights council has sent a letter to the country’s general prosecutor, calling for an investigation into allegations of rape and sexual assaults against some people detained during the recent unrest.
Local

Former Iran President Ahmadinejad breaks silence on protests and deadly riots

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Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ended his silence following over 100 days of protests and rioting in the country saying “spend the money you are using for suppression, to address the problems of the people.”
Security

Official: Iranian security guard shot dead by thugs amid riots in central city

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A member of Iran’s security personnel has been shot dead by armed thugs during sporadic unrest and riots in the central city of Semirom.
Judiciary

Iran’s Supreme Court accepts young man’s appeal against death penalty

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Iran’s Supreme Court accepts a 25-year-old man’s appeal against the death sentence after he was found guilty of acting against national security and disrupting public order in the wake of the recent unrest and deadly riots in Iran, sending his case back for review.
Judiciary

Sister of Iranian doctor Qareh Hassanlou says death penalty verdict for his brother revoked

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Fatemeh Qareh Hassanlou, the sister to Iranian doctor Hamid Qareh Hassanlou, who was arrested and given a death penalty over the recent protests in Iran, says her brother has been spared the sentence.
Judiciary

Judicial official: 12-year-old Iranian girl shot dead received bullet during police chase, case unrelated to riots

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A prosecutor for Hormozgan Province in southern Iran says a 12-year-old girl who died recently of a bullet wound was inside a car that ignored a police warning to stop and was being chased by police.
Local

President Raisi: Enemies sending messages to Iran for talks despite role in riots, unrest

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President Ebrahim Raisi says the US and its Western allies are trying, on the surface, to show Iran as “weak” and “on the verge of destruction” in their propaganda, but at the same time, they have been asking the Islamic Republic for negotiations in messages delivered through various channels.
Judiciary

Iran Supreme Court upholds death sentence for man involved in deadly protests

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Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence handed down to a man convicted in connection with the recent unrest and deadly riots in the country.
Local

Senior Iranian principlist figure lashes out at cleric for advising moderation at protestors’ cases

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A renowned Iranian principlist has lashed out at a Muslim cleric and legal scholar for advising justices to practice scrupulousness and caution while issuing death sentences for rioters found guilty in protests in Iran.
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