Iran Protests

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

Local

Iranian daily: Protesters used compulsory hijab as pretext to voice greater demands

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An Iranian daily says the issue of compulsory hijab in Iran served as “a pretext” for many protesters to take to the streets in the past weeks and voice three major demands, among them economic improvement, urging authorities to heed the calls.
Human Rights

Iran slams UN rights body resolution, rejects “fact-finding mission”

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The Iranian foreign ministry has condemned a resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council, saying the formation of any new mechanism to probe into the recent unrest and deadly riots in the country is unnecessary.
Judiciary

Iran’s Judiciary: 40 foreign nationals arrested over direct role in unrest, violent riots

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The spokesman of Iran’s Judiciary announces the arrest of 40 foreign nationals, besides two French spies, over direct involvement in violent riots across the country.
Human Rights

Iran says Canada-drafted UN resolution on human rights “one-sided”, “unrealistic”

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The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has totally rejected as one-sided and unrealistic a resolution adopted at the United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM, in phone call with UN chief, slams “Arab state interference”

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Iran's foreign minister, in a phone conversation with the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, has criticized security and media meddling by an Arab country in recent protests and deadly riots in the Islamic Republic.
Views

‘Like pain in the body:’ Iranian lawmaker calls protests ‘a blessing’

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A member of Iran’s Parliament says protests are “a blessing” that tell governments where the system needs fixing.
Security

Trump’s aide claims Iranian “opposition groups” arming with weapons smuggled from Iraqi Kurdistan

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Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has claimed subversive groups in Iran, he described as the opposition, are arming with weapons seized from Basij forces and imported from Iraq's Kurdistan.
Security

Terrorists nabbed in Iran’s Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province

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The Iranian intelligence forces have arrested three members of a terrorist group in Iran’s southwestern Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province who were planning an act of sabotage in the country, according to news outlets.
Local

Iran’s Medical Council denies female doctor was killed by security forces

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An official with the Medical Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected unconfirmed reports that a female doctor, Parisa Bahmani, was shot and killed by security agents during a protest gathering in front of the organization headquarters in Tehran.
Security

Iran General: U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia behind recent plots

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A top Iranian military commander says the United States, the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia are behind the recent conspiracies in Iran, reiterating that the Islamic Republic “will take revenge for all the riots and acts of terror in the country.”
Security

Iran’s intelligence arms shed light on US role in designing, fueling riots

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In a first-ever joint statement, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have shed light on multiple aspects of the role played by the “mafia regime” in the US in devising a multi-dimensional plot for instigating riots in the Islamic Republic and directing the wave of violence.
Local

Two Iranian security forces critically injured during riots in western city

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Armed rioters have shot and critically wounded two members of Iran’s security personnel during a violent gathering in the western border city of Baneh, Kordestan Province.
Economy

Raisi: Enemies sparked unrest in Iran to sour administration’s success

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi suggests that the recent unrest in the country has been instigated by enemies to mar his administration’s success.
Security

Report: Sporadic clashes in Iran Kurdish city 40 days into Mahsa Amini’s death

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Sporadic clashes are reported in the western Iranian city of Saqqez, Kordestan Province, as thousands of people gathered to mark 40 days since the death of 22-year-old local, Mahsa Amini, whose death led to widespread unrest and deadly riots in Iran.
Views

Iranian dailies: Blocking internet to silence protests ineffective, irrational

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Two Iranian dailies have questioned the government’s move to put a chokehold on the internet following the protests and deadly riots over the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody over a month ago.
Human Rights

Rights chief: Iran to file legal case against US for ‘direct role’ in riots

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Iran’s human rights chief has announced a bid to launch a legal case against the US at a Tehran court over the country’s “direct involvement” in the recent unrest and violent riots that caused damage and deaths across the Islamic Republic.
Judiciary

Lawmaker: 3k detained during riots in Tehran Province, 830 remain behind bars

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An Iranian lawmaker says during the recent unrest and deadly riots more than 3,000 people were detained by security forces in Tehran Province, adding all but 830 have been released.
Local

Iranian dailies argue over terminology of dissent: Legal protesters or paid rioters?

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One month into protests and deadly riots over the death of an Iranian woman in police custody, two Iranian dailies have differing views on the nature of the protestors, with one branding them as “rioters, murderers, and mercenaries” and the other saying they are disillusioned protesters with legitimate demands who deserve leniency.
Art

Popular singer Shajarian cancels Europe tour amid protest mood in Iran

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Acclaimed Iranian singer and vocalist Homayoun Shajarian says he has cancelled his tour of concerts in Europe, despite the removal of a temporary travel ban earlier placed on him.
Economy

“Small businesses on their last legs in Iran”

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A member of the Iranian Association of Online Businesses has said visits to these businesses have been diminished due to the internet outage in Iran.
Foreign Policy

Iranian president says US causing sedition in Iran

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has condemned the US support for “riots” in Iran, calling it a “miscalculation” on the part of Washington.
Foreign Policy

Tehran slams France for double standards on riots and unrest in Iran

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Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has criticized France for comments by its officials and double standards on the recent riots and unrest in the country.
Local

Iranian daily: Why don’t you show flexibility toward protesters?

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Iran’s Jomhouri Eslami daily, in an article, has called for flexibility toward protesters, amid unrest and riots that began in mid-September in Iran.
Tourism

Official: Recent incidents cost Iran dearly in tourism, foreign travels

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The trade association of air travel and tourism services offices of Iran says the number of foreign tourists and Iranian travels abroad have plunged by up to 90 and 60 percent, respectively over the past month.
Foreign Policy

Iran slams US support for unrest and deadly riots as intervention

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry has censured the United States over “meddling in the country’s domestic affairs” in the wake of the unrest and riots recently unfolding in Iran. It comes after US President Joe Biden voiced his support for the incidents.
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