Iran Protests

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

Local

CEO: Iran’s Post Company suffers income loss due to internet disruption

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Iran's Post Company has had its income decreased by one third following the internet restriction and filtering of applications like Instagram in Iran.
Views

Systems that ignore changes doomed to failure: Iranian sociologist

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Over four decades after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the government needs to pay attention to the demands raised by the new generations, otherwise as a rule of thumb it will fail, a senior sociologist and a former Iranian politician says.
Media

Repier: Iranian TV presenter removed over comments on the recent riots

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The IRIB’s sports channel has resumed broadcasting its “Football 1” sports show, which is focused on the Iranian premier league’s matches, after a two-week pause, but with a new presenter.
Local

Iranian Daily: Protesters not after toppling gov’t

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An Iranian newspaper says the protesters who took to the streets in Iran following the death of a young woman in police custody, are not seeking to overthrow the government, warning the authorities against resorting to the 'failed confrontational tactics.'
Media

Iranian television channels disrupted for seconds

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According to Tasnim News Agency, Iran’s Channel 1 and IRINN network were hacked on air for a few seconds on Saturday night with a news bulletin interrupted by anti-revolutionary operatives.
Local

Iran sees another day of frenzied unrest

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Some Iranian towns and cities, including the capital, Tehran, reportedly witnessed another day of protests and riots on Saturday.
Local

Sharif University: All students arrested during a campus protest freed

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Tehran-based Sharif University of technology has announced that all students of the university that were arrested during a protest several days ago have been released.
Local

Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former Iranian president still in custody

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Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani, the son of the late formet Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has said his sister, Faezeh, is still in custody following her arrest over the unrest in Iran.
Local

Iranian academician calls for talking to the youth in the wake of deadly protests

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Almost three weeks into the unrest over the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody, a university professor has urged Iranian officials to talk to the younger generation as the youth are not sure about their future and need reassurances. 
Views

Iran’s ex-govt. spokesperson advises media not to whip up tensions

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The former spokesperson of the Iranian government has accused some media, including Iran’s state-run television and radio of stirring tensions amid the social unrest in the country, advising them to either offer a solution or remain silent.
IFP Exclusive

Iran university officials: No student to remain in custody in 3 days, almost all freed

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Iranian university officials say almost all the students who were arrested for joining violent protests on campus in the past two weeks have been released, and no student will remain in custody in three days.
Incidents

Iran’s coroner: Mahsa Amini died of illness, not from blows to body

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Iran’s forensic organization says the death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody was caused by underlying condition, and not by beating or blows to her body, confirming the police account of the incident.
Security

Iran’s interior minister: Recent unrest orchestrated from abroad

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Iran’s interior minister says foreign enemies targeted the country's peace and security amid the recent deadly upheaval in southeast of the country, but added this time too they will fail to achieve their goals.
Security

Police chief: Enemies after ‘creating fatalities’ to fuel riots in Iran

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The chief commander of Iran’s Police Force sheds lights on the circumstances surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini in custody and the deadly riots that ensued under that pretext, saying the enemy’s strategy during the unrest is to “create fatalities” in an attempt to fuel the violence.
Judiciary

Iran’s judiciary launches probe into suspicious death of teen girl Nika Shakarami

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Iran’s judiciary has opened a case to investigate the death of a 17-year-old girl who went missing two weeks ago and whose dead body was recovered days later in the Iranian capital, Tehran’s prosecutor has announced.
Local

Iranian soccer player Mahini released on bail

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Iranian soccer player Hosseini Mahini, who had been arrested for ‘instigating unrest’ following the death of a young woman in police custody, was released on Tuesday evening after posting bail.
Local

Iranian newspaper: Authorities should address root cause of dissent in Iran

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Iran’s Jomhuri-e-Eslami Newspaper has said in an editorial that ending the unrest in Iran does not mean eradicating its root cause.
Judiciary

Iranian singer arrested over protest song released from custody

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Shervin Hajipour, a young Iranian musician who was arrested for composing a viral protest song following the death of Mahsa Amini, has been released from custody.
Local

President Raisi: Million-man rallies in Iran failed enemies’ plots

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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.
Local

Students in Tehran’s Amir Kabair University hold gathering, demand release of detainees

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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.
Local

Iranian dailies spar over ways to tackle unrest

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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.
Security

Iran Leader says feeling deeply sorry for death of young girl, reactions preplanned

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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.
Local

Dean: Calm restored to Iran’s Sharif University

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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.
Parliament

Iran parliament invites Mahsa Amini’s family

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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.
Local

Iranian MPs urge protesters to distance from rioters, thank police

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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.
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