Mousavi, Karroubi house arrest takes time to be solved: Minister
Tehran, Sept 2, IRNA –The problem of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi’s house arrest needs more time to be solved, Minister…
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Leader: Those behind 2009 events not to be trusted
Tehran, July 12, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said those involved in 2009 incidents in…
MP: Removal of reformists’ leader to affect parliamentary elections
Tehran, June 25, The Iran Project – Iranian lawmaker Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam stressed on the impact of removing the leader of reform movement…
Principlists leave President Rouhani’s Iftar banquet
Tehran, June 25, The Iran Project – A number of principlists walked out the Iftar banquet organized by President Hassan Rouhani after…
Outspoken MP injured by assailants on motorcycles
Over fifty assailants attacked outspoken Iranian MP Ali Motahari in Shiraz with pepper spray, rotten tomatoes and bricks, causing injury to his face. ISNA…
Iran blocks websites for reporting on reformist ex-president
TEHRAN: Iran has blocked two news websites after they published reports about former reformist president Mohammad Khatami and pictures of him, state-run IRNA news agency said Friday. The…
New Iran reformist party sets sights on legislative polls
Tehran (AFP) – A new Iranian political party with social democratic leanings opened its first congress Thursday, aiming to lead reformists to…
Prosecutor Gen: US administration should apologize to Iran
Tehran, Feb 16, IRNA – Prosecutor General Ebrahim Ra’isi said on Monday US administration’s interference in internal affairs of Iran is both…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan. 27
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan. 25
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has…
Iran legislators submit complaint against peer MP
A member of Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) says the board that oversees the lawmakers has received a formal complaint against MP Ali Motahari…
Iran parliament session suspended amid shouting matches
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian parliament session has descended into chaos as several hard-line lawmakers disrupted a speech by a moderate…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 24
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has…
Iran news round up – December 16, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst…
Iran judge disbarred over protester deaths
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Court has disbarred a hardline judge over his role in the death by torture of at…
Iran nuclear deal: What’s at stake for Rouhani and his agenda of ‘moderation’
Expectations for change have been high in Iran since President Hassan Rouhani’s election. There have been some improvements, analysts say, but his…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 12
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 32 of them. IFP has…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 18
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian dailies on Saturday and picked headlines from 21 of them. Iranian…
Iran daily: Regime warns “we are still threatened by sedition”
More than five years after the disputed 2009 Presidential election and protests by millions of its people, Iran’s regime is still warning…
Iran daily: Kerry, Zarif, Ashton hold nuclear talks to close “significant gaps”
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met…
Iran daily: “Syria’s Kobane crisis proves US incompetence”
Iran has fired another shot at the US over the Syrian and Iraqi crises, claiming that the Islamic State’s offensive against Kobane…
Iran daily: Rouhani meets Britain’s prime minister — Will It bring Tehran into Iraq “coalition”?
The headline of President Rouhani’s diplomatic offensive in New York on Wednesday was a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Beyond…
Iran daily: Zarif meets US secretary of state Kerry…& Saudi foreign minister
A couple of notable meetings on Sunday in New York, as Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif maneuvered on both the nuclear…
MP renews call for release of opposition figures
Conservative Iranian MP Ali Motahari has once again urged the Islamic Republic government to release Mir Hosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra…
Iran daily: Expert-level nuclear talks this week
Iran and the 5+1 Powers (US, Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia) will continue the process for a comprehensive nuclear agreement with expert-level…
Iran opposition activist free after serving term
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A semi-official Iranian news agency says a prominent opposition figure has left prison after serving his five-year sentence. Thursday’s report…
Iranian president pursuing release of house arrested leaders
Iranian president aims to support the rights of every citizen including those who are in prison, Iranian official said commenting on the…
Iran’s opposition leader Musavi hospitalized
Iran’s opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi has been hospitalized due to heart problems, the opposition website Kalame reports. One of Musavi’s daughters…
Prosecutor says opposition leaders to remain under house arrest
Iran’s Prosecutor General and spokesman for the judiciary says no decision has been made to end the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi…
Iran’s ex-president urges freedom for political prisoners
Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami has called for the release of political prisoners and urged an end to house arrest for two…
Iran daily: “We will not close nuclear facilities”
Delivering the Tehran Friday Prayer, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi emphasized that Iran will not close nuclear facilities in any agreement with the 5+1 Powers. Sedighi…
Karroubi family manages Norooz visit with detained leader
Mohammad Hossein Karroubi, the son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, reported that he and other family members met with his father,…
Iranian Ambassador rejects UN report on human rights
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran rejects UN report on human rights situation Iran has dismissed…
Iran daily: High-level nuclear talks resume in Vienna
Iran and the 5+1 Powers resume high-level talks in Vienna on Tuesday. The two sides are negotiating for a comprehensive nuclear agreement,…
Mousavi, Rahnavard meet with her mother
Zahra Rahnavard and MirHosein Mousavi met with Rahnavard’s aging mother, Ehtermolsadat Navab Safavi, on Sunday March 16 under the supervision of Iranian…
Rouhani, Qaboos stress boosting bilateral ties
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran-Oman ties example of good-neighborliness: President Rouhani Iran-Oman relations are example of…
Ban Ki-moon’s assertions worthless: Top Iran Leader Advisor
Nasim– The Supreme Leaders Advisor in International Affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, slammed Ban Ki-moon’s recent assertions about Green Movement leaders as worthless,…
Judiciary chief condemns US meddling in Iran’s internal affairs
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani deplored the US support for the leaders of the West-backed seditious moves and unrests…
A ˈcalculated decisionˈ on house arrestsˈ issue
Vienna, Feb 18, IRNA – Keeping the competitors of ˈMahmoud Ahmadinejadˈ cooped up for long years, even during the Prudence and Hope…