Iranians hold pro-govt., anti-rioting rallies in several cities
Press TV – People have taken to the streets across at least three major Iranian provinces to denounce the recent acts of…
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Iran buries martyrs as anti-rioting rallies expand
Press TV – Iranians lay to rest a serviceman and a civilian martyred recently at the hands of rioters as demonstrations expand…
Reduction in Iran’s gasoline subsidy sparks anti-government protests
Al-Monitor – On Nov. 15, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced a reduction in the gasoline subsidy, sparking protests across the country. Authorities…
Iran to unblock internet once ‘abuse’ stops: government
AFP – The Iranian government said Tuesday it will unblock the internet only when authorities are sure it will not be abused…
Iran says calm has been restored after fuel price hike unrest
Reuters – Protests in Iran triggered by petrol price hikes last week have subsided, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, a…
Iran’s Zarif slams meddlesome remarks by US, European officials
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took a swipe at some US and European officials over their remarks on recent…
Photos: Rioters in Tehran exploiting people’s protests to damage public property
Mizan | Mohammad Khademosheikh & Hamed Ataei: A report reflecting a preliminary assessment of damage done to the public property during recent…
US carting about internet blackout in Iran, pure hypocrisy: Minister
Press TV – Iran’s minister of telecommunications has slammed remarks by a senior US diplomat about internet blackout in Iran, saying it…
Pompeo’s feigned concern for Iranian people is pure hypocrisy: Scholar
Press TV – US Secretary of State Pompeo’s feigned concern for the Iranian people is pure hypocrisy. The wise Iranian people understand…
Turkey expresses hope for returning peace to Iran
MNA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu expressed hope that the recent unrest in Iran would end as soon as possible. In…
Police official: Officer killed by armed rioters in western Iranian city
Press TV – A police officer has been killed in Saturday’s riots in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah by armed rioters taking…
Intelligence report: Rioters exploiting people’s protests to damage public property
Press TV – A report reflecting a preliminary assessment of damage done to the public property during recent riots, which marred peaceful protests…
President Rouhani: Government condemns violent moves, shows respect to peaceful protests
FNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his administration holds that people are entitled to hold protests against a recent decision to…
Two saboteur leaders arrested by IRGC in Shiraz
IRNA – Two leaders of saboteurs, who were trying to take advantage of people’s peaceful protests in Shiraz in Fars province, southern…
Parliament Speaker: US to get nowhere by supporting, provoking sabotage in Iran
FNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blasted the US for provoking unrests and riots in Iran, and said that Washington’s efforts…
Iran condemns US support for Iran unrest
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry lashed out at the US secretary of state for expressing support for a number of rioters in…
Iranian authorities send text messages warning people not to protest
Radio Farda – Iranian judicial and security authorities have resorted to sending text messages to citizens to warn them to stay away…
Prosecutor general: People not to allow disruptors to derail their economic protest
Tehran Times – Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri on Saturday gave a stern warning to those who try to disrupt the…
Disturbers of public security identified: intelligence ministry
MNA – In a statement on Sunday, Iran’s ministry of intelligence announced that disturbers sowing unrest in various cities in the past…
Grand Ayatollah calls on Iran Parliament to revoke gasoline price rise
Radio Farda – Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani has called on the Iranian Parliament (Majles) on Saturday, November 16 to revoke the decision…
Iraq closes southern border with Iran to travellers – security source, diplomat
Reuters – Iraq closed its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran to travellers from both countries on Saturday, an Iraqi security source…
Protests strike Iran cities over gasoline prices rising
AP — Protesters angered by Iran raising subsidized gasoline prices blocked traffic in several cities and clashed occasionally with police Saturday, the…
Iran MPs to investigate protester torture claims
AFP – Iran’s parliament will investigate claims by a labour protest leader that he was tortured in prison following strikes at a…
Protests will continue to haunt Rouhani’s government, says Iranian economist
Iranian Diplomacy – A Tehran-based professor of economics believes: “The protests of December-January 2017 were the result of the government’s wrong policies…
EU’s leaked cables reveal S. Arabia’s attempts to misuse economic rallies in Iran
FNA – Leaked cables from the EU’s diplomatic communications network indicate that Saudi Arabia persistently pursues gatherings and demonstrations held by the…
Iran MP denounces arrest of striking workers
Bourse and Bazaar – An Iranian member of parliament denounced the arrest of several striking workers following weeks of protests at a…
Iran judicial chief warns over worker unrest
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: The head of Iran’s judicial authority on Monday warned restive workers against creating “disorder”, while calling on…
Four arrested in Iran sugar protests
Bourse and Bazaar – Four people were arrested in southwestern Iran on Sunday as locals joined striking sugar workers in mounting protests…
IRGC denies any involvement in Qom’s Feyziyeh School protests
MNA – In a Monday statement, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) strongly condemned some of the slogans and banners of Feyziyeh School…
Enemy trying to cause unrest in Iran: Minister
IRNA – Enemies are trying to use the economic problems as a tool to stir up unrest in Iran, Iranian interior minister…
Calls for protests in Iran orchestrated from outside: Interior ministry official
Press TV – Foreign sources are to blame for inciting Iranians to stage violent anti-government rallies in the Islamic Republic under the guise…
Young man killed by rioters in Iran: Prosecutor
Tasnim – A young man aged 26 was killed by rioters in Gohardasht, a neighborhood in the city of Karaj, west of…
Top judge laments west’s concerns over rights situation of Iranian protestors
IFP – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has censured western powers for adopting double-standard policies on human rights, lamenting that…
Judiciary sentences 258 convicted rioters
IRNA – Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Monday that the judiciary has sentenced some 258 rioters for their role…
10 police officers injured in Khorramshahr incident
IRNA – Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaghari announced that an armed person injured 10 police officers and a…
Minister denies protesters’ death in southwestern Iran
IRNA – Iran’s interior minister on Sunday denied death of any protesters during the unrest in the city of Khorramshahr in Iran’s…
Elements behind Tehran bazaar chaos arrested: Prosecutor
Tasnim– A number of people who incited turmoil in downtown Tehran and forced the closure of the grand bazaar on Monday have…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 26
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, and picked…
Tehran Bazaar back to normal after guild-related protest: Official
Press TV- The Secretary general of the Islamic Society of Tehran Guilds and Bazaar says calm has returned to the Grand Bazaar…
Protesters swarm Iran’s Grand Bazaar in Tehran
AP — Protesters in the Iranian capital swarmed its historic Grand Bazaar on Monday, news agencies reported, and forced shopkeepers to close…