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…
Tag Archives: Iran protests
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…
Iran to dedicate special places to public protests
IFP – The Iranian government on Monday approved a plan proposed by Tehran’s City Council to dedicate special places in Tehran to…
Photos: Iranians hold rally in Tehran to condemn Israel’s massacre of Palestinians
ISNA | Hosein Kazazi: Iranian people held rallies in Tehran on Wednesday in protest at the relocation of the US Embassy from…
Iranians hold rally in Tehran to condemn Israel’s massacre of Palestinians
FNA- Iranian people held rallies in Tehran on Wednesday in protest at the relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to…
Photos: Friday prayers followed by anti-US protests
ISNA | Mohammad Ramezani, Masoud Mohaqeq, Mohammad Asadi, Ahmad Zohrabi & Morteza Fathi: All around Iran, Friday prayers rituals of this week…
Iranians hold nationwide rallies to condemn US breach of contract
Press TV- Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to vent their anger at the US over its withdrawal from…
Will Iran block Telegram messaging app forever?
IFP- While there are reports that a decision has been made by Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace to permanently ban the popular…
Iranian lawmakers block cuts to cash handouts
Al Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: The discontinuation of cash handouts for a large segment of Iranians has become a controversial issue in…
Iran’s currency crisis shakes Rouhani’s middle-class base
Al Monitor | Saeed Jalili: Barely over a month after economic grievances, mainly among the working class, sparked deadly protests across the…
Iran can reform and survive, says Rouhani deputy
Financial Times | Najmeh Bozorgmehr: When he ran for president of Iran last May “as the voice of reform”, few people saw…
Washington spin debunked: Iranians want jobs, not regime change, poll reveals
RT– The US and some Western media eagerly claimed that Iranians who took to the streets in December 2017 were ‘fed up’…
In wake of protests, Iranian officials call for large turnout to mark revolution
Al-Monitor- 22 Bahman in Iran — marks the 10 days between the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to the country after 15 years in exile and…
Iranian government must listen to demands of the people: Rouhani
Reuters – Iranians have political, economic and social demands which must be heard, President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday, one of his clearest…
The Islamic Republic stands strong: Confused American deep state flops in Iran
New Eastern Outlook | Caleb Maupin: The Islamic Republic of Iran is probably even stronger than it was prior to December 28th,…
In first survey since Iran protests, expressions of solidarity as economic outlook darkens
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: A timely new survey published by the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies…
Civil Defense Chief: Amad news telegram channel linked to western Intel services
FNA- Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali warned that western-based Telegram channel Sedaei Mardom (formerly known as…
MPs visit Evin Prison
MNA – Iranian MPs have visited the Evin Prison for three hours on Tuesday. Accompanied by Head of Prisons Organization and also…
No student among arrestees in Iran unrest: Interior Minister
Tasnim– There is no university student among those arrested in connection with the recent unrest in Iran, the interior minister said on…
UK envoy talks JCPOA, bilateral ties, Tehran protests, Nazanin Zaghari
MNA – Commenting on various issues such as the JCPOA, bilateral ties, Tehran protests and Nazanin Zaghari, Nicholas Hopton, British ambassador to…
95 bills of indictment issued for recent unrest’s accused people
IRNA – Prosecutor General of Tehran Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said that 95 bills of indictment have been issued for those accused in connection…
Iran’s conservatives step up scrutiny on university students
Al-Monitor | Zep Kalb: On Jan. 14, Islamic Azad University (IAU) approved new rules that are set to increase state control over its many…
Targeting Iran’s security, new phase in soft war
MNA – Iran saw some surprising events for a week starting 28 December when protests broke out in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. A…
10 Iranian MPs to visit Evin Prison sunday
IFP- A group of Iranian lawmakers, composed of reformists, conservatives, and independents, will pay a visit to Tehran’s Evin Prison on Sunday.…