Iranian government's reaction to protests against an unusual gas price hike in Iran has been turning increasingly violent Saturday afternoon.
Large protests rocked major Iranian cities Friday, with clashes reported between protesters and security forces in at least three cities; Mashhad, Ahvaz and Sirjan.
Protests against the unexpected increase in gasoline prices in Iran have spread into its second-largest city, Mashhad, in the northwest of the country.
As angry reactions and calls for protests in Iran have begun against the government’s fuel price increase, President Hassan Rouhani has defended the decision.
The State Department's watchdog on Thursday faulted the US pointman on Iran over the removal of an employee of Iranian origin, voicing alarm that Trump administration officials discussed her ancestry.
Iran has substantially raised its subsidized fuel prices, including gasoline, which has been partially rationed and now is offered in a two-tier pricing system.
IRGC Intelligence Chief Hossein Taeb has warned against "infiltrators" entering the Iranian Parliament in the upcoming elections in February, amid tensions between President Hassan Rouhani and the country’s hardliners.
The death of a young ethnic Arab poet brought a major city in Iran to the boiling point this week. Who was the man and why locals were so angered by his death in hospital.
Iran's capital Tehran has been blanketed by heavy smug this week, forcing schools to shut down and hospitals have admitted many more cases of heart and respiratory emergencies.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi says his country believes "political negotiation is the only solution to the region's problems," and that Tehran will do its best to make that possible.
An assistant public prosecutor who reportedly played a key part in the mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988 has been arrested in Sweden prosecutors announced on Wednesday, November 13.
The share of crude oil in Iran's next year budget (beginning March 21) has dropped to zero, Mehr news agency reported November 12 and Iran is scrambling to find other revenue sources.
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