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.
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.
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.
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.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says his country's situation has never been as "difficult and complicated" as it is today. Rouhani admitted that U.S. sanctions on Iran's oil exports are making it difficult to run the affairs of the country.
Attacks against President Hassan Rouhani continued Monday, one day after he blamed the hardliner Judiciary for not tackling major financial corruption cases.
U.S. President Donald Trump has welcomed reports from Iran about a possible breakthrough in the case involving the disappearance of a former FBI agent in Iran in 2007.
Hardliner protesters heckled President Hassan Rouhani in Yazd and he shot back demanding explanations about large corruption cases handled by the conservative Judiciary.
The spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi says Iran is capable of Uranium enrichment at up to 60 percent.
Why the United States sanctioned the son of Iran's Supreme Leader on November 4, 2019? There are many signs that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is grooming him for succession.
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