Press TV- Millions of Iranians have poured onthe streets across the country to commemorate the seventh anniversary of mass rallies held onDecember 30, 2009 to protectthe Islamic Republic. People rallied in various cities, including the capital Tehran, on Thursday to celebrate "Dey 9 epic"which restored tranquility to the nation after months ...

[caption id="attachment_154973" align="alignright" width="204"] Iranian outspoken MP Ali Motahari was attack by a group of assailants in Shiraz on March 9, 2015.[/caption] Over fifty assailantsattacked outspoken Iranian MP Ali Motahari in Shirazwith pepper spray, rotten tomatoes and bricks, causing injury to his face. ISNA reports that Motahari,...

[caption id="attachment_141371" align="alignright" width="214"] A million-man march was held in Tehran on December 30, 2009 to condemn the desecration of Islamic sanctities. (File photo)[/caption] Iranians in various cities throughout the country attend ceremonies to mark the anniversary of December 30, known as 9 Day Epic. People across Iran mark ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Marie Donovan, Warren Marshall, and Dianna Timmerman. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. Key takeaway:Jafari dismissed reports of ...

Expectations for change have been high in Iran since President Hassan Rouhani's election. There have been some improvements, analysts say, but his ability to make deeper change may depend on the result of nuclear talks. TEHRAN, IRAN As nuclear negotiations reach a crescendo betweenIran and six world powers, there is much at stake at home for Irans ...

A couple of notable meetings on Sunday in New York, as Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif maneuvered on both the nuclear issue and the Iraqi and Syrian crises. Amid talks between Iran and the 5+1 Powers for a comprehensive nuclear agreement, Zarif met US Secretary of State John Kerry, the first discussion between the men since Julys last ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A semi-officialIranian news agencysays a prominent opposition figure has left prison after serving his five-year sentence. Thursday's report by ISNA quotes an unnamed official as saying authorities released Behzad Nabavi, a deputy parliament speaker in the 1990s and a close ally of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Nabavi ...

Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi has been hospitalized due to heart problems, the opposition website Kalame reports. One of Musavi's daughters confirmed the report on social media. Musavi is said to have been transferred to the coronary unit of a Tehran hospital that specializes in cardiology on April 29. Musavi, who along with his ...

Irans Prosecutor General and spokesman for the judiciary says no decision has been made to end the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told a press conference: In the election of 2009, a number of people caused injury to the regime. In the process, a number of people and Basij members were killed. Therefore,...

Irans former president Mohammad Khatami has called for the release of political prisoners and urged an end to house arrest for two leaders who alleged fraud after the 2009 election. In remarks published by ISNA news agency, Khatami, in office between 1997 and 2005, said such steps would benefit the country. He was referring to Mir Hossein Mousavi ...

Delivering the Tehran Friday Prayer, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi emphasized thatIran will not close nuclear facilitiesin any agreement with the 5+1 Powers. Sedighi declared, The Supreme Leader stated that we will not retreat from the achievements that scientists have achieved in the matter of peaceful nuclear energy. Therefore, by the order of (Ayatollah ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's judiciary said Tuesday it is taking unspecified legal action against two opposition leaders held under house arrest without charge since 2011 - a move that possibly comes in response to demands by their supporters that they be given a fair trial to resolve their status. The semi-official Fars news agency quoted senior judiciary ...

Iran and the 5+1 Powers resume high-level talks in Vienna on Tuesday. The two sides are negotiating for a comprehensive nuclear agreement, following Novembers interim deal. They opened the comprehensive discussions last month in Vienna, and experts held technical talks in early March. Under the six-month interim deal, which came into force on January ...

Zahra Rahnavard and MirHosein Mousavi met with Rahnavards aging mother, Ehtermolsadat Navab Safavi, on Sunday March 16 under the supervision of Iranian security officers. The Kaleme website reports: this family meeting had unexpectedly coincided with a meeting of a group of teachers and families of political prisoners. According to Kaleme, the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Irans Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani deplored the US support for the leaders of the West-backed seditious moves and unrests after the 2009 presidential election in Iran, calling it a flagrant interference in the countrys internal affairs. The sedition and its related issues are fully internal cases and the security and judiciary ...

The spokesperson for Irans Foreign Ministry has declared that the U.S. State Departments statement regarding Zahra Rahnavard, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi amounts to interference in Irans domestic affairs. ISNA reports that Marzieh Afkham told reporters on Saturday February 15: This statement is interference in Irans domestic matters and goes ...

Washington is calling on Tehran to release three Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since 2011 without being formally charged with any crime. The U.S. State Department issued the call on February 14 marking the third anniversary of the detention of former presidential candidates and opposition leaders Mehdi Karrubiand Mir ...

Irans Prosecutor General has announced that efforts to end the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi are futile and nothing will change unless they repent. The Tasnim News Agency reports that Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told a meeting of seminarians in Hamadan: Some are trying to end the house arrests to no avail; the ...

Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said if MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi declare that we are committed to the rule of law and peace, they could become eligible for a pardon. At a press conference on Tuesday February 4, Pourmohammadi said Mousavi and Karroubi have not been officially put on trial because the establishment has deliberated ...

An opposition website reports that MirHosein Mousavi has expressed serious concerns to his children about the health of his wife. Islamic Republic authorities have held Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, under house arrest since February 2011. On Saturday December 28, the Kaleme website reported that Mousavi and Rahnavards daughters visited ...