Internal Unrest
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Iran closely monitoring developments in S Korea
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that it is closely monitoring the situation in South Korea, expressing hope that conditions in the East Asian country would return to normal.
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Zionist regime faces more protests, internal criticism
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Thousands of Israelis have gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right cabinet and they criticized the government's failed policies and fruitless war on the Gaza Strip.
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Members of fact-finding committee on riots meet with Raeisi
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – The members of the fact-finding committee formed to investigate last year foreign-backed unrest in Iran met with President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on Monday.
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Inside US efforts to foment 2022 unrest in Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Last year, Iran faced a wave of unrest that involved many instigators. A document obtained by the Tehran Times shows that the Biden administration was one of them.
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Violent protests in France spread to Switzerland
TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – More than 100 protesters took to the streets of Lausanne as protests sparked by the killing of a teenager by police in France spread to Switzerland.
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French justice min.:
Parents of protesters may face prison, fines
TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti said Saturday that parents of children under 17 involved in protests because of the police killing of a teen in France could be held responsible.
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VIDEO: Fierce clashes between French protestors, police
TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Following the outrage that erupted in France following the killing of a 17-year-old by the police, severe clashes broke out between the French police and the protestors.
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Nearly 1,000 detained, over 230 buildings damaged in France
TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in France overnight, and around 1,350 cars and 234 buildings were set on fire during the continuing unrest in the country, a French broadcaster reported on Saturday.
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Sudan’s paramilitary RSF claims seizing police camp
TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – The conflict in Sudan has reached a critical juncture as the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced the seizure of the headquarters of a heavily armed police unit in the capital Khartoum.
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Iran voices concern over unrest in Sudan, urges for dialogue
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) – The spokesman of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed his concern about the recent unrest in Sudan and urged the Sudanese to exercise restraint and engage in dialogue.
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27 injured in attacks on Peru's police station, military base
TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – Several hundred protesters have attacked a police station, a military base and a courthouse in southeast Peru, injuring at least 27 people.
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Cutting hair, not relationship
TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held extensive meetings with foreign diplomats and officials during his stint in Geneva, where he took part in the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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Raeisi dubs recent Iran unrest as war of factions
TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says that the recent unrest in Iran was a war of factions and stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not show any mercy to the enemies.
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Three Jordanian police killed during raid on hideout in Maan
TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – Three Jordanian police personnel were killed in a raid on the hideout of the suspected killers of a policeman in the southern city of Maan, a police statement said.
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Death toll in Peru protests climbs to 23
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – The death toll in nationwide protests in Peru sparked by the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo has risen to 23, authorities said on Saturday.
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Top officials stress dealing with rioters based on justice
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The heads of three power branches of the Iranian government emphasized the need for dealing with the detained perpetrators behind recent foreign-backed riots based on the law and Sharia.
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Eutelsat takes Iran's Press TV off air following EU sanctions
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – French satellite operator Eutelsat has taken Press TV off air weeks after the European Union imposed sanctions on Iran's English-language news network.
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West sets 4 conditions for not supporting riots in Iran
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Several Western countries supporting recent riots in Iran set some conditions for not supporting the rioters.
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Crushed in the West Encouraged in Iran
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – While considerable number of Iranian law enforcement forces lost their lives due to their limited powers in countering unrest, UK is considering turning tide and expanding police powers to make protesters feel “force” of law.
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Scott Bennett:
The West plans to set off conflicts inside Iran
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Scott Bennet, a former US Army Special operations officer, says certain Western countries are seeking to replicate Afghanistan and Iraq in Iran by creating chaos to break up the country and pillage its resources.
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Unrest fails to impact Iran nuclear redlines
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Iranian officials have reiterated Tehran’s adherence to the redlines on many policy issues amid unconfirmed news about some Western inkling of Iranian leniency on some of those issues due to the unrest in the country.
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Germany doubles down on hostility toward Iran
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – Since the start of the unrest in Iran, the German government has taken measures and stances that escalated tensions between Tehran and Berlin.
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Iran hybrid war takes new turn
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – The continued wave of unrest in Iran has taken a new, dangerous turn over the weekend as nearly a dozen individuals, security forces included, lost their lives in terrorist attacks across the country.
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Mock Revolution; Enter Macron!
TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – While all world leaders have cautiously have sought to make cautious remarks about the developments in Iran, French President Emanuel Macron got ahead of himself and called Iran’s unrest a “revolution.”
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US seeks to militarize unrest in Iran
TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – The former US national security advisor, John Bolton, has said that rioters in Iran are getting weapons, an allegation reminiscent of how Syria plunged into a civil war.
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Pres. Raeisi:
Angered by Iranian nation's progress, US incites riots
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said that Americans are angered by innovative and creative moves by the Iranian nation, and they feel joy and happiness about shortcomings or problems as well as insecurity in Iran.
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Gen. Bagheri:
Armed forces must prepare to face enemy's hybrid threats
TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran said that the Armed Forces of the country must fully prepare themselves to face hybrid threat of enemies waged against Islamic Revolution.
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Iran summons UK ambassador over meddlesome statement
TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – UK Ambassador to Iran Simon Shercliff was summoned to Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in reaction to an earlier meddlesome statement by the UK Foreign Office.
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EU, Moscow react to Uzbekistan unrest
TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov have reacted to the recent developments in Uzbekistan.
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Army evacuates former Sri Lankan PM from besieged residence
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) – Heavily armed troops have evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan Prime Minister from his official residence in Colombo after thousands of protesters breached the main gate in the worst violence in weeks of protests over economic crisis.