Public Protests
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
What are the charges of French government?
TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) – Reports published recently in France have shown that Paris has blamed the government for its opponents and suppressed protesters in the streets of the capital.
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VIDEO: Yellow Vests take to streets for 18th consecutive week
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Yellow Vest demonstrators have taken to the streets of the French capital Paris for the 18th consecutive weekend to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. The protests began in mid-November over higher fuel taxes, which were subsequently scrapped, and have since morphed into a broader demonstration against the government.
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VIDEO: French police attacks wheelchair user with pepper spray
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Shocking footage reveals that a French policeman has fired pepper spray on Saturday in the eyes of a man with disability. According to witnesses, the Yellow Vest protester was pleading to have his glasses returned from the officer. It was the 16th weekend in a row that yellow vests protested against Macron’s economic policies.
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Protesters in Kashmir rally against Saudi Crown Prince MBS's visit
TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – Hundreds took to the streets of Kargil in the Ladakh region of India-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, to protest against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to the country.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Will the political face of France change?
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – Political and social equations are wrapped up in France! Protests against President Emmanuel Macron continue. Most analysts from European affairs, however, believe that Macron will not have a chance to survive in the presidential race in the next presidential election.
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VIDEO: Yellow Vests take to streets in Paris for 14th weekend
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Yellow Vest demonstrators have taken to the streets of the French capital Paris for the 14th consecutive weekend to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. The protests began in mid-November over higher fuel taxes, which were subsequently scrapped, and have since morphed into a broader demonstration against the government.
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By: Maryam Kamyab
Rally in front of Tehran UN office to support detained journalist
TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Hundreds of Iranians, in a rally in front of the United Nations office in Tehran on Wednesday, protested against the illegal detention of Marzieh Hashemi, an anchor working for Iran's Press TV, by the US authorities.
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Iranians rally in front of Swiss Embassy to support detained journalist
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iranian students, journalists and people from different walks of life are holding a demonstration in front of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which handles the US consular affairs in Iran, to protest the illegal detention of a US-born anchor working for Iran's Press TV by the US authorities.
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VIDEO: Hundreds of Yellow Vests gather in Paris for 10th weekend
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Yellow Vest demonstrators have taken to the streets of the French capital Paris for the tenth consecutive weekend to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. The protests began in mid-November over higher fuel taxes, which were subsequently scrapped, and have since morphed into a broader demonstration against the government.
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VIDEO: French police hit ‘Yellow Vest’ protesters with water cannon, tear gas
TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – French police clamped down on thousands of Yellow Vest protesters in Paris on Saturday, firing tear gas and water cannon at demonstrators angry at Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes.
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VIDEO: Thousands of Serbians stage anti-govt. protests in Belgrade
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – Tens of thousands of Serbian people took to the streets of Belgrade for the fifth week running on Saturday to protest against the government of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
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VIDEO: 'Yellow Vest' protests continues in Paris for eighth week
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – ‘Yellow Vest’ protesters are demonstrating for the eighth week in a row in Paris on January 5. Starting in mid-November to protest high diesel taxes, the movement has now morphed into a broader campaign against government policies and rising living costs.
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By: Farzad Farhadi
The Arab Spring, 8 years on; from Bouazizi self-immolation to Bread Revolution
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) – Protests have arisen in Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Lebanon and Jordan this year. This coincides with the eighth anniversary of the Arab Spring revolutions that began in Tunisia on December 17, 2010, leading to the collapse of the ruling regimes in some Arab countries, in particular Egypt.
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VIDEO: French police attack journalist amid Yellow Vest protests
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) – A video is going viral showing French police threatening and aiming a flash-ball device at journalist Simon Louvet to push him away during a Yellow Vest protest in Rouen on Saturday. During the protest, the police forces and demonstrators faced off and clashed with one another.
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By: Ramin Hossein Abadian
Bread revolution in Sudan
TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – The rise of bread price along with loss of a large part of Sudan’s resources and other issues over the years have triggered protests in the African country.
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
Europe stuck in crises
TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – Protests are still going on in France. France's protests have reached other countries such as Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Hungary, and this has doubled the concerns of European authorities over EU's future. The combination of security, political, social and economic crises in the European Union (as a united block) will affect all the 28 member states.
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By: Hanif Ghafari
The turbulent sea of Europe
TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – As it could be expected, the current protests in France against Emmanuel Macron's policies didn't come to an end, but we're rather witnessing the spread of these protests to other parts of Europe. The anti-capitalist protest of the French citizens is now spreading to other European countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium.
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VIDEO: French police drag man out of his wheelchair
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – A video of French police tossing a disabled man out of his wheelchair is now going viral. The police dragged a man out of his wheelchair during the Yellow Vest protests as one of the officers thought that the protester was armed. Media reports said the protester was not arrested but his wheelchair was damaged during the incident.
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Judiciary chief:
Western media shows double standards over coverage of French protests
TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani has criticized the coverage of ‘yellow vests’ protests in France, condemning the double standards used by the Western media in their coverage of protests in different parts of the world.
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French FM reacts to Trump’s tweet: ‘Leave our nation be’
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has fired back at Donald Trump after the US leader blamed the Paris climate change agreement for sparking major anti-fuel protests.
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VIDEO: Cars set alight in Paris as 'Yellow Vest' protests continue
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – Protesters set cars alight as violent anti-government protests continued into the night in Paris on Saturday. A total of 118 people and 17 police officers were injured during Saturday’s Yellow Vest protests across France, the French Interior Minister said late Saturday. The 'Yellow Vest' movement emerged last month after French President Emmanuel Macron announced hikes in fuel taxes.
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Iranian students condemn French Police’s brutality against protesters
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – A group of Tehran University’s students gathered outside the French embassy in Tehran on Wednesday to condemn the French police’s brutality against protesters taking part in rallies in Paris and some other cities in France.
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By: Abdollah Shahbazi
Trenches in Champs Elysées, from “Paris Commune” to “Gilet jaune”
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – France is the leader of the contemporary revolutions, so long as the term “revolution”, in its new meaning, came to political culture largely through the successive French revolutions of the late eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth century.
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VIDEO: Protests over fuel tax in France
TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Protests over fuel tax in France have grown into general anger at higher living costs. At least 110 people have so far injured, including 17 members of the security forces. Some 270 have been arrested.
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VIDEO: Thousands protest G20 summit in Argentina
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Hundreds of thousands of anti-capitalist and other protesters marched through the Argentine capital Buenos Aires on Friday against the G20 summit believing that G20 has failed in adequately addressing a broad range of issues, including climate change, poverty and hunger.
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Turkish people hold rallies to condemn Saudi-led coalition’s crimes in Yemen
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Turkish protesters led by Saadet Party held nationwide rallies across Turkey on Sunday to condemn the Saudi-led coalition’s crimes in Yemen.
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VIDEO: France nation-wide protests over fuel tax
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – More than a quarter-million people across France staged protests on Saturday against planned hikes in fuel taxes. Some roundabouts, highway access roads and intersections were blocked by drivers. (Source: The Guardian)
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Nigerian army martyrs 10 Shiite Muslims at Arbaeen procession
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – According to media reports, the Nigerian Army has martyred 10 members of the Shiite protesters during Arbaeen procession at Zuba in central Nigeria Sat.
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IRGC denies any involvement in Qom’s Feyziyeh School protests
TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – In a Monday statement, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) strongly condemned some of the slogans and banners of Feyziyeh School protests and denied any involvement in the event.
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Bahrainis hold fresh rounds of rallies against al-Khalifa regime
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Bahrainis chanted slogans against the Bharani Al-Khalifa regime in mass protests across the country.