Radio Farda - An outspoken lawmaker in Iran says two days after the gasoline price hike of November 15 that led to bloody protests, the countrys Supreme Leader intervened to stop parliament from opposing the controversial move. In a "note" to Irans Parliament (Majles) Speaker Ali Larijani, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dissuaded deputies ...

AFP - The Iranian government said Tuesday it will unblock the internet only when authorities are sure it will not be abused during violent demonstrations against a petrol price hike. The Islamic republic has been largely offline since the internet restrictions were imposed the day after the nationwide demonstrations broke out on Friday. "Many ...

Reuters - Protests in Iran triggered by petrol price hikes last week have subsided, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after the elite Revolutionary Guards warned of decisive action if anti-government protests do not cease. Social media videos posted in defiance of an Internet block showed protests continued in several cities ...

Mizan | Mohammad Khademosheikh & Hamed Ataei: A report reflecting a preliminary assessment of damage done to the public property during recent riots, which marred peaceful protests following the Iranian governments decision to ration gasoline, shows that trained saboteurs exploited those protests to set public buildings on fire and attack police ...

Tasnim The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warned of decisive and revolutionary action against any measure disrupting security in the wake of protests over a hike in the price of subsidized gasoline in Iran. In a statement on Monday, the IRGC praised the vigilant and insightful people of Iran who have separated their ways from the rioters ...

MNA Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran regards the protest as the rights of all people, but protesters differ from agitators. He made the remarks on Monday at a press conference on the revised gasoline price scheme. We are all aware that the energy prices, especially gasoline price, have ...

Press TV - US Secretary of State Pompeos feigned concern for the Iranian people is pure hypocrisy. The wise Iranian people understand the machinations of the US hegemonists, accordingto Dennis Etler, an American political analyst who has had a decades-long interest in international affairs. On Saturday, gasoline price hikes and rationing in Iran ...

Press TV - A report reflecting a preliminary assessment of damagedone to the public property during recent riots, which marred peaceful protests following the Iranian governments decision to ration gasoline, shows that trained saboteurs exploited those protests to set public buildings on fire and attack police officers in various Iranian cities. According ...

FNA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his administration holds that people are entitled to hold protests against a recent decision to ration gas, underlining, however, that rioting, violence, spreading insecurity in society and vandalizing public properties are condemned. Speaking at a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Sunday, Rouhani referred ...

IRNA - Two leaders of saboteurs, who were trying to take advantage of people's peaceful protests in Shiraz in Fars province, southern Iran, have been arrested by the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence branch, the IRGC announced. These two people had been hired by certain foreign countries to carry out the mission of provoking people ...

MNA Irans Judiciary Chief has called on all related authorities to take every measure to ensure a recent scheme for a hike in the price of subsidized gasoline is correctly implemented, saying it will closely monitor the procedures so that the plan will not result in more price rises. In a statement released on Sunday, Ebrahim Raeisi said the Judiciary ...

MNA The Supreme Council of Economic Coordination said Sat. that the government apparatuses will fully cooperate in implementing fuel consumption management, adding that the needy will be paid monthly on a regular basis. Late on Wednesday, the Iranian government announced that it had started a plan to manage the rising gasoline consumption in the ...

Press TV - Members of the Iranian parliament, known as Majlis, have protested a government decision to increase the price of gasoline at short notice, saying they will submit a motion to revise the controversial move. Mojtaba Zonnour, who chairsIranian parliaments Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, said on Saturday that he and other ...

MNA In a statement on Sunday, Irans ministry of intelligence announced that disturbers sowing unrest in various cities in the past two days, following the announcement of the gasolines rationing and price hike, have been identified. The intelligence ministry considers itself the body in charge of encountering the disturbers and all the factors ...

MNA Irans police spokesman said that the force will counter those who seek to undermine the public security of the country. In current circumstances, some individuals who are led by enemies outside the country are taking advantage of peoples demands to undermine the public security and order, said Second Brigadier General Ahmad Noorian, the Spokesperson ...

MNA Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani urged the government to pay the extra bonuses it had promised to people after a sudden gasoline price revision to minimize peoples economic woes. The government should pay people the extra profits it gains from gasoline price hikes as soon as possible to show its commitments and fulfill its obligations, Larijani ...