Iran’s latest attempt to curb soaring food prices—delegating the distribution of staple goods in Tehran to the city’s municipality—has again exposed a deeper truth about the country’s economic crisis: quick fixes rarely work when the foundations are broken.
The latest chatter in Tehran’s political circles is that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may be eyeing a bigger role for former Revolutionary Guards general and current parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that excessive government spending and an overgrown bureaucracy are major drivers of the country’s persistent inflation, arguing that only by shrinking the state can Iran restore financial balance and ease pressure on households.
An Iranian lawmaker said policymakers lack the resolve to take long-delayed decisions on subsidized petrol, bread and exchange rates, urging the government to settle the issues and adopt a single foreign-exchange rate.
An Iranian economist detained this week had suggested that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei helped empower the country's ultra-hardliners, in remarks that quickly drew Tehran's ire and underscored a widening clampdown on critical voices.
An Iranian lawmaker said economic interests tied to the sale of virtual private networks are working to keep internet filtering in place and that lawmakers are pursuing an inquiry into the pressure campaign, according to an interview published by Rouydad24.
A senior Iranian cleric said on Tuesday that threatening Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should carry a death sentence, days after a young man died in Western Iran after filming himself burning the 86-year-old theocrat's photo.
Combative comments by senior officials in Tehran about Iran’s nuclear program have drawn sharp criticism at home and abroad, with analysts warning that the rhetoric makes another round of war on Iran more likely.
A fire at the Parsian Oil Refinery in Eyvanaki, in Iran’s Semnan province east of Tehran, killed one worker and injured three others on Tuesday, provincial officials said.
Iran’s armed forces said on Tuesday that any public remarks about the country’s military or defense cooperation with other nations are invalid unless confirmed by its headquarters, state media reported.
Iran’s presidential office said a government-affiliated body is reviewing requests from expatriates described as members of the country’s “benign opposition” who have expressed interest in returning to Iran.
Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Monday the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran was a defining moment of national pride that marked the beginning of a long-standing confrontation between Iran and the United States based on conflicting interests rather than temporary disputes.
Iran on Tuesday marked the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran with state-organized rallies across the country, the first such commemorations since the United States and Israel carried out air strikes on Iranian targets earlier this year.
Ali Khomeini, the grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic, said on Monday that the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran was pivotal to shaping Iran’s current political and defense standing, arguing that without it “the Islamic Republic might not exist."
Iran’s daily Kayhan, overseen by a representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has called for a shift in the country’s foreign policy from “engagement” to “power building,” arguing that decades of diplomatic outreach to the West have failed to secure Iran’s national interests.
An Iranian lawmaker has accused the son of First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref of holding German citizenship, saying that the appointment of Aref in President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government is therefore “illegal.”
An Iranian official has dismissed online reports alleging that a son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei purchased a hotel in Budapest to finance aid for Gaza, calling the claims “fake and fabricated.”
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismissed reports that the government had reached an agreement with Telegram to restore access to the banned messaging app, calling the claims false, state media reported on Sunday.
Former Iranian official Mohammad‑Javad Larijani said his country has developed a new theoretical doctrine: one in which a state capable of building a nuclear bomb in under two weeks chooses not to do so.
A senior Iranian official has called for sweeping changes in the country’s system of governance, warning that without reform the Islamic Republic risks “war, collapse, or chaos,” according to remarks published on Thursday.
Iran has told Telegram that a years-long ban on the messaging app will be lifted only if it agrees to cooperate with the judiciary and follow new oversight rules, state media reported on Saturday.
The race for Tehran’s City Council elections is heating up among state-aligned factions almost entirely detached from an electorate which has largely quit the ballot box.