Tehran GrapevineTehran at noon

Tehran at noon

-

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – An update from Tehran at 12:00 local time on Saturday:

Iran Focus
 
Tehran, Jun. 12 – An update from Tehran at 12:00 local time on Saturday:
 
There are police vehicles and plain-clothes agents in cars and on foot in Azadi Street.
 
Units from the State Security Force who were deployed in Ferdowsi Square were ordered to relocate to Enqelab and Azadi Squares.
 
In Rah-e Ahan (Railway) and Ferdowsi Square a large number of State Security Forces have taken position.
 
Earlier in the morning, police helicopters hovered over Enqelab and Azadi squares.
 
Elsewhere, in Kermanshah and Kurdistan provinces (western Iran), telephone communication has been cut and no contact can be made with the cities in these provinces.

Saturday marks one year since anti-government protests took the nation by storm.

Latest news

Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran's regime,...

Corruption in Iran’s Ports Reaches the Regime’s Parliament

The corruption case in Iran’s ports has once again become one of the controversial issues in the regime’s parliament....

Heavy Collapse in Iranian Workers’ Purchasing Power Over the Past 10 Years

In recent years, and particularly in the months following the recent war, workers’ “real wages” in Iran have experienced...

Leila Abolhasani, Mother of Two Young Daughters, Sentenced to Death

Leila Abolhasani, a 43-year-old citizen and mother of two teenage daughters, is among those arrested during the January protests...

Price of Cement in Iran Rises 90% in Six Months

The head of the Association of Building Materials Sellers announced that cement prices have increased by more than 90%...

Seventy Percent of Students at School in Tehran Have Dropped Out

In the latest sign of the collapse of education in Iran, it has been reported that 70 students from...

Must read

Arrests of 2 Germans in Iran take on political overtones

New York Times: Germany and Iran faced off Tuesday...

Iran’s Deprived Students: Where Is Their Money Spent?

Education means human development. It is the foundation of...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you