Accidents and Natural Disasters

Iran’s Judiciary spokesman says Canadian courts have no jurisdiction over the case on the Ukrainian plane crash which occurred in Iran more than a year ago.

An Iranian official says the collapse of Nilchian fire clay mine in Iran's Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province has killed two miners.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has dismissed as legally unfounded a court verdict issued by a Canadian court regarding the 2020 Ukrainian plane crash, saying that Ottawa is expected to show the behaviour of a mature government instead of playing with the sentiments of the survivors.

Several people, including firefighters, have been injured in a huge fire that engulfed an alcohol factory in the central Iranian city of Qom.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh extended condolences to Indonesia over the deaths of several Indonesian Navy personnel who lost their lives after their submarine sank.

Iran has sympathised with Iraq over a deadly fire that hit Baghdad's Ibn Khatib Hospital and killed at least 82 people.

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale has jolted an area close to the city of Bandar Ganaveh in Bushehr province, southern Iran.

Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi has sustained injuries in an accident while inspecting the Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday after an Israeli attack led to electricity disruption and a fire.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has confirmed an attack on the Iranian vessel Saviz in the Red Sea, saying the incident has caused minor damage to the merchant ship.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohsen Baharvand has criticised the "unconstructive" remarks made by the Ukrainian foreign minister and his deputy regarding the tragic crash of the Ukrainian flight in Tehran.

Director General of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization has dismissed media reports that an Iraqi ship has been hijacked in the Iranian waters.

The people of Sisakht city in Iran's Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province whose houses were destroyed in a recent earthquake celebrated the Persian New Year by arranging the Haft Seen table in their tents and destroyed houses.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the Islamic Republic will consider all options if Israel’s role in the recent act of sabotage against the Iranian cargo ship Shahre Kord in the Mediterranean is proved.

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has condemned an act of sabotage against an Iranian vessel in the high seas which resulted in damage to the ship.

Iran has confirmed reports of a terrorist attack on its cargo ship Shahre Kord in the Mediterranean, saying it was hit by an explosive object.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), which is responsible for the security of all Iranian flights, says its forces have foiled a hijack attempt in the Iran Air Flight 334 on Thursday night.

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard has no authority to comment about the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran.

The Iranian first vice president has asked the governor of the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi to spare no effort and help to contain the conflagration at a customs post on Iran-Afghanistan border.

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says Tehran is offering Afghanistan assistance to contain a conflagration caused by the explosion of a gas tanker on Iran-Afghanistan border.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh expressed regret over the recent flooding in northern India which has killed several people.

An Iranian official says that the siren heard in western Tehran on Friday night had nothing to do with any security issue.

In a Monday statement, Saeed Khatibzadeh said their bodies have been recovered and will be transferred to Iran after the necessary arrangements are made. “Based...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed sympathy with Indonesia over the crash of a passenger plane, which resulted in the deaths of all the people on board.

The Tehran military prosecutor says legal proceedings are underway into the downing of the Ukrainian plane on January 8, 2020, and one person is still under arrest.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has paid tribute to the victims of a Ukrainian jetliner that went down near Tehran a year ago, blaming the air disaster on the US government’s terrorist-style adventurism.