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Iran’s non-oil trade with neighbors reaches $32.6 billion in first half of 2024

Mohammad Reza Rezvanifar, the head of Iran's Customs Administration, announced that Iran's non-oil trade with 15 neighboring countries reached 50 million tons, valued at $32.6 billion, during the first half of the current year.

50 children among 558 killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon: Health ministry

The death toll from the Israeli strikes on Lebanon since Monday reached 558, including 50 children and 94 women, with 1,835 wounded, health minister Firass Abiad said on Tuesday.

Russia comments on Ukraine ‘victory plan’

There is currently too little information about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s so-called ‘victory plan’ for Russia to be able to properly evaluate it, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.

Archaeologists: Petrochemical pollutants stifling Iran’s Persepolis to death

Persepolis, the remains of an ancient city in the southern Iranian province of Fars which bears secrets dating back to over 2,500 years ago is dying a slow death due to chemical pollutants, experts warn.

Lebanon must not become “another Gaza”: President Pezeshkian tells CNN

Israel’s extensive strikes on Lebanon are “a human and humanitarian crisis” that risks tipping the region into a wider conflict, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an exclusive interview.

In New York: President Pezeshkian calls for Gaza ceasefire

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged a cessation of the Israeli occupation and apartheid in Palestine and immediate implementation of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where Tel Aviv has been waging a deadly war for nearly one year.

Zarif says Trump’s withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal was ‘miscalculation’

Iran’s Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif says former US president Donald Trump’s move in 2018 to pull out of a landmark nuclear deal with Iran was a ‘miscalculation’ that led to a lose-lose situation.

Fire in industrial town in central Iran contained, 22 injured

Firefighters managed to put out the fire in an industrial town in Iran’s central city of Garmsar on Tuesday after 16 hours, the governor of the city announced.

Ukraine president says next few months will be ‘decisive’

The next few months will be "decisive" in Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated, as he began his nearly week-long trip to the U.S.

Iran president expresses deep concern over Israel’s war-mongering in region

In a meeting with António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, in New York, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian voiced deep concern over the Israeli regime's war-mongering in West Asia.

Israel seeking to drag West Asia into a full-blown war: Iran President

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that Israel wants to drag the entire region into a full-blown war and spread insecurity and instability, which will not benefit any country.

Death toll from Israel’s strikes on Lebanon climbs to 492, deadliest day since civil war

The Israeli air raids on Lebanon killed at least 492 people on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry announced in its latest update. Thirty-five children and 58 women were among those killed, while a further 1,645 people have been injured in the attacks.

Top UN officials demand ‘end to humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza’

Senior UN officials have issued a warning about threats of wider regional escalation, demanding "an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe" in the Gaza Strip.

Pentagon dispatching additional troops to West Asia as tensions escalate

The United States is sending a “small number” of ground troops to West Asia as a larger war between Israel and Hezbollah threatens to break out, the Pentagon has announced.

State of emergency declared in Israel until late Sept. amid tensions with Hezbollah

The Israeli government has announced a state of emergency across the occupied territories until Sept. 30 amid its escalating strikes on Lebanon and anticipated expansion of Hezbollah rocket firing toward Israel.

10 injured following fire, blasts in Iranian industrial town

A fire incident and multiple explosions at an industrial town in the central Iranian city of Garmsar on Monday have left 10 people injured, according to an official tally.

Iconic singer of Iran protests and deadly riots says pardoned, his case closed

Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, who was accused of spreading anti-government protests in Iran in 2022 with his catchy “For” song, says he has been pardoned in a general amnesty.

Lebanon says over 270 killed in Israeli strikes

Israeli air raids on southern Lebanon killed at least 247 people and wounded 1,024 on Monday, according to the country's health ministry.

UK predicts Ukraine war could persist beyond 2026

The war between Russia and Ukraine is likely to rage on for at least another two years, the United Kingdom's foreign secretary has predicted.

Iran FM says efforts underway to start nuclear talks in New York, messages exchanged

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that the Iranian delegation in New York, attending the United Nations General Assembly, is working to initiate a new round of nuclear negotiations with the other parties during this visit, and there has been a general expression of readiness for this.

Ayatollah Khamenei calls for mobilization of relief aid after Iran mine blast

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stressed the necessity to provide urgent aid to the workers affected by the devastating explosion at a coal mine in northeastern Iran.

Israel bombs another school in Gaza, killing 3 Palestinians

At least three Palestinians were killed when the Israeli army bombed a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza on Monday.

Cmdr.: Army constructing Iran-Afghan border wall at full speed

The Iranian Army has constructed 10 kilometers of the wall that is supposed to serve as a barrier between Iran and Afghanistan, a senior commander announced on Monday.

Iran-made device shows cancerous cells with pinpoint accuracy

Iranian researchers have produced a device that determines the exact location of cancerous tumors which is of remarkable help for surgeons to remove the affected tissues, FARS news agency reported.

US doing everything possible to prevent wider war breaking out in Middle East: Biden

US President Joe Biden told reporters Sunday he remains concerned about the ongoing tensions in the Middle East amid fears that escalating attacks between Hezbollah and Israel may lead to a wider regional conflict.