The United Nations Human Rights Council decided on Monday to launch a probe into serious rights violations in Afghanistan, amid growing alarm over the Taliban's measures targeting women and girls.
Hamas’s representative in Tehran Khaled Qaddoumi says the Palestinian resistance group’s weapons are a fundamental right and that it rejects any talk of disarmament.
Western European officials should “broaden their horizons” when it comes to drone sightings and stop blaming Russia for everything, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Monday.
Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has announced the discovery of large natural gas and oil reserves in the Pazan field in the southern Province of Fars.
An Iranian court on Monday announced the acquittal of Lennart Monterlos, a French-German national charged with espionage and detained in June during the war between Tehran and Tel Aviv.
The Kremlin announced on Monday that it had its own capabilities to cover all of its battlefield needs after being asked about a Kiev claim that Beijing was providing intelligence to enable Moscow to better launch missile strikes against Ukraine.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei said on Monday that there are currently no inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) taking place in Iran, adding that the most recent visit occurred at least ten days ago at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, south of the country.
The Israeli military has killed nearly 20,000 children during the ongoing genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip since October 2023, local authorities announced.
Iran’s Jomhouri-e Eslami daily states those responsible for imposing sanctions on the Iranian people should be held accountable, but warned that now is not the time for public debates or internecine confrontations.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baqaei, says that the Islamic Republic currently has no plans to hold talks with European countries over nuclear issues, as the three European parties have “proven that diplomacy with them is unproductive.”
The Iranian women’s national volleyball team clinched their first major international title on Sunday, defeating host Uzbekistan 3–0 to become champions of the Central Asia Women’s Volleyball Championship.
Vote counting has begun in some districts in Syria’s first parliamentary elections since the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, a landmark moment in the Middle Eastern country’s fragile transition after nearly 14 years of war.
President Vladimir Putin has stated that if the United States supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for long-range strikes deep into Russia then it would lead to the destruction of Moscow's relationship with Washington.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Western countries had rejected negotiations with Iran due to their “excessive demands.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baqaei has emphasized that the world must stop brutal violations of the law, end impunity for Israeli war criminals and genocide, and hold accountable those who justify these crimes.
Polish and allied air defences have been deployed to secure the country’s airspace, its military announced, as Russia launched new air attacks on neighbouring Ukraine.
Israeli attacks across the besieged Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 Palestinians, medical sources confirmed, despite calls from United States President Donald Trump for Tel Aviv to stop its bombardment after Hamas announced it had accepted some elements of the American leader’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war.
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was subjected to humiliation and harsh treatment in an Israeli prison after being captured aboard the Gaza aid flotilla, according to fellow activists and lawyers.
The US State Department has denied visa requests for a nine-member Iranian football delegation, including Mehdi Taj, president of Iran’s Football Federation, and Amir Ghalenoei, the Team Melli coach.
