The latest news and views from Iran, the Middle East, and the world produced and published by IFP either using the contents provided by Persian-language media outlets or through its exclusive dispatches
Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has strongly condemned Israel’s recent aggression against Iran as a blatant violation of international law, asserting Tehran’s potential retaliation will be in accordance with the international law.
A spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says it has no information about whether the house arrest of former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi and the latter’s wife Zahra Rahnavard has come to an end.
The chief of Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces announced on Monday that 850,000 illegal Afghan migrants have been repatriated from Iran, as part of a broader plan to deport 2 million illegal residents by the end of the Iranian year, which ends on March 20.
Approximately 38,000 illegal Afghan nationals have been arrested and deported from Iran’s southeastern Kerman province to their home country, the general commander of Kerman's Law Enforcement Force announced on Monday.
For the first time in history, the Iranian national freestyle wrestling team has won the U-23 World Championship, securing 3 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze medals.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, in a letter to the UN chief and Security Council, warned that Israeli airstrikes on Iran could further destabilize the region amid the regime's military campaign against Gaza and Lebanon.
Ali Akbar Salehi, a former Iranian Foreign Minister and ex-Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, stated that the U.S. created Israel to control the Middle East, aiming to make Israel a regional hub for energy exchange and technology transfer.
Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has called on the international community to establish a political, economic, or if necessary, military coalition against the Israeli regime.
The recent attack by the Zionist regime on some military sites in Iran received widespread coverage in Iranian media. Below is a look at the front pages of major Iranian newspapers:
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, in his first comments since Israeli aggression on Iran in the early hours of Saturday, said Iranian officials will decide how best to retaliate the strikes.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says the United States is complicit in Israel’s Saturday aggression against Iran by providing an air corridor for the regime’s air force and supplying defensive equipment.
A prominent Iranian journalist has called for a severe response to Israel's Saturday aggression against Iran, despite the ‘limited damage’ caused by the strikes.
The speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared that Iran will decisively respond to Israel's aggression against Iranian military sites, in accordance with the United Nations Charter.
Iran has requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to address the Israeli attacks on Iranian military sites on Saturday to ensure Israel is held accountable.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran says some radar systems of the country were slightly damaged in Israel's air raids on Iran's military centers.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said the Islamic Republic of Iran knows no limits when it comes to the defense of the interests and territorial integrity of the country as well as the defense of the Iranian people.
The CEO of Imam Khomeini Airport of Tehran denies claims that the Israeli regime attack in the early hours of Saturday caused damage to the airport’s air defense system.
In the wake of Israel's recent military strikes on Iranian military bases in Tehran, Ilam, and Khuzestan provinces, political analyst Ahmad Zeidabadi has highlighted the complex implications of Iran's potential responses.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Israel’s attacks on some military centers in Iran, calling the hostile action a clear violation of international law, and stressing that Tehran is entitled and obligated to defend itself.
The Islamic Republic of Iran's Army announced in a statement on Saturday that two of its staff were killed in Israel’s strikes on military sites in the country.
The Israeli military's claim of targeting 20 sites in Iran in its early Saturday strikes is “false and part of a psychological operation,” an informed military source told Tasnim News Agency.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base has issued a statement regarding Israel's strikes early on Saturday on military sites, saying the provocative move caused ‘limited damage.’
