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Iran has started to build the Karoun nuclear power plant in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says.

Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has stated the US is aiding and abetting the Israeli regime's ongoing war on the besieged Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip.

The world of music is mourning the loss of a true luminary as Professor Lily Afshar, a trailblazing Iranian guitarist and the first woman in the world to earn a doctorate in guitar, has passed away at the age of 63 after a long battle with illness. Her death comes as a poignant moment, just as one of her recent works was published in Iran.

Some 400 pieces of fossils dating back to 10 million years ago have been discovered near Iran’s northwestern city of Maragheh, the director general of the Environmental Protection Office of East Azarbaijan Province revealed on Tuesday.

The healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has “totally collapsed due to the Israeli war”, health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra told a news conference in Gaza City on Tuesday.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi received the credentials of the Saudi ambassador in Tehran Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi earlier on Tuesday and expressed hope that the two regional powerhouses will witness a boost in bilateral ties.

The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to aid in its planning for the war in Gaza, a US official told the Associated Press (AP) news agency.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated despite duplicitous messages sent by the American leaders, Washington is fanning the flames of Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip by sending arms consignments to the occupied territories.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in a meeting with the top Russian diplomat in Tehran, has strongly condemned the United States and other Western countries over their unbridled support for the Israeli regime's atrocities against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

A desperate suitor who failed to persuade a woman to get married to him shot her wounded at her workplace near the Iranian capital Tehran earlier this month and injured two others.

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 5,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

The war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas has reportedly created a potential opportunity for US weapons manufacturers to make missiles for the Iron Dome defense system.

The CIA has spent “tens of millions” of dollars on transforming Kiev’s Soviet-style spy services into “potent allies against Moscow”, The Washington Post has reported, citing multiple sources in the US and Ukrainian intelligence communities.

International nonprofit Save the Children has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, saying during the recent Israeli escalation the number of children killed in the besieged territory has reached at least 2,000.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said war has come to an end in the South Caucasus and the time is now ripe for promotion of peace and progress in the region.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahianin wrote a letter to Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, and stressed that supporting and defending the rights and lives of the Palestinian people is the duty of all followers of the Abrahamic religions.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said the ultimate goal behind Israel's attacks against the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank is to force Palestinian people to leave their homeland to Sinai in Egypt and parts of Jordan.

A high-ranking commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran has supported Palestine since the 1979 victory of the Islamic Revolution, but dismissed reports that Tehran has provided the resistance forces with missiles and weapons in the recent confrontation with the Israeli regime.

The supply of water from the Hirmand River in Afghanistan to Iran has been completely cut off for a month, Iran’s Water Sector spokesman says.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has lashed out at the United Nations Security Council working under the influence of the United States, saying he sees no grounds for hope that the world body will maintain international peace.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has warned that American soldiers in the Middle East face increased risk of being attacked as Iran and its allies in the region look to exploit the turmoil created by the Israel-Hamas war. The Pentagon chief has vowed to respond to attacks by Tehran and its allies. Iranian officials say Tehran was not involved in the recent Hamas attack on Israel but warn the Zionist regime's crimes against the people of Gaza could “ricochet far-reaching consequences".

The US government has pressed Israel to delay its imminent land invasion of the Gaza Strip to allow for the release of more Hamas hostages and aid into the besieged enclave, according to two sources briefed on the discussions.

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 4,700 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

In a devastating incident that sent shockwaves through the burgeoning town of Parand near the capital Tehran, an explosion at the local power plant has left two persons dead and three others injured.

In a meeting in Tehran on Sunday noon, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and the Foreign Minister of South Africa convened to discuss not only bilateral relations but also their partnership within the BRICS group as well as the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza.