Friday, March 29, 2024

Politics

Axis of Resistance has foiled US schemes in West Asia: Iran Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the anti-Israel military operations by resistance factions in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq. He stressed that the Axis of Resistance has demonstrated its potential and effectively disrupted the US strategic calculations in West Asia

Iran president urges action to stop Gaza genocide by Israel

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has called for serious practical steps to cease Israel’s raids on the Gaza Strip in his New Year message to Asian countries celebrating Nowruz.

Ayatollah Khamenei designates Persian new year as year of ‘surge in production through people’s participation’

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has named the Persian New Year as the year of "surge in production through people's participation".

President Raisi, Russia’s Putin discuss bilateral ties, regional stability

In a recent telephone conversation, Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election and expressed hope for enhanced bilateral cooperation between Iran and Russia.

Top comdr.: Iran to retaliate in kind if oil tankers stolen

A senior Iranian commander says Iran will retaliate in kind if its petroleum shipments are stolen.

Iran celebrates 73rd anniv. of oil industry nationalization

Iran is commemorating the 73rd anniversary of its historic nationalization of the oil industry, a landmark event that reshaped the nation's trajectory.

“Afghanistan has turned into major producer of methamphetamine”

An Iranian official says neighboring Afghanistan is now a major producer of methamphetamine in the region, voicing Tehran's readiness to tackle the problem.

Iran condemns Israel attack on Gaza hospital, warns of crimes

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned as “barbaric” Israel’s new attack on and the occupation of Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, and the “crimes of the Israeli forces” against the medical staff, patients and the wounded at the hospital.

Iranian border guard soldier killed in southeast by unknown assailants

A soldier with the Border Guard Unit in Iran’s southeastern city of Zabol was killed by armed assailants on Sunday night, the Information Center of Sistan and Baluchistan’s Border Guard Headquarters announced.

Iran says ready to help Syria enhance its defense power against US, Israel

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has stated that Tehran is prepared to utilize its full capabilities to assist Damascus in boosting its defense and deterrent power against Washington and the Zionist regime.

Iraq’s interior minister: Baghdad takes control border bases of anti-Iran groups

Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari says his country has taken control of the border bases of anti-Iran terror groups in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Imam Khomeini’s grandson: Iran suffers from popular ‘dissatisfaction crisis’

Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, a grandson of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, says Iran is plagued by a crisis of dissatisfaction among the people, adding the only solution is to make up with the people.

Iranian envoy: Baku to reopen embassy in Tehran soon

Iran’s ambassador to Baku says that the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Embassy is set to reopen in Tehran soon, more than a year after it was closed in reaction to an armed attack on the embassy.

Iran vice president insists on ceasefire in Gaza

The Iranian vice president for women and family affairs says Iran is adamantly pursuing efforts to help establish a truce in Gaza after months of unrelenting Israeli strikes against the Palestinians in the besieged territory.

Veteran Iranian journalist demands Tehran send aid ships to Gaza

The chief editor of principlist Persian newspaper Kayhan says Iran ‘can and should’ deliver humanitarian supplies to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip through maritime routes amid the months-long Israeli genocidal campaign.

Iran, China, Russia conclude joint naval maneuvers in Gulf of Oman

Iranian, Chinese, and Russian navies and aviation forces wrapped up the active phase of their joint drills dubbed Maritime Security Belt 2024 in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday.

IRGC deploys new warships in joint drills with Russia, China

Three indigenous warships, recently added to the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) naval fleet, have taken part in a combined naval exercise at the northern tip of the Indian Ocean, and conducted major maritime maneuvers.

Iran: Israel actions in Gaza have sounded alarm for “most unprecedented humanitarian disaster” of century

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has written separate letters to UN chief, the president of the UN security Council, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as well as the foreign ministers of Muslim and non-Muslim countries on the recent developments in the Gaza Strip, warning that the Israeli actions in the besieged enclave have raised the alarm for the most unprecedented humanitarian disaster in this century.

Defense minister: Iran self-sufficient in making drone engines, five-fold increase in defense products exports

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani says that the country no longer needs foreign assistance in manufacturing drone engines, adding the country’s export of defense products has increased up to five times.

Iran Leader says Palestine to bring Israel to its knees

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated the resistance and steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip will bring the Zionist regime to its knees.

Iran asserts commitment to nuclear obligations

Iran has emphasized its unwavering commitment to fulfilling nuclear obligations, notably the Comprehensive Safeguard Agreement, ensuring the effective execution of the International Atomic Energy Agency's verification activities concerning Iran’s nuclear materials and activities.

Iran set to launch joint naval drills with Russia, China

Iran, Russia and China are to kick start joint maritime maneuvers on Tuesday night in the Indian Ocean near the Sea of Oman along with observers from friendly and allied countries, the spokesman for the drills said.

Iranian police officer killed in clash with drug smugglers

An Iranian police officer was fatally shot in an armed clash with drug smugglers in the early hours of Tuesday in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Iran arrests four over publishing video of woman’s altercation with cleric in Qom

Four people have been arrested so far for publishing a video footage showing a noisy argument between a woman and a cleric who was allegedly filming her for not wearing a hijab in a clinic in the central Iranian city of Qom and sending the footage to a "hostile TV network", according to an official.

Iran calls on Muslim countries to unite against Israeli genocide in Gaza on occasion of Ramadan

Congratulating the Muslim world on the occasion of Ramadan, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian urged Islamic states to unite against the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip on the occasion of the holy fasting month.

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