Incidents

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on provincial authorities in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi to swiftly take whatever action necessary to save and aid people in the province’s quake-hit areas after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit the region Wednesday.

One has been killed and four wounded as a result of a 6-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks that have struck areas near the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad.

The first two weeks of the Iranian New Year (which starts on March 20 or 21) is a major travel season with the highest number of holidaymakers along with road accidents.

Nepal's only International Airport in Kathmandu was briefly shut down after a leopard was seen on the runway at around 7:45 am, said TIA spokesperson Prem Nath Thakur.

A young Iranian man was trying to break the world record of underwater breath-holding in the middle of a live TV show, but he was not that much successful in doing it.

At least 28 people, five seriously, were wounded after a pickup truck hit two cars and then ran into the crowd attending the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, the United States.

A border outpost in western Iranian city of Baneh was fully blanketed by the recent heavy snowfall.

Spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says two people have been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire of Plasco building, which led to its collapse on January 19 and killed several people.

The shop owners of Plasco, the first modern commercial centre in Iran which collapsed last month, will continue their business in another shopping centre in Tehran.

At least two people have been killed in an explosion on a gas pipeline in southeastern Iran, the Fars news agency says.

Mojtaba Abedini, an Iranian sabre fencer, dedicated his World Cup silver medal to Iranian firefighters who lost their lives in the recent Plasco incident in Tehran.

Maloran River in Southeastern Iran flooded last night, blocking the roads to more than 130 villages.

An Airbus A330-300 which was en route from Istanbul to Vietnam made an emergency landing in Zahedan, southeastern Iran, because of a passenger’s critical condition.

A famous Iranian actor has expressed his sorrow at the tragic death of a young man who worked as a ‘contraband porter’ in northwestern Iran, saying “he could have become a movie star”.

A funeral ceremony for 16 Iranian firefighters, who lost their lives battling a massive blaze that recently ruined a high-rise in downtown Tehran, was held in the capital city’s Grand Mosalla on Monday. The self-less firemen were later laid to rest as thousands escorted them to the cemetery.

Two suspects were detained after a shooting at a mosque in Canadian city of Quebec left six people dead and eight injured, officials said early Monday.

Several people have been killed and wounded in an avalanche in Western Iranian city of Sardasht, an emergency official announced.

A female doctor in Russia’s St. Petersburg has caused outrage by posting pictures of herself online posing with a corpse.

A funeral procession will be held in Tehran on Monday for the firefighters who lost their lives in a massive fire and subsequent collapse of a 17-story building on January 19, governor of Tehran announced.

An early-morning fire Saturday destroyed a mosque in Texas that was a target of hatred several years ago and experienced a burglary just a week ago.

Firemen from 15 stations put out a fire caused by lightning strike at the oil refinery of Tehran on Sunday morning.

Over 10,600 flood victims have received relief aid by the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan as rescue operation continues, a provincial official said Saturday.

Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Wednesday that all perpetrators of the tragic fire and collapse of Plasco Building in Tehran will be identified and certainly be brought to justice.

The heart of Behnam Mirzakhani, a 25-year-old Iranian fireman who was brain-dead in the Plasco building collapse, have been donated to a patient.

A funeral ceremony that was due to be held on Thursday for the firefighters who lost their lives in the tragic collapse of a high-rise building in Tehran has been delayed for a couple of days, an Iranian official announced.