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Crisis

Iran Condemns Terrorist Attack in Iraq’s Karbala

IFP Media Wire -
The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has denounced the June 7 deadly car bombing in Iraq's holy city of Karbala as a terrorist act.
Middle East

UN under Fire for Removing Saudi-Led Coalition from Blacklist

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations was forced to defend its decision to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of children’s rights violators after rights groups expressed their dismay.
Religion

Iranian Clerics Meet Nasrallah, Affirm Support for Hezbollah

IFP Media Wire -
A delegation of Iranian clerics representing scholars of the Qom Seminary held a meeting with Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, voicing support for Hezbollah in its confrontation with the Israeli regime and Takfiri terrorists.
Middle East

Saudis Have Nuclear Weapons in Mind as an Option: Richard Nephew

IFP Editorial Staff -
Richard Nephew, who was a top nuclear negotiator during the talks with Iran up until late 2014, says he does not think that Saudi Arabia is currently seeking nuclear weapons, but it definitely has it in mind as an option.
Middle East

Iran Maintains Stance on Political Solution to Syrian Crisis

IFP Media Wire -
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian renewed his country’s stance on finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis, and expressed the hope that international meetings could produce concrete results for solving the problem.
Hard News

Rezaei: IRGC Attempting to Free Iranian Diplomats Kidnapped in Lebanon

IFP Media Wire -
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is involved in security and intelligence activities to free four Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982, the Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said.
Foreign Policy

Iran to Spare No Effort in Helping Regional States Settle Conflicts

IFP Media Wire -
In a May 5 meeting with Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian, President Rouhani stressed Iran’s determination in helping with the peaceful settlement of regional conflicts.
Foreign Policy

Iran to Spare No Effort in Helping Regional States Settle Conflicts

IFP Media Wire -
In a May 5 meeting with Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian, President Rouhani stressed Iran’s determination in helping with the peaceful settlement of regional conflicts.
Energy

Turkish Firm Signs $4.2bn Power Plant Deal with Iranian Energy Ministry

Golrokh Askarieh -
A major Turkish energy company has finalized a $4.2bn deal with Iran's Energy Ministry to set up seven natural gas power plants in the Islamic Republic.
Crisis

Schoolboys in Yemen’s Hudaydah Taking Final Exams without Clothes

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah have led to a power failure in the hot city, leading to temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius.
Middle East

Hackers Launch Cyber Attacks on Iranian Diplomatic Sites

Emad Askarieh -
A group of hackers, apparently employed by Saudi Arabia, hacked into a number of websites affiliated with Iran’s Foreign Ministry, publishing image of Saudi kings on the websites.
Middle East

Ex-Miss Turkey Condemned to Jail for Insulting Erdogan

Fatemeh Askarieh -
A former Miss Turkey has been sentenced to suspended jail for sending an insulting post about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on her Instagram.
IFP Exclusive

Official Urges Iranians Not to Go to Hajj from Third Country

IFP Editorial Staff -
Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi called on the country’s nationals to avoid making pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia from a third country during the upcoming Hajj season, due to the anti-Iran psychological atmosphere created by Riyadh.
Crisis

Battle for Fallujah: What’s Happening to the Civilians?

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Battles between the Iraqi army and the ISIS militants have intensified near the Iraqi ISIS-held city of Fallujah, as aid groups warn of a human catastrophe unfolding with 50,000 people trapped by the fighting.
Middle East

Saudi Thinker Praises Late Imam Khomeini in Promoting Islamic Revolution

Golrokh Askarieh -
Ma’an Al-Jerba, a Saudi thinker, praised the role played by the late Imam Khomeini in promoting the idea of Islamic Revolution across Muslim countries.
IFP Exclusive

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 1

IFP Editorial Staff -
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 26 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Judiciary

FM Spokesman: Bahraini Cleric’s Jail Term Extension ‘Complicates’ Problems

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari expressed deep sorrow over the extension of the jail term of Bahraini opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, saying that Al Khalifa cannot resolve the Persian Gulf country’s protracted problems by such moves.
Law

Recently Freed Greek Prisoner: 4 Iranian Diplomats Alive in Israeli Jail

Golrokh Askarieh -
A Greek prisoner who was recently freed from an Israeli jail disclosed that the four Iranian diplomats who had been abducted by Phalange forces in Northern Lebanon in 1982 are still alive and in Israel's custody, media reports said.
IFP Exclusive

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 31

IFP Editorial Staff -
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 24 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Crisis

Iraqi Forces Enter ISIS-Held City of Fallujah

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Iraqi troops entered the ISIS-held city of Fallujah on Monday May 30, according to multiple media reports, in an effort to drive out the militants, who launched a string of bombings in and around Baghdad that left at least 24 people dead.
Energy

Iran Exports 10bn kWh of Power to Regional Countries

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Deputy Energy Minister announced that Iran has exported 10bn kWh of electricity to regional countries over the past Iranian calendar year, which ended March 19.
Crisis

Velayati: Iraqi People and Government to Defeat Terrorists

Golrokh Askarieh -
Senior Expediency Council Official Ali Akbar Velayati stressed that the Iraqi nation and government will overcome terrorists.
Int'l Relations

Former IRGC General Says Saudi FM Needs ‘Political Education’

Golrokh Askarieh -
Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei reacted to anti-Iranian remarks by Saudi Arabian FM Adel Al-Jubeir, saying the Saudi official needs proper ‘political education’.
Asia

‘Peace and Friendship’ at Tehran Intangible Cultural Heritage Meeting

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The promotion of peace and friendship is the main theme of the 3rd Ordinary Governing Council Meeting of Tehran’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Centre, Iran’s representative to the governing council Mohammad-Hassan Talebian said on Saturday May 28.
Middle East

Iran Hajj Organization: Saudis Depriving Iranian Pilgrims

Emad Askarieh -
Iranians have no chance of making a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj any more, Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization announced on Sunday May 29, placing the blame squarely on Saudi officials for “continued obstructionism” and politicizing the religious ritual.
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