Iran’s foreign trade reached $76.54 billion in the first eight months of the current Iranian year, according to new data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). Total trade volume during the period amounted to 131.05 million tons of goods.
Iran has strongly condemned the US decision to close Venezuela’s airspace, calling it a blatant violation of international law and a threat to civil aviation safety.
A Russian attack on Ukraine has killed six people and wounded dozens more, officials confirmed. Emergency crews have restored power to over 400,000 households in Kyiv after strikes on the power grid, as the United States moves to broker peace talks.
Tens of thousands of people have marched in cities across Europe, denouncing Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and demanding tougher global action against its continued and deadly violations of a United States-brokered ceasefire.
The health ministry in the Gaza Strip on Saturday announced more than 70,000 people have been killed since the Israeli war erupted more than two years ago.
Kiev was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers in the Black Sea that it believed were covertly transporting sanctioned Russian oil, a Ukrainian security source told AFP on Saturday.
Iran's Navy has taken delivery of a domestically-designed and manufactured forward base ship, along with an optimally overhauled destroyer, which capsized during repairs last year.
The Saint Mary Metro Station was inaugurated on Saturday, in the Karim Khan district of Tehran, with the presence of city officials, and its doors were opened to the public.
Entire Palestinian communities have been forced into lockdown in parts of the occupied West Bank, a human rights group warned, as the Israeli military continues to carry out wide-scale, deadly attacks in the territory.
Air quality in the Iranian capital, Tehran, remained in the “unhealthy” range for the seventh consecutive day on Saturday, according to the Tehran Air Quality Control Company.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army stressed that the Islamic Republic’s defense strategy is built on active defense and smart deterrence, meaning that Iran will not wait for an enemy attack and is fully prepared to deliver a decisive and crushing response wherever national interests require.
The U.S. State Department has suspended visa processing for Afghan nationals after two West Virginia National Guard members were shot near the White House.
The chairman of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Ebrahim Azizi, said the Iranian parliament has drafted proposals related to a possible withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), noting that these plans will proceed through legislative channels if national circumstances require it.
Syria has condemned the Israeli army raid on the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside as a “criminal assault,” saying the incursion and subsequent airstrikes amounted to a war crime.
NATO’s European members are reportedly considering joint offensive cyber operations against Russia, Politico has reported, citing two senior EU government officials and three diplomats.
Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem has condemned Israel’s killing of top commander Haitham Ali al-Tabtabai, calling it a “deliberate crime”, and emphasized that the armed group reserves the right to retaliate at a time of its choosing.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky will not agree to give up any territory to Russia as long as he remains in charge of the country, his top aide and chief negotiator, Andrey Yermak, has stated.
Greek sports outlet Gavros has praised Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi for his impressive early impact at Olympiacos, describing him as “a luxury option” in the team’s attacking lineup.
Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi received the Special Award of the inaugural Eurasia International Film Festival for his “significant contribution to world cinema.”
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that any form of military cooperation with Iran would take place strictly within the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between the two countries earlier this year.
The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baqaei, strongly condemned the Zionist regime’s ongoing crimes in the West Bank, including the killing and torture of the residents.
At least 13 people were killed, including women and children, and several were wounded early Friday in an Israeli attack on the town of Beit Jinn and the road leading to Mazraat Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside.
