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Israelis protest against Netanyahu’s government, urging captive deal with Hamas

Thousands of Israeli anti-government protesters have gathered in Tel Aviv, among other parts of the occupied territories, to call on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an agreement to free dozens of captives held by the Hamas group in Gaza and to hold early elections.

Spring blossoms in orchards of Golestan province, northern Iran

With the beginning of spring, fruit trees have blossomed and created unique landscapes in the gardens and fields of Iran's Golestan province.

Official: Afghan authorities bully Iranian truck drivers  

The deputy head of Iran’s Association of Truckers Trade Unions says Afghanistan has limited the traffic of the Iranian trucks by bullying and imposing very strict rules for the movement of Iranian trucks in the country.

Iranian consulate in Damascus resumes operation after Israeli airstrike 

The consulate section of the Iranian embassy in Syria has resumed working after being leveled in an airstrike by the Zionist regime on Monday.

Funeral procession held for Iranian General killed in Israel Syria attack

People hold a funeral for General Mohammad Hadi Haj Rahimi on Saturday at Shahid Mahalati Township of Tehran.

Dozens of French lawmakers ask President Macron to halt arms sale to Israel

A total of 115 French opposition lawmakers asked President Emanuel Macron to halt weapons sales to Israel to avoid being "complicit in genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

Lawyers sue German government to stop arms exports to Israel amid Gaza war

A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit against the German government on Friday, demanding an immediate halt to the supply of weapons and ammunition to Israel amid the war in the Gaza Strip that has so far left more than 33,000 Palestinians.

Iranian actor Davoudnejad laid to rest

Iranian actor Reza Davoudnejad who died of liver failure was buried Saturday in the capital Tehran.

Iran’s IRGC vows will hand Israel ‘regretful punishment’

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) released a statement on Saturday, stressing that the Israeli regime will get a ‘regretful punishment’ over its recent deadly strike on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria.

Iran Leader pardons, commutes sentences of over 2,000 inmates

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 2,000 Iranian prisoners to mark the main Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, signaling the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

US lawmakers urge Biden to reconsider Israel arms transfer

More than three dozen members of the US Congress have written to President Joe Biden of their “shared concern and outrage” over the Israeli strike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza and urged him to reconsider the recent authorisation of a weapons transfer to Israel.

Source: Death toll in terrorist attacks in Iran’s southeast rises to 15

The number of the dead in the terrorist attacks that targeted the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Thursday has risen to 15, according to an informed source.

Iran asks UN Security Council to condemn recent terrorist attacks in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has urged the UN Security Council to strongly condemn a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in the country’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province, and to adopt proper measures in line with its commitments concerning the fight against terrorism.

Large crowd in Isfahan pay homage to top Iranian commander killed in Syria

A funeral procession was held in the central Iranian city of Isfahan for a top military advisor who was killed in an Israeli missile attack in the Syrian capital Damascus.

US bracing for “inevitable” Iran’s attack

The US is expecting that Iran will attack American or Israeli personnel in West Asia in retaliation for an Israeli fatal air raid in Syria, several news organizations reported on Friday and Saturday, citing US officials. Tehran has previously vowed to avenge the seven officers, including two top commanders with the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, who were killed in the bombing of the country’s consulate compound in Damascus on Monday.

UN chief warns Israel has brought ‘relentless death and destruction’ to Gaza Strip

Israel’s military campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip has brought “relentless death and destruction” to Palestinians in the tiny enclave, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated.

Poll shows public support for Netanyahu’s government in decline amid Gaza war

As Israel continues its military onslaught on the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party popularity continues to decline, with a recent opinion survey favoring the National Unity Party led by Benny Gantz to take over the Knesset, the parliament.

Iran arrests senior Daesh militant in Alborz

Iranian intelligence and security forces have arrested three Daesh militants, including a top member of the terrorist group, in Alborz Province, west of the capital Tehran, the police spokesman said on Saturday.

Hezbollah chief: Iran to respond to Israeli deadly attack on Syria consulate

Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed Tehran will certainly respond to Israeli air raid on its consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus which killed seven military advisors.

Pakistan says looking forward to President Raisi’s visit to Islamabad

Pakistan announced it is "looking forward" to hosting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, noting that the two countries have revived all channels of mutual communication.

Houthis say dozens killed in US-UK airstrikes on Yemen since January

The leader of Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed that American and British air raids on his country since January have killed 37 people and injured 30 others.

Iran says has communicated with US following Syria strike

The political deputy of the Iranian president’s office says the Islamic Republic warned the US in a letter against falling in the Israeli Prime Minister's trap following the recent deadly raid on Iran's consulate in Damascus, Syria.

Israel restricts Palestinians’ access to Al-Aqsa Mosque on Quds Day

Israeli authorities have barred Palestinians in the West Bank from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which marks the International Quds Day.

UN rights council demands halt to weapons sales to Israel

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday demanded a halt in all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of "genocide" in Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, which has so far killed more than 33,000 people.

Several Israeli embassies evacuated over fears of Iran retaliation: Report

Tel Aviv has withdrawn its ambassadors and evacuated embassies in multiple countries amid concerns over attacks that may take place as part of an Iranian retaliation for an Israeli strike against Tehran’s diplomatic mission in Syria's Damascus.