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Iran’s Esteghlal, Sepahan ranked among top ten football teams in Asia 

A global football statistics website has picked Iranian soccer teams Esteghlal and Sepahan FC among the top ten in its latest ranking in Asia. 

Sour tea harvest season in southern Iran

The harvest of sour tea started early November in the southern Iranian city of Karun and will continue until the end of December.

Rockets reportedly fired towards US embassy in Iraq

Rockets have been fired at the US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, according to unconfirmed reports. The US troops and installations in Iraq and Syria have come under regular attacks since the Israeli onslaught against Gaza, fully supported by Washington.

Kremlin says Putin and Raisi talked for over five hours

A meeting in the Kremlin between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, lasted  more than five hours and was over just before midnight Moscow time, the Russian president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters.

US says can’t give Ukraine guarantees over funding

Ukraine can’t expect additional funding from the US until it is approved in the Congress, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has stated.

IMF warns Gaza war to ‘severely depress’ Palestinian economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stern warning about the economic impact of Israel’s Gaza war on the regional economic outlook, and stressed that the onslaught on the besieged enclave is expected to "severely depress" the Palestinian economy.

Iranian president back home from Moscow trip

Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi returned home earlier on Friday after a one-day trip to the Russian capital, Moscow and following inteinsive talks with President Putin of Russia about Palestine and other issues of mutual concern.

Iran’s Raisi, in meeting with Russian president, urges ‘immediate’ stop to Israeli genocide

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized an urgent cessation to the Israeli "genocide and grave violations against humanity" in Gaza during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.

Iran welcomes UN chief’s invoking of Article 99 of UNSC Charter

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, utilizing his powers under Article 99 of the United Nations Charter to urge the UN Security Council to halt the Israeli regime's attacks in Gaza.

Syria appoints new envoy to Saudi Arabia after a decade

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appointed Ayman Soussan, who has been serving as deputy foreign minister, as the country’s new ambassador to Riyadh, following the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries after more than a decade.

Over 90 people killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon since early October: Beirut

At least 94 people have died and 406 been injured in Lebanon as a result of the Israeli aggression against southern Lebanon between October 8 and December 5, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

Israel should await “terrible days”: Iran FM

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stressed the upcoming days are going to be horrific for the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.

White House interns pen letter to Biden, calling for Gaza ceasefire

In another sign of growing dissent brewing in Washington over the US administration's steady support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza, more than 40 interns at the White House have signed a letter demanding President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Iranian president leaves for Moscow to talk Palestine, bilateral ties

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi left Tehran for the Russian capital Moscow earlier on Thursday at the head of a high-ranking political and economic delegation.

Gaza’s health system “on its knees” and nearing total collapse: WHO

Gaza's health system is "on its knees" and nearing total collapse, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned.

IRGC chief says Israeli military can’t withstand prolonged war in Gaza

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami has stated Israel cannot withstand a prolonged onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Gaza death toll tops 17,000

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,200 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 16,200 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

NATO-supplied fighter jets for Ukraine to be legitimate targets: Russia

Warplanes supplied by NATO member states to Ukraine will be a legitimate targets for Moscow, increasing the risks of a direct military clash with the alliance, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated.

UN chief invokes Article 99 on Gaza in a rare move

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in the Gaza Strip.

US Senate blocks Ukraine, Israel funding bill

US Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a bill to provide aid to Ukraine and Israel over a lack of border provisions in the measure.

Iranian official slams IAEA chief for making “political comments” 

The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran criticized what he calls the sentimental statement of the IAEA chief on Iran’s decision to bar some Western inspectors of the agency from entering the country.

British special forces secretly operated in Ukraine: Report

UK special forces were embedded with Ukrainian troops in the early days of the conflict, Declassified UK reported on Wednesday, citing the newly published book by Polish journalist Zbigniew Parafianowicz.

Iranian court orders US to pay $49.7bn in reparations over General Soleimani’s assassination 

A court in Tehran has ordered the US government to pay nearly $50 billion in damages for assassinating Iran’s top anti-terror icon general Qassem Soleimani nearly four years ago.

Gaza one of world’s ‘most dangerous places’: UN

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that the situation in the Gaza Strip is “getting worse each minute”, describing the strip as one of the most dangerous places in the world.

Treatment of cancer patients using novel nuclear techniques 

For the first time in Iran, patients with advanced cancer resistant to treatment have been treated in Bushehr Nuclear Medicine Center using AlphaZa radiopharmaceutical, which is a new targeted radionuclide treatment technique.