Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi, the Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy announced the formation of the Artificial Intelligence Strategic Council following the President's directive.
The government’s Media Office in the Gaza Strip has reported that “80% of the rescue vehicles and equipment” have been destroyed in Israeli attacks and “there is no fuel to move the rest of those vehicles and equipment".
Two male and female 7-month-old white lions coming to Iran from South Africa have been transferred to the Eram Zoo west of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently in jail facing what he states are more than 150 cases filed to prevent him from contesting elections next year, has been replaced as head of the party he founded, officials have announced.
Probes by the General Inspection Organization of Iran indicate that “a certain company” that had received billions of dollars to import tea and machinery, sold the forex on free market at a higher exchange rate, marking “the largest fraud” in the country.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stressed the United States' supportive policies are the main factor encouraging Israel to continue massacre of civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has criticized the silence of the world's leaders in the face of the Israeli crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, calling for efforts to end bombardment of the besieged territory.
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 15,200 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.
Western states are pressuring Liberia, the Marshall Islands, and Panama to boost checks of ships sailing under their flags to ensure they are not used to help Russia bypass sanctions, Reuters has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The White House urgently needs supplemental funding to continue supporting Ukraine, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has admitted. The official stated that the administration of President Joe Biden effectively only has until the end of the year until it gets “really hard” to continue propping up Kiev.
The chairman of General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces is visiting the Iraqi capital Baghdad for talks with the country’s officials. Upon his arrival in Baghdad on Saturday, General Mohamad Bagheri was welcomed by Iraqi General Hamid Mohammad Gamar, deputy Iraqi army general staff.
"Azar" and "Tooran" are among the five cheetahs kept at a breeding site in Tooran National Park in Shahrood, in the north central Iranian province of Semnan.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati blamed Tel Aviv for the country's climate crisis on Saturday, saying the Israeli army's use of bombings, particularly phosphorus weapons, has caused irreparable damage to more than 5,000 square meters of agricultural land and forests.
Israel’s relentless onslaught against the Gaza Strip in the last 48 days has seriously challenged the legal status and moral credibility of international humanitarian law, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian stressed on Saturday.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has scorned the U.S. State Department's annual report on terrorism, stressing such a one-sided story lacks international credibility.
Israel has banned trucks with humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip from Egypt, the WAFA news agency has reported, citing the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Catherine Russell, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund, has warned that the Gaza Strip is once again “the most dangerous place in the world to be a child” following the resumption of the Israeli onslaught on the enclave.
Moscow is aware that Washington will try to maintain its illegal embargos, but the US is not the entire world, Russia's presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.
Israeli spies are preparing to assassinate Hamas leaders living in Lebanon, Turkey, and Qatar once the war with the Palestinian group is over in Gaza, officials have told the Wall Street Journal. The operation was reportedly planned more than a month ago, but postponed so that hostage negotiations could take place.
Tehran has dismissed a “misleading, politically motivated” statement issued by Britain, France, and Germany regarding the unveiling of the Fattah-2 missile.