The pilgrimage of Hajj has begun as crowds of Muslims donning white robes circle the Kaaba, the cubed structure at the epicentre of Islam’s holiest site, their prayers ringing through the air. The number of pilgrims this year is expected to break records at more than 2.5 million.
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Iran’s former president Hassan Rouhani has called for what he described as “the nationalization of the Iranian national TV and Radio, known as the IRIB once”. That’s according to Rouhani’s website.
US intelligence agencies strongly suspected that Evgeny Prigozhin was planning a major move against the Russian government, days before the leader of the mercenary Wagner Group ordered his troops to march on Moscow, The New York Times reported, citing sources. Washington kept silent because it “had little interest” in helping Russia out, the report revealed.
The Iranian foreign minister has once again voiced Tehran's opposition to the Ukraine war, saying arming any party to the war will increase the tensions and undermine regional stability.
The Iranian Judiciary’s deputy chief for international affairs says Tehran has taken vast judicial measures to bring to justice the members of the anti-Iran group MEK.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stressed that the 1979 Islamic Revolution saved the country from sinking into a moral, religious and political decline. He made the remarks in a meeting with a large crowd of family members of Iranian martyrs in Tehran on Sunday.
The number of people who were sent to the hospitals due to the dust storms in Sistan and Baluchistan Province has topped 300, that’s according to the head of the Crisis Management HQ in the southeastern Iranian province.
Israeli security chiefs have designated settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank as "nationalist terrorism" that merit stepped-up counter measures. The remarks drew anger from far-right cabinet ministers.
A Palestinian teenager was left bleeding to death after an Israeli shooting attack at Qalandia military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported.
The spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says the Canadian government does not cooperate with Iran in the extradition of the former CEO of National Bank of Iran (Bank Melli Iran), who is accused of multi-billion dollar corruption.
Israeli demonstrators kept up their months-old protests against the government's judicial overhaul Saturday for the 25th week in a row, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with the controversial reforms.
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
The Iranian foreign minister, in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, has voiced confidence that Russia would pass through the current situation in parts of the country.
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji says the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi has succeeded in identifying good markets and capacities for selling crude. Owji noted that when Raisi took office, the oil exports were very low but this administration boosted them.
The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in reaction to the ongoing developments in Russia, says the Islamic Republic of Iran supports the “rule of law” in the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that “Russia’s weakness is obvious” and that the longer Moscow keeps its troops and mercenaries in Ukraine, the more chaos it would invite back home.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of private military company (PMC) Wagner, has refused to surrender following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address describing his actions as a betrayal.
An Iranian official says more than 170 people have been hospitalized following dust storm ripping through the Sistan region, in southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan over the past three days.
The attempted insurrection by the chief of the Wagner private military company, Evgeny Prigozhin, amounts to a betrayal of Russia and its people, President Vladimir Putin of Russia said in an address to the nation on Saturday. He has vowed that the country’s law enforcement agencies will take decisive actions to restore order.
The Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, CAO, says Iran and Saudi Arabia are engaged in talks aimed at developing flight network between the two neighbors.
