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Iranian doctor warns of risk from Covid’s new wave

A member of the academic board of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences says the new wave of the Coronavirus’s Omicron variant will be deadlier than the previous ones.

Iranian students gather outside French embassy over Charlie Hebdo’s insulting cartoons

A group of Iranian students hold a gathering outside the French embassy in Tehran, protesting French Magazine Charlie Hebdo's insulting move in publishing sacrilegious cartoons.

Iran Covid: 3 deaths; 106 new infections

The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,720 with three more killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry reported on Wednesday.

Iraqi PM says Baghdad-Tehran ties historical

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani has described the relations between Iran and Iraq as historical and based on cultural, religious and social commonalities.

Azerbaijan urges Armenia to sign peace treaty

The President of Azerbaijan Republic ,Ilkham Aliye, has called on his arch foe Armenia to sign a peace treaty with Baku.

Relief aid provided to over 10k caught in snow across Iran: Official

Iranian officials say relief workers rush to the aid of more than 10,000 people caught in blizzard and heavy snow blocking roads in different parts of the country over the past days.

US extends protection for Pompeo and Hook, fearing “Iran threats”

The administration of US President Joe Biden has extended government protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Trump administration’s special envoy for Iran Brian Hook due to what it calls persistent threats from Tehran.

Jailed Iranian in Sweden: New trial process ‘unfair,’ problems remain unresolved

Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official who has been illegally detained in Sweden, blasts a new trial procedure opened against him in the European country, saying he will not join the “unfair” process as long as his problems remain unresolved.

Report: Dozens of civilians killed by UK and US weapons in Yemen in a year

At least 87 civilians were killed in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen using US and UK supplied weapons between January 2021 and February 2022, according to a new Oxfam analysis.

IRIB chief suspects his brother gave bombshell interview to Time under duress

Peyman Jebelli, the chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), reacts to comments made by his brother in an interview with the Time magazine, suggesting that he may have made the remarks under duress.

Iran Foreign Ministry summons Iraqi envoy over use of fake name for Persian Gulf

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Baghdad’s Ambassador to Tehran to lodge a strong protest over the use of a fake name for the Persian Gulf in the title of an Arab soccer event hosted by the Iraqi city of Basra.

‘Russian trolls’ did not help Trump in 2016 Election

Twitter Accounts labeled as “Russian trolls” had any meaningful effect pushing voters to Donald Trump in 2016 presidential according to a study published in Nature Communications. A team of researchers could not find any evidence that interactions with content attributed to the “Internet Research Agency” (IRA) in any way influenced attitudes, voting patterns, or political divisions.

US intelligence materials related to Iran found in Biden’s private office

Among the items from Joe Biden’s time as US vice president discovered in a private office last fall are 10 classified documents including US intelligence memos and briefing materials that covered topics including Iran, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 322

Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 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:

MP: Tehran pursuing re-opening of Iran, Saudi embassies ahead of Hajj season

An Iranian lawmaker says the diplomatic apparatus in Tehran is pursuing the re-opening of Iranian and Saudi embassies in the respective countries ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage season in late June.

Iran reports 7 new Covid deaths, highest in weeks

Iran's Health Ministry figrues on Tuesday confirmed 7 new deaths caused by the COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day figure in weeks.

Iran court sentences Belgian citizen to 40 years in jail for spying, money laundering

Tehran’s Islamic Revolution Court sentences a Belgian national to 40 years in jail and 74 lashes after he was convicted of four offenses, including espionage and collusion with the United States.

Ex-Iranian envoy blames Foreign Ministry for deteriorating ties with Europe

A former Iranian ambassador to Germany criticizes the incumbent Foreign Ministry officials for what he describes as their “weak performance” that is undermining long-running relations with the European Union.

Egypt president warns of ‘very difficult’ times as inflation rises

Egypt continues to battle surging inflation amid a dramatic slide of its currency and price hikes, the country’s statistics bureau has reported. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi described the situation as “very difficult”, urging people to trust his administration.

Russian warship with hypersonic missiles holds exercises off Norwegian Sea

A Russian warship armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles held exercises in the Norwegian Sea, Russia's Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday.

Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former Iran president given five years in prison

The attorney of Faezeh Hashemi, a daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, says she has been convicted to five years in prison after she was arrested amid protests and rioting that hit Iran over the past months.

US says decision to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal “great strategic blunder”

An American official says a decision by the former US president Donald Trump to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has been one of the greatest strategic blunders in US foreign policy in recent years.

Iran says has busted 2 more Mossad spy teams plotting to conduct acts of terror, 13 nabbed

Iran says its intelligence forces have dismantled a terrorist ring tied to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, which has been plotting to carry out acts of sabotage in the country’s major cities.

Iran parliament speaker: ‘Misunderstandings’ with Baku cleared

Iran’s parliament speaker says there have been some “misunderstandings” with the Azerbaijan Republic recently that “have been cleared”, adding that he will pay a visit to Baku in the near future.

UNSC extends critical aid to Syria

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months.