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Jordanian activists call for more fuel protests

Jordanians staged sit-ins and activists called for more demonstrations against fuel price increases that have caused the cost of living to rise. The Friday protest follows a day of unrest in the southern city of Maan that left one police officer dead.

Israel serious threat to regional security: Iran FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned about the serious threats posed by the Israeli regime to the Middle East region.

Two leopards spotted in protected area in Iran’s Zanjan Province

Environment guards have spotted two leopards in a protected area in the Iranian province of Zanjan.

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 297

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:

Jordanian police officer killed in clashes over fuel prices

A senior police officer has been killed in clashes with demonstrators in the southern Jordanian city of Maan during protests over high fuel prices that have spread to several cities across the kingdom, police and witnesses have said.

20-year-old Iranian confirmed as shortest man on earth

A young Iranian boy is the new world’s shortest man living, measuring 65.24 cm. Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, 20, is almost 7 cm shorter than the previous record holder, 36-year-old, Edward Fernandez from Colombia.

President Raisi: Enemies failed to deceive Iranian people with empty slogans

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran's enemies though they could deceive the Iranian people with freedom slogans.

British envoy to Iran, embassy staffers clear mission’s walls of anti-UK slogans

British Ambassador to Iran Simon Shercliff joins staff members of the UK embassy and those of other foreign embassies in Tehran to erase the anti-UK slogans apparently written by protesters on the walls of the country’s diplomatic mission over its reported involvement in a series of protests and riots in Iran.

Car bomb in Turkey’s restive southeast wounds several police officers: Officials

Several Turkish police officers have been injured after a car bomb exploded as their minibus was passing on a highway in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, Turkish officials have confirmed.

Iranian daily slams rising prices: Govt. officials incapable of running affairs

An outspoken Iranian daily criticizes a dramatic rise in prices and a drop in the value of the national currency, saying the economic shock shows the administration’s managers are unable to run the country’s affairs.

Iran’s capital remains in grip of unhealthy air quality

Air pollution has remained at an unhealthy level in the Iranian capital, Tehran, for several days, with officials urging sensitive groups of people to reduce spending time outdoors.

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 296

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:

Iran says resolved to continue cooperation with IAEA, ready to conclude nuclear deal

Iran has reaffirmed its resolve to continue cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, voicing readiness to conclude the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA.

21 people convicted in connection of Iran’s Metropol Building collapse

A judicial official in Iran’s Khuzestan Province says verdicts have been issued for 21 defendants in the collapse the Metropol Building in the southern city of Abadan six months ago.

Iran says US national security advisor statement meddlesome, support for riots

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the recent remarks by the US national security advisor about Iran further proves Washington’s interference in Iran’s internal affairs and its support for riots in the country.

One Coronavirus death reported in Iran

Iran’s Health Ministry on Thursday announced that one patient had died of the Coronavirus pandemic over the past 24 hours. It comes after the country had reported zero deaths from the deadly disease for four straight days.

Air pollution reaches alarming level in Tehran

Officials say Tehran has had only two clean days over the past nine months

Turkey’s Erdogan proposes trilateral meeting with Russia and Syria leaders

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed that he proposed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that they meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Irish soldier on UN mission killed in Lebanon

An Irish soldier has been killed on a United Nations peackeeping duty in Lebanon after a convoy of two armoured utility vehicles carrying eight personnel travelling to Beirut came under fire, Ireland’s defence forces have confirmed.

Iran: US-led resolution to cancel UN body membership political move

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanaani strongly condemned the approval of a resolution drafted by the United States to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). He described the move as political without legal basis.

Raisi: Hostile sanctions can never stop Iran’s progress

President Ebrahim Raisi says enemies were wrong in their calculations that sanctions can paralyze production and export in Iran, stressing that such restrictions will never be able to stop the Islamic Republic’s progress.

Saudi-led coalition seizes two Yemen-bound fuel tankers

The Saudi-led coalition has seized two more Yemen-bound fuel ships, preventing them from docking at the strategic western port of Hudaydah.

China calls on US to respond positively to Iran’s goodwill in nuclear talks

A spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry says Iran has shown goodwill and flexibility on some outstanding issues related to the nuclear negotiations, adding Washington needs to respond positively to Tehran’s "goodwill and flexibility".

Iran’s IRGC seizes tanker smuggling 330k liters of fuel in Persian Gulf

Naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have seized a tanker carrying over 300,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf water, a judicial official says.

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 295

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: