An Iranian political analyst plays down the speculation that Russia may be set to declare a “victory” in war with Ukraine on May 9, when it celebrates its Victory Day, given the fact that Moscow has failed to take control of Kiev in the course of its campaign.
The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces in public, saying Burqa is the best hijab, according to a decree from the group's supreme leader.
A former Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan says recognition of the acting Taliban government is not on Tehran’s agenda for the time being, stressing that the new rulers in Kabul must first accept international regulations and ensure Iran’s share of water from the Helmand River.
Iran’s health minister has praised the speedy inoculation campaign that greatly helped contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country, saying around 85 percent of the people have now received a second dose of vaccine against the coronavirus.
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is set to pay a visit to Iran for talks with senior officials on a variety of bilateral and regional topics, including follow-up on recently-inked agreements between the two countries.
At least 527,000 foreign children, mostly Afghans, study in Iranian schools. According to a senior Education Ministry official, others include school children from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iraq, and a few other countries.
Iran’s first vice president says the administration is determined to enable a fair distribution of subsidies among the people, urging the public “not to worry” over purchases of essential items, amid a rise in prices of certain flour-based goods in the country.
All Iranian cities have exited the emergency “red” state on the country’s color-coded Covid-19 map as the highly transmissible coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease, keeps receding across the country.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the normalization of relations with the Israeli apartheid regime is one of the factors that encourage and intensify violence by Zionists in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Iran’s foreign minister says reaching a lasting, robust and fair agreement in the Vienna talks, calls for adopting a realistic and brave decision by the US government to redress its past mistakes.
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:
Iranians have, in recent days, witnessed a steep hike in prices of essential items, mainly wheat-based food, in the aftermath of a government decision to eliminate the subsidy for industrial use of flour.
Tehran’s municipality has announced that the mayor of the third district of the city’s 19th area and some of his staff got attacked by a group of people who were banned from continuing illegal construction there.
The National Festival of Citrus Aurantium was held in Shiraz, the capital city of the southern province of Fars, with an emphasis on the importance of the fruit in the city and its prominent role in the tourism attraction.
Covid has killed 12 people in Iran in the past 24 hours. That’s according to a tally released by the Iranian Health Ministry on Friday. The ministry also said that Friday’s daily caseload was 375.
A Iranian political expert says Saudi Arabia first needs to prove its “good will” and true intention to establish lasting relations with the Islam Republic before the two neighbors can reach a détente and resume ties.
The Secretariat of the International Conference on Supporting Palestinian Intifada has sharply condemned Israel’s sacrilegious acts of aggression against al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied al-Quds, urging the world community to take a stand against the regime’s crimes.
An official with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) says the gas production capacity at Phase 11 of South Pars, a major natural-gas condensate field in the Persian Gulf, will reach 14 million cubic meters (mcm) per day by the end of this Persian calendar year.
The World Health Organization estimated that nearly 15 million people had died from causes related to the coronavirus pandemic by the end of 2021, putting the toll from Covid-19 at nearly three times the number that had been officially recorded by countries.
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: