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President Raisi congrats Iranian wrestlers on crowning in 2022 Asian championship

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has congratulated the championship of Iran's national freestyle wrestling team in the Asian Wrestling Championships in Mongolia.

Khatibzadeh: Latest round of Iran-Saudi talks ‘positive, progressive’

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the fifth round of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia were held on Thursday last week.

Nasrallah urges calm in Lebanon after boat capsizes off Tripoli

Leader of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has said no one will be allowed to sow sedition in Lebanon.

Israel artillery targets south Lebanon

The Israeli Army has reportedly targeted an area in southern Lebanon with heavy artillery fire in what is calls retaliation for rocket firing from Lebanon.

Biden to visit Israel in coming months, Iran in focus

US President Joe Biden agreed to visit Israel in the coming months during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday. Iran is taking the center stage during the forthcoming talks.

Official: Covid Delta variant could re-enter Iran from other countries

The scientific secretary of Iran’s Taskforce Against the Coronavirus says Iran is not facing new outbreak of the deadly delta variant of the virus, but there are concerns that the variant could re-enter the country through such countries as Turkey.

Iran tourism: Qasr-e Qand, Green jewel of Balouchestan

In his book “Balouchestan and its Ancient Civilization”, Iranian writer and poet Iraj Afshar quotes Etemad al-Saltaneh as saying, “Qasr-e Qand is in fact the capital of all Makran (the coastal region of Baluchistan); it is home to a strong fortress, is on a high hill, and is the residence of the ruler".

Live Updates: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 61

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 foils large-scale cyber attack against infrastructures

An Iranian cyber security institution says its experts have thwarted a large-scale cyber attack originating from IPs in Western states against the country’s infrastructure, conducted through the security loopholes of an application commonly used at different institutions.

Ansarullah: Saudis, allies not serious about peace in Yemen

A spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has said the Saudi-led coalition’s refusal to allow the reopening of the Sana’a Airport shows that Riyadh and its allies are not serious about establishment of peace in Yemen.

IRGC Navy cmdr.: Our forces at best level of readiness

The commander of the Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says his forces are at the best level of readiness in terms of intelligence dominance over the enemies and also military hardware.

Iran becomes Asia’s freestyle wrestling champion with 6 golds

Iran’s freestyle wrestlers have won the Asian championship in Mongolia with six gold medals.

Iraq says will host sixth round of Iran-Saudi talks

Iraq’s foreign minister say Baghdad is set to host a new round of negotiations between neighboring Iran and Saudi Arabia aimed at mending their troubled relations, after Tehran and Riyadh wrapped up a fifth session of talks in the Iraqi capital.

IRGC seizes foreign tanker carrying smuggled fuel in Persian Gulf

The naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have seized a foreign-flagged tanker carrying 200,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.

Iran Covid: 13 deaths, the lowest in over two years

The number of Covid deaths and infections in a single day has hit its lowest level in over two years in Iran, as official figures show 13 people have died of the disease from Saturday to Sunday.

Iran reopens main border crossing with Afghanistan after brief closure

Iran has reopened its major border crossing with neighboring Afghanistan, which was briefly closed due to a dispute with the Taliban border guards, following talks between officials of the two countries.

Leopard dies after going on rampage in urban area northern Iran

A panicked leopard, seeking food in a northern city in Iran, has died after a police officer fired a tranquilizer at it.

Russia rejects ‘fake’ media claims of Iranian arms transfer

Moscow’s Embassy in Tehran has dismissed as “fake” media claims of Iran’s transfer of arms to Russia, which is involved in a military operation in neighboring Ukraine.

Saudi Arabia refuses to issue permit for Yemen flight

The first commercial flight from Yemen’s capital Sana’a in six years, which was supposed to take passengers needing medical care, has been indefinitely postponed. Saudi Arabia has refused to issue the necessary permit in violation of the terms of a two-month truce.

Source: Tehran, Riyadh headed for ‘diplomatic’ talks

An Iraqi source has published new details about the recent negotiations between Iranian and Saudi delegations in Baghdad, saying the two sides are moving towards diplomatic contacts.

“Saudi-led coalition targets Yemeni army positions in violation of truce”

Military sources say the Saudi-led coalition has targeted positions of the Yemeni army and the popular committees in the province of Ma’rib with missiles and artillery shells.

Private sector official urges government help to boost trade with Turkey

Chairman of the Joint Chamber of Commerce of Iran and Turkey has called for a “positive” attitude of the government to trade with neighboring countries, saying this can remove political problems and trade barriers and will help expansion of economic ties.

Boat carrying migrants vapsizes off Lebanon

One child has died but more than 40 people have been rescued following the sinking of a boat off the coast of Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli on Saturday, Transport Minister Ali Hamie told Reuters.

Live Updates: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 60

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:

Member of IRGC killed by gunmen laid to rest in southeast Iran

People in southeastern Iran have held a funeral for a member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, IRGC, who was killed in an attack by unknown gunmen.