Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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Iran allocates $3bn to provide medicines this year

Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi says parliament has allocated 3 billion dollars for the Health Ministry to provide medicine and that the country’s healthcare system will face no shortages in this regard.

Covid kills 39 in Iran in 24 hours

The downward trend in Covid deaths in Iran is holding these days. Iranian Health Ministry figures on Sunday showed Covid-19 had killed 39 more people in the country over the past 24 hours.

Iran has complete knowledge of nuclear fuel cycle: Official

The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the Islamic Republic now has complete knowledge of the entire nuclear fuel cycle.

Yemen: Saudis, allies violated truce 1,647 times

The Yemeni Army says the Saudi-led coalition has violated a military ceasefire called in Yemen on humanitarian grounds 1,647 times so far.

Iran says will not benefit from direct talks with US

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the country will benefit in no way from directly negotiating with the United States since Washington has taken no practical action to prove its goodwill in the course of talks over the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Tomshi Bread; A Tasty Bread Made of Soil!

Hormuz, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf, is home to the only mountain in the world whose soil is edible and is used in making a delicious type of bread, The most important of which is Tomshi bread.

Taliban say taken over Afghan embassy in Moscow

Taliban Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Abolghahar al-Balkhi says the group’s representative has taken over the Afghan embassy in Moscow.

Iran parliament chief: Nuclear deal should lead to ‘guaranteed economic benefits’

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says any agreement on the 2015 nuclear deal in Vienna should secure “guaranteed economic benefits” for Iran.

Report: Iran govt. reconsidering Miankaleh Petrochemical plant

The Iranian government is reportedly taking steps to end the construction of a controversial petrochemical plant in Miankaleh Peninsula, amid criticism that it will have a destructive effect on local environment.

Pakistan PM loses no-confidence vote

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been deposed by a no-confidence vote in parliament. The passing of the motion on Saturday came after the country’s Supreme Court ruled the cricket star turned politician acted unconstitutionally in previously blocking the process and dissolving parliament.

Live Updates: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 46

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:

Opposition grows to launching petrochemical factory in Iran’s Miankaleh wetland

Iran’s Vice President for Environmental Affairs says the Organization for the Protection of Environment will not back down on its opposition to establishment of a petrochemical factory in the Miankaleh region due to its adverse environmental impact.

Qatari minister of roads due in Iran Sunday

Qatar’s Minister of Roads Jassim bin Saif al-Saliti is going to visit Iran’s Kish Island to examine infrastructure there as an auxiliary location to assist the Persian Gulf sheikhdom in hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Iran unveils radiation detection machines

Iran unveils domestically-built radiation detection machines on the National Day of Nuclear Technology.

Domestically built refinery begins exporting different products

The head of Iran’s Qeshm Free zone has announced the loading of the first shipment of products from Behin Palayesh Qeshm Ultra-heavy Refinery this year amid US sanctions.

Covid kills 49 more people in Iran

The number of Covid deaths in Iran has jumped in the past 24 hours.

Iran’s leader donates 1 billion tomans to needy prisoners

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Khamenei has donated one billion tomans (40,000 dollars) to win the freedom of needy prisoners.

Iran Navy cmdr.: Foreign presence in Persian Gulf unjustified

The commander of Iran’s Navy has said the presence of hostile countries in regional waters is unwarranted.

IRGC seizes foreign ship smuggling fuel in Persian Gulf

The naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have seized a foreign ship carrying 220k liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.

President Raisi: Iran’s nuclear know-how irreversible

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said Iran’s nuclear know-how is irreversible. President Raisi made the comment in a ceremony where he unveiled 9 nuclear achievements made by Iranian scientists on the National Day of Nuclear Technology in Tehran on Saturday.

Iran FM to UAE counterpart: Zionist regime threat to all regional nations

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has told his Emirati counterpart that the Zionists have been and are still the root-cause of insecurity in the region.

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man in refugee camp

Israeli troops have killed a young Palestinian in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin who they blame for the recent killing of Israeli soldiers in Tel Aviv, Palestinian authorities announced Saturday.

Iran on course for ‘exponential progress’ in nuclear sector: AEOI chief

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the country is contemplating “exponential progress” from now on.

Saudi Arabia increases Hajj quota to 1mn pilgrims in 2022

Saudi Arabia has announced it will allow one million people – from both inside and outside the kingdom – to perform the Hajj this year compared with only a few thousand local pilgrims over the past two years.

Tehran air quality in red zone, unhealthy for all

The Iranian capital Tehran’s real-time air quality index is in the red zone.