Iran boss Dragan Skocic has warned Gareth Southgate, English Football Manager: “I know we can beat you.”

The number of new Covid cases in Iran has hit another low with 1,275 more infections over the past 24 hours.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has told his Iraqi counterpart Barham Saleh that the Islamic Republic of Iran believes the slightest insecurity in Iraq will be harmful to the whole region.

Pakistan’s president dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan, foiling an attempt by the opposition to remove the premier from office.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said the establishment of ceasefire in Yemen is a common success and victory achieved through the efforts of all sides.

An explosion in the center of the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday wounded at least 15 people, according to witnesses.

The national Ba Chukhe – cuxe – wrestling, held annually in the northeastern Iranian city of Esfarayen, has been held again after a two-year delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Symbolic polo competitions have been held at Naqshe-Jahan, a major square in the central Iranian city of Isfahan to commemorate Nowruz, which marks the beginning of the Persian New Year.

Karoun is the longest and largest rive in Iran and a large proportion of it flows through the southwestern province of Khouzestan.

All schools and educational centers across Iran have officially reopened after two years of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite a UN-mediated ceasefire, Saudi Arabia reportedly launched artillery and rocket attacks on the Yemeni province of Sa’ada, killing three civilians.

The Iranian Judiciary’s deputy chief for international affairs says negotiations are underway with Turkish officials for the repatriation of Iranian prisoners in the country.

Kazakhstan’s special services say they have detained a foreign intelligence agent who was plotting to assassinate President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the press service of the republic’s National Security Committee reported on Sunday.

The secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement says the group remains committed to its pledge to liberate al-Quds.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has congratulated the leaders of the Islamic countries on the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan.

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. Clashes are ongoing in various locations of Ukraine, while the Russian military keeps up its airstrikes. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict during round-the-clock negotiations. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:

A tourist boat carrying 12 people has capsized in Karoun River in the southern city of Khorramshahr, killing foyr people. Local authorities say one person is missing.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the masses to raise their voice against the “foreign conspiracy” being hatched to topple down his government. The parliament is set to vote on the no-trust motion against him on Sunday.

Iran’s ambassador to Copenhagen has protested to Denmark’s foreign ministry after the Danish police harshly treated and insulted an Iranian woman in the country.

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted three resolutions in favor of Palestine, including the one condemning the actions of Israeli settlers in occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

The downward trend in Covid deaths and infections is holding in Iran.

Rights groups have urged Ankara not to transfer the trial of 26 Saudi nationals charged in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia. They stressed it would be a "cynical abdication" of a promise to seek justice for the murder that happened on Turkish soil.

Iran's Ministry of Education has said the presence of students in classrooms is not optional and all schools are obliged to resume in-person teaching on Farvardin 14th (April 3rd).

Sizdah Be-dar is the last festival in the Nowruz festivities in Iran that come after Khaaneh Tekani, Charshanbe Suri, Tahvile Saal (beginning of the new year), Haft Seen and Nowruz family visits.