The head of Iran’s Red Crescent says all Afghan nationals residing in the country have received Covid vaccine.

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:

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has held a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on the sidelines of a meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors in China.

The head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has delivered a stern warning to the Saudi-led coalition waging war on the country, saying the eighth year of the aggression against Yemen will be “full of surprises” if the enemies fail to behave wisely.

Iran’s parliament speaker has praised an Iranian youth from southern Iran who sang a rural song at the TV reality show Asre Jadid (The New Age).

The Saudi-led coalition announces a cessation of attacks on Yemen from Wednesday.

An official at Iran’s Abadan Refinery says the first phase of a “development and stabilization” plan at the facility in southern Iran will be completed in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year.

Iran’s envoy to the United Nations Zahra Ersahdi says the US’s inhumane unilateral coercive measures pose a serious threat to the health of Iranians.

Azerbaijan’s President Elham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory message to leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the arrival of Nowruz. Aliyev said, “I personally and on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan wholeheartedly congratulate you and your people on the occasion of Nowruz.

The spokesman for the Yemeni army says Yemeni forces have shot down a US-made spy drone while doing hostile oeprations over the region of al-Wadi.

In a message, Azerbaijani President Elham Aliyev congratulated Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Iranian nation on Nowruz on behalf of himself and the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Iran defeat Lebanon in the final match of their group in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the northwestern Iranian city of Mashhad with goals from Sardar Azmoun and Alireza Jahanbakhsh .

The IMX -- International Maritime Exercise -- 2022 joint military drills have begun with the participation of the navies of Iran, India, Bangladesh and other Indian Ocean littoral states.

Covid has killed 46 more people in Iran over the past 24 hours. That’s according to Tuesday’s tally released by Iran’s Health Ministry.

Top Advisor to the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Asghar Khaji, on Tuesday, held talks with the UN Secretary Generals Special Envoy on Yemen’s Affairs Hans Grundberg, on the latest developments in Yemen and how to resolve the human catastrophe in the country.

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, says Yemeni forces will do all they can to confront the aggressors and end the siege of Yemen.

Saudi Arabia is doubling down on its military aggression against Yemen, violating a ceasefire agreement 115 times in the Western Yemeni province of Al Hudaydah over the past 24 hours.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has welcomed a peace initiative put forward by the head of the Yemeni Supreme Political Council.

Iran’s oil minister says drilling operation will soon begin at the jointly-owned Arash gas field in the Persian Gulf.

Iran’s deputy oil minister says the country exported a gasoline shipment as well as three cargoes of gas oil in March, 2022.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has commiserated with Brigadier General Ahmadreza Pourdastan, a high-ranking Iranian army commander, on the demise of his child.

A member of Iran’s National Soccer Squad is hurt in a birthday party held for him by his teammates.

Chalabeh is inside the Bistun Protected Area and is at the foothill of Perav Mountain in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran. 

Famous Iranian sociologist and researcher ، Ali Rezagholi, has died at the age of 75. Rezagholi died of heart failure at a hospital in Tehran on Monday morning.

The Covid deaths in Iran have hit their lowest levels in several months.