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Iran’s Jalili: US maximum pressure campaign has grossly failed

Member of Iran’s Expediency Council Saeed Jalili has said the US’s so-called maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic has grossly failed.

Fajr Film Festival: “Mehdi’s Position” sets a record with most nominations

According to the Fajr Film Festival Public Relations’ Information Center, the jury of the 40th event, after reviewing 22 films, announced their nominations in various fields on the evening of February 10 and “Mehdi's Position” was nominated for most of the awards.

Iran appoints special envoy for pursuit of General Soleimani’s assassination

Iran appoints a special envoy to legally pursue the assassination of anti-terror Iranian Commander General Qassem Soleimani.

Ayatollah Khamenei’s physician: The Leader has a very modest lifestyle

Dr. Alireza Marandi, the head of the medical team of Iran’s leader says Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has a very modest lifestyle.

Donyaye Eghtesad: Second benefit of car imports

If Iran lifts a car import ban and foreign products worth $500 million are allowed to be imported with a tariff rate of 86%, the government will make 98,000 billion rials in revenue.

Iran minister: Children account for 20% of infections in new Covid wave

Iran's Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has warned that children are vulnerable to a new variant of the coronavirus known as Omicron.

Fire contained at water park near Tehran

Firefighters in Iran have contained a fire at a water park west of the capital Tehran.

Germany: Nuclear talks entering ‘final phase’

Germany’s foreign minister says nuclear negotiations are entering a “final phase”. Annalena Baerbock added, despite Israeli reservations, a return to the agreement would make the region safer.

Ayatollah Khamenei pardons, commutes thousands of prisoners

Iran’s leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has given pardons and commutations to 3,388 convicts on the occasion of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory.

Russia, Britain: JCPOA must be fully implemented

Russia and Britain share the view that the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action must be implemented fully, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday during a joint press conference with his British counterpart in Moscow.

Palestine’s Abbas accused of power grab after new appointments

Major Palestinian groups have slammed new appointments to top positions in the PLO as illegitimate and a power grab by President Mahmoud Abbas. They claim the 86-year-old Abbas is trying to secure his favoured successor.

Iranian interior minister orders extension of Afghan poet’s visa

Iran’s interior minister Ahmad Vahidi has instructed the director general for foreign nationals’ affairs to extend young Afghan poet Najib Barvar’s visa asap.

Covid-19 claims 130 more lives in Iran

130 more people in Iran have lost their lives to the coronavirus, the latest figures released by the Iranian Health Ministry showed on Thursday as a new variant of the virus known as Omicron has spread across the country.

President Raisi: Message of Islamic Revolution rejection of domination

Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi has said the 1979 Islamic Revolution’s message was rejecting domination and defending the oppressed.

Russia begins joint military drills with Belarus

Troops from Russia and Belarus have kicked off the Union Resolve 2022 joint drills at training grounds on Belarusian soil. Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Thursday the exercises are part of the second stage of the inspection of the Union State’s response forces.

Many injured by Yemeni ‘drone shrapnel’ in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi-led coalition announced that 12 civilians at Abha airport were lightly injured by shrapnel from a destroyed drone launched by Yemen's Houthis, which fell nearby.

Iran says threats to be reciprocated as US sets deadline for nuclear talks

Iran’s foreign minister has once more rejected any deadlines for the Vienna talks on the 2015 nuclear deal, after the US said the window for a deal with Iran is closing.

IRGC urges explication of Iran’s achievements as antidote to enemy’s media warfare

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement calling for explication of the achievements of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran “as an antidote to the enemy’s media dictatorship and it combined attack on the Iranian revolution and nation”.

Raisi meets foreign envoys on eve of Islamic revolution anniv.

On the eve of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, foreign ambassadors, heads of foreign missions and international organizations in Tehran have met with President Ebrahim Raisi.

Turkey rules out change to Palestine policy due to normalization with Israel

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says normalizing relations with Israel would not mean a change in Ankara's Palestinian policy. He was speaking ahead of an expected visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog next month.

“Police battling criminals, offsetting hostile plots along borders”

Iran’s police chief says security forces combat criminal groups in border areas on a daily basis and have managed to offset many plots hatched by enemies of the country.

Iran’s biggest water supply project comes on line

Iran’s largest water distribution project has come on stream, supplying water to over 1,700 villages in a southeastern province which did not have access to water before.

Iran police seize around 1k kilograms of illegal drugs

The police of Kerman Province in southeastern Iran confiscated over 900 kg of various illegal drugs.

Iran Daily: New missile display of power at critical time

The Iranian government’s newspaper “Iran” has described the unveiling of Kheibar Shekan Missile by the armed forces as a display of national power as Vienna talks on the 2015 nuclear agreement reach final and complicated stages.

Biden pledges US support for Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks

US President Joe Biden says Washington supports Saudi Arabia in the Yemen war that recently saw Yemenis retaliatory attacks against Riyadh.