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Covid kills 30 people in Iran

Iranian Health Ministry figures on Saturday showed that the number of new Covid cases decreased compared to yesterday’s tally.

Iran strongly condemns Saudi-led strikes against Yemen

Iran has strongly condemned the latest Saudi-led bombing of Yemen that killed large numbers of civilians in the war-torn country.

Taliban say after meeting West demands

Taliban’s top spokesperson says new Afghanistan rulers have taken steps to meet the demands of the West. Zabihullah Mujahid added they hope to strengthen their relations with the world countries through diplomacy.

Iran Source: Interim deal over JCPOA off the table

A source close to the Iranian negotiating team in the Vienna talks has rejected a foreign news outlet’s claim that there is talk of an interim agreement between Iran and the P4+1 group in Vienna.

MP: Yemeni attacks no obstacle to Iran’s talks with Saudis, Emiratis

A top Iranian lawmaker has dismissed the notion that Yemen’s recent drone and missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates constitute an obstacle to Iran’s negotiations with the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Corbyn: UK complicit in Saudi Yemen crimes

The British government is facing renewed criticism over UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, with Jeremy Corbyn former leader of the Labor Party, saying London is an accomplice in Riyadh’s crimes against Yemen.

Iranian and Afghan children take part in the Kite Runner Festival in Tehran

The event was held to mark the International Kite Day

EU official says nuclear talks ‘on right track’

The nuclear negotiations with Iran in Vienna are moving in the right direction and a final agreement may be within reach, a senior European Union official says.

Iran’s Shiraz city hosting migratory birds

Like in previous years, residents in the city of Shiraz in southern Iranian, Fars Province, are now hosting migratory wading birds.

‘Govt. coordinated currency, trade policies help Iran’s export value top $40bn’

The chief of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) expressed his satisfaction with the worth of exports, saying the coordination between the government’s currency and trade policies has effectively helped Iran’s exports touch more than $40 billion.

Iraq PMF to support army in wake of deadly attack on Diyala barracks

Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces say they are prepared to support the army in the wake of a bloody attack on an army barracks in Diyala Province which left 11 soldiers dead.

US says has no specified schedule for recognition of Taliban

Washington has no specified schedule for the recognition of the Afghanistan interim government and that the Taliban should take some steps before the normalization of relations, US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West says.

Sources: Russia proposed interim deal to Iran

Russia has discussed a possible interim nuclear agreement with Iran in recent weeks. It would involve limited sanctions relief in return for reimposing some restrictions on Tehran’s nuclear program, according to several US officials. Iran has so far rejected the proposal presented by Russia, the sources added.

Hezbollah condemns Saudi-led deadly air raids on Yemen

Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah has categorically condemned recent deadly airstrikes on Yemeni civilians by a coalition of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

UN chief condemns Saudi coalition deadly attacks on Yemen

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Friday air raids by Saudi-led coalition on Yemen that reportedly killed and wounded scores of people.

Yemen military urges foreign firms to leave UAE

Yemen’s military has called on foreign companies to leave the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying the UAE will be an unsafe country as long as it continues its acts of aggression against Yemen.

People in jolly mood in northern Iran following the recent snowfalls

Images circulating on social media networks show locals in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, dancing and jumping for joy as they feel jubilant over experiencing weather conditions they have not seen in a long time.

Iran: UNGA Holocaust Resolution abuse of intl. mechanisms by Israel

Iran has rejected a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly over the Holocaust, calling it an abuse of international mechanisms by the Zionist regime to cover up its crimes.

Iranian judge denies permission for marriage of 13-year-old girl

An Iranian judge has refused to grant permission for the marriage of a 13-year-old girl, citing her low age and lack of personality development.

US imposes sanctions on Lebanese individuals for Hezbollah ties

The US Department of Treasury has targeted three Lebanese nationals along with 10 entities under the so-called global terrorism related sanctions.

Yemenis hold angry protests to slam Saudi-led bloodshed in Sa’ada

The Yemeni people have taken to the streets en masse across the country to condemn the Saudi-led war coalition’s latest bloody airstrikes in northern Sana’a Province, which claimed dozens of civilian lives.

Iran, Russia seeking to deepen strategic nuclear relations: AEOI spox

The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Tehran and Moscow held talks on the expansion of strategic relations between the two sides in the field of nuclear technology during the Iranian president’s trip to Moscow.

Number of Alzheimer’s cases to increase in Iran

Iran will witness a surge in the number of people suffering from the Alzheimer’s.  That’s a prediction by the CEO of the Iranian Association of Dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Raisi visits Kerman’s flooded areas, joins urgent meeting with officials

Visiting flood-hit areas of Iran’s southeastern Kerman Province, President Ebrahim Raisi has joined an emergency meeting with local officials and military commanders on ways to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to people.

Over 5,000 new Covid cases logged in Iran

The daily Covid caseload in Iran is exhibiting an upward trend mainly driven by the new strain of the disease, Omicron. Health Ministry figures showed on Friday that 5,274 new cases were logged in the past 24 hours. They included 383 hospitalizations.