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UAE condemns Yemeni attacks on Abu Dhabi

The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has condemned missile and drone attacks by the Yemeni forces against the Persian Gulf sheikhdom.

Report: Iran’s Quds Force cmdr. meets Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr

An informed political source has provided details of the meeting between Brigadier General Ismail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps, and Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq’s Sadr faction in the Iraqi city of Najaf.

Iran president discusses upcoming Russia trip with veteran diplomats

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has held a meeting with four veteran diplomats ahead of his trip to Russia where he will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Tasnim News Agency reported on Monday.

Iranian FM: Tehran not after wasting time in Vienna talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Tehran is not seeking to waste time during the Vienna talks aimed at removing sanctions against the country.

Duma MP: Iran’s Raisi to address Russian lower house Thursday

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will address a meeting of the Russian State Duma lower house of parliament on Thursday, First Deputy Speaker Alexander Zhukov says.

Russian FM hails Iranian president’s upcoming visit to Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed pleasure with the upcoming visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Moscow.

Iran’s Shamkhani hails strategic pact with China

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says the implementation of a strategic partnership agreement with China, as the second largest world economy, is a strategic victory for the Islamic Republic.

Taliban spokesperson: Muttaqi’s visit to Iran had major achievements

A Taliban spokesperson says a recent visit by Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Iran was an important trip with major achievements.

Number of Covid cases surge in Iran

Iranian Health Ministry figures on Monday showed that 20 more people died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The deaths push the total fatalities from the disease in Iran to 132,095.

Iran’s Behrouz Afkhami announces retirement as cinema director

Famous Iranian filmmaker Behrouza Afkhami has announced retirement from cinema directorship.

Funeral procession held for former Iranian volleyball and wrestling icon

People hold a funeral ceremony for the former head of Iran’s Volleyball and Wrestling Federations Mohamamdreza Yazdani Khorram.

China says firmly opposes ‘illegal unilateral sanctions’ against Iran

Beijing firmly opposes illegal unilateral sanctions against Tehran, political manipulation on human rights and other issues, and gross interference in the internal affairs of Iran and other regional countries, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson says.

Iconic Palestinian activist dies after being run over by Israeli police

A 75-year-old Palestinian has succumbed to his wounds sustained in a deliberate car accident involving Israeli forces. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Suleiman Hathalin was run over by the Israeli police earlier this month.

‘Iranian-Australian SpikoGen booster to increase antibodies by 25 times’

The main researcher of the Iranian-Australian SpikoGen vaccine project says its booster will increase antibodies fighting the coronavirus by more than 25 times.

Afghan journalists say unable to cover stories independently

National Union of Afghanistan Journalists reported 95 percent of the country’s media staff have the problem of access to information and cannot cover stories independently.

Report: UAE under major ‘Yemeni retaliatory attack’

Yemeni forces say they have launched a major retaliatory drone and missile attack against the United Arab Emirates.

Yemen forces say they conducted attack ‘deep in UAE’

Yemeni forces say they have carried out an attack on the United Arab Emirates after authorities in the Persian Gulf state reported two fires in the capital Abu Dhabi possibly caused by drones.

Russia says to keep troops near Ukraine due to NATO actions

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov says Moscow has to keep troops on its territory near the Ukrainian border because of the tense situation and NATO’s actions.

Experts warn of new wave of Covid in Iran

A member of the scientist committee of Iran’s National Task Force for Fighting the Coronavirus has said the country is in a new wave of Covid.

Iran footballer Taremi second-best striker in Portuguese league

Iranian footballer Mehdi Taremi was selected as the second-best striker in the first half of the Portuguese league after the striker of the Benfica football team.

UN warns millions of Yemenis face hunger

Millions of Yemenis are grappling with rising hunger amid shortage of food assistance, the United Nations warns. Saudi Arabia and its allies have waged a devastating war on the poor country with no end in sight to the conflict.

Heavy snowfall in Masuleh, northern Iran

Photo by: Aboozar Hamidi Jirandeh

Iran unveils over 55 nano products

More than 50 Iranian nanotechnology products were unveiled during the opening ceremony of an exhibition in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Monday.

Iran: US should decide on sanctions, other issues, before Vienna talks advance

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the outcome of the Vienna talks on the 2015 nuclear deal hinges on Washington’s decision to remove sanctions and commit itself to other outstanding issues.

Biden aide says US paying price for Trump ‘catastrophic mistake’ on Iran

White House National Security adviser has lambasted former US president Donald Trump’s administration for pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal. Jake Sullivan believes the country is paying the wages of that catastrophic mistake.