News Archive - 8 October 2023

Zionists death toll rises to 750 as Biden declares support

Israeli authorities name 57 soldiers killed in Palestinian attack: The Israeli military on Sunday published the names of 57 soldiers killed during fighting with Palestinian resistance fighters on the border with the Gaza Strip during the past day. Meanwhile, the Israel Police listed 34 officers who were killed confronting the...

Resistance to definitely win in Al-Aqsa Storm operation

Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan made the remarks on Sunday, saying that God willing, victory will be achieved by the Axes of Resistance. On Saturday, the Gaza-based Hamas Resistance movement launched aerial, sea, and ground attacks on the occupied Palestinian territories, including at least 5,000 rockets in the initial phase of the...

Malaysia expresses 'solidarity' with Palestinians

“The confiscation of land and property belonging to the Palestinian people is done relentlessly by the Zionists. As a result of this injustice, hundreds of innocent lives were sacrificed,” Anwar said in a post on X, according to Anadolu Agency.  “Malaysia remains in solidarity with the struggle of the...

Hamas praises al-Aqsa Storm, vows liberation of Palestine

Khaled al-Qaddoumi, the Hamas representative in Iran, made the statement in an interview with Press TV on Sunday. “What has happened today is a historic moment which has been achieved by the Palestinian soldiers and Palestinian people in the confrontation of the last 74 years against the Israeli occupation,” Qaddoumi...

Iran backs Palestinian people in their legitimate defense

In his message released on Sunday, Ebrahim Raeisi said that Iran invites the world to observe the fact that oppression and injustice exercised against the oppressed Palestinian nation, the continuation of insults and desecration to women and prisoners, and the desecration of holy Quds, the first Qibla of Muslims cannot...

Raeisi hails Palestinian op. for making Islamic Umma proud

In the phone call on Sunday afternoon, Raeisi praised the courageous and victorious operations of the Palestinian Mujahideen in the occupied territories and considered the authority, dignity and pride of the Palestinian resistance to be the pride of the Islamic Ummah. Stating that the unwavering will of the Palestinian nation...

Zionist regime attacks on Gaza to complicate situation more

In a telephone call on Sunday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Hungary's Foreign and Trade Minister Peter Siarto exchanged views on the promotion of bilateral relations and recent developments in West Asia, especially Palestine. Referring to the repeated violations of UN resolutions, the continued occupation of Palestinian lands and the continuation of settlement...

"Aziz" to vie at São Paulo International Film Festival

Azadeh Samadi, Rouzbeh Hesari, Bahman Sadegh Hasani, Reza Abbasi, Shirin Mohseni, Aqiq Blouri, and Fatemeh Mohammadi are the cast members of the film. During the autumn of 2022 in Iran, a family in a small town is suffering from livelihood problems. Aziz, an 80-year-old mother of the family, with progressive...

Western world crushed honor, dignity of women: Leader

"I am sincerely happy that once again I have been given the opportunity to meet with a number of people in this Hussainiyah who have come from Hamedan Province, people in whom we can see “value” in various ways. I would like to especially welcome the dear families of the...

Iranian short film 'The Thirteenth Year' to vie in Germany

The story revolves around Helia, a teenage girl who is celebrating her 13th birthday. However, her family starts to impose restrictions on her cycling, thinking that she has outgrown it. A production of 2023, it is produced by the renowned Iranian actor Navid Mohammadzadeh. The screenplay has been written by...

Al-Aqsa Storm: Palestinian Resistance humiliates Israel

The operation, which began on Saturday morning, took Israel by surprise on multiple fronts. The operation is unprecedented in the past 50 years.  It was the biggest attack on the Zionist regime in 50 years. It is haunting the invaders of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. It came 50...

Hezbollah targets Zionists' positions (+VIDEO)

Three positions of the Israeli regime were targeted in the occupied Shebaa Farms inside Lebanon with the aim of liberating the rest of the occupied territories of the country and in solidarity with the Palestinian Resistance and nation, Hezbollah said in a statement on Sunday morning.

Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to 2,000

A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, AP reported citing the country's national disaster authority. The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead but later said the figure was still being verified. Local authorities gave an estimate...

Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinian youths in West Bank

According to a report by the Palestinian Wafa news agency quoting the Health Ministry, 18-year-old Mahmoud Bassem Akhmis succumbed to his wounds after he was shot by Israeli forces in the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city of al-Khalil, also known as Hebron, on Saturday evening. He was...

Fire claims 14 lives in southern India

The fire occurred in the Attibele area of the state capital Bengaluru and the injured were admitted to a local hospital, Xinhua reported. Most of the dead were employees of the store, police said, adding that efforts were being made to ascertain the identity of the deceased. The store owner...

UNSC to hold closed-door meeting on Palestine developments

Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky confirmed this information on his Telegram channel, saying that the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council will take place at 3 p.m. EST on October 8. TASS reported. On Saturday, the Gaza-based Hamas Resistance movement launched aerial, sea,...

Seven terrorist drones shot down in northern Syria

Terrorists sent drones, stuffed with explosives, on a mission to damage infrastructure facilities, governmental offices and commercial enterprises in populated areas protected by the government's troops, the statement said. The Syrian armed forces responded by "opening air, rocket and mortar fire on the adversary’s command posts, fortifications and warehouses, it...

Zionists death toll rises to 600 as war on Gaza declared

The Israeli regime military was engaged in a massive build-up of forces Saturday night, calling up large numbers of reservists and preparing for war as it continued to reel from one of the darkest days in the fake regime's history. The regime media have cited the medical sources as saying...

Israel asks Egypt to mediate release of captives by Hamas

On Saturday, Hamas launched the large-scale operation, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, with a heavy barrage of rockets in response to Israel’s desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and increased settler violence. Following the operation, a spokesperson for the Zionist forces confirmed that Israeli settlers and soldiers are held captive in Gaza,...

Turkish drone attack kills 2 in northern Iraq

They were killed at 7:10 p.m. local time (1610 GMT) on Saturday when a Turkish drone attacked a group of PKK members at a refugee camp for Turkish Kurds near the town of Makhmour, some 60 km southeast of the northern city of Mosul, Xinhua reported citing Iraqi Kurdistan's...

Police kills 2 Zionists, 1 Egyptian at tourist site in Egypt

Extra News television channel, which has close ties to Egyptian security agencies, quoted an unidentified security official as saying that another person was wounded in the attack, which took place at Pompey’s Pillar site in Alexandria, CBS News reports. It said the suspected assailant was detained. Israel’s Zaka rescue service...

Iran dispatches humanitarian aid to Afghan quake-hit areas

After receiving the official request from the Afghan Red Crescent, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) took action with search and rescue teams, rapid response, rescue vehicles and related equipment, and relief and humanitarian items for accommodation and emergency deeding, according to CEO of Khorasan Red Crescent Society of the Khorasan...

Hezbollah, Israel exchange fire as regional tensions rise

Israeli soldiers battled Hamas Resistance forces in the streets of Southern Occupied Lands on Sunday, October 8, and exchanged strikes with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group in the north, Lemonde reports. The prospect of Hezbollah joining the fighting a day after an unprecedented surprise attack from Gaza by the Palestinian Resistance...

Consequences of Al-Aqsa Storm operation for Israeli regime

The most important feature of Saturday morning's all-out attack by Hamas forces on the Zionist settlements around Gaza, which resulted in the death of hundreds of Zionists, was the element of surprise. Of course, recently, at the same time as the Jewish religious holiday, the Zionists' attacks on the Al-Aqsa...

Necessity of separating war from crime in occupied Palestine

There is no doubt that the action of the Palestinians against Israel was in defense of their inalienable and undeniable rights and their logical reaction to the repeated crimes of the Zionists and is supported by the free people of the world, especially the Islamic world. With the increasing casualties...

Anti-Israeli op. result of Zionist regime’s incessant crimes

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks while speaking on a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on Saturday. His remark came after earlier in the day, Hamas Resistance fighters broke out of the fences separating Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories and infiltrated a number of towns and settlements.

Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on October 8

Arman-e Emrooz: Iran chess team makes history in Asia Israeli regime in shock Abrar: Tel Aviv in big shock 6.2-magnitude quake in W Afghanistan felt in Iran's Khorasan Iranian wrestler Yazdani snatches gold in Asian Games US expels two Russian diplomats Akhbar-e San'at: Resistance's storm hits Israeli regime Etemad:...

Tehran, Baghdad discuss bilateral ties, regional developments

Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi met and held talks with Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari in Tehran  During the meeting, the two ministers exchanged views on bilateral issues as well as important regional and international developments. Vahidi appreciated the measures taken by the Iraqi government as well as the warm hospitality...

Tehran condoles Afghan nation over deadly earthquake

Kan'ani also expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and wished for good health and speedy recovery for those injured in this natural disaster. The Islamic Republic of Iran stands beside the dear nation of Afghanistan, he added. The magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit 40km (24 miles) northwest of the...

Palestine successful operation accelerates collapse of Israel

Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also the secretary-general of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening, made the remarks in a Saturday message to the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas Ismail Haniyeh and Ziad al-Nakhaleh, the secretary-general of Islamic Jihad movement. "The era of domination...

Iran's Muaythai fighters bag 5 medals in World C’ship

Iranian female fighter Setareh Morshedi (-60kg) accepted defeat against her rival from Russia in the final of the U17 division to gain the silver medal in the sporting event. Other Iranian fighters, Zahra Kianpour (-67kg) and Kiarash Ahamdi Chegini (-86kg) each grabbed silver and bronze medals respectively in the U21...

Iranian general hails Palestinians' Al-Aqsa Storm operation

The hybrid anti-Zionist operation of the Palestinian Resistance groups once again revealed the fake power of the Israeli regime, he said. He went on to say that the Palestinian nation has now gained great power after tolerating decades of oppression. The Al-Aqsa Storm operation is the product of the anger that...

Raeisi holds phone calls with Islamic Jihad, Hamas chiefs

The phone calls between President Raeisi and the Islamic Jihad secretary-general Ziyad al-Nakhalah and Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh took place amid the ongoing Palestinian Resistance groups operation "Al-Aqsa Storm". No further details have come out about the content of the phone conversation yet. The Israeli regime media said on Sunday that the...

Iran’s Bahmanyar gains bronze in Asian Games

In the first stage of the Asian competition, Bahmanyar (-50 kg) thrashed her Malaysian opponent and then she beat her rival from Cambodia in the second step to reach the semi-final. In the semi-final, she accepted defeat against her Kazakh opponent and went to face her Japanese rival. Bahmanyar edged...

Esteghlal edges past Mes in Iran's PGPL

Meysam Teymouri scored an own goal in the 52nd minute in Rafsanjan’s Shohadaye Sanat Stadium. Sepahan also defeated Sanat Naft 4-1 in Isfahan. Reza Asadi opened the scoring for the hosts in the 13th minute and Aria Yousefi made it 2-0 in the 30th minute. Isa Alekasir netted a brace...

Brazil down Iran in Volleyball 2024 Olympic Qualifiers

Darlan Ferreira Souza led the Brazilian team with 12 points and Iran’s Saber Kazemi and Mobin Nasri each scored eight points. Team Melli will meet Cuba on Monday. Iran had lost to Germany 3-1, Ukraine 3-0, Czech Republic 3-1, Italy 3-0 and defeated Qatar 3-1. The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's...

Iranian athletes finish Asian Games with 54 medals

Iran has sent 289 male and female athletes to the Games in 34 sports events. At the end of the tournament, Iranian athletes won 13 gold, 21 silver, and 20 bronze medals to stand in seventh place in sporting events. China, Japan, South Korea, India, Uzbekistan, and Chinese Taipei were...

Goujebel Caravanserai in northwestern Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Located in the Iranian northwestern city of Ahar, East Azarbaijan province, the Goujebel Caravanserai is an amazing destination for tourists.                     ...

Iranian students show support for Palestinians

The Palestinian Resistance fighters staged a surprise, large-scale operation early Saturday in response to the desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque and increased settler violence. Reports say that hundreds of Zionists were killed and injured as a result of the surprise Palestinian attack that was launched on Saturday. The operation combined fighters...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on October 8

TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Sunday, October 8.                ...

Rasht people celebrating victory of Al-Aqsa Storm operation

TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – The freedom-seeking people in the Iranian city of Rasht took to the streets on Saturday to celebrate the victory of the Resistance in launching the Al-Aqsa Storm operation against the Israel regime.