News Archive - 9 October 2023

Zionists assisted Resistance in Al Aqsa Storm op.: sources

A Palestinian Resistance official told Tasnim News Agency that some Israeli army forces had been cooperating with the Resistance groups for a long time and they provided some information about the areas that the Resistance infilitrated into during the Al-Aqsa Storm Operation. The source said that in the "Al-Aqsa Storm" operation, the Palestinian...

Israel uses white phosphorus bombs in Gaza

As the Israeli regime continues attacks on Gaza that have had a devastating impact on the region, causing widespread destruction and suffering, videos have gone viral on social media sites showing the use of banned white phosphorus bombs by the regime on densely populated areas in northern Gaza, Palestine, Free...

Hezbollah warns Tel Aviv of retaliation after escalation

Hezbollah warns of retaliation for deadly border flare-up: Hezbollah said one of its members was killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, the Reuters news agency reported, according to the Israeli regime media. The member of the resistance movement told Lebanon’s al-Jadeed that it will respond to the shelling of...

Hamas praises op. as ‘legitimate’ right to self defense

Hamas made the statement on the third day of Operation al-Aqsa Storm, the largest military operation against the regime in decades. Since Saturday, the resistance groups in the besieged Gaza Strip have fired over 5,000 rockets at the occupied territories. Israeli media outlets report that more than 900 settlers and...

NATO weapons supplied to Ukraine are used in Israel: Medvedev

"Well, well, my Nato friends, there you have it, don’t you? The weapons supplied to the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine are being widely used in Israel," he wrote on his Telegram channel. Medvedev warned that this weaponry, "like the weapons left behind by the US forces that fled Afghanistan," would...

Hezbollah strikes 2 Israeli bases after 3 members martyred

The Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah struck two Israeli military positions with precision guided missiles after the Israeli regime martyred Hezbollah members in shelling attacks, Al-Jazeera reported. Hezbollah in a statement on Monday said it had fired rockets and mortars on two Israeli military posts in the Galilee. The Israeli military said...

Bombing threat reported against Iran Air flight in Hamburg

Shamsuddin Farzadipour told Iranian Tasnim News Agency that "an unknown person sent an email to the Hamburg police and claimed to have planted a bomb on the Tehran-Hamburg flight." He added that, "Currently, the passengers got out of the plane and a series of security measures and checks of...

Sudan says it will resume diplomatic relations with Iran

Sudan, currently in the midst of a devastating war, cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016 after Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf countries cut or lowered diplomatic ties with Iran over an incident in the Saudi embassy in Tehran. Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to resume ties in March under...

Iran, Oman FMs stress shared Muslims stance against Zionists

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed the latest developments in the region, especially the developments in Palestine, in a phone call with Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman on Monday evening. Referring to the crimes committed by the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people in recent months, the Iranian foreign...

Iran played no part in Palestine's response against Zionists

In a statement issued on Monday in response to recent claims by Wall Street Journal, Iran’s UN mission said that Iran emphatically stands in unflinching support of Palestine. The statement added that Iran is not involved in Palestine’s response, as it is taken solely by Palestine itself. The resolute measures...

Iran ranks 15th in latest FIVB world ranking

The ranking will eventually determine the remaining five participants in next year’s Olympic volleyball tournament, who will join Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, Poland, the U.S. and hosts France on the way to Paris 2024, volleyballworld.com reported. Even though the final cut-off is at the end the Volleyball Nations...

Iran win Kyrgyzstan at AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

Iran, who were denied the 2022 title by Japan, had defeated the Maldives 18-2 at the Bishkek Arena in their opening match. Earlier in the day, Lebanon defeated the Maldives 6-1. Iran will play Lebanon on Wednesday, while Kyrgyzstan meet the Maldives. TM/TT

Iran, Malaysia to promote scientific cooperation

Iranian Science, Research, and Technology Minister Mohammad Zolfi-Gol made the remarks on Monday in a meeting with Mohamed Khalid Nuruddin, Malaysian minister of higher education at the D-8 International University in Hamedan in the west of Iran. Iran is prepared to set up a course for Persian teaching, he said,...

Iran's Bushehr power plant produces 3.5 m mw/h

Director of Bushehr nuclear plant Reza Banazadeh made the remarks on Monday on the occasion of the 10th year of operation of the facility. He pointed out that the Iranian power plant has managed to produce 3.5 million mega-watt hours of nuclear electricity from the outset of the Iranian...

Shock and awe continue

More than 24 hours have passed since the operation of the Palestinian resistance and attacks are still ongoing with 100s of rockets being launched at Israeli settlements along with various intrusions that have been made into Israeli settlements. Major doubts and a state of confusion continue amid Israeli officials. ...

Palestinian operation laid bare Israeli regime's weakness

Ziad al-Nakhala made the remarks in a televised speech on Sunday, which was the second day of Operation al-Aqsa Storm, the biggest military operation against the occupying regime in years. Israeli media outlets say more than 700 Israeli settlers and troops have been killed as a result of the operation...

UNSC meeting over without statement on Gaza events

The UN Security Council did not adopt any statement on the recent escalation of tensions between Palestine and the Israeli regime, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia told reporters on Sunday. Permanent Representative of Malta to the UN Vanessa Frazier, in turn, said that none of the states...

Palestinians, Zionists continue to fight as death tolls rise

On Saturday, Palestinian Resistance group Hamas launched a large-scale operation with a heavy barrage of rockets in response to the Israeli regime's desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and increased settler violence. The Israeli regime's military forces also announced it was launching Operation 'Iron Swords' in retaliation for the attack. On...

Death toll in Afghanistan earthquake rises to 2,445

The Saturday quakes in the west of the country hit 35 km (20 miles) northwest of the city of Herat, with one of 6.3 magnitude. They were among the world's deadliest quakes this year after tremors in Turkey and Syria killed an estimated 50,000 in February. Janan Sayeeq, spokesman...

US continues to maintain nuclear test infrastructure

"This is yet another display of Washington’s policy, based on the principle of ‘what is allowed to the US is not allowed to other countries.’ The US is the last state to lecture others regarding the threats to the Treaty’s and the global nuclear test ban regime," Antonov said,...

US sending warships, fighters to Israel: Pentagon chief

Xinhua reported citing Lloyd Austin's statement that he had directed the movement of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, which consists of an aircraft carrier, a guided missile cruiser, and four guided missile destroyers, to the Eastern Mediterranean. The Pentagon had also "taken steps to augment US Air...

2 died in light plane crash in south Australia

The SA Police on Monday confirmed that a 50-year-old pilot died overnight after being taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a critical condition following the crash, Xinhua reported. The pilot's 24-year-old son died at the scene on Sunday evening. The pair were traveling in a Cessna light aircraft when...

Russia thwarts five Ukrainian attacks on Krasny Liman way

In an interview with TASS on Monday, Savchuk said, "On the Krasny Liman direction near Torskoye and the Serebryanskoye forestry, action of Battlegroup Center, strikes of assault and army aviation, as well as artillery fire thwarted and repelled attacks of assault groups of two Ukrainian mechanized brigades and the 12th...

Russia strikes terrorists' positions in Syria's Idlib

"The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out five airstrikes on warehouses and terrorist training camps in Idlib province," deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit said. He added that as a result of a strike by an unmanned aerial vehicle launched...

4 dead, missing in northern Vietnam due to landslides, floods

Three dead people in landslides were from Yen Bai Province, and the missing person was from Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam News Agency reported. Continuous heavy rain led to extensive flooding, erosion, and prolonged traffic congestion on a number of national highways and provincial roads. Hundreds of houses were also inundated.

Over 123,000 displaced in Gaza amid Zionists, Hamas conflict

As of late Sunday, Israeli airstrikes had destroyed 159 housing units across Gaza and severely damaged 1,210 others, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs TRT World reports. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said a school sheltering more than 225 people took a direct...

Terrorist killed in clash with security forces in NW Pakistan

An intense exchange of fire between troops and terrorists took place on Saturday in the Razmak area of the district, resulting in the killing of a terrorist, Xinhua reported citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, statement. Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the...

Palestinians' op. legitimate right against Zionists' crimes

Secretary General of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi made the remarks in a post on X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter. Operation Al-Aqsa Storm is the result of 7 decades of the Israeli regime's occupation and the martyrdom of hundreds of Palestinians, he said. The...

China opposes escalation of Palestinian-Israeli war

"China is deeply concerned over the current escalation of tensions and violence between Palestine and Israel. We call on relevant parties to remain calm, exercise restraint and immediately end the hostilities to protect civilians and avoid further deterioration of the situation," the Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in...

Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on October 9

Kayhan: 1000 Zionists killed, 2000 injured in Al-Aqsa Flood operation Jomhuri-e Eslami: Zionist regime destroys dozens of mosques in Qaza Jam-e Jam: Resistance's big operation in region Afkar: Gen. Bagheri: Palestinian youth to librate Al-Aqsa mosque soon Abrar: FM stresses nessecity of unity of Islamic states in support of Palestine Death...

Iran to hold combined naval exercise in Indian Ocean

Addressing the first International Conference on Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said, "We are responsible for providing the economic security of shipping and major oil tankers and commercial vessels, and it is necessary to be aware of the storms in advance because they affect shipping." He also...

4.4-Magnitude earthquake jolts Iran's Kermanshah

The earthquake occurred at 10:37 local time at a depth of 7 km, according to the Iranian Seismological Center. The epicenter of the quake was located at 45.64 degrees longitude and 34.20 degrees latitude. There have been no immediate reports of possible casualties or damages to buildings so...

Iran to give destructive response to any foolish move

"Important developments are taking place in Palestine," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said in his weekly presser on Monday. Hamas's Al-Aqsa Storm Operation on Occupied Lands responded to the repeated actions of the Zionist regime in desecrating the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Holy  Al-Quds and the daily crime against the...

Arab states normalizing with Israel should learn lesson

Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad on Sunday night. “Those who believe they can tackle their problems through so-called normalization of ties with Zionists and severance of relations with Muslim nations of the region should learn...

Iran volleyball end 2024 Olympics qualification with one more

Jesus Herrera Jaime led Cuba with 21 points, while Iran’s Amin Esmaeilnezhad scored 22 points. Iran suffered their sixth loss out of seven matches. Team Melli lost to Germany 3-0, Ukraine 3-0, Czech Republic 3-1, Italy, 3-0, Brazil 3-0 and Cuba 3-2 in Pool A held in Rio de Janeiro,...

Iranian Jiu-Jitsu fighters shine in European IBJJF C’ship

Iran’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team stood in third place by winning 6 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze medals in the Grand Prix No-Gi division. Mohammad-Sadra Bahrami, Parsa Mahmoudi, Mohammad-Amin Jamshidi, Fardia Poursheibani, Ghaffar Mirzaei, and Saeed Yazdani each won gold medals in the 66kg, 72kg, 62kg, 50kg, 85kg, and 120...

Meeting of military attachés of foreign states in Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – The meeting of military and law enforcement attachés of foreign countries based in Iran was held in the morning of Monday at Imam Hassan Mojtaba University.

2023 United Auto Workers strike

UAW strike: GM gives auto workers union a winFOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 3 days agoGeneral Motors has handed the United Auto Workers union a “transformative win” in the ongoing strike against Detroit ...

Iran calls on Muslim states to take actions helping Palestine

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Minister has called on all Muslim countries to join hands in defending the Palestinian people and the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on October 9

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Monday, October 9.             ...

Tehran refutes claims Iran has hand in Hamas attack on Israel

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Iran pours concrete for 2nd Bushehr nuclear reactor

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Iran has poured concrete for a part of the second nuclear reactor near its southern port of Bushehr.

Iranian documentary 'Wood' to vie at Italian film festival

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Leader receives functionaries of Hamedan Martyrs Congress

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has received the functionaries of the "Second national congress on the 8,000 martyrs of Hamedan Province" in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah, Tehran.                ...

Persepolis earns hard-fought win over Gol Gohar to move top

Shahab Zahedi scored the only goal of the match in the 41st minute in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Earlier in the day, Malavan defeated Nassaji 1-0 thanks to Milad Bagheri’s goal in the injury time. Persepolis moved top of the table with 13 points, one points above Esteghlal.