News Archive - 1 November 2023

Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on November 2

Keyhan: Leader calls for boycotting oil, food exports to Zionist regime Yemen dragged Zionist regime ships to Red Sea with large drone, missile attack on Israel Iran FM: Resistance to take another surprise action if situation in Gaza continues   Quds: Leader of Islamic Revolution: Gaza field of confrontation between right and...

Iran FM calls for Muslim states immediate action for Gaza

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who is visiting Ankara, met and talked with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. In the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian congratulated Turkey on its National Day and conveyed the greetings of President of Iran Ebrahim Raeisi to the President of Turkey. Referring to the recent telephone...

Iran's Sepahan FC penalized by AFC disciplinary committee

The AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee decided on Wednesday to penalize the Iranian Sepahan club by announcing the result of the undone match 3-0 for the Saudi club. The Iranian club will also be required to pay a fine of $200,000. Meanwhile, the Iranian squad has been banned from playing three matches...

Hezbollah targets more Israeli military bases

The Israeli regime has been waging a brutal war against Gaza since October 7, when Hamas-led Palestinian Resistance groups launched their biggest operation against the Zionist regime in years. The sneak attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, came in response to the regime’s intensified crimes against the Palestinian people. The following...

Sirens in Sevastopol as Ukraine ramps up attacks on Crimea

Russian officials have declared an air raid alert in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol in anticipation of further attacks from Ukraine. Sirens went off in the city early on Wednesday. Traffic on the Crimean bridge, linking the peninsula to Russia, as well as sea transport, were suspended, Al-Jazeera reported.

Senior UN official resigns over failure to stop Gaza genocide

“Once again, we are seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes, and the Organization that we serve appears powerless to stop it,” Craig Mokhiber said in a letter to UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Turk, published on Tuesday. Instead of doing its job, the UN has “surrendered to the power...

‘Ukraine is losing’, says Russian defense minister

“Despite the supply of new kinds of NATO weapons, the Kiev regime is losing. The Russian forces keep conducting active defense, effectively inflicting damage,” the minister said during a governmental meeting on Wednesday. Shoigu specifically highlighted the successes of Russian air-defense troops, praising them for delivering over 1,400 successful intercepts...

EU's Borrell appalled by refugee camp bombing

The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell on Wednesday said he was "appalled" by the high number of casualties from the bombing by the Israeli regime of a refugee camp in Gaza and called for fighting parties to respect the international rules of war, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, Borrell claimed that...

Hezbollah strikes more Israeli bases Wednesday

Al-Manar TV webiste which belongs to the Hezbollah Resistance movement in Lebanon reported targeting of the two Zionist sites of Al-Malkiyeh and Al-Bayyad off the two Lebanese border towns of Aytaroun and Blida on Wednesday.  The Zionist regime responded with artillery shelling the suburbs of Belida and Aitaroun on...

US occupation troops comes under drone attack in SE Syria

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, in a statement claimed responsibility for the Wednesday strike. It noted that the al-Tanf base, located in Syria’s Homs province, was targeted by two drones, and the designated targets were precisely struck and destroyed. There were no immediate reports...

Iran, Russia call for putting end to Zionists’ crimes in Gaza

During a trip to the Iranian capital of Tehran, the Russian president's special envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister’s Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji. In the meeting, both sides reviewed the latest developments in the region, particularly in Gaza. The two...

Irlish FM calls for 'humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaza

In a statement on Wednesday, Martin said he was shocked by the Israeli regime bombing of the Jabalya refugee camp, Breaking News reported. “We now urgently need a humanitarian ceasefire and a significant scaling up of humanitarian access to get vital supplies to civilians. We cannot wait any longer.”...

Israel massacring Palestinians to cover up defeats: Hamas

The head of the political bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh, speaking in a televised speech on Wednesday, said Israel was "committing barbaric massacres against unarmed civilians," vowing that "villainy will not save them from resounding defeat." Hamas launched a surprise operation into the Israeli-occupied territories last month in response...

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists kill at least 40 in Yobe

In the first significant attack on the northern eastern state in eighteen months, suspected Boko Haram militants fired at villagers and detonated a land mine in Yobe state, Nigeria, between Monday and Tuesday, killing at least forty people, the police reported on Wednesday. According to Abdulkarim Dungus, the state police...

China says deeply shocked by Israel massive strikes on Gaza

Dozens of Palestinians have reportedly been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp on Wednesday, the second attack on the camp in less than 24 hours, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The report said airstrikes hit the residential area of Faluja in the camp, adding that...

Jabalia another disgrace added to list of Zionists' crimes

Sepaking during a government cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the Iranian president condemend the Israeli regime's deadly attack on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp. Ebrahim Raeisi called the savage bombing of the Jabalia refugee camp and the killing of innocent people a continuation of the Zionist regime's war crimes against humanity in the past...

Yemen to increase attacks on Zionists to stop their crimes

In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Ibrahim al-Dulaimi, the Yemeni ambassador to Iran explained the actions of the Yemeni armed forces on Tuesday in the military response to the crimes of the Zionist regime against the Palestinians, saying, " The army of the Republic of Yemen and Yemeni nation launched...

Putin sends classified message to Raeisi

During a trip to Tehran, Alexander Lavrentiev met with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC). In the meeting, the latest developments in the region, the situation in Gaza and the cooperation between the two countries regarding these developments were discussed in the meeting between the...

Hamas' Al-Aqsa Storm ushers in new era for region

Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri made the remarks in a ceremony in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Wednesday to commemorate the martyrdom of thousands of innocent Palestinians, including women and children, on the 26th day of the large-scale Hamas-led operation against the occupied territories in response to the illegal entity’s...

Gaza assault to deal heavy blow to Zionists, Western backers

On the sidelines of the government cabinet meeting, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani talked to the reporters and spoke about the developments in Palestine. He stated that in recent operations, the Zionist regime was taken by surprise at all levels which showed that this regime was close to collapse. He...

Iran FM urges Muslim states take immediate action for Gaza

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who is visiting Ankara, met and talked with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. In the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian congratulated Turkey on its National Day and conveyed the greetings of President of Iran Ebrahim Raeisi to the President of Turkey. Referring to the recent telephone...

Iran defeated by Philippines in Olympics qualifier

The Philippines took the lead in the 19th minute when Alicia Barker was put through on the right and her cutback found Sofia Harrison, who saw her shot parried by Zahra Kajavi but Tahnai Annis was on hand to tuck home the rebound. The Southeast Asian side were in control...

Iranian fighters bag 3 bronze medals in Asian Boxing C’ships

Ashkan Hashemi (60 kg), Amir-Mohammad Rostampour (63 kg), and Abbas Garshasbi (+80 kg) each won bronze medals in the sporting event. Other Iranian boxers, Mohammad-Saleh Mesbahi (66 kg) and Abdulrahman Dara (75 kg) defeated their opponents in the semifinals and reached to the final. Mesbahi and Dara will compete with...

Iran’s oil production up to 3.4 million bpd: Oil min.

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji made the remarks on the sidelines of the government cabinet meeting on Wednesday. He stated that with measures that have been taken in the current administration, Iran’s oil production has increased to 3.4 million bpd, while it was about 2.9 million bpd quite a while ago.

Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, others recall envoys over Gaza

The three South American nations lambasted the Israeli regime's attacks on Gaza and condemned the deaths of Palestinian citizens. Bolivia decided to break diplomatic relations with the Israeli regime in repudiation and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive taking place in the Gaza Strip, Deputy Foreign Minister...

US base in eastern Syria targeted again

Some media outlets reported that the explosions were caused by fresh rocket attacks targeting the US base. Local sources say that the operation has been successfully carried out despite the full readiness of American bases in eastern Syria. Arab media outlets on early Tuesday reported that the United States' Ain al-Assad base...

Zionist regime launches fresh attacks on southern Lebanon

The Zionist regime's military targeted Yater, a Lebanese municipality located in Bint Jbeil District, by drone attacks, local sources reported. The Zionist regime announced minutes later that a surface-to-air missile had been fired from southern Lebanon at the regime’s drone. Hezbollah said in a statement that its forces targeted a...

Rafah crossing opens for evacuation of wounded

The Israeli regime has been waging a barbaric war against Gaza since October 7, when Hamas-led Palestinian Resistance groups launched their biggest operation against the Zionist regime in years. The sneak attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, came in response to the regime’s intensified crimes against the Palestinian people. The Israeli...

Gaza becomes graveyard of children: UNICEF

The Gaza Strip has become a graveyard of children, with the number of dead minors in the Palestinian enclave to date exceeding 3,400, TASS reported citing Elder in Geneva. According to the latest figures from the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 3,450 children have died in the enclave, Elder said.

WHO, Japan strengthen resilience of the Iranian health system

This initiative represents a significant stride in bolstering the diagnostic capacity and resilience of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s health system, ultimately enhancing the overall quality of patient care. The advanced 1.5 Tesla MRI machines have been strategically placed in key referral hospitals identified by the Iranian Ministry of...

Hamas says would release foreign prisoners in coming days

The Israeli regime has been waging a barbaric war against Gaza since October 7, when Hamas-led Palestinian Resistance groups launched their biggest operation against the Zionist regime in years. The sneak attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, came in response to the regime’s intensified crimes against the Palestinian people. The following...

Russia shoots down 2 Ukrainian drones over borderline region

The Kyiv Regime’s attempt to use two fixed-wing drones for an attack on Russian facilities was thwarted at around 11:30 p.m. Moscow time on October 31, TASS reported citing the Russian Defense Ministry. "On-duty air defense units intercepted two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles above the territory of the Kursk...

Jabalia another disgrace added to list of Zionist crimes

Sepaking during a government cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the Iranian president condemend the Israeli regime's deadly attack on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp. Ebrahim Raeisi called the savage bombing of the Jabalia refugee camp and the killing of innocent people a continuation of the Zionist regime's war crimes against humanity in the past...

Region very close to making big, decisive decision: Iran FM

Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks while speaking at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Ankara on Wednesday. Saying that Iran continues its efforts to consult with its allies and friends in the region to prevent the expansion of the scope of the Gaza war, the top Iranian diplomat...

A rider called death

It has been about 20 years that millions of Palestinians are imprisoned in an open-air prison named Gaza by an apartheid occupier regime. A regime which felt no commitment to the peace treaties that itself and its allies have forcefully written for the people of Palestine. The Gaza war is...

Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on November 1

Kayhan: Yemeni Army spox. says they attacked Israel in support of Gaza Iran's FM says Resistance groups would not wait for anyone's advice  Aftab: Israeli regime drops 6 tons of bomb on hospital Akhbar-e San'at: Iranian president hails role of elites in country's progress Afkar: Iranian deputy FM says Israel will be...

US directly supporting Israeli regime's crimes in Palestine

Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also the secretary general of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening, made the remarks in a phone conversation with Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem on Tuesday night. Wishing success for the Lebanese Hezbollah movement in dealing with enemies, Velayati slammed the US officials' remarks who...

Leader urges halting oil, commodities exports to Tel Aviv

On the verge of Student Day and the National Day, which falls on the 13th day of the Iranian calendar month of Aban (November 4), the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received a large number of students. The 13th of Aban is the anniversary of the 1979...

Iran’s foreign minister in Ankara to discuss Palestine

The top Iranian diplomat is scheduled to meet with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the daylong trip. He has traveled to Turkey after a trip to Doha where he and top Qatari officials, including the Arab country’s Emir, and exchanged views on efforts needed...

Raeisi congratulates Independence Day of Algeria

In the message, Ebrahim Raeisi congratulated the anniversary of the beginning of the liberating revolution of Algeria which led to its independence and freedom from colonialism. Raeisi also expressed hope that the two Muslim countries would witness the ever-increasing development of good relations and expanding cooperation in various global and...

Over 64k liters of smuggled fuel seized in S Iran

Commander of Maritime Guards of Khuzestan Province General Lotfali Pakbaz noted that maritime guards identified and seized a smuggled cargo of fuel from four vessels and a heavy-duty truck in Khuzestan, the southern province of Iran. The seized smuggled fuels consisted of 64,160 liters of gasoline, he added. Ten fuel...

Iran slams Israeli regime representative's odious behavior

Amir Saeed Iravani said so in letters sent to Secretary-General of the UN Antonio Guterres and President of the Security Council of the UN Sérgio França Danese on Tuesday (October 31, 2023) local time. Below is the full text of Iravani’s letter: I am writing to express my strong condemnation...

Iran, Turkey foreign ministers hold meeting on Gaza situation

During the meeting, the top Iranian and Turkish diplomats conferred on the latest developments in Palestine and its occupied territories. The top Iranian diplomat is also scheduled to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the daylong trip. He has traveled to Turkey after a trip to Doha where he...

Yemen to rise its attacks on Zionists to stop their crimes

In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Ibrahim al-Dulaimi, the Yemeni ambassador to Iran explained the actions of the Yemeni armed forces on Tuesday in the military response to the crimes of the Zionist regime against the Palestinians, saying, " The army of the Republic of Yemen and Yemeni nation launched...

Iran's Oladghobad wins AFC Futsal Player of the Year 2022

Oladghobad was confirmed as the AFC Futsal Player of the Year after guiding his nation to the Final of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup™ Kuwait 2022, where he was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. The 27-year-old player is currently playing in Spain with Palma in the Primera División de...

Iranian fighters bag 3 bronze in Asian Boxing C’ships

Ashkan Hashemi (60 kg), Amir-Mohammad Rostampour (63 kg), and Abbas Garshasbi (+80 kg) each won bronze medals in the sporting event. Other Iranian boxers, Mohammad-Saleh Mesbahi (66 kg) and Abdulrahman Dara (75 kg) defeated their opponents in the semifinals and reached to the final. Mesbahi and Dara will compete with...

Front pages of Iran's English dailies on November 2

TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Thursday, November 2.

Leader of Islamic Revolution receives Iranian students

On November 4, 1979, less than a year after the victory of the Islamic Revolution that toppled a US-backed monarchy, Iranian university students who called themselves "students following the line of (the late) Imam (Khomeini)" seized the US embassy in Tehran, which had become a center of espionage and planning...

Front pages of Iran's English dailies on November 1

TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Wednesday, November 1.                          ...