News Archive - 4 December 2023

Qassam Brigades said in a statement on Monday afternoon that in the clashes between their forces and the Israeli military in the east of Gaza; 10 tanks and armored personnel carrier (APC) were destroyed  The Qassam said they forces detonated the military vehicles with Yassin 105 rocket launchers. In its...

The International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday said ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric's travel to the region would happen in several stages with "a visit to Israel (Occupied Lands) expected over the coming weeks." "I have arrived in Gaza, where people's suffering is intolerable," Spoljaric said on X,...

"Almost 1.9 million people (or over 80 percent of the population) have been displaced across the Gaza Strip since 7 October," it said, adding that at least 60,000 residents of the enclave found refuge at UNRWA shelters in a period from November 30 to December 2. "As of 2...

Shiraz which is the home to some prominent poets like Hafiz and Sa'adi will host the literary event on February 18-19. The participants can submit their artworks in five poetry formats. The conference will be held in three categories namely main, international, and special. The attendees will compete in the...

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received the visiting Cuban president for a meeting in Tehran on Monday.   Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his accompanying delegation were received by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution for a meeting on Monday. In the meeting, "These potentials...

The Foreign Ministers of the countries bordering the Caspian Sea will meet in Moscow on December 5 under the presidency of Russia. The Caspian littoral states are Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. On his page on social media, Amir-Abdollahian said that he is about to leave Iran for Russia to...

Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi made the remarks at a ceremony in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday as he praised Operation al-Aqsa Storm, the largest military operation by the Palestinian resistance groups against the occupied territories in decades. “Operation al-Aqsa Storm and the resistance of the people of Gaza...

The Iranian commander arrived in Baku on Monday at the head of a delegation. In a phone conversation between the foreign ministers of Iran and Azerbaijan on November 18, the Azerbaijani side underscored the need for dialogue and regional mechanisms without the intervention of trans-regional countries. The Iranian foreign minister,...

Ahmadian made the remarks in a meeting with Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, in Tehran on Monday evening. Announcing the readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran to comprehensively expand relations with Iraq, especially in the field of advanced technologies, the Iranian top security official called for...

The Iranian giants will host Al Duhail in Group E of the AFC Champions League 2023/24 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. “We know that how strong Al Duhail are but we will have a great day with our fans in our home. The fans will push us forward against Al Duhail,”...

"Undoubtedly, these were the most difficult talks Qatar has ever conducted as a mediator. But these efforts will continue," he said in an interview with the Al Jazeera television channel. "Contacts are maintained nonstop. Groups continue working via the headquarters in Doha, via mediators to guarantee that channels of communication...

The explosion on Sunday ripped through a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi City, where pro-ISIL fighters led a five-month siege in 2017 that killed more than 1,000 people, Aljazeera reported. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr earlier condemned “the senseless and most heinous acts perpetrated by foreign terrorists”. AMK/PR

The announcement was made by a spokesperson for the local search and rescue team. According to him, three people were found alive while 12 more are considered missing, TASS reported. On December 3, a massive eruption of the Marapi volcano occurred in Sumatra. According to preliminary data, the volcano spewed...

Osama Hamdan, the representative of Hamas in Lebanon and also a member of the movement’s Politburo, made the comments in a Sunday press conference in Beirut, as Israel pressed ahead with a new round of its indiscriminate strikes on Gaza. "The American administration, its president [Joe Biden], and his Secretary...

This stance found substantial backing from Western leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, who entertained the notion of an international coalition to fight Hamas. Many Western leaders including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shared similar sentiments. EU and US officials scrambled to West Asia to...

Hossam Khalifa, who heads the assessment team at the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, made the announcement in an interview on Sunday. He added that the Israeli regime's indiscriminate strikes on Gaza have resulted in the partial or total destruction of 250,000 of the territory's 400,000 housing units. Khalifa said...

"They (Zionists) claim this is not Nazi-like; killing 5,300 Palestinian boys and girls is a Nazi practice, despite the West's reluctance to acknowledge this truth," Petro posted on a social media platform. Attached to the posting was video footage showing a residential area reduced to rubble by the Israeli airstrikes...

A late Sunday statement from the Iraqi resistance reported a barrage of missiles hitting the US military base near Syria’s al-Khazra village. Additionally, the resistance conducted a drone attack on American forces stationed at Ain al-Asad Airbase in Iraq's al-Anbar province. These retaliatory actions followed an earlier announcement confirming the...

Shellings and flares targeted the outskirts of the towns of Ramya, Beit Lif, Aita al-Shaab, Rmeich, Khiam, and Kfar Kila in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon. This comes as Hezbollah announced carrying out eight operations throughout Sunday, targeting Israeli military soldiers' gatherings and sites, including the "Beit Hillel" sensitive...

"The death toll has now reached 47, up from 23 earlier announced," Manyara regional commissioner Queen Sendiga told Xinhua over the phone. "The number of injured persons is 85." Describing the situation as "horrifying," Sendiga said that one village had been completely engulfed by mudflow, suggesting a potential rise...

The quake, centered in the Marmara Sea, was also felt across nearby megapolis Istanbul. It was determined that the earthquake, 4.73 kilometers (3 miles) off the coast of Bursa's Mudanya district, occurred at a depth of approximately 8.98 kilometers (5.58 miles) below the sea surface, according to...

The most prominent operations were against the "Beit Hillel" base. In this operation, Hezbollah forces managed to hit an Israeli target inside the base with a guided missile, despite it being over 3km away from the Lebanese border, the Al-Mayadeen news channel reported. On that note, Israeli media admitted 11...

“I am seeing massive child casualties,” James Elder wrote in an X post on Sunday. “We have a final warning to save children; and our collective conscience.” In a separate video message from the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, Elder said he felt like...

Xinhua reported citing Indian officials that a Pilatus PC 7 Mk II aircraft carrying an instructor and a trainee pilot had taken off from Air Force Academy (AFA) at Hyderabad for a routine training sortie. However, it crashed on Monday morning at Toopran in Medak district, about 55 km north...

Mokhber made the remarks in a meeting with Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, in Tehran on Monday. During the war of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza, all the prominent powers of the world gathered with all the facilities, but they could not harm the...

Earlier on Saturday, Major General Bagheri met with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Chief of Army Staff, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Interior of Iraq. The two sides discussed defense and security issues, implementation of joint exercises, and continued disarmament of terrorist groups in the northern region of Iraq. RHM/

In Imam Khomeini Port, Davoud Chegeni, the acting deputy head of Khuzestan's Ports and Maritime Department for port and economic affairs, informed that simultaneous with the unloading and transfer of light oil from the vessel to the storage tanks in the oil zone of the Imam Khomeini Port, the process...

Al-Qassam Brigades pounds Ashkelon in retaliation for brutal aggression on Gaza on Monday, Al-Manar reported.  Sirens were activated in the Pri Gan, Sufa and Nir Yitzhak town near the border with Gaza, Haaretz reported. Alarms were activated in the central towns of Ramat Gan, Kiryat Ono, Savyon, Yehud-Monoson and...

Cuban President arrived in Tehran on Sunday evening at the head of a high-ranking political and economic delegation.  Miguel Díaz-Cane met with the Iranian president and during this meeting, 7 documents and memorandums of cooperation were signed between Iran and Cuba.  The Iranian and Cuban presidents also attended a joint...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his accompanying delegation were received by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution for a meeting on Monday. Earlier today, the Cuban delegation held a meeting followed by a press conference with President Ebrahim Raeisi. This item is being updated...

Local Palestinian sources reported that Israeli raids took place in the Qalandiya refugee camp and Kafr Aqab in the occupied West Bank. At least 15 Palestinians have been wounded, four of them seriously, in the raids, it said, according to Al Jazeera. The Israeli regime started the war against Gaza...

A notable quality that independent countries, including Iran and Cuba, have in common is standing against the arrogance system and supporting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian nation, Raeisi said in a meeting of the Iran-Cuba high-ranking delegations, held in Tehran on Monday. Hailing the strategic ties between Iran and...

The welcoming ceremony was held at the Saadabad cultural complex in northern Tehran. The Cuban President arrived in Tehran in a bid to hold talks with the Iranian high-ranking officials on the issues of mutual interest. Upon arrival at Mehrabad airport in western Tehran late on Sunday, the Cuban president was...

The top Iranian diplomat made the remarks in a meeting with an Iraqi parliamentary delegation headed by Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, in Tehran on Sunday. During the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian expressed satisfaction with the principled positions of the Iraqi people, government, and parliament in firmly condemning the...

Arman-e Emrooz: Omani FM IN Iran to convey US message 700 Palestinians killed in a day Abrar: Zionist regime detains 60 Palestinians Akhbar-e San'at: Iranian president says Tehran supports Gaza based on its constitution Eskenas: Iran FM says Tehran's cooperation with IAEA to continue in technical, legal framework Javan: French...

Khosro Saraei, the director general of the PMO office of transit, logistics, and agreements, was quoted by the Iranian Ministry of Roads and Urban Development on Sunday as saying. Iran has offered an 80-percent discount on the roll-on/roll-off ships to accelerate the process of transport between the two countries, Saraei...

The Al-Aqsa storm operation was a legitimate and defensive action of the Palestinian people against the occupiers, Nasser Kan'ani said, adding that the operation showed that the security power of this regime is fake and unstable. The Zionist regime has killed more than 16,000 Palestinians, 70% of whom are civilians, women,...

Raeisi made the remarks in a meeting with Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is in Tehran on a historic visit. During a ceremony held at the Sa’adabad historical and cultural complex on Monday morning, Raeisi welcomed Díaz-Canel, who arrived in Tehran Sunday night on the first visit by a Cuban...

The Cultural Commission of the Iranian Parliament has put on its agenda the bill of the agreement on the establishment and framework of cultural centers between the Iranian and Russian governments. The agreement is aimed at maintaining cooperation between the government of Iran and Russia through cultural centers. In line...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel signed a joint statement on deepening strategic and bilateral relations between the two countries. High-ranking officials of Iran and Cuba also signed 7 cooperation MoUs and documents in different fields including science and technology, health, agriculture, energy and mining, communication, and medicine.

Amir-Abdollahian met and held talks with a delegation from the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese Muslim Scholars Gathering, headed by Sheikh Ghazi Hanina in the Iranian capital city of Tehran on Monday. Referring to the constructive role of the gathering of Lebanese Muslim scholars over the past four decades...

Statistics related to the export of steel in this timespan indicated that the export of iron beams increased from 91,000 tons last year (ended March 20, 2023) to 122,000 tons in the current year, registering a 34 percent rise. Meanwhile, the export of rebar increased from 1,675 thousand tons last...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel held a press conference after their meeting in Tehran on Monday. Raieis pointed to the potential and capabilities of the two countries in the fields of agriculture, mining, energy etc. and said that both sides are resolved to develop their relationship...

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received the visiting Cuban president for a meeting in Tehran on Monday.

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Scores of Iranians got together in Tehran to pay tribute to some nine martyred known of defenders of the holy shrines who have been recently identified.

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Monday, December 4.                           ...