News Archive - 16 December 2023

Hazrat Zahra (SA), also known as Fatemeh, is the daughter of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the wife of Imam Ali (AS), the first Shia imam.  She is also the mother of Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam Hossein (AS), the second and third Shia imams, respectively.  Based on...

Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the military, said the three Zionists held by Hamas since early October were “mistakenly” killed by friendly fire in the Gaza neighborhood of Shujaiya. “During searches and checks in the area in which the incident occurred, a suspicion arose over the identities of the deceased,” he...

The bus hit a guardrail on Cipali toll road at 15:40 Jakarta time, said spokesman of the provincial police office Senior Commissioner Ibrahim Tompo, Xinhua reported. The driver might have lost control of the vehicle when the bus was passing through a part of the road that bends to the...

Xinhua reported citing Police that the fire, which broke out before 5 a.m. local time, spread quickly and razed over 50 houses in Molo, a district in the provincial capital Iloilo City. The Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said it took firefighters over two hours to extinguish...

Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah was 86. A couple of weeks ago, Sheikh Nawaf was admitted to a hospital due to an emergency health issue but it was later declared that his condition stabilized. MNA/PR...

Kuwait's crown prince, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was named the oil-rich country's new emir after the death of his predecessor Sheikh Nawaf on Saturday, Xinhua reports. Kuwait's ruling Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah passed away at the age of 86 on Saturday, according to the Kuwaiti royal court.

An attempt of the Kyiv regime to carry out an attack with the use of UAVs on December 15 between 11:00 p.m. Moscow time [8:00 p.m. GMT] and 11:50 Moscow time [8:50 GMT] against facilities in Crimea had been thwarted, TASS reported citing the ministry’s statement. "Air defense...

The communications director at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said, "We cannot access those who need us most and fulfill our duties," Anadolu Agency reported. She said that "imposed access restrictions, limited supplies and continued heavy bombardments prevent UNRWA's ability to...

“A large squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles carried out a military operation against sensitive targets in the Umm al-Rashrash area [of the Port of Eilat] in the southern sector of the occupied lands” on Saturday, Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television channel cited a statement released by the armed forces. The statement...

Aboutaleb Geraylou put the volume of trade exchanges of oil products from and to the province in this period at over two million tons. Turning to the measures taken for organizing and preventing sedimentation of goods at ports of the province, he stated that more than eight million tons of basic commodities...

The ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Portugal  Majid Tafreshi expressed satisfaction with the unveiling of the book in Portuguese and considered the theme of this book to be the subject of resistance. He said that many nations such as the people of Algeria, Cuba, and South Africa...

Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi on Saturday sent a message to Commander of the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan in the wake of the terrorist attack that resulted in the martyrdom of 11 Police forces in Rask in the southeastern province...

Amir-Abdollahian, in a message on X social network, condoled er the martyrdom of 11 Iranian police officers in a terrorist attack on Thursday night in Rask County in Sistan and Baluchestan province. He also offered his condolences to the Iranian nation and especially the families of “devoted” police forces who fell victim...

Based on secondary sources, Iran produced 3.121 million bpd of crude oil in October, the report said. The Islamic Republic’s average crude output for the third quarter of 2023 stood at 3.003 million bpd indicating a 35,000 bpd increase compared to the figure for the second quarter of...

Nasser Kan'ani stated that the Zionist regime's soldiers are insulting the sanctities of Muslims by singing from the loudspeakers of a mosque in Jenin while committing massive murders and crimes against innocent people of Gaza, especially women and children. By violating all human, moral, and religious values, the criminal invaders proved...

The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) was ranked first in the world above Maersk Shipping Company. The MSC stood in first place, owning 795 vessels with a capacity of 5,554,321 TEU, followed by Maersk Shipping Company possessing 679 vessels with a capacity of 4,131,334 TEU. The CMA CGM Company, owning 621...

In a message on Saturday, the Iranian president condoled with the new Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the royal family of Kuwait, and the country’s government and nation over the demise of Sheikh Nawaf. President Raeisi prayed for the deceased Kuwaiti Emir to rest in peace, also calling...

Speaking to the local Iranian IRNA news agency upon arrival in Konarak in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the minister said that he was going to Rask to inspect the search and investigation into the Friday deadly terrorist attack, in which 11 Iranian policemen were martyred and six others were wounded. He...

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The 10th Asian Men’s Youth U-19 Handball Championship is slated for 25 August – 3 September 2024 in Tehran, the capital and largest city of Iran. The tournament in Tehran will not only showcase youthful talent but also serve as a qualification event for the 11th IHF Men’s Youth U-19...

At the end of the women’s bouldering section in the preliminary stage, Rekabi stood in fourth place and advanced to the final. Rekabi will compete against rivals on Saturday. Earlier, Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour grabbed a gold medal at the sporting event. The 2023 Asian Climbing Cup is underway...

Infantino welcomed the news that women had been allowed into Thursday's Iran Pro League match as a sign of its success, Reuters reported. “In September, I had the pleasure of meeting Iran President Ebrahim Raeisi in New York City, where we discussed the development of women's football in the country...

Alamian earned a win over a contestant from Slovakia Lubomir Pištej 3-1 and advanced to the quarterfinal in the sporting event. The Iranian table tennis player is in 56th place in the world ranking. The 2023 WTT Feeder Biella is underway in Italy from December 12-17, 2023. AMK/5967708

In the final stage of rowing heavyweight women’s double sculls, the Iranian squad comprising Kimia Zarei and Fatemeh Mojallal reached the end line as the first boat after registering 7:27,99 time and claiming the gold medal in the sporting event. Vietnam and Kazakhstan stood in second and third places respectively...

In an annual meeting of the Russian Gas Society, held through videoconference, Majid Chegeni said, “It is a great honor for me to speak at this prestigious forum as the deputy minister of oil and CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC). “The session is taking place at a...

Samer Abu Daqqa, a photographer and father of four, was killed at the Farhana School, which is a United Nations-flagged refugee center in the city of Khan Yunis, on Friday. He had arrived alongside Al Jazeera's press crew to report on an earlier airstrike against the center. The drone strike...

"[Ukranian] UAVs attacked the districts of Dmitriyev and Zheleznogorsk [in the Kursk Region]," TASS reported citing Starovoit.  He added, "No wounded people were reported as a result of the attacks." Starovoit also pointed out the attack on the village of Krupets in the Dmitriyev district, where three incoming...

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended the 2nd night of mourning ceremonies on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Lady Fatimah Zahra (pbuh) in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyyah Sat.   ...