News Archive - 17 December 2023

Vice Chairman of Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce Kambiz Mirkarimi pointed to the salient advantages of signing the much-awaited free trade agreement between Iran and the EAEU’s member states and added, “Since the member states of the union have a high population, inking the agreement will be a very suitable...

During the meeting on Sunday,  Amir-Abdollahian extended condolences on behalf of the Iranian president, government, and nation on the passing away of Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who died on Saturday at the age of 86. The Iranian foreign minister also congratulated Kuwait on the appointment of its new emir...

MSC and CMA CGM made their announcements on Saturday, a day after two more big shipping companies, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, took similar decisions. The Yemeni armed forces have in recent weeks targeted Israeli-linked ships or any vessel heading for the occupied territories in the Red and Arabian seas. Yemeni forces...

Suicide drones targeted the Conoco gas field and the al-Omar oil field, both located in Deir Ezzor province, eastern Syria.   There were no reports of casualties. But American warplanes and helicopters started hovering above those regions following the drone strikes.   No group claimed responsibility for the strikes. Similar...

The spokesman of al-Qassam, which is the military wing of the Hamas Resistance movement, said that the regime killed three of its captives on Friday night and preferred their deaths to their freedom from captivity, Palestinian media reported Abu Ubaida as saying on Saturday. The Israeli regime has been behaving...

The Israeli regime targeted the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem, occupied West Bank early Sunday. Several other Palestinians were injured during the Zionists' invasion. The reports added that Resistance forces detonated several bombs in the path of Israeli troops. Israeli bulldozers are also destroying the infrastructure of the camp...

"This blast happened at the time of packing in the cast booster plant in the Solar Explosive Company. More details awaited," media reports quoted Superintendent of Police (Nagpur Rural) Harsh Poddar as saying. The injured were admitted to a local hospital, Xinhua reported. According to the reports, the company where...

At the same time as the Al-Aqsa Storm Operation by Hamas, which revealed the fragile security of the Zionist regime in the field, the documents disclosed by a hacker group showed the inadequate cyber security of the Zionist regime as well. Recently, a hacker group called Karma announced that they...

Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news channel, citing a Hezbollah statement released on Sunday, reported that the group had targeted Israeli forces at the Birkat Risha outpost in the north of occupied Palestinian lands, causing casualties among the troops. Several Israeli troopers were also injured, when additional strikes hit the vicinity...

The Iranian ambassador made the remarks in an interview with American magazine News Week.  The following is his full remarks: Prior to the 1979 victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Palestinian militant groups predominantly espoused socialist ideologies. The genesis of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine...

The deputy minister of agriculture for horticultural affairs emphasized that, in addition to meeting the domestic demands, $6 billion worth of agricultural products are exported by Iran each year. Speaking at a cultural ceremony in Mazandaran province on Saturday, Mohammad Mahdi Boroumandi said Iran has come out victorious in the...

Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks while speaking in a ceremony in Tehran to bid farewell to newly unearthed martyrs of Iraqi-imposed war on Iran (1980-1988). Pointing to the alleged US propaganda on human rights and democracy, the IRGC commander said the US officials opine they can live in...

Zahra Baloch issued a statement on Sunday, saying that Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack at Rask Police HQs in the southeastern region of Iran, which killed 11 Iranian forces and injured several others. “We extend heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and pray for the swift recovery...

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei attended the mourning ceremony which was held on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Lady Fatimah Zahra (SA) at Imam Khomeini (ra) Hussainiyah on Sunday night.                  ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The funeral ceremony of 110 unidentified martyrs who lost their lives in the Sacred Defense era was held in Tehran on Sunday morning.                          ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – On the occasion of the anniversary of Hazrat Zahra (SA) martyrdom, a mourning ceremony was held at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Iran's Mashhad.                     ...