News Archive - 12 February 2024

The blaze at the Oceana water park in the popular Liseberg amusement complex in downtown Goteberg spread across several water slides and a hangar-like building. Police and fire officials could not immediately say what caused the fire, ANC News reported. Police said 12 people were slightly injured. A nearby hotel...

More than 100 people were killed due to Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gazan city, according to Palestinian sources, amid international outcry over Israel’s planned ground offensive, Anadolu َAgency reported. The area sits on Gaza's border with Egypt, where Israel forced civilians to evacuate, claiming it was a safe zone.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army, said the fire exchange took place when the forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Mardan district of the province on reported presence of terrorists. The killed terrorists actively involved in numerous terrorist activities, the ISPR said, adding that...

“The United Nations joins in celebrating with the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran on this special day,” Guterres said in a message to Raisi, according to a Monday report by the IRNA's correspondent in UN headquarters in New York.  He stressed in the message that joining the...

Al-Radar base was accurately hit by a guided missile, Lebanese media reported on Monday, citing the resistance movement. Hezbollah also said that it had targeted a Zionist barrack with a Falaq-1 missile. The resistance movement meanwhile announced the martyrdom of one of its fighters during battles with the Israeli regime...

The shooting occurred in the shipping company office in Glyfada, a seaside suburb of the capital, Irish News reports. The alleged gunman, an unidentified company employee, entered the building armed with a shotgun and handgun, according to several witnesses. Police spokesperson Constantia Dimoglidou said the owner of the company was...

A country's gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is the PPP value of all final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year, divided by the average (or mid-year) population for the same year. Head of Iran's Plan and Budget Organization Davood...

Ali Ramezani, deputy director and spokesperson of the 35th Tehran International Book Fair made the remarks while attending the 32nd New Delhi International Book Fair where he referred to the meeting with the director of the Riyadh International Book Fair and added,"We had already talked with the head of the...

Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance sent a message to the 39th Fajr International Music Festival which opened in Tehran on Monday February 12, 2024. The festival will continue until February 17 and the participating musical bands from inside and outside the country will perform their pieces of music...

The two officials met a few hours after Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Qatar’s capital on Monday afternoon. Talks on the Gaza crisis focus on a host of issues including a permanent ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian territory, a stop to Israeli crimes against Palestinians there as well as sending humanitarian assistance...

Deputy Minister for Cultural Affairs at the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Yasser Ahmadvand said that the Frankfurt Book Fair have voiced their willingness to attend the Tehran International Book Fair, which will be held later this year in the spring. Referring to the meeting of the representative of...

In a message to the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Monday, the Iranian foreign minister expressed his satisfaction that with the management of the high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the People's Republic of China, the comprehensive strategic partnership signed between the two countries and the relations...

Following the attacks of the Zionist regime on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of more than 100 people, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who is in Qatar as the third leg of his trip to the region, said on Monday that "The...

Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, said that  "A long-range ballistic missile was successfully fired from an IRGC Navy military vessel in joint cooperation between the IRGC Aerospace Force and the IRGC Navy." Salami emphasized that "This new achievement increased the range of influence and our naval power to...

Saturn possesses an invisible ring. Scientists have directed their keenest gaze towards the invisible ring of high-energy ions trapped in Saturn’s colossal magnetic field and have ascertained its asymmetrical and dynamic attributes, setting it apart from similar rings that manifest around Earth. Within Plato’s “Republic” and its various dialogues, a...

More than 230 people were injured. Most of the victims of the attack were women and children. It was reported earlier that Israeli planes were carrying out targeted strikes on the Al-Huda and Al-Rahma mosques, where many refugees are located, according to TASS. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported the bombing...

Troy Finner said it was not clear whether the five-year-old boy was struck by the officers who returned fire after the woman, wearing a trenchcoat, entered Osteen’s Lakewood church with the boy shortly before 2pm and began shooting. A 57-year-old man was also shot and wounded, the police chief said.

During the meeting, the Resistance leaders discussed the latest developments in the besieged Gaza Strip and the West Bank.  They also conferred on the possible scenarios the Resistance should plan for regarding the developments in the battlefield and political interactions. Nasrallah and al-Nakhalah stressed the need to be steadfast and continue...

Two missiles were fired at the ship, the captain said. The crew was not injured, TASS reported. The US and the UK have been carrying out numerous attacks against Yemen as a means of trying to pressure the country into stopping a series of operations that it has been conducting...

Some Syrian users on social networks reported hearing the sound of several explosions near the Aleppo airport and suggested that these sounds were caused by the Israeli army's attacks on this area. Meanwhile, some Syrian media, rejecting these speculations, reported that the sounds of explosions heard near the Aleppo airport...

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement said on Monday they attacked a US vessel in the Red Sea, after maritime security firms reported that missiles were fired on a bulk carrier, AFP reported.  "The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted the American ship Star Iris in the Red Sea with a...

According to a report by the local Palestinian Shahab News Agency on Monday, the  Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement said in a statement that the Zionist regime's insistence on its crimes, especially its overnight attacks on Rafah, shows the regime is focused on committing genocide against the Palestinian nation. This insistence...

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, said on Saturday that the Yemeni Armed Forces will continue their attacks to pressure Israel to completely halt its aggression on Palestinians in Gaza, lift its blockade there, and allow the unrestricted entry of food, medicine, and basic commodities into...

The blast occurred in Nkambe, a town in the region, as school children were taking part in activities to mark National Youth Day, which has been celebrated in the country on Feb. 11 since 1966. Many of those affected were school children. Health workers were "working very hard" to treat...

President Raeisi hailed the Iranian nation for foiling enemies' plots with its significant presence as always. He added that by gloriously holding the 22 Bahman rallies across the country, the Iranian nation showed that today the Islamic Republic of Iran continues its bright path stronger than ever thanks to the...

45 years ago, on the 12th of Bahman 1357 in Persian Calender (February 1, 1979), Imam Khomeini (RA), the great founder of the Islamic Revolution, after fifteen years of exile and distance from his homeland, stepped into the soil of Islamic Iran amid the enthusiastic welcome of the people. Ten...

On February 11, 1979, Iranians figured that years of unyielding fight and resistance against the tyrannical Shah regime had finally come to fruition. They marked their victory after the last remaining cohorts of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fled the country, and the Shah’s army announced that it would not be standing...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and held talks with several Palestinian groups based in Damascus on Sunday. In this meeting, they exchanged opinions about the latest situation in Palestine and how to end the war against Gaza and stop the genocide of Palestinians by the Zionist regime. Iran's support for...

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi made the remarks on Monday at the 17th Tehran International Tourism & Related Industries Exhibition, an annual event in Iran’s tourism industry which opened in Tehran on Monday.  Raeisi considered tourism as one of the important topics in the economic field, noting that tourism is an...

"The World Tourism Organization's knowledge of Iran and its cultural, civilizational potential and tourist attractions will play an important role in introducing these potentials to different countries," President Ebrahim Raeisi said on Monday in a meeting with the visiting Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization Zurab Pololikashvili.  In the meeting, the...

Rail freight transit through Iran's territory lasts between 3 to 5 days from Sarakhs Border to Bandar Abbas, reported Miad Salehi, Deputy Minister and CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, while speaking at the international conference on the sea-based economy which is being held at the IRIB International...

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Franck Kessie and Sebastien Haller got the goals for the host nation after Player of the Tournament William Troost-Ekong had given Nigeria a first-half lead. Seko Fofana and Serge Aurier also featured for Ivory Coast in Sunday's final, while 2023 African Footballer of the Year Victor Osimhen was on the losing side. These two...

On Sunday, the hacking group al-Toufan (Flood) Team carried out an operation against the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, which is endangering maritime navigation in West Asia. The group said that it had obtained documents containing pictures and detailed maps from inside the American military base in Bahrain. It released...

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Monday, Feb. 12.                     ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), his holy shrine in Karbala was decorated with flowers.                         ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The closing ceremony of the 42nd Fajr International Film Festival was held on Friday evening at Milad Tower International Conference Center in Tehran.