News Archive - 2 April 2024

Raeisi made the remarks in a telephone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday night. The Israeli regime attacked Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday evening. The Israeli aggression led to the destruction of the entire building and the martyrdom and injury of the entire...

Delivering a speech before the Security Council during a meeting on the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Ershadi categorically condemned the Israeli act of aggression, saying, "The Israeli regime has committed a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, international laws, and the sovereignty, independence, and territorial...

The Israeli military airport is located in the Negev desert in the south of occupied Palestine. Following the attack, relief teams were dispatched to the scene of the incident. This attack was carried out using an offensive drone that exploded near the Ramon airport, according to the reports. The military...

Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday defended recent arms transfers to its ally, which included fighter jets and 900kg bombs. “I do not agree with that at all,” he claimed when asked whether the weapons transfers damaged the “credibility” and “sincerity” of US statements slamming the killing of...

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in Tuesday before parliament for his third term in office as leader of the Arab world's most populous country. In power for the past decade, Sisi is set to remain president until 2030, after winning a December election with 89.6 percent of...

The seizure came following a cargo inspection in the northwestern Pskov region along the border with Latvia, the FSB said in a statement. It added that the cargo shipment was "part of the cross-border traffic of explosives from Ukraine through the European Union," saying the explosives had passed through Romania,...

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has “requested a call-in from the Israeli ambassador," Albanese said on Tuesday. “We want full accountability for this. This is a tragedy that should never have occurred,” he added. Australian citizen Zomi Frankcom was among the seven aid workers who were killed...

A civil war from 2013-18 caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and although the main belligerents have since been at peace, clashes continue among armed groups, Reuters reported. Activists believe the recent rise in violence is at least partly connected to the elections to choose leaders to succeed in the...

The fire, of unknown cause, broke out in a building on Gündoğdu Street in Gayrettepe Yıldız Posta Avenue, according to Daily Sabah. Upon notification, fire, medical and police teams were dispatched to the scene. Police took precautions in the surrounding area. Firefighters intervened with 31 vehicles and 86 personnel in...

The EU said Tuesday that it was "alarmed by the Israeli strike" on the Iranian consulate in Syria's Damascus and warned against any escalation after Tehran vowed revenge. In continuation of the support for the Zionist regime, EU spokesman Peter Stano said, "In this highly tense regional situation, it is really...

The announcement comes after seven humanitarian workers with the nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday. The UAE is the main funder of the organization's aid route that has been leading efforts to get food by sea to Gaza, which the United...

"I set out the Government's unequivocal condemnation of the appalling killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, including three British Nationals," Britain's Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, said. "I requested a quick and transparent investigation, shared with the international community, and full accountability," Reuters quoted him as...

Undoubtedly, the destruction of global Zionism is the punishment for assassination of Brig Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his comrades, Mohammad Mahdi Esmaeili, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance wrote. "Our relentless struggle continues until its realization," Esmaeili said. "As in the past, we will not hesitate to take any cultural and...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a message after the Israeli regime's attack on Iran's consular building in Damascus on Monday. We will make them regret committing this crime, the Leader stressed.  Ayatollah Khamenei also prayed to God to bestow divine forgiveness and blessings to...

Referring to the Zionist regime's terrorist attack on Iran's consulate in Syria on Monday, Ahmad Vahidi took to X social media platform to offer condolences over the martyrdom of the IRGC military advisor Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his companions. He also termed the Israeli attack on Iran's consulate building as a...

The director of exploration at the NIOC, Mehdi Fakour, announced that the company's specially designed model will enable the extraction of oil from these resources. Fakour stated that in the previous Iranian calendar year (which ended March 19, 2024), more than 2.5 billion barrels of oil were added to...

Commenting on the Zionist regime's terrorist attack on Iran's consulate in Syria yesterday, Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said on his X social account that the Zionist regime, as the proxy army of the United States in the region, made a huge mistake by doing such an assault and has to pay a...

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, today strongly condemned Israel’s attack on Iran’s diplomatic facilities in Damascus, Syria, the "euro.eseuro.com" website reported. On his account in X, the Cuban Foreign Minister pointed out that the act is a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of Syria...

"In the targeted attack on identified diplomatic premises, a number of Iran's anti-terrorism military advisors with diplomatic impunity who were present in the building when the attack was conducted during Iftar meal, were martyred," the Iranian foreign ministry said in its statement on Tuesday.  "This attack violated the impunity of...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Tuesday a strike on an Iranian consular annex building in Syria one day earlier, his spokesman said, after the attack carried out by the Zionist Israeli regime killed at least 13 people, including 7 IRGC military advisors in Syria.  "The Secretary-General reaffirms that the...

Commenting on the Zionist regime's terrorist attack on Iran's consulate in Syria yesterday, Mehr News agency reached out to Asst. Prof. at Istanbul Aydın University Hazar Vural Jane. Here are her answers to the questions.  How do you assess this act according to International law? According to the 1961...

In the phone call with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Sayyid Badr bin Busaidi condoled the martyrdom of Iran's military advisers in the missile attack on Iran's consulate in Damascus while condemning this act as a violation of international law. The two sides also reviewed the recent developments in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing the need for...

We condemn the Israeli attack on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus. Israel's action adds to its recent violations of international law,” a Foreign Ministry statement said, according to Anadolu Agency.  “We are concerned that this action may escalate into a conflict affecting the entire region,” it added. The ministry...

During his press conference with the journalists in New York on Tuesday, the UN Secretary General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric touched upon the efforts by the UN Secretary General and his contacts with world leaders to prevent the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate building in Syria from turning into a regional...

During the meeting, the two sides agreed that attacking diplomatic places should be costly for criminals. Doval, for his part, expressed condolences over the martyrdom of Iranian advisors in an Israeli strike on the building of Iran's consulate in Damascus on Monday. The two sides also discussed cooperation between Tehran...

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The Bam-based team won the title with 43 points in the 12-team league, Tehran Times reported. Khatoon, formerly Shahrdari Bam, is the most decorated team in the league, winning 10 titles out of 15 editions. Bam Khatoon represented Iran at the 2022 AFC Women's Club Championship. The players and coaching...

Iranian taekwondo practitioners grabbed six gold and five silver medals in the sporting event. Iranian men’s taekwondokas Amir Ghorbani (+82kg), Erfan Shahmohammadi (-82kg), Keyhan Shariati (-70kg), Arian Shooshtari (-60kg), Mohammad Farahmand (-58kg), and Arad Bagheri (-50kg) each received gold medals. Other Iranian Taekwondo practitioners, Ahoura Abbasi, Mani Khani, Arsha Takhireh,...

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In the March 31 local elections, over 61 million voters cast their votes at over 200,000 polling stations with candidates from 34 political parties competing. The major competing parties were the governing Justice and Development (AK) Party, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the...

In a statement of Tuesday morning, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance said that its forces conducted a drone attack on Israeli Tel Nof Airbase in the city of Rehovot, central occupied Palestinian territories. The Iraqi Resistance had warned the Israeli regime in previous operations that if Tel Aviv continued its attacks...

Ghalibaf made the remarks on Tuesday morning, referring to the Israeli regime's Monday missile attack that targeted the building of Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus and led to the martyrdom of 7 IRGC military advisors. Saying that the fresh Israeli aggression once again revealed the barbaric nature...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a telephone conversation with Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hussein Ibrahim Taha on Tuesday. While condemning Israeli criminal attacks on Iran’s diplomatic missions which are contrary to all the rules of international law and the convention on diplomatic and consular rights, the top Iranian...

Yemen's Al-Masirah announced in a breaking news that the American and British fighters attacked targets in al-Tahita city located in Hodeidah province. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Monday it received a report of an incident 150 nautical miles northwest of Yemen’s Hodeidah. “The Master of...

Issuing a statement on Tuesday morning, Raeisi strongly condemned the Israeli regime's fresh act of aggression. Terming the Israeli missile attack on Iran's consulate as a terrorist crime and a gross violation of international regulations, Raeisi expressed condolences to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, the Iranian nation, IRGC staff,...

The US base in Syria's al-Tanf region was targeted with a suicide drone, local sources reported on Tuesday morning. No group has claimed responsibility for targeting the US base so far. Resistance groups based in Iraq have repeatedly hit US bases on Iraqi and Syrian territories with missiles and drones over...

Ali-Akbar Ahmadian left Tehran for Astana on Tuesday morning at the head of a high-ranking delegation to participate in the meeting of secretaries of the Security Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The 19th meeting of the secretaries of the Security Councils of the SCO member states will be...

Social media circulated footage showing a formidable surge of snow engulfing an off-piste area in the Riffelberg sector of Zermatt, a luxury Alpine retreat, Xinhua reported. Despite challenging weather conditions, a major rescue operation was quickly launched but was suspended, according to police, who confirmed the death toll on X,...

Al-Mayadeen reporter announced in a breaking news on Tuesday morning that the Zionist enemy launched an air strike on southern Syria from the occupied Golan. An Israeli aggression targets the Yarmouk Basin area in the western countryside of Syria's Daraa province, the reporter said. The drone violated the Syrian airspace...

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“We consider any attacks on diplomatic and consular facilities, the inviolability of which is guaranteed by the relevant Vienna Conventions, to be categorically unacceptable,” the ministry said in a statement, warning of the dangerous repercussions of Israeli attacks on the whole region, SANA reports. The ministry added such “aggressive” actions...

"China condemns the attack," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said. "The security of diplomatic institutions cannot be violated, and Syria's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity should be respected," he said. "The current situation in the Middle East is turbulent and we oppose any actions that lead to an escalation of...

In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah announced that its forces conducted fresh missile attacks on the Al-Malikiyah base in the occupied territories and directly hit the Israeli enemies. Hezbollah announced that to support the steadfast Palestinian nation in the Gaza Strip and to support its brave resistance, the Resistance forces...

TEHRAN, Apr. 3 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran's English-language dailies on Wednesday, April 3.                          ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – On the eve of the first Shia Imam’s martyrdom anniversary, a traditional ritual dubbed "Chaharpayeh Khani" was staged at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad.

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – Tabatabaei Historical House is one of the most popular attractions of Kashan. Built in the 19th century, the house is an outstanding reflection of all the typical features of Persian architecture.

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – On the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali (AS), a mourning ceremony was held in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province on Monday.                        ...