28 Mar 2024
Tuesday 28 June 2016 - 10:00
Story Code : 220642

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Tuesday, 28-06-2016

Iran Daily

 
Leader slams Bahrain for clerics citizenship revocation
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has strongly criticized the revocation of the citizenship of a senior cleric in Bahrain, saying Bahraini youths cannot be silenced anymore.


Iraq takes full control of Fallujah from Daesh
Iraqi forces took the Daesh terror groups last positions in the city of Fallujah Sunday, establishing full control over one of the terrorists most emblematic bastions after a month-long operation.



MP hails governments national health plan
An Iranian lawmaker hailed the government of President Hassan Rouhani for launching a national health plan.



Multiple bombings kill five in eastern Lebanon
A string of bombings early Monday killed at least five people in a Lebanese village near the volatile border with war-ravaged Syria.



Turkey, Israel normalize ties after six years
Turkey and Israel normalized relations, ending a six-year rift over the killing by Israeli troops of 10 Turkish activists on a Gaza-bound ship.



President: Martyred rangers brave and devoted
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a message on Monday offered condolences to the people on the martyrdom of three park rangers, describing them as brave and devoted.



Iran marks Iraqs chemical attack in Sardasht
Iran on Tuesday marks the 29th anniversary of Sardasht chemical attack by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the Iraq-imposed war on Iran.



Terrorist group key member arrested in southeast Iran
Iranian official said security forces arrested one of the main members of the Ansar al-Forqan terrorist group in the southeastern parts of the country.



Iran commander: Saudi has no right to meddle in Iraq
A senior Iranian commander hailed recent victories by the Iraqi government and people against Daesh terrorists, stressing that Saudi Arabia has no right to interfere in Iraqs internal affairs.



Tehran: Zaghari arrested over links to 2009 Iran riots
A judiciary official said Nazanin Zaghari, held in Iran since April, was apprehended while leaving for London over her involvement in post-election riots that engulfed Tehran and some other cities in 2009.


Tehran Times

Saudis set conditions for Iran only: hajj official
Tehran has categorically rejected claims by the Saudis that the draft contract for Hajj pilgrimage that they had proposed to the Iranian side was the same as Riyadh had offered to other Islamic countries, saying nothing could be further from the truth.

Tehran sends senior coordinator to Moscow, Syria crisis in focus
On Monday Tehran dispatched its senior emissary Ali Shamkhani to Moscow amid unconfirmed news that Iran is ready to show more flexibility to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict which has been dragging on since 2011.

Iran marks Haft-e Tir bombing
Iran on Monday commemorated the memory of 72 officials who were martyred in a powerful bomb blast in Tehran on June 28, 1981. The explosion happened at the office of the Islamic Republic Party while the members were holding a meeting.

Muhtesem Suleyman arrives at Iranian bookstores
Turkish author and historian Yavuz Bahadiroglus Muhtesem Suleyman ve Hurrem Sultan has recently published in Persian by Nimaj Publications.

Leader: Aggression on Sheikh Isa Qassim will backfire on Bahrain
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a meeting on Saturday with a group of families of martyrs of the June 28, 1981 blast at the Islamic Republic Party headquarters as well as families of combatants who embraced martyrdom fighting holy shrines in Syria, praised the faith, combat, valor and high cognition of martyrs and patience and steadfastness of the esteemed families of martyrs.

Lionel Messi retires from international football
Lionel Messi has retired from international duty after missing in a penalty shootout as Argentina lost a fourth major final in nine years.

Doosan Heavy Industries lands $186m desalination deal in Iran
South Koreas Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. won a 220 billion won ($185.9 million) worth order from Iran-based Sazeh Sazan Co., to build a seawater reverse osmosis desalination (SWRO) plant in the Middle East country.

Iranian, Lebanese officials discuss fight against terrorism
Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the new Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, met with Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil in Beirut on Monday, discussing the latest developments in Syria and the fight against terrorism.

Erdogan apologizes to Putin over death of Russian pilot, calls Russia friend & strategic partner
Russian President Vladimir Putin has received a letter in which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized for the death of the Russian pilot who was killed when a Russian jet was downed over the Syrian-Turkish border last November, the Kremlin said.

Rangers are in frontline of defending natural reserves: Rouhani
Saddened by the death of three rangers by illegal hunters in recent days President Hassan Rouhani has praised the difficult task of rangers, saying they are in the frontline of defending the countrys natural reserves.

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