19 Mar 2024
Tuesday 27 December 2016 - 09:46
Story Code : 244507

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Tuesday, 27-12-2016

Iran Daily


Leader: Jesus is our prophet, too
Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said on Monday, Jesus is a prophet of us Muslims, too.

Iran starts major air defense drills
The Iranian Army and the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) started comprehensive joint air defense drills in the countrys south.

Iran inks 12 oil contracts with foreign firms
A senior Iranian oil industry official said the country has signed 12 contracts with foreign companies operating in the sector.

S. Korean MPs quiz presidents friend
A handful of South Korean lawmakers on Monday finally got to question the woman at the heart of the impeachment crisis surrounding President Park Geun-hye, after she snubbed a televised hearing at her detention center.

Parts of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea
Russian rescuers found Monday the first parts of the Syria-bound military plane that plunged into the Black Sea, as officials said they do not suspect terrorism as the reason for the crash that killed 92 people on board.

TV: Saudi warplanes drop cluster bombs on Yemen
Saudi fighter jets intensified their airstrikes against Yemeni provinces, using more internationally-banned arms in their latest raids.

Defense minister: Takfirism poses threat to whole world
Irans Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said that the Takfiri terrorism poses threat not only to Iraq and Syria but the entire world.

Culture minister visits IRNA
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi Amiri toured the headquarters of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) in Tehran on Monday.

Turkish PM: Tehran, Ankara contributing to regional peace
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said relations between Tehran and Ankara have reached their highest level, stressing that the two countries have taken important steps to help restore peace and security to the region.

Iranian official urges Muslims to unite behind UN vote against Israel
An Iranian official called on all Muslim countries to stand united behind a recently-approved United Nations Security Council resolution that censures Israel for its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Iran culls birds after avian flu outbreak
Iran has killed hundreds of thousands of birds in recent weeks as avian flu spreads across seven provinces of the country, officials have reported.


Tehran Times

Fifth Urban Sculpture Biennial wraps up
The Fifth Urban Sculpture Biennial was brought to an end on Sunday honoring three artists.

Non-oil exports up over 9% yr/yr
Irans non-oil exports during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20) reached $31.593 billion registering a 9.05 percent rise compared to the same period last year, IRNA reported.

Five events that shook world economy in 2016
An increasingly interconnecting world makes countries vulnerable to events in others.

Iran tells banks to sell dollars at free rates
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says it has authorized banks to deal in foreign exchange trading at a free-market rate a move which is expected to help control the rising rates of the dollar, according to Press TV.

UN: Israeli settlements have no legal validity, Netanyahu places hopes in Trump
The Israeli governments furious reaction to the United Nations Security Councils adoption of a resolution opposing illegal settlements in occupied territory underscores its fundamental and bitter dispute with the international community about the future of the West Bank and east al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Russian envoy hopes for U.S. positive role in Syria under Trump
Russias ambassador to Iran highlighted the two countries close cooperation in the fight against terror groups in Syria and expressed the hope that the U.S.will also play a positive role in resolving the Syrian crisis under the presidency of Donald Trump.

Christian parent commemorates martyred son
Robert Lazar was an Iranian-Christian martyred during the Iraqi invasion of Iran (1980-1988). Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei paid a visit on December 27, 2015, to the home of the martyr.

Security of region is security of Iran
Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said on Monday Iran regards security of the Middle East region as its own security.

E-voting viable if Guardian Council approves so
Alireza Barati, deputy Interior minister for e-governance and IT, has said the interior ministry is ready to hold electronic voting in the forthcoming presidential election if the Guardian Council gives the go-head.

Irans support for resistance axis constitutionally honored
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the Iranian parliamentary committee for national security and foreign policy, says Irans support for the resistance axis is enshrined in the countrys Constitution.

Abducted Iranian national freed in Afghanistan
An Iranian national abducted last Tuesday in the western Afghan province of Herat has been released and handed over to Irans Consulate in the province, an official with the Iranian consulate told Pajhwok Afghan News on Monday.

Military exercise starts in southern provinces
Irans military launched on Monday a national-wide military drill in southern parts of the country in an effort to achieve a higher level of coordination among various components of its integrated air defense network.

Advisor urges Islamic countries to support UN settlement vote
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, special aide to the Majlis speaker on international affairs, said on Monday the Islamic countries should support the recently approved UN resolution on Israels settlement activities.
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