Rouhani warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has warned about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s strikes against the blockaded coastal sliver.…
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Iran: Israel benefiting from regional unrests
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezayee condemned the Zionist regime for its crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza,…
Iran Majlis speaker decries Israel air strikes on Gaza
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has condemned the new wave of Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. Rifts among…
Hezbollah condemns silence of Arab regimes on atrocities in Gaza
Beirut, July 10, IRNA — Hezbollah lashed out on Thursday at the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip against innocent civilians that…
Israel strikes more than 300 targets in Gaza
Israel pressed on with an aerial offensive in Gaza for a third day on Thursday, killing at least 20 people in a…
US assassination drone strikes kill 6 in Pakistan
New US assassination drone strikes have claimed the lives of at least six people in Pakistan’s tribal regions. According to local security…
80% of Pakistan’s Miranshah cleared of militants: Official
Pakistan’s army has seized control of 80 percent of Miranshah, the capital of the remote tribal region of North Waziristan, from pro-Taliban…
Gaza’s groundhog day
After nearly a month of trying, Netanyahu and his hawkish government have got their war, and once again the Palestinians of Gaza…
Russia blames Ukrainian pilot for death of journalists
A female Ukrainian army pilot has been blamed by Russia for involvement in the recent murder of two Russian journalists. Russia says…
Israeli army too weak to enter long-term war: Palestinian envoy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Palestinian Islamic Jihad representative in Tehran said Israel’s ground attack on Gaza is an unlikely possibility since Israeli…
Rezaie: Attacks on Gaza premeditated scenario
Tehran, July 10, IRNA – Secretary of Iranˈs Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaie deplored the Israeli aggressions against the Palestinians in the Gaza…
75 Palestinians killed in 3 days of Israel raids on Gaza Strip
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least 75 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed in three days of Israeli airstrikes on the…
Iran warns Iraqi Kurdistan against independence
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani warned the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) against seceding from Iraq, warning that Iraq’s disintegration…
Kidnapped Iranian diplomats families meet Lebanon Parliament Speaker
Beirut, July 9, IRNA – Iranˈs Ambassador to Lebanon and families of kidnapped diplomats conferred with the countryˈs Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri…
Iran calls on US to stop indecisive stance on terrorist acts in Iraq
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian called on the US officials to avoid hypocrisy…
Iraq tells UN ‘terrorist groups’ seized former chemical weapons depot
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraq’s government lost control of a former chemical weapons facility to “armed terrorist groups” and is unable to fulfill…
Expediency Council head says Iran, U.S. can cooperate in Iraq
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, says Iran has shared interests with the U.S. in Iraq and there is…
‘Hamas has missiles capable of reaching deeper into Israel’
Israeli sources say Tel Aviv is shocked by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas having rockets capable of striking deeper into Israel than…
Iran general warns of third Intifada in Palestine
A senior Iranian military official says Palestinians are close to launching a third Intifada (popular uprising) as the Israeli regime pushes ahead…
ISIL governor killed in eastern Iraq
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq’s security forces killed over a dozen militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including an ISIL…
Rafsanjani: Saudi Arabia facing risk of overflow of terrorism
TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned that Saudi Arabia is exposed to the risk of the spread…
US is worried that ISIL can cross its border: Maloof
A former Pentagon official says the United States is becoming increasingly concerned that militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and…
Iran urges firm action on brutal Israel attacks
Iran has once again slammed the Israeli regime’s “brutal” aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, urging swift international action…
FM spokeswoman denies Iran sends planes to Iraq
TEHRAN, July 9 (MNA) –Iran’s FM spokeswoman has said Islamic Republic of Iran has not sent any air strikers to Iraq. Asked…
At least 12 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
At least four Palestinians were killed when an airstrike targeted their car in Gaza city on Tuesday and at least seven others…
Afkham condemns Zionist regimeˈs aggression on Gaza
Tehran, July 8, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Tuesday condemned Zionist regimeˈs intensifying its criminal attacks on Gaza, which…
Daesh executes 30 Iraqis in Diyala Prov.
Tehran, July 8, IRNA – Daesh terrorists have executed 30 Iraqis, according to Head of the Iraqi Diyala Province Security Committee Sadeq…
Daesh terrorists destroy Assyriansˈ ancient statues in Iraq
Tehran, July 8, IRNA – The twitter users posted images on Daesh terrorists destroying the 4,000-year-old statues of Assyrians in Iraq. Al-Yum…
Deputy FM: Iran sides with Iraq against terrorism
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for African and Middle Eastern Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian announced that Tehran supports the Iraqi…
Fresh Israeli Gaza strikes injure 9
TEHRAN, July 8 (MNA) – Palestinian officials say Israeli attacks on Gaza strip wounded at least nine Palestinians on Tuesday morning. Israeli…
Obama repeats anti-Iran war rhetoric
US President Barack Obama has once again repeated his anti-Iran warmongering rhetoric as Tehran and the P5+1 group continue nuclear negotiations. In…
Official warns against presence of foreign terrorists in the region
Tehran, July 7, IRNA – Deputy Foreign Minister in Arab and North African Affairs said that recent terrorist attacks in Iraq show…
Iran, China influential in maintaining ME stability: MP
An Iranian lawmaker says Iran and China play an effective role in maintaining stability and peace in the Middle East. “Cooperation between…
Religious leadership support key to tackling Iraq crisis: Iranian cleric
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Guardian Council underlined that neighboring Iraq will be able to weather the crisis it has been…
Ayatollah Sistani rejects media reports on opposition to Maliki’s reelection
TEHRAN (FNA)- The office of the Iraq-based Muslim religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, dismissed an Al-Arabiya satellite television network report that…
63 abducted females escape extremists in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have managed to escape,…
ISIL violence targets unity in Iraq: Iran diplomat
The raging Takfiri violence in Iraq is a “dirty game” aimed at disrupting the unity of the Iraqi people and smashing the…
Iran, Russia to join forces against terror in Iraq: Tehran
Iran and Russia have agreed to jointly help Iraq combat terrorism, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian…
Deputy FM denies Iranian supply of Sukhoi fighters to Iraq
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian dismissed media reports that the country has dispatched Sukhoi fighter jets to Iraq…
Iranian commander: US leading terrorists’ command center in Iraq
TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces for Cultural Affairs and Defense Publicity Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri blasted…