Tasnim The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it has launched missile, drone, and artillery attacks on a series of locations near border regions in the countrys northwest that were harboring terrorists. According to Tasnim, strongholds of anti-Revolution terrorist groups and their training centers were attacked during the past week in ...

Tasnim Head of Irans Crisis Management Organization confirmed the deaths of over 40 people in severe flooding triggered by torrential rains in four northwestern provinces of the country. Esmaeel Najjar said the bodies of 40 people who died in the flash floods have been found. Heavy rains started on Friday. The surging waters caused rivers to ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Border Guards Commander Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee announced that his forces have arrested several foreign nationals who were armed with explosive materials and intended to join ISIL by ferrying across Iran. "The border guards have arrested three Afghans who had cross the border with Iran as they were fully armed with explosives ...

By Washington Post TEHRAN,Iran Irans top leader is urging the reconstruction of the northwestern region hit by deadly twin earthquakes last weekend. State TV showed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visiting the ruins of a village on Thursday that was heavily damaged by the quakes. Khamenei told a gathering of village residents that the ...

MIANEH, May 18 (MNA) � Mianeh, northwestern Iran, has attracted many eyes from Iran and around the world with pastoral beauty. The suspension bridge over the mountains of the region emains a good place for bungee jumping and diving. By Mehr News Agency  

By USA Today TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran has raised the death toll from Saturday's twin earthquakes to at least 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors. Heath Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a session of parliament Monday that the number jumped by about 50 after victims expired in the hospital. More than 3,000 people were ...

By Telegraph Iranian hospitals were struggling to cope with thousands of wounded people yesterday in the aftermath of twin earthquakes that left an estimated 250 people dead. Rescue operations were called off after officials said all survivors had been found following Saturday's 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude earthquakes that flattened villages in the ...

By Business Recorder BERLIN: Germany on Sunday offered condolences and aid to Iran after devastating earthquakes claimed the lives of at least 227 people and reduced scores of villages in the northwest of the country to rubble. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a letter to his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi that he was "shocked" ...

By Pakistan Today ISLAMABAD-President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf while expressing grief and shock over the loss of life and property caused by earthquake in the Iranian city of Tabriz said Pakistan's stood with the brotherly country in this hour of trial. In their separate messages of condolence to Iranian President ...

By Fox News Northwestern Iran was struck Saturday by a series of major earthquakes and strong aftershocks, as state TV reported at least 250 dead, 2,000 injured and at least six villages leveled. Images broadcast on the main news channel showed dozens of families of sleeping outdoors in parks, with blankets laid out on the ground. Some were crying,...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Two strong earthquakes struck northwestIranon Saturday,killing 87 people, injuring hundreds and scaring thousands into fleeing their homes as aftershocks continued to hit the area, Iranian state media said. Iran is straddled by several major fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years, including ...

By Business Recorder TEHRAN: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck on Saturday near the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, Tehran University's Seismological Centre said. Iranian news agencies made no immediate mention of casualties or damage, but reports were preliminary. The quake hit at 4:43 pm (1223 GMT) with an epicentre ...