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New submarines to join Iran’s navy fleet
The Iranian Navy is going to take delivery of a number of new homegrown submarines, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said, Tasnim News Agency reported. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Irani said the Navy has formulated plans to update and modernize its vessels and improve...
ICC warrant to Netanyahu a 'political death' of Israel: Iran Guards Chief
The head of Irans Revolutionary Guards on Friday described the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former defence minister as the end and political death of Israel, in a speech. This means the end and political death of...
Iran to launch 'advanced centrifuges' in response to IAEA censure
Iran announced to launch a series of new and advanced centrifuges in response to a resolution adopted by the IAEA that censures Tehran for what the agency called lack of cooperation. The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran issued an order to take effective measures, including...
Iraqi armed group claims attack on Israel
Iraq based armed group The Islamic Resistance said that it launched an attack on a vital target in southern Israel using drones, reports Al Jazeera. The group of Iran-backed militias said the attack was in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Lebanon. It has been launching near-daily...
Iran denies its UN envoy’s meeting with Elon Musk
Irans Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday strongly denied a reported meeting between Tehrans United Nations envoy and Elon Musk, the US billionaire and close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump. US media, includingThe New York Times,reported this week that Musk and Irans UN Ambassador...
Iran castigates UN inaction on Israeli crimes against its citizens
Irans permanent mission to the United Nations (UN) has urged the Security Council to take concrete action to hold Israel to account for the crimes it has committed against the citizens of the Islamic Republic for over four decades. In letters to UN chief António Guterres, Security Council...
Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks, seeks resolution
A senior Iranian official said on Friday Iran backs any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, signaling Tehrans desire to end the conflict that has significantly harmed its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, reports Reuters. Israel continued airstrikes in the...
IAEA chief visits Iran to ‘reach diplomatic solutions’
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi met Irans top diplomat Thursday as he began crunch nuclear talks in Tehran weeks before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office, reports BSS. During his first term in the White House from 2017 to 2021, Trump was the architect of...
Iran hangs man 'for second time' after previous execution halted
Iran hanged a 26-year-old man for a second time Wednesday months after a previous execution was halted half a minute in, an NGO said. Ahmad Alizadeh was arrested in October 2018 on a murder charge, which he denied, and was sentenced to death, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR), which tracks...
Iranian envoy calls on shipping adviser Brig Sakhawat
Iranian Ambassador in Dhaka Mansour Chavoshi on Tuesday called on Shipping, Labour and Employment Adviser Brig General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain at his secretariat office in the capital. The Iranian ambassador expressed his countrys support and cooperation to the present interim government....
US launches airstrikes on Syria in latest military attack
US forces launched a large-scale airstrike on Monday, targeting nine facilities linked to various Iranian-backed groups in Syria, according to a statement from US Central Command (Centcom). The strike is part of ongoing efforts to counter Iranian influence in the region. The US military has...
Iran-backed armed group claims drone attack on Israel
The coalition of Iran-backed armed group, theIslamic Resistance in Iraq claimed that it launched drones towards an Israeli military target in the south of the occupied territories, reports Al Jazeera. In a post on Telegram post, the group, which regularly launches drones towards Israel, did not...
Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims drone attacks on Israel
The Iran-backed umbrella group, Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it carried out drone attacks on vital targets in the north and south of territories occupied by Israel, reports Al Jazeera. The group, which regularly launches drones bound for Israel, gave no further details of its intended target,...
Top Iranian, Saudi generals meet in Tehran
The highest-ranking military commanders of Iran and Saudi Arabia weighed plans for closer cooperation between the two countries at a meeting in Tehran on Sunday. Heading a high-profile military delegation, Chief of the General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Fayyadh...
Iran faces looming population crisis, official warns
Irans deputy health minister has sounded the alarm over the countrys rapidly aging population. The official warned that if current demographic trends persist, Irans population could dwindle to a mere 42 million by 2101, with a staggering half of the population comprising elderly individuals,...
US warplanes attacked Houthi targets in Yemen
A US defece official said that the United States carried out a series of strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday evening, targeting military facilities in three locations, reports CNN. The facilities housed advanced conventional weapons used to target ships in the Red Sea...
Former CIA chief warns Trump’s ‘Blank Check’ for Israel could lead to all-out war with Iran
Former CIA Director and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that if Donald Trump is re-elected president, he may offer Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a blank check in the Middle East. Panetta cautioned that such unconditional support could pave the way for an all-out war...
US charges Iranian man in alleged plot to assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ reports
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges on Friday against an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot orchestrated by Irans elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, according to Reuters. The accused, Farhad Shakeri, reportedly...
Tehran urges EU to lift ban on Iranian airlines
Referring to the Ukrainian presidents admission that no Iranian missiles have been delivered to Russia, Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called on the European Union (EU) to lift a ban on Iranian airlines that has been imposed on the basis of unfounded claims. The EU recently targeted...
US warships ‘under close watch’: Iran's Navy chief
Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, the commander of the Iranian Navy, has hailed the forces comprehensive surveillance over the American warships that sail across regional waters. The United States aircraft carrier as well as 16-strong destroyers and frigates that are present in the region are being...
Iran’s help turns Houthi rebels into military force: UN
UN experts in a new report said that Yemens Houthi rebels have been transformed from a local armed group with limited capabilities to a powerful military organization with support from Iran, Iraqi armed groups, Lebanons Hezbollah militants and others, reports UNB. The Iranian-backed Houthis have...
Iran denounces US support for Israel
Iranian Foreign Ministrys spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei condemned the US governments unlimited support for the Zionist regimes rogue behavior. In a post on his X account on Sunday, Esmaeil Baqaei said the anniversary of the National Day of Countering Global Arrogance is a reminder of Iranians...
US says Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack on country
An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to be detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on the country, reports AP. The imprisonment of...
Iran's supreme leader vows response to Israel after attacks
Irans supreme leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei vowed retaliation on Saturday for attacks by Israel, as Israeli military official confirmed naval commandos seized a suspected Hezbollah operative in a Lebanon raid, reports AFP. The World Health Organization said four children were among six people...
Khamenei threatens Israel and US of crushing response
In an Iranian state media released video shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran on Saturday threatenedIsraeland theUSwith a crushing response over attacks on Iran and its allies, reports AP. Khameneispoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another...
US announces Mideast military deployments to deter Iran
On Friday, the United States announced the deployment of additional military assets to the Middle East, including ballistic missile defense destroyers and long-range B-52 bombers, as a warning to Iran amid escalating strikes between Iran and Israel. Should Iran, its partners, or its proxies use...
Germany orders to shut down all Iranian Consulates after execution of Iranian-German prisoner
Germany ordered the closure of all three Iranian Consulates in the country on Thursday in response to the execution of Iranian German prisonerJamshid Sharmahd, who lived in the United States and was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces. Sharmahd, 69, wasput to death in Iran on...
Iran issues warning of severe retaliation against Israel after airstrikes
Irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has directed military officials to prepare for a retaliatory attack on Israel following recent airstrikes that targeted Iranian military installations. This development marks a significant escalation in the ongoing tensions between the two nations,...