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Iran mulls moving capital to 'lost paradise' on southern coast

Faced with myriad problems including gridlocked traffic and a sinking earth surface in its current capital, Iran is considering a drastic solution moving it to an altogether different location on the Gulf of Oman. Though the idea of moving the capital has cropped up on various occasions since...

Lebanon blocked Iran planes after US warnings: Security source

Lebanon denied permission for Iranian flights to land in Beirut twice this week after the United States warned Israel might shoot the planes down, a Lebanese security source told AFP Saturday. The first incident occurred on Thursday, when Lebanese authorities sent word to Iran that a...

US plans to cut Iran’s oil exports by over 90% in renewed pressure campaign

The United States has announced plans to slash Irans oil exports by more than 90 per cent as part of former President Donald Trumps renewed maximum pressure campaign, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on Friday. Speaking to Fox Business, Bessent said, We are committed to bringing the...

Iran will thwart all enemies’ plots: Pezeshkian

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said the Islamic Republic will strive to thwart all plots hatched by the enemies, Press TV reported. He made the remark while addressing a huge crowd of people marking the 46th anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran on Monday....

Iranian supreme leader pressured to lift fatwa on nuclear weapons – Telegraph

Senior commanders within Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have reportedly urged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to revoke his long standing fatwa that bans the development and use of nuclear weapons, citing growing existential threats. The fatwa, issued in the mid-1990s and...

Iran slams US-Israeli plan for forced displacement of Gazans

Irans Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned the joint US-Israeli plan for the forced displacement of Gazans and ethnic cleansing in the besieged territory, Press TV reported. On Saturday night, Araghchi said all Muslim nations must take a unified stance to thwart this plot. Abbas...

Iran secretly developing nuclear missiles, can hit Europe: Report

Iran is secretly developing nuclear missiles with the ability to reach Europe based on designs handed to the Islamic regime by North Korea, a new report released by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) claimed. According to the report, the weapons are being produced at two sites...

IRGC Navy unveils underground missile facility

The naval arm of Irans Revolutionary Guards unveiled a new underground missile facility on the south coast in footage aired by state television Saturday, two weeks after unveiling an underground naval base. Hundreds of cruise missiles capable of countering enemy destroyers electronic warfare are...

Any attack on its nuclear sites would trigger ‘all-out war’: Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has told Al Jazeera that any attack by Israel or the United States on Irans nuclear facilities would plunge the region into an all-out war, reports Al Jazeera. In an interview during a visit to Qatar, Araghchi warned that launching a military attack on...

Iran FM mocks Trump’s Gaza plan, suggests sending Israelis to Greenland

Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has criticized US President Donald Trumps plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to other nations, countering with the suggestion that Israelis should be resettled in Greenland. My suggestion is different. Instead of Palestinians, expel Israelis...

5.2 magnitude earthquake hits western Iran

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck the western province of Kermanshah early Monday morning, according to reports from IRNA. The tremor hit the city of Qasr-e Shirin at 4:32 a.m. local time, with a depth of 8 kilometers, as confirmed by the Iranian Seismological Center, Institute of Geophysics at the...

Iran to participate in international naval drills hosted by Pakistan

Irans top military official has said the country would participate in international naval exercises that would be hosted by the Pakistani Navy and is scheduled to go underway next month. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri made the remarks on Monday...

Iran congratulates Gazans on victory

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has congratulated the people of the Gaza on their victory in the face of the Israeli regimes ferocious 15-month-long war of genocide. We congratulate the resisting people of Gaza and Palestine on the occasion of this victory. They stood up to Israel with...

Two judges murdered outside Iran's Supreme Court: media

Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday outside the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported. Three judges of the Supreme Court were targeted. Two of them were martyred and one was injured, the judiciarys Mizan Online website reported, adding that the assailant...

Iranian president arrives in Russia to ink partnership treaty

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Russia on Friday for the signing of a broad cooperation treaty as his country grapples with growing economic problems and other challenges. After laying a wreath at the Unknown Soldiers Tomb at the Kremlin Wall, Pezeshkian was to hold talks with...

Putin to meet with Iranian president on Jan 17

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian who will arrive in Russia on an official visit on January 17, the Kremlin press service said, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported. It is planned to discuss the prospects for further...

Iran adds 1,000 high-tech drones to combat fleet

Irans Army has reinforced its combat forces by incorporating 1,000 state-of-the-art drones, designed for strategic missions and long-range operations. On Monday morning, 1,000 strategic drones with advanced anti-fortification and stealth capabilities were added to the combat organization of the...

Iran launches drills to protect nuclear facilities

Iran has launched new exercises in the countrys western and northern air defense zones including Fordow and Khondab which host uranium enrichment and heavy water facilities. The drills dubbed Eqtedar or might in Farsi - began on Sunday in completely real battlefield environments, with the air...

Iran plans to move capital from Tehran to Makran

Reeling under a crisis due to water scarcity, overpopulation and power shortage, Iran is planning to shift its capital from Tehran to a city in the coastal Makran region and develop a sea-based economy, a government spokesperson has said. The new capital will certainly be in the south,...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran

An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks, whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States, was freed Wednesday and is heading home, Italian officials said. A plane carrying Cecilia Sala(29), left Tehran after intensive work on diplomatic...

Iran builds two more units at Bushehr Nuke Power Plant

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has said the country was pursuing establishment of the second and third units of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in southern Iran. Based on existing laws and in light of the assertions that have been made by...

Iran, Russia to sign comprehensive cooperation deal

The presidents of Iran and Russia will sign a comprehensive agreement for long-term cooperation in Moscow in mid-January. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed the development. Speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference in Tehran on Monday, Baghaei said the...

Saudi Arabia launches attack on Yemen, leaving 1 injured

At least one person has been injured in an attack launched by Saudi Arabia on Yemen, according to reports from Irans Mehr News Agency on Thursday. The assault targeted a border region of Yemen on Thursday evening, local sources confirmed. Initial reports indicate that a Yemeni citizen was...

Iran slams US, UK strikes on Yemen

The Iranian Foreign Ministry vehemently condemned the fresh attacks that the American and British military forces have launched against Yemens capital Sanaa, Tasnim News Agency reported. In comments on Wednesday, the director general for the Persian Gulf Department at the Ministry of Foreign...

Iran summons Saudi Arabia’s envoy over execution of 6 Iranians

Iran has summoned Saudi Arabias ambassador in Tehran to strongly protest the execution of six jailed Iranian nationals in the Arab kingdom over alleged drug trafficking, Press TV reported. While announcing the news on Wednesday, the Director General of the Consular Affairs Office at the Iranian...

Sanctions enacted against Iranian-Russian interference in US elections

The United States has imposed sanctions on individuals and organizations linked to Iranian and Russian interference in the 2024 general election. The action of Tuesday (Washington local time) targets efforts to undermine democratic institutions and sow sociopolitical discord. Among those...

Iran says 2025 'important year' for nuclear issue

Iran, bracing for a possible re-imposition of incoming U.S. President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy, said on Saturday that 2025 would be an important year for its nuclear issue. Trump in 2018 reneged on a deal struck by his predecessor Barack Obama in 2015 in which Iran agreed to curb...

Israeli military’s torching of Kamal Adwan Hospital a ‘war crime’: Iran

Irans Foreign Ministry has condemned the barbaric aggression of Israels military against the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, describing the attack on the facility as the latest example of a war crime, crimes against humanity, and an egregious violation of international law and its norms,...