TEHRAN, September 20 - Millions of Iranians hold mourning processions across the country on Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Tehran has written to the United Nations, calling on the world body to condemn Israel for threatening Iran with a nuclear attack and bring the regime’s atomic weapons program under its supervision.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Iran’s president extended his condolences on deaths in a fatal bus crash in the central province of Isfahan, calling for an inquest into the incident and for appropriate planning to avert a recurrence of such crashes which he linked to technical and administrative shortcomings.
TEHRAN, September 20 - The Lebanese Army Intelligence Tuesday evening arrested what local media dubbed "one of the most important terrorists" hiding in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said Moscow plans to continue talks with Tehran and Ankara on ways to help end the suffering of the Syrian people in the northwestern province of Idlib, the last major terrorist stronghold in the Arab country.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), saying the third Shiite Imam’s sacrifice carries this message: “standing up for justice yields victory”.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Millions of Iranians hold mourning processions across the country on Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam.
TEHRAN, September 20 - An ex-member of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) has shed light on Saudi Arabia’s financial support for the anti-Iran terror group, explaining how the Riyadh regime funneled, in one instance, gold bars and other valuables worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the notorious outfit.
TEHRAN, September 19 - The Iranian coast guards in the southwestern province of Khuzestan detained five crew members of a fishing vessel for crossing the country’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, the commander of the forces said.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo praised a recent deal reached in the Russian resort city of Sochi between Moscow and Ankara to create a buffer zone in Syria’s Idlib, saying it is the outcome of “intensive responsible diplomacy”.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iranians are commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam. Press TV’s Yusef Jalali has gone to an Iraqi-populated district in southern Tehran and filed this report on the traditions practiced there to mark the occasion.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iran’s Armed Forces, including the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the Army and the Law Enforcement, plan to stage joint nationwide parades on Saturday.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi sympathized with the American, Chinese and Filipino nations over the recent deadly storms and landslides that have killed dozens of people in those countries.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iran contests the 2019 Academy Awards’ foreign film accolade with director Vahid Jalilvand’s ‘No Date, No Signature,’ hoping to hold up the country’s legacy in the competition.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iran welcomed a recent agreement reached between Turkey and Russia to create a buffer zone in Syria’s Idlib Province, the last major terrorist bastion in the Arab country.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iran said recent allegations leveled by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita are groundless, saying he just repeated the same claims of those who seek to sow discord in the Muslim world.
TEHRAN, September 18 - The US administration is reportedly distancing itself from a plan recently unveiled by UN Ambassador Nikkie Haley for singling out Iran at a UN Security Council meeting, fearing a backlash from its own allies over Washington’s exit from the 2015 nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, September 18 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed as “an absurd lie” a recent report about a meeting between Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Major General Qassem Soleimani and a US presidential envoy in Iraq.
TEHRAN, September 18 - An adviser to Iran’s oil minister stressed the impracticability of finding a replacement for Iranian oil output in the global market, playing down US threats to drive the Islamic Republic’s crude exports down to zero.