TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran “deeply regrets” the unintentional downing of a Ukrainian plane this week, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. “Armed Forces’ internal investigation has concluded that regrettably, missiles fired from Iran, due to human error caused the horrific crash and downing of the Ukrainian plane & death of 176 innocent people. Investigations […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh gave some details about Iran Wednesday missile attack on a US base in Iraq and described the attack as just the beginning of “a major operation”. “Iran missile attack on the most important base of the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – During an accident, a bus overturned in a road in Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran Province, leaving at least 20 people dead and 24 others injured.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Over 97,000 megawatt (MW) capacity of Iran’s thermal power plants are undergoing a general overhauling program to get ready for next year’s peak period demand, announced a Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) official. According to Gholamreza Mehrdad, the manager of generation technical support at Thermal Power Plants Holding Company, the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The death toll from the Ukrainian plane crash that fell off on Wednesday shortly after take-off from Imam Khomeini International Airport south of the Iranian capital Tehran stands at 176, according to an Iranian official. Pir Hossein Koulivand, head of Iran’s emergency services, said the Ukrainian plane, Boeing 737 operated by […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A Ukrainian Boeing 737, passenger plane with at least 170 people on board has crashed shortly after take-off from the international airport south of the Iranian capital Tehran. Ali Khashani, a senior public relations official at the Imam Khomeini International Airport, said the Boeing 737 operated by the Ukrainian International Airlines […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s giant South Pars gas field increased its daily gas production by 14 million cubic meters (mcm), said deputy operator of the phases 22-24 development project. After the installation and implementation of the third platform of the phases 22, 23, 24 of South Pars development project, sour gas from this platform […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says the bank is fully controlling the foreign currency market and people should not have any worries over the exchange rates. “There are no worries regarding unpredictable shocks in the market and people don’t have to worry about sudden rises in the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Several people were killed or injured on Tuesday at the stampede in the funeral procession of Iran’s revered commander, General Qassem Soleimani in the southern city of Kerman, a local health official said. Speaking to Tasnim, the head of Kerman’s emergency medical services said following a stampede in the city during […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Millions of mourners have thronged the streets in Iran’s southeastern city of Kerman, the hometown of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, to attend a final funeral and burial rituals for the top defense strategist, who was assassinated by the US military during a visit to neighboring Iraq. The remains of General Soleimani […]