Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli discussed the details of the latest security operation against terrorist cells attempting to enter Iran, saying some 16 terrorists have been arrested, one killed, and four being pursued. Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said Sunday that police and security forces have sufficient intelligence to identify and confront the terrorist cells […]

TEHRAN – The first heavy snow of the year gave a white cover to Tehran on Sunday and led to heavy traffic in some areas. Heavy snowfall in Iran’s capital has shut the two main airports of the city while the authorities have announced that all schools across Tehran will also be closed on Sunday. […]

TEHRAN – Forces from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) clashed with Daesh-affiliated militants in western Iran on Saturday, arresting 16 of them. According to Sepah News, a team of 21 Daesh fighters crossed into Iran from the west but were placed under surveillance before the IRGC launched attack on them . “In an operation at […]

TEHRAN– Referring to the recent unrest in some parts of Iran, Minister of Intelligence said, “Even though such events are not deep-rooted, the enemy has been magnifying them to show that such issues are widespread in Iran.” According to Sistan and Baluchistan Province’s Public Relations Office, Hojjatoleslam Sayed Mahmoud Alavi attended a meeting of Sistan […]

TEHRAN – Iranian official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Sat. that Israel is at its weakest today and the occupying regime will not be allowed to gamble with the security of Iran and the region.   In a Telegram post on Saturday, Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the “forged” and “illegitimate” Israeli […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s FM Special Assistant in Political Affairs, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Saturday. Iran’s Foreign Minister’s Special Assistant in Political Affairs, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, who is in Damascus for a two-day visit, met and held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday. Jaberi Ansari […]

TEHRAN– Ayatollah Khamenei issued a message to participants attending the 52nd conference of the Islamic Union Association for Iranian Students in Europe. The full text of the message is as follows: In the Name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: Dear Young University Students, The current era and its developments define certain expectations […]

TEHRAN – Domestic experts at Iran’s defense industry have managed to design and manufacture thermal imaging infrared cameras to be used for a range of anti-armor guided missile systems. Experts have manufactured thermographic cameras to be installed on various anti-armor missile systems, including Toofan, Dehlavieh, and Tosan, Tasnim reported. They have built “RU244TK” thermographic cameras […]

VIENNA – Syria has rejected in full the informal paper on reviving the political process in Geneva because it contradicts international resolutions and aims to undermine the Geneva talks and the Sochi Congress. In a press conference at the end of Vienna’s meeting on Friday, al-Jaafari said the Syrian delegation has had constructive discussions with […]

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei told MNA on Sat. that the US military coalition in Syria seeks to rally Kurds against Turkey, while Turkey is after disrupting US plans in the region. Mohsen Rezaei made the comment in response to a question by Mehr News correspondent about the presence of American troops in northern […]