Rouhani said the government will stand by the flood-hit people, adding that he had ordered the acceleration of the relief operations in Sistan province.

French President Emmanuel Macron was rushed out of a theater in Paris after protesters tried to confront him.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran Bureau of Aliens and Foreign Immigrants’ Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, and World Food Programme established a greenhouse as a joint program in Semnan province, located around 220 km east of capital Tehran, to help Afghan refugees. Financially and technically supported by FAO, the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the 176 victims of the Ukrainian plane crash recently shot down unintentionally by the Iranian military would be alive if there had been NO tensions in the region. “I think if there were no tensions if there was no escalation recently in the region, those […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior anti-narcotics official from Iran has traveled to China to explore ways of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the war on illicit drugs. Secretary-General of Iran Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni arrived in China on Monday at the invitation of the Chinese Minister of Public Security. Speaking […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Unprecedented flash floods in Iran’s south and southeast provinces have hit 350 villages in recent days, damaging thousands of residential buildings, according to IRNA. Heavy rainfalls in the country’s south, which started on Thursday, have caused flash floods in Sistan and Baluchestan Province and caused damage to more than 20,000 residential […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Eleven refugees, including eight children, have died after their boat capsized off the western coast in Turkey. Turkish state Anadolu news agency said on Saturday that the 11 refugees died on Saturday when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. Eight others were rescued from the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has admitted his partial responsibility in inadequate response to the bushfires scorching land and killing people and wildlife across the country for months. In an interview with ABC on Sunday, Australia’s PM, Scott Morrison rejected criticism that his government had not done enough before the bushfires […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces have seized 1,270 kilograms of illicit drugs in a single operation in the central province of Yazd, a provincial police commander announced on Sunday. Second Brigadier General Mohammadreza Mir-Heidari said that following comprehensive intelligence activities, the police forces traced the haul of the illicit drugs in a […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says a 10-member delegation from Canada is coming to Iran in order to deal with the Canadian victims of the Wednesday tragic plane crash. “Based on arrangements made between the foreign ministries of Iran and Canada, a 10-member Canadian delegation is heading to Iran […]