Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces have managed to capture 230 kilograms of illicit drugs in a single operation in the central province of Yazd, a provincial police commander announced on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian delegation led by the country’s Ambassador to Spain Hassan Qashqavi discussed the latest issues related to climate change in the 2019 UN Conference. Qashqavi urged the governments taking part in the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference to find a solution for the protection of the environment and the international […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A new report by the International Rescue Committee said the Saudi-led war on Yemen will cost the international community as much as $29 billion if it continues, along with the widespread malnutrition in Yemen kids. Even if the nearly-five-year Saudi war in Yemen were to end today, it would take two […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior Iranian Health Ministry official said that an ongoing flu epidemic has claimed the lives of 56 people since its outbreak more than a couple of months ago. “Due to influenza, 273 individuals have been hospitalized and 19 have lost their lives” in the past week alone, said Alireza Raisi, […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly inadequate” so far, stressing that ”Our war against nature must stop”. Iran News quotes. Speaking before the start Monday of a two-week international climate conference in Madrid, the UN chief said the impact of rising temperatures – including […]

Deputy health minister says as many as 56 people have died of a flue in Iran this fall.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – International organizations need to speak out and break the silence about US economic sanctions that target Iran’s food and medicine on top of the economy, an Iranian minister has said, warning of the adverse consequences of the embargoes. “The brave Iranian people are being victimized by plots and economic sanctions that […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Police committed “serious human rights violations” as weeks of chile protests across the South American country claimed 25 lives, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in a report calling for reform of the force. HRW said the police, known as Carabineros, “committed serious human rights violations, including excessive use of force in […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Hundreds of Syrian refugees return from neighboring countries after Syrian forces managed to liberate their hometowns from the clutches of Takfiri terrorist groups. Hundreds of families returned to their homes and lands in Halfaya city in Hama northern countryside, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported. The refugees hailed sacrifices made by […]

Greece is poised to create “prison” island camps for migrants, said aid groups amid growing criticism of government plans to overhaul refugee reception centers on Aegean outposts facing Turkey. As the UN Refugee Agency’s top official, Filippo Grandi, prepared this week to fly to Lesbos, where almost 16,000 people are crammed into a single facility, […]