Middle East Headlines

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Pir-Hossein Kolivand, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has elaborated on the planned actions for the successful holding of the Arbaeen mourning ceremony....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Video footage shows Afghan victims of the earthquake expressing their appreciation for the aid Iran sent them....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Children from Kordestan Province of Iran have chanted the hit anthem named "Hello, Commander"....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Russia declared eight Greek diplomats "personae non gratae" and gave them eight days to leave the country, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) The Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines aka Homa will resume Tehran-Rome flights as of July 14, 2022....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) The US President Joe Biden on Monday raised the tariff rate on certain Russian imports to 35% as a result of suspending Russia's "most favored nation" trading status over the war in Ukraine....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between Iran and Tajikistan on Monday to broaden bilateral cooperation in the fields of trade and industry....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Mevlt avuolu on Sunday held joint press conference in Ankara on Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Upon arrival in Ankara on a state visit, the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the review of the long-term cooperation document with Turkey is on the agenda of the official visit....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Five people have been killed and 234 others were injured in a gas leak from a tanker carrying toxic gas in the Jordanian port of Aqaba, Jordanian TV reported Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Ten people were killed and 250 others were injured in a gas leak from a tanker carrying toxic gas in the Jordanian port of Aqaba, Jordanian TV reported Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iraqi news sources reported a massive fire at the US' Ain al-Assad airbase in western Iraqi province of Al Anbar on Monday afternoon....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Kremlin said Monday that President Vladimir Putin will meet his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raeisi in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat on Wednesday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Russia's Ministry of Defense reported on Monday that it successfully carried out a missile strike on a rocket manufacturing plant in Kyiv, which was being used to produce ammunition for multiple launch rocket systems....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Media has reported an advisor to the Iranian negotiating team in the JCPOA talks has said that the Persian Gulf country of Qatar will host the newly agreed talks between Iran and the world powers....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) NATO will increase the number of its forces on high alert to over 300,000 from 40,000, the military alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) France wants sanctions-hit Iran and Venezuela to return to the oil markets to ease the pressures from Russian sanctions that has spiked prices, a French presidency official said on Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Syrian sources reported that Turkish troops and Turkiye-backed elements launched rocket attacks on areas in northern Syria....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iranian taekwondo team finished runners-up in second place in the 25th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships on Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iranian taekwondo team finished in third place in the 25th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships on Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, in a meeting with Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam, the Secretary-General of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation called for increasing the trade volume between the D-8 member states....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) The Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces says that the Israeli regime's integration in CENTCOM and its presence in military drills in the region is a threat, adding that Iran will respond to Israeli meddling in the region....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iranian foreign ministry in a tweet named several human rights and international human rights violations by the United States....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) An Iranian official at the foreign ministry has said that the Israeli regime's claims that Tehran was seeking to target Israeli tourists in Turkey were fabricated and were aimed at undermining Iran-Turkey relations....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Turkiye will not join the West's anti-Russian sanctions over the Ukrainian crisis, the Turkish presidential spokesman said on Sunday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman said that the West is seeking the continuation of conflict in Kyiv....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Head of the Office for the Protection of the Interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Cairo Nasser Kanaani has been appointed as the new Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, media sources reported on Monday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) The US plans to announce as soon as this week that it has purchased an advanced, medium-to-long range surface-to-air missile defense system for Ukraine, a source familiar with the announcement told new sources....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) According to some media sources, G7 leaders are expected to discuss a revival of the Iran nuclear deal - which might lead to more Iranian oil exports....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman in his last press conference announced that the negotiations on reviving the nuclear deal will resume in the coming days this week....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Nationwide Seminar of Judiciary was held in Tehran on Monday morning in presence of Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Gholamhossein Eje'ei....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Issuing a statement on Monday, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said that five members of PKK and YPG were killed in an operation in northern Syria....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iran was chosen as a member of the Policy Commission of the World Customs Organization for three years....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Islamic Republic of Iran and Republic of Tajikistan emphasized the need to enhance bilateral trade and economic relations especially in the field of energy....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Group of Seven leaders on Sunday pledged to raise $600 billion in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries and counter China's older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) - Saying that Iran was committed to the deal and it was the US that withdrew from the agreement, Marandi stressed that the Americans should convince Iran that they will fully implement the agreement....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iran's First Vice President stressed that enemies are afraid of the convergence and deep relations of the Iranian and Iraqi governments and nations....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iran and Pakistan stressed the need to enhance bilateral cooperation in line with establishing sustainable security in the region....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) At least six people have died and more than 200 were injured after an accident occurred at the venue of a bullfight in Colombia....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Mehr News agency takes a look at headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Monday, June 27....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Monday, June 27....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told the Iraqi Prime Minister that Iran is a well-wisher of the regional countries, and supports Baghdad's constructive efforts to strengthen dialogue in regional equations....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) - Hosted by about 5 million Afghan nationals in the country, Iran is the fourth country in the world that generously hosts refugees despite enduring the consequences of oppressive sanctions....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Some 14 tons of seized drugs that had no medical applications were destroyed in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran....

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safri in his meeting with Secretary General of D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam proposed to set up permanent D-8 ICT Committee....

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) Archbishop of the Armenian Diocese in northwest Iran Grigor Chifchian hailed the Islamic Republic of Iran's attention to religions' freedom in the country....

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) An official at the Department of Heritage, Culture, Tourism and Handicrafts of Qirokarzin city, announced the end of the weaving process of the largest hand-woven kilim in the world in this city....

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to Ankara to hold talks with Turkish officials on bilateral issues and current developments in the region and the world....

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and held talks with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual interests....

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) The White House on Sunday reacted to Iran's successful launch of Zoljanah satellite vehicle and expressed concern about it....