Middle East Headlines

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Esteghlal football team defeated Tractor 2-1 to book a place in Iran's Hazfi Cup Round of 16....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that during recent riots in Iran, the enemies attempted to rally Iranians behind their plot but failed, stressing that they made a mistake because the Islamic Republic's will emerged to be stro...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the country's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian will hold talks in Moscow on January 17....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of al-Quds, while trying to stop the arrest of his son early Thursday....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian judiciary sentenced former official Alireza Akbari to death on charges of spying for the British intelligence agency....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the country will spare no efforts to defend the rights of its nationals, including former official Hamid Nouri who has been imprisoned in Sweden on baseless charges....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the Islamic Republic is ready to play a positive role in ending the war in Ukraine....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said plans are underway to dispatch naval forces to the Panama Canal as Iranian servicemen are approaching the coasts of the Americas....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi reaffirmed his administration's support for knowledge-based enterprises....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said the ambassador of Iraq to Tehran has been called in by the Foreign Ministry after the neighboring country's officials used a fake title for the Persian Gulf....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian court has sentenced a Belgian national to 40 years behind bars after he was convicted of espionage and smuggling....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said it has arrested at least 13 members of "espionage and terrorist" teams linked with the Zionist regime's Mossad spy agency after detecting two other teams in the country....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A US official escribed the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as one of the greatest strategic blunders in US foreign policy in recent y...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian emphasized the need for the promotion of economic cooperation between Tehran and Damascus....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said a series of misunderstandings in the relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan have been cleared up....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed concern about the eruption of violence and storming of government buildings in Brazil, calling for respect for the rule of law as a new government has taken office in the South American nation....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iraqi authorities said the country's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, managed to repel a terrorist attack by a group of Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) militants east of Salahudin province....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Stressing the need for multilateralism and concerted action to rise to regional challenges, the Iranian Parliament speaker said the world requires a new order under the influence of Asia....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said the country has acted in accordance with its international responsibilities and domestic regulations in relation to the case of a Ukrainian plane that crashed near Tehran in January 20...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Describing the recent riots in Iran as a hostile plot in retaliation for the mortal blows that the Islamic Republic has delivered to the arrogant powers, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said the enemies smuggled arms into the co...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi lashed out at his American counterpart for making humiliating comments about other countries, saying it reveals the true savage nature of the US behind the mask of an advocate of human rights....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Lauding Iran's constructive role in the fight against terrorism and its contribution to the settlement of the crisis in Syria, the Syrian foreign minister urged that the Islamic Republic should be involved in any political initiative i...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran gives priority to Islamic countries when it comes to the expansion of political and economic relations with other states, President Ebrahim Raisi said....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The president of Iran cautioned Venezuela that Washington's main purpose in reaching out to Caracas is to gain access to the Latin American nation's energy resources....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Lauding the strategic relations between Tehran and Moscow, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called for the promotion of economic cooperation between the two countries....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesman lashed out at the government of France for justifying insults to the sacred values of other nations under the pretext of advocating freedom of speech....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's highest-ranking military commander said the armed forces do not skimp on interaction with the court and the organizations in charge of dealing with the case of a Ukrainian plane that crashed near Tehran in January 2020....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the French magazine Charlie Hebdo's move to insult the Leader of the Islamic Revolution indicates that the West is filled with resentment at failing to carry out the project...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf is going to visit Turkey this week to take part in the 13th Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA)....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji said several semi-finished oil industry projects totaling $8 billion are expected to be operational by the end of the current Persian calendar year (March 20)....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Warning of hostile attempts to foment poverty in Iran by imposing economic sanctions, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami said his forces are resolved to combat poverty across the country....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed a new general as the commander of the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran known as FARAJA....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's UN ambassador lashed out at the Israeli regime for exploiting the Security Council platform by resorting to lies and fabrications accusing Iran of malicious activities, saying the Zionists try to divert the international communi...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Denouncing French magazine Charlie Hebdo for insulting the religious authority of Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian called on Muslim countries to prevent Western states from promoting hate and committing acts of sacril...