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Israel considers Iran to be its greatest enemy, citing Iran's calls for Israel's destruction and its support for hostile militant groups on Israel's borders

Iran and the Netherlands have highlighted the necessity of resorting to diplomacy and dialogue to clarify misunderstandings

The decision comes after acclaimed Iranian director Saeed Roustaee, who presented his film "Leila's Brothers" at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, was sentenced to six months in prison by the Iranian authorities

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has hailed BRICS for playing an independent and effective role with a great willingness globally

Iran's Defence Ministry unveiled a drone on Tuesday resembling America's armed MQ-9 Reaper, claiming that the aircraft is capable of staying airborne for 24 hours

Information on the attack at Shah Cheragh remained unclear immediately after the shooting, with state media and semiofficial news agencies offering differing details

The protests largely died down earlier this year following a heavy crackdown in which over 500 protesters were killed and nearly 20,000 detained

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat arrived in the Iranian capital on Saturday, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat is coming to visit Tehran, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals

Iran's foreign ministry announced it would reopen its diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia this week

Iran successfully repelled a drone attack on one of its military plants on Saturday, the defence ministry said in a statement after local media reported that a loud blast had been heard at a military plant in the city.

Mohsen Shekari was hanged on Thursday morning after being found guilty by a Revolutionary Court of "enmity against God", the BBC quoted a state media report as saying.

On the anniversary of the 2019 uprising on Wednesday, state news agencies blamed terrorists on two motorcycles for the killing of seven people in a shopping centre in the southern city of Izeh Khuzesta, te Guardian reported.

More than 82 people died on Friday, September 30, as security forces cracked down on demonstrations in Sistan-Balochistan, rights groups say.

The incident happened in the morning when flight W581 was flying over Indian airspace, sources said. The pilots decided not to land in India and proceeded to China.

Hyderabad: Scores of videos showing Iranian women chopping off their hair and burning their hijab are doing rounds on social media. For the unversed, they are doing it as part of their protest over the death of a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini, who allegedly suffered a heart attack after she was taken into custody by […]

Dubai: An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack. The comments by Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, come over two days after the attack on Rushdie in New York. However, […]

Mumbai: Former beauty queen Manushi Chhillar, who made her Bollywood debut with the Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Prithviraj’, will be seen in an action avatar in the upcoming film ‘Tehran’ featuring John Abraham. Manushi has joined John on location for the action thriller’s shoot. Based on true events, ‘Tehran’ is reportedly a geo-political thriller revolving around the […]

Tehran: Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported. Rescue teams were deployed near the epicenter, Sayeh Khosh village, which is home to around 300 people in Hormozgan province, some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of the capital, Tehran, the report said. […]

Tehran: An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran injured scores of people, most of them lightly, the country’s state TV reported Tuesday. The report said a leak from an ammonium tank caused the blast on Monday evening in the southern city of Firouzabad in Fars province, located about 770 kilometers (480 miles) south […]