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An earthquake near Iran's highest mountain killed at least one person and jolted the capital Tehran early Friday, forcing panicked residents to flee buildings. The shallow 4.6 magnitude quake hit at 00:48 am (2018 GMT) near the …
Iran allowed some businesses in the capital and nearby towns to re-open Saturday after weeks of lockdown aimed at containing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, CTV News reports. Iran was slow to respond to the pandemic …
President Hassan Rouhani said Iran’s fight against the coronavirus was being “severely hampered” by U.S. sanctions, as state television reported that the death toll from the illness rose on Saturday to 611, up nearly 100 from a …
In Moscow, five people, who had contact with an Iranian citizen diagnosed with the coronavirus, were hospitalized, the operational headquarters for monitoring and controlling the situation with the disease reports. It is clarified that …
Russia's Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan said that Tehran is interested in Russian military equipment. “Yes, of course, because our military equipment is rightfully considered the best in the world …
At least nine people were killed and eighteen sustained injuries after a passenger bus overturned on a highway near Isfahan, Iran today at 4:39 am. The bus was travelling from Tehran to Shiraz, Tasnim News Agency reported citing …
Citizens of seven countries died in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 in Tehran. Obozrevatel, a news website, said there were 71 Iranians on board, quoting sources. In addition. it was noted that …
Passengers and crew of a Ukrainian plane crashed at Tehran Airport were killed, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said. "The passengers and flight crew are deceased," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s consular service said …
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky cut short his trip to Oman and returned to Kiev after learning about the Ukrainian passenger plane crash. He warned against "speculation or unchecked theories …
A Boeing-737 of the Ukraine International Airlines carrying 180 passengers and crewmembers crashed in Tehran shortly after its take-off from the Imam Khomeini International Airport, according to the Iranian media. The passenger jet, …
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin has discussed cooperation in the war on terror with senior officials at the Iranian Intelligence Ministry, SVR spokesman Sergei Ivanov said. …
Leaders of a group planning unrest at universities in Tehran this weekend have been arrested, Iranian authorities said. The Intelligence Ministry said the leading members of a group planning disturbances at universities in Tehran …
Iranian Internet service providers have partially restored Internet access for private users in Tehran. Thus, access to the global network through a modem has been restored for users of Mobinnet. The Internet is also available at a …
What lies beneath the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
The Iranian authorities released Russian citizen Yulia Yuzik, who has already departed for Moscow, the Russian embassy in Tehran said in a statement. "As a result of joint efforts by the Russian Foreign …
Russian journalist Yulia Yuzik who is being held in Iran was detained last week for a visa violation, Iran’s government spokesman Ali Rabiei said. "Her case was a matter of visa …
A former mayor of Tehran Mohammad Ali Najafi who murdered his wife has been released on bail, his lawyer said. Najafi was sentenced to death last month after being convicted of shooting dead his second wife Mitra Ostad …
British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has been detained in Tehran on unspecified allegations. Ahmady, an Iranian Kurd who was born in Mahabad, was granted British citizenship in 1994 but had been living in Iran for …
The main building of the Iranian Oil Ministry on Taleghani Street has been secured after the fire on the 15th floor was put out this morning, Mehr news agency reports. Latest reports indicate that the main building of the Iranian Oil …
A former mayor of Tehran who also served as one of the country’s vice presidents was sentenced to death for killing his wife, Iran’s state TV reported. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said that …
