Tehran, Iran — AFP Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has denied any Iranian involvement in Hamas’s shock weekend attack on Israel despite its strong support for the Palestinian resistance group. “The supporters of the Zionist regime (Israel) and some people in the usurping regime have been spreading rumours o...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran on Monday rejected as unfounded allegations it had a role in the massive assault on Israel by Hamas. “The accusations linked to an Iranian role… are based on political reasons,” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told reporters. The Islamic republic, he said, does not intervene “in th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog has blamed Iran for the surprise Hamas attack that left hundreds of Israelis dead. “Supported and directed by their proxy commanders in Iran, they (Hamas) carried out an unprovoked, heinous attack against the Jewish state on a Jewish holy day,” Herzog said in a statement. The president vowe...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – At least four civilians were killed in attacks by Syrian armed forces in northern Syria, local sources said Sunday. The Syrian army and Iranian-backed groups carried out intense attacks in Idlib city center using ground-to-ground weapons. At least 15 others were wounded in the attacks and were transferred to nearby hospital...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden called on the Iranian government Friday to free detained rights advocate Narges Mohammadi, saying the Nobel Peace Prize winner “is an inspiration to people everywhere.” Biden said Mohammadi has suffered repeated arrests, harassment and torture at Tehran’s direction, but said her ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to resolve a dispute between two of their nation’s football clubs, according to Iranian official news agency, IRNA. An Asian Champions League (AFC) match was scheduled for Monday at the Naqsh e Jahan stadium in central Iran’s Isfahan city. Unconfirmed reports said the match between ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – In the first Iranian reaction to a row surrounding a canceled football game between Iran’s Sepahan club and Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said the game must not become a “political lever.” The Asian Champions League (AFC) match was scheduled to take place on Monday at the Naq...
-ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan is in “constant” touch with the US administration seeking a tacit green light to the long-stalled Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project. However “there are remote chances of a favorable response” from Washington, a Foreign Ministry official said. “In the given geopolitical s...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has successfully launched the imaging satellite Noor-3 into orbit 450 kilometers (280 miles) above the Earth’s surface. Minister for Communication and Information Technology Issa Zarepour said in a social media post that the satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. He said the aerospace division of the Isla...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A US prisoner of Iranian origin has died in Iran, Iranian authorities have confirmed. Faramarz Javidzad, 60, died at a hospital on Saturday due to health complications, Iran’s Prisons and Security and Corrective Measures Organization (PSCMO) said in a statement. It, however, rejected reports that the prisoner had died of me...
