TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has announced the successful launch of its domestically produced research satellite Chamran-1, which has been placed into orbit at an altitude of 550 kilometers (341.7 miles). “The satellite was placed at an orbit of 550 km using the Qaem-100 satellite carrier, a solid-fueled space launch vehicle developed by the aeros...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the assassination of Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh, saying Iran considers it a duty to “avenge the dear guest’s blood.” The statement came hours after Haniyeh, who was in Tehran to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran has condemned the US military attacks in Iraq and Syria. In a statement, Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said the strikes were in “violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Iraq and Syria as well as international law, and a blatant breach of the UN Charter.” […...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has vowed to retaliate for the killing of its military advisers in an Israeli airstrike in the Syrian capital Damascus. Addressing a weekly press conference in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the “crimes” of Israel against Iran have “never gone without answer.” Five Islamic Revolutionary Guards C...
ANKARA (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed that an Israeli attack that killed five military advisers “will not go unanswered.” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that five of its military advisers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Syrian capital Damascus. In a statement, Raisi’s office termed th...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s foreign minister has told his Iranian counterpart that Tehran’s airstrikes inside his country caused serious damage to bilateral ties between the two countries. Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani received a telephone call from Hossein Amir-Abdollahian after Islamabad recalled its ambassador from Tehran. I...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Thousands amassed Thursday in the Iranian capital for the funeral of senior Revolutionary Guards commander Razi Moussavi, three days after he was killed in an Israeli strike. The crowd in Tehran’s central Imam Hossein square chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America”. Israel has long...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has threatened Israel with a “tough countdown” following the killing of a top military adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing Tel Aviv of being behind the Monday airstrike outside the Syrian capital Damascus. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a state...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US military has announced that it conducted airstrikes in Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and associated groups. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media platform X that airstrikes had targeted a facility used by the IRGC and associated groups. “We will take all necessa...
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...