Reviving small mines not enough, a change of approach is in order: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Drone undeniable necessity in airpower: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
2nd group of Iranian students arrive in Tehran from Italy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran has stopped 17.5 million liters of fuel before being smuggled
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran makes preparation for producing corona antibody: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iranian photog takes tour of Asia to cover Islamic sites on Silk Road
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
'Malakout' to go on screen at DaVinci Intl. Filmfest
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
'US trying to distract attentions from its continued economic terrorism'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Russia reacts to US' call to extend arms embargo on Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran Judiciary may free more prisoners amid outbreak: spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Police arrests major drug lord of E Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Short film script vying in American festival
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
'Only interested in Hollywood scenarios': Iranian military brands Washington's 'harassment' accusations in Persian Gulf as 'fake'
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Tehran has brushed off American claims that its vessels buzzed US warships in the Persian Gulf by saying the US Navy itself acted "unprofessionally." It also vowed a "decisive response" to any such "adventurism" by foreign powers. | "We advise the Americans to follow international regulations and maritime protocols in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and to refrain from any adventurism and false and fake stories," Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said in a statement. The IGRC then particularly said that the US Navy's latest report about the supposed "harassement" of its vessels by Iran's patrol bo…
rt.com/news/486257-iran-us-persian-gulf-hollywood/
Iranian dailies' Sunday headlines
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Wrestler Alireza Karimi undergoes successful knee surgery
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran getting prepared to commence exports of anti-coronavirus medical equipment: VP
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
'Inhale' goes to Huesca Intl. Filmfest. in Spain
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran among top five combat drone powers: Air Force chief
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Gen. Mousavi hails Army passive defense's rapid development
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
US should stop interfering in affairs of other nations: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Police seize 116 kg of narcotics in Yazd
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Unveiling ceremony of 2 Iranian radar systems
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Zarif to embark for Damascus to hold talks with Bashar al-Assad
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Rouhani thanks people, businesses for help in fighting coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran Army unveils two radar systems
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
'Untiemly' wins award at 2020 KC Intl. Fimfest
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
TEDPIX jumps 20,000 points on Sun
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Focusing on non-oil export, govt.'s top priority in current year: Veep
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
'We don't take advice from ANY American politician': Iran's Zarif rejects Trump's ventilator offer
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has rebuffed an offer by US President Donald Trump to send ventilators to Iran, claiming that the Islamic Republic will be exporting its own devices "in a few months." | Trump offered a number of the US' "excess ventilators" to Iran during a press briefing on Saturday. "If they need ventilators, which they do, I would send them ventilators," Trump said. | Though the offer was a humanitarian one on its surface, Trump followed it up with a characteristic flex on Iran. "Right now they just want to survive," he said, adding "they're loaded up with the plague." | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/news/486260-iran-ventilators-trump-zarif/
82,211 infected by, 57,023 recover from coronavirus in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Transit ban on Iran-Azerbaijan border 'extended' amid COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran Will Allow Low-Risk Businesses to Resume Work
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Iran's capital Tehran was allowed to resume low-risk businesses on Saturday, a week after kindred deregulations were adopted in other parts of the country amid the COVID-19 epidemic. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Mideast Updates: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel | The move came as per the smart distancing plan, whereby Iran loosened quarantine regulations and allowed the re-opening of businesses with lower risk indices. | According to Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, high-r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Will-Allow-Low-Risk-Businesses-to-Resume-Work-20200419-0004.html
Iran's Navy cmdr. visits Pasabandar naval base
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Pres. Rouhani urges economy min. to provide employment plan, compatible with corona
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran releases VIDEO of its ships intercepting 'unprofessionally' acting US Navy vessels in Persian Gulf
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Tehran has shared footage of a recent incident between Iranian and US vessels to back up its earlier statement that Washington's claims of its warships being harassed in the Persian Gulf were "fake stories." | The video by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shows the events of last Wednesday when the American vessels were intercepted by several Iranian boats with machine guns aboard, and with gunners looking set to put them to use if necessary. | The tense moment didn't escalate into an armed confrontation, but caused a heated exchange in accusations between the two archrivals. Washington was firs…
rt.com/news/486270-iran-us-navy-persian-gulf/
Iranian FM heads to Syria to talk security & terrorism
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Though trips abroad became a rare occurrence nowadays due to the coronavirus pandemic, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to discuss the fight against terrorism and other pressing issues with Syrian officials. | Zarif will leave for Damascus this Monday, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi. He is expected to meet with Syrian Pre…
rt.com/newsline/486244-zarif-visit-syria-terrorism/
Iran's FM representative discusses political developments, COVID-19 with Afghan officials
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Army ready to repel any threat against Iran with high deterrence: top cmdr
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Decision on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release delayed again
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces another "deeply unsettling" couple of days as the wait continues to find out if her temporary release from a prison in Iran has been extended.The British-Iranian mother was temporarily freed from Evin prison in Tehran in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.Zaghari-Ratcliffe's furlough was extended by two weeks in late March, and she was scheduled to return to prison on Saturday 18 April.When her family had not received a decision by Saturday on whether or not her furlough is to be extended, they were told to return to the prosecutors office in Iran on 19 April
IRGC calls US claims fake, Hollywood scenario
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Iran's new coronavirus death toll rises by 87 to 5,118: health official
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-19
Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus has risen by 87 to 5,118, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV on Sunday.The total number of infected cases in Iran, the Middle Eastern country hardest hit by the outbreak, has reached 82,211, he said.
yenisafak.com/en/world/irans-new-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-87-to-5118-health-official-3517351
Iran extends prisoner furloughs, closure of holy sites amid coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-19
Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, as the Islamic Republic endeavours to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in its crowded jails. Iran's reported temporary release of 100,000 prisoners since February – including prisoners of conscience and dual and foreign nationals – was welcomed by the United Nations on Friday as a good step, but one that must be expanded."Furloughs of those prisoners, who pose no threat to the society, have been extended until May 20," Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.However, a letter by U.N. human right…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-extends-prisoner-furloughs-closure-of-holy-sites-amid-coronavirus-3517352
Iran says will give a decisive response to any 'mistake' by the US in the Gulf
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-19
Iran will give a decisive response to any mistake by the United States in the Gulf, the Revolutionary Guards navy said in a statement published on the Guards' news site Sepah News.The U.S. military said on Wednesday that 11 vessels from the Revolutionary Guards navy had come dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, calling the moves "dangerous and provocative"."We advise the Americans to follow international regulations and maritime protocols in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and to refrain from any adventurism and false and fake stories," Sunday's statement from the Guards navy sa…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-says-will-give-a-decisive-response-to-any-mistake-by-the-us-in-the-gulf-3517362
IRGC Warns Iran Will Respond 'Decisively' to Any US Provocation – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-19
Earlier this week, the US said that 11 vessels from the IRGC Navy had been spotted at a dangerously close distance to US ships in the Gulf.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202004191079020373-irgc-warns-iran-will-respond-decisively-to-any-us-provocation/
Iran's Zarif to Visit Damascus on Monday to Discuss Situation in Syria Amid Pandemic
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN (Sputnik) – Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will visit Damascus on Monday, where he will meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad to discuss the situation in the Arab country.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202004191079018408-irans-zarif-to-visit-damascus-on-monday-to-discuss-situation-in-syria-amid-pandemic/
Risks and Realities of Extending the UN Arms Embargo on Iran
Arms Control Association | iranian.com | 2020-04-19
More than a decade ago, the United States and its partners secured UN Security Council support for a series of resolutions imposing increasingly tough sanctions on Iran as part of an effort to pressure Tehran into multilateral talks to curb its nuclear program and block its pathways to nuclear weapons. The United States along with …
iranian.com/2020/04/18/risks-and-realities-of-extending-the-un-arms-embargo-on-iran/
How is the UAE Changing Its Geo-Political Game?
Salman Rafi Sheikh | iranian.com | 2020-04-19
Whereas the leaders of both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, popularly known as MBS and MBZ respectively, have a number of reasons to stay united and support each other, inter-state relations are never static, with critical differences between them emerging at every turn even when state interests converge deeply. When the UAE decided in 2019 to withdraw …
iranian.com/2020/04/18/how-is-the-uae-changing-its-geo-political-game/
Watch: Failed Israeli Drone Strike On Top Hezbollah Official Caught In Rare Video
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-04-18
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have once again ramped up operations along the southern Lebanese border at a moment Hezbollah leadership has declared it is "fully prepared for war with Israel". The latest escalation came Wednesday when an Israeli drone targeted a car full of Hezbollah operatives just inside Syria near the border with Lebanon. The Shia resistance organization said all …
iranian.com/2020/04/18/watch-failed-israeli-drone-strike-on-top-hezbollah-official-caught-in-rare-video/
Drug-trafficking band dismantled in S Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)
Ukrainian capital Kiev engulfed in smog from wildfires near Chernobyl
wsws.org | 2020-04-18
The fires expose the fact that the world's worst nuclear catastrophe remains unresolved and continues to threaten the health of the population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/18/ukra-a18.html