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Tehran: Voting for Iran's 14th presidential election ended at Friday midnight after 16 straight hours, said Spokesman of Iran's Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami. He made the remarks in a live interview with Iran's state-run IRIB…

Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has emphasised the significance of a strong turnout in the country's upcoming presidential election, scheduled for Friday. He made the remarks on Tuesday in an address to thousands of…

Tehran: Iranian Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has condemned the Canadian government's "provocative and irresponsible" decision to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist entity". He…

Tehran; At least four people were killed and more than 120 others injured in a magnitude-5.0 earthquake that jolted Kashmar County in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the media reported. Out of those injured,…

Tehran; Iranian Interim President Mohammad Mokhber and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have reiterated the two countries' commitment to further improving ties, according to a statement published on the website of the Iranian…

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani slammed on Sunday the claims of the Group of Seven (G7) over the country's nuclear activities as "anti-Tehran". Reacting to a G7 communique issued on Friday, Kanaani stressed…

Tehran: Iran and Sweden have completed a prisoner swap, according to the government of Oman, which mediated the process. Citizens from both countries were flown to Muscat, the capital of the small state on the Persian Gulf, on Saturday.…

Tehran: Iran has announced the names of six qualified candidates for the country's early presidential election scheduled for June 28. The final nominees are Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Masoud Pezeshkian, Saeed Jalili, Alireza Zakani,…

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned deadly Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. In a statement released on Saturday by the Ministry, Kanaani denounced Israel's…

The five-day registration period will close on Tuesday, and the Guardian Council is expected to issue its final list of candidates within 10 days.

Tehran: Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned new sanctions imposed by the EU on several Iranian officials and entities. He made the remarks in a statement by his Ministry after the EU on Friday imposed…

Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said his country and Syria should further expand their cooperation to overcome political and economic pressure from the US and Europe. He made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Syrian…

The caskets later arrived in Tehran with an honour guard at the airport. They will go on to the holy Shiite seminary city of Qom before returning to the Iranian capital.

Bagheri is considered close to Iran's ultraconservatives and a member of the inner circle of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is the father-in-law of Bagheri's brother.

Meanwhile, leaders from across the globe conveyed their condolences; Lebanon declared three days of mourning in response to the Iranian President's death.

Teheran/Baku: Iranian  military helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi, the President and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian are feared to have met a  serious accident this morning. The crash is feared to have occured on Azerbaizan border…

Aiming to bolster Israel's defences including its Iron Dome air defence system, the US approved $13 billion in new military assistance for the country.

Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

Our sources are on high alert and will keep sending latest developments on the situtaion in West asia

Iran’s attack on Israel early Sunday came in response to what it says was an Israeli strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria earlier this month.