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President says Iran ready to boost cooperation with Venezuela
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has congratulated his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on his re-election win, saying that Tehran is ready to boost cooperation with Caracas in all fields.
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Iran’s electricity consumption up 9% amid scorching heat: Energy minister
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Energy Ali-Akbar Mehrabian has said that unprecedented heat has caused a 9% rise in the country’s electricity consumption as summer heat has reached record levels.
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Iran: Israel taking aim at regional, global peace by assassinating Haniyeh
Tehran, IRNA -- Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that Israel is taking aim at regional and international peace and security by assassinating Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh as the regime considers conflict to be only way for its survival.
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President Pezeshkian: Promotion of Russia ties among Iran’s foreign policy priorities
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has called Russia a strategic partner of the Islamic Republic, saying that expansion of ties with the country is among priorities of Iranian foreign policy.
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Iran top military commander hails ‘strategic’ ties with Russia
Tehran, IRNA -- Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has said that Iran-Russia ties are strategic and deep, which will never be disrupted with change of governments.
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Fire shuts down Iran’s main trade gateway to Afghanistan
Mashad, IRNA – A local official in Iran’s northeastern province of Razavi Khorasan has said that a major fire sparked by fuel tankers in the Dogharoun Special Economic Zone has caused the shutdown of activities at the border region with Afghanistan.
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Israel has defeated only 3 of Hamas’ 24 battalions in Gaza: Report
Tehran, IRNA -- A report by American news network CNN has raised doubts about Israeli claims regarding the effectiveness of its military operations against Hamas, revealing that only three of the 24 al-Qassam battalions have been rendered combat ineffective since the start of the war in Gaza.
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Iran’s acting FM renews pledge to avenge Haniyeh assassination
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that the Zionist assassination of Hamas Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran will not go unpunished, stressing that the Islamic Republic's response will be “definite and decisive”.
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Acting FM meets Hamas representative to Iran
Tehran, IRNA -- Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has paid a visit to the office of the Palestinian Hamas Resistance Movement in Tehran.
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Photo: Mohammad Reza Alimadadi
Iran acting FM visits Hamas office
Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani on Monday paid a visit to the office of the Palestinian Hamas Resistance Movement in Tehran. He held talks with the movement’s representative Khaled Qaddoumi and extended his condolences over the martyrdom of Hamas Political Chief Ismail Haniyeh.
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Photo: Mohsen Vanaei
Top Iranian, Russian security officials meet in Tehran
Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, who is on a visit to Tehran, held talks with Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian on Monday.
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Silence on Israeli aggression puts regional stability at risk: Iran’s acting FM
Tehran, IRNA -- Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says silence in the face of Israel’s recent acts of aggression puts regional stability at risk and could be interpreted as rewarding the regime’s actions.
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Iran’s Acting FM rebukes UNSC for not reacting to Israeli crimes
Tehran, IRNA - Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has criticized the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for its failure to react to crimes committed by the Zionist regime, blaming the council's stance as one of the reasons behind instability in the West Asia region.
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Top Russian security official in Tehran to discuss bilateral, int'l issues
Moscow, IRNA – Russia’s security council secretary, Sergei Shoigu, has arrived in Tehran to meet with Iranian officials including President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to Russia’s Tass news agency.
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Photo: Payam Sani
Iran acting FM meets foreign envoys
Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani on Monday met with a group of ambassadors of other countries and heads of foreign representative offices to Tehran at the Iranian Foreign Ministry building number 1.
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Hezbollah launches drone, missile strikes against Israeli military sites
Tehran, IRNA -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, says it has launched fresh missile and drone strikes against Israeli military sites in northern occupied Palestine in response to Israeli “attacks and assassinations” in southern Lebanon.
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Photo: Mehran Biparva
Kabul protesters condemn Haniyeh assassination
A group of people in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul gathered outside the city’s Eidgah Mosque after noon prayers on Monday (August 5), denouncing the Israeli regime’s assassination of Hamas Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh who lost his life in an attack on his accommodation in Tehran five days ago.
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Israeli markets down amid fears of Iran response
Tehran, IRNA – Hebrew sources have reported persistent decline in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange index amid security concerns over Iran's response to the Israeli regime's assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.
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Zionist regime's 30 years of assassinating Hamas leaders
The picture shows all the leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian resistance group, who have been assassinated by the Zionist regime in the past 30 year. The question is how helpful have these killings been to the occupying regime in Palestine?
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Iran's Azerbaijan Int'l Cycling Tour to be held in October
Tabriz, IRNA – The 37th Iran's Azerbaijan international cycling tour will be held in October 2024 in three northwest provinces of the country, an official in General Directorate of Sports and Youth of East Azerbaijan province has announced.
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Iran 32nd in world 2023 Research Leaders
Tehran, IRNA – The Nature Index has released its recent research results which show that Iran is in the 32nd position.
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Hamas unprecedented tactics surprise Western experts: UK media
Tehran, IRNA – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas uses unprecedented tactics in Gaza while its “complex and changing system of warning signs” has surprised the Western and Zionist experts.
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Essence of Zionist regime based on terrorism: Iran FM spox.
Tehran, IRNA – The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that terrorism is in the essence of the Israeli regime whose survival depends on the continuation of the state terrorism approach.
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IRGC chief hails reporters' endeavors in hard times
Tehran, IRNA – The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, has lauded the sacrifices made by reporters worldwide to cover critical moments.
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Photo: Mehdi Mohebi Pour
Lochu wrestling
Lochu is a Pahlavani wrestling that has been popular in the northern regions of the country since a long time ago. Some consider it a celebration of the end of the rice harvest, and some consider it a celebration of Tirgan. In this wrestling, each athlete tries to force one or more parts of the opponent’s body to the ground. The word Lochu is a combination of “lo” meaning side or edge and “chu” meaning wood. The reason behind the name is that a three-meter-high wood is planted in the arena and the championship prize is hung on it. The wrestler who can win the championship title at the end of this match will take possession of the wood along with the prize and return to the village with his fans playing musical instruments and drums. In big and official competitions, the prize is sheep and cows. These competitions are held every year in the month of August in Babol city and its surrounding villages.
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Haniyeh’s successor will be chosen in coming days: Hamas deputy chief
Tehran, IRNA – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas will appoint a new chief for its Political Bureau in the coming days, Deputy Chief of the movement’s Political Bureau, Khalil al-Hayya has said.
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Maduro condemns EU meddling in Venezuela’s affairs
Tehran, IRNA – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has denounced the European Union as a “disgrace” following the meddlesome remarks of the bloc’s foreign policy chief about the protests in the South American country in the aftermath of its presidential election.
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Zionists' airstrikes martyr 2 citizens in southern Lebanon
Tehran, IRNA – The Zionist regime's fighters' attack on southern Lebanon has martyred two Lebanese citizens.
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More than 10k Israeli soldiers killed or wounded in Gaza war
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has written that at least 10,000 Israeli soldiers have been killed or wounded since the Zionist regime started a genocidal war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.
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‘Axis of Resistance to avenge assassination of leaders’
Tehran, IRNA — Deputy Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Jamil Mazhar says the Axis of Resistance will take revenge for the assassination of its leaders.