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Iran ready to stand up to any aggression: Envoy to Russia
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has said that his country stands ready to any aggression on its soil, and that the Israeli regime will receive a response to its actions against the Islamic Republic.
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Four more ministers picked by Pezeshkian elaborate on their plans at parliament
Tehran, IRNA – Four more ministers picked by Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian for his upcoming cabinet have attended a parliamentary session on Wednesday to elaborate on their plans.
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Lebanon says 3 people killed in Israeli attacks in south
Tehran, IRNA – The Lebanese Health Ministry has said that three people have been killed in separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
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Rift widens between Netanyahu, Gallant as Gaza war drags on
Tehran, IRNA – Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Minister of Military Affairs, Yoav Gallant, are reportedly communicating only through the military secretary, signaling escalating tensions between the two.
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Iran invited to municipal BRICS forum hosted by Russia
Moscow, IRNA-- As the rotating chair of the group of emerging economies known as BRICS, Russia is preparing to host the 6th International Municipal BRICS (IMBRICS) Forum in Moscow.
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Hezbollah launches rocket attacks on Israeli settlement
Tehran, IRNA – The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has carried out rocket attacks on the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Shmona, located in the northern occupied Palestine.
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Hamas calls for intensified resistance in West Bank after Tubas raid
Tehran, IRNA – Hamas has issued a statement, urging all Palestinians to back the resistance against the expansionist Zionist plans in the occupied territories.
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Iran’s Mitra Noori appointed supervisor at World Handball Championship
Tehran, IRNA--Mitra Noori has been appointed as a technical supervisor at the IHF Women's Youth (U18) World Championship in China.
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Lapid says Israel heading for economic disaster
Tehran, IRNA – Opposition leader of the Zionist regime Yair Lapid has warned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are driving the regime to an economic disaster.
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Mexico condemns Israeli strikes on civilian buildings in Gaza
Tehran, IRNA--The Mexican government has condemned the Israeli regime’s ongoing strikes against schools and other civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, labeling the attacks as a violation of international humanitarian law.
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Ayatollah Khamenei warns of psychological warfare by enemy
Tehran, IRNA - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned about the enemy's tactics in psychological warfare, asserting that their primary goal is to instill fear and force nations into retreat.
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Hezbollah targets Israeli military sites in support of Gaza
Tehran, IRNA--The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has carried out several attacks against Israeli military positions in solidarity with the people of Gaza and in support of Palestinian resistance.
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‘Iran, Hezbollah will definitely respond to Israel for assassinations’
Tehran, IRNA — Israeli reserve duty Lieutenant Colonel Alon Avitar says the Islamic Republic and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah will definitely respond to the Israeli regime in the wake of the assassination of the Hamas leader in Tehran and a senior Hezbollah military commander in Beirut.
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Sanctions strengthened Iran’s military system: General
Tehran, IRNA – Deputy Coordinator of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force Brigadier General Yousef Ghorbani has said that the cruel sanctions against Iran have strengthened the country’s military systems.
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Pakistani official calls for completing gas project with Iran
Islamabad, IRNA – The chief of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami has called for completing the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project in order to provide energy for his country.
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Hamas says will not attend upcoming Doha talks
Tehran, IRNA – A senior Hamas official has announced that the Palestinian resistance movement’s representatives will not attend the Thursday Doha meeting to discuss a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an agreement on the prisoner swap due to the sabotage caused by the Zionist regime and its prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza.
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FIFA authorizes use of VAR in Iran’s Pro League
Tehran, IRNA – The International Football Federation (FIFA) has authorized the use of video assistant referee (VAR) systems in the Iranian football league.
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Retired Israeli general questions regime’s combat power
Tehran, IRNA — Retired Israeli Major General Yitzhak Brick says the Zionist regime does not have sufficient combat power to gain victory on battlefields.
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Netanyahu’s claimed victory nothing but illusion: Hamas member
The victory claimed by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is nothing but an illusion and a mirage, says Izzat Al-Rishq, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau.
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Iran’s UN envoy in Geneva calls for decisive action on Haniyeh assassination
London, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Office and International Organizations in Geneva Ali Bahraini has strongly protested against the Zionist regime’s inhumane acts, especially the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
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‘If you don’t support resistance, don’t stab it in the back’
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, addressing Arab governments, said “If you don’t support the resistance, at least don’t stab it in the back.”
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Ex-Iranian national volleyball player Shariati dies at 46
Tehran, IRNA – Former Iranian national volleyball player Mohammad Shariati has passed away at the age of 46.
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Pentagon says 8 US military forces injured in northeast Syria
Tehran, IRNA – The Pentagon has announced that eight American forces were wounded in a recent drone attack in northeastern Syria.
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Israelis swarm into psychological centers, store drugs ahead of Iran retaliation
Tehran, IRNA – Israeli settlers in the occupied territories have swarmed into psychotherapy centers and started purchasing and storing medicines due to their fear of imminent retaliatory attacks by Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.
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Russian minister hails Iran’s defense achievements as impressive
Moscow, IRNA — Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has described the achievements of the Islamic Republic in the Army-2024 Exhibition as very impressive.
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Hamas urges world to slam Israeli use of civilians as human shields
Tehran, IRNA – The world should condemn the Zionist regime’s use of civilians as human shields, says a member of the Hamas Political Bureau.
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Israel launches airstrikes on southern Lebanon
Tehran, IRNA – The Zionist regime has carried out airstrikes against areas in southern Lebanon.
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Sixteen Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli attack on Gaza
Tehran, IRNA – Sixteen Palestinians have been killed in the Zionist regime’s latest airstrikes on the central and northern parts of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported.
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Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on August 14
Tehran, IRNA – The following headlines appeared in English-language newspapers in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, August 14, 2024:
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US approves $20bn weapons package for Zionist regime
Tehran, IRNA – The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) has approved the sale of $20 billion in fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel as the regime presses ahead with more than 10-month genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.