War
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Iran FM to IRGC commanders: Readiness for war actually prevents war
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has argued that readiness for war is what prevents the country from getting involved in a war.
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UN warns of catastrophic situation in Gaza during winter
New York, IRNA - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, has warned that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic with the onset of winter.
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Gaza Information Office: 53,552 people killed, missing since start of war
Tehran, IRNA – The Gaza Information Office has announced that 53,552 people have been killed or gone missing since the start of the Israeli war on the blockaded Palestinian territory.
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Consequences of expanded war won't be limited to West Asia, Iran FM warns
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s foreign minister has warned that if the Israeli regime’s war spreads in West Asia, its dire consequences will not remain limited to the region.
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Nearly 60% of Zionists lose confidence in Israel’s Netanyahu: Poll
Tehran, IRNA – A poll conducted in the occupied territories shows that about 58% of Zionists have lost their trust in Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he fired the regime’s defense minister Yoav Gallant.
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Professors of Iran’s prestigious university condemn Israel’s brutal wars
Tehran, IRNA – a group of professors from the Sharif University of Technology, a prestigious university based in the Iranian capital Tehran, have condemned Israel’s brutal wars in Palestine and Lebanon, while calling on colleagues worldwide to join them in efforts to support the ongoing fight against the Zionist regime.
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Iran steps up diplomatic efforts to stop spillover of war in region: FM spox
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says the Islamic Republic has stepped up diplomatic efforts in recent weeks with the aim of preventing more bloodshed by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon, and the spillover of war to other parts of the region.
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Death toll in Gaza War mounts to 42,500
Tehran, IRNA – The total death toll from the Israeli war on Gaza has climbed to 42,500 since the start of the conflict on October 7, 2023, the Health Ministry in Gaza has announced.
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Berri: Iranian speaker’s Beirut visit aimed at showing solidarity with Lebanon
Tehran, IRNA – Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said that his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf's recent trip to Beirut was aimed at showing Iran’s solidarity with the Arab country.
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Israeli attacks martyr 36 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday
Tehran, IRNA – The Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip martyred 36 Palestinian citizens on Saturday.
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Israeli crimes in Lebanon with US green light: Reuters
Tehran, IRNA- the Reuters news agency says its assessment of the crimes by the Zionist regime in Lebanon shows the US green lighted to Tel Aviv to keep attacking the Arab country as the result of the change in Washington's approach to the developments in the region.
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President Pezeshkian: Iran does not seek war
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that his country is not after war, stressing that security in the West Asia region is the security of all Muslims.
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Iran receives bodies of 98 martyrs
Abadan, IRNA – The remains of the bodies of 98 Iranian martyrs of Iraq’s imposed war on Iran (1980-88) were transported to the country through the Shalamcheh International Border Crossing in southwest Iran on Saturday.
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Iran dismisses allegations of transferring ballistic missiles to Russia
New York, IRNA – Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has dismissed Western media reports alleging that the Islamic Republic had transferred ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war.
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US, its western allies prolonged war by arming Ukraine: Iran
New York, IRNA –Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations has once again rejected as “baseless and misleading” the accusations leveled by the United States, England and France against Tehran about its alleged role in the Ukraine conflict.
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Lavrov: Iran will never submit to provocative acts
Tehran, IRNA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the assassination of the head of the Hamas politburo was an attempt to provoke Iran and that Iran will never submit to provocative actions.
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Israeli soldiers defy orders to return to Gaza battlefield: Report
Tehran, IRNA – More than a dozen Israeli soldiers have defied orders to return to the battlefield in Gaza after a recent military operation was ended in the Palestinian territory, Israeli media have reported.
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Regime unprepared for multi-front war: Ex-Israeli general
Tehran, IRNA- A former general has warned that Israel is not ready to resist the possible missile strikes by Iran and its allies, criticizing the regime and it’s military for lacking a comprehensive plan.
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Zionist regime cancels domestic flights amid fears
Tehran, IRNA – Zionist media reports say the regime announced on Saturday night the cancellation of domestic flights amid fear of the potential Iranian retaliation for violating the country’s sovereignty and assassinating Hamas Political Bureau Chief, Ismail; Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday.
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Iranian Paralympic medalist Nourafshan dies of war wounds
Tehran, IRNA – Mokhtar Nourafshan, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war and champion of several Paralympics in athletics, was martyred due to the consequences of wartime injuries on Tuesday night.
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Hezbollah MP warns Israel war with Lebanon would lead to its destruction
Tehran, IRNA – Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc leader in Lebanon has warned Israel against waging a large-scale war on the country, saying that such war would lead to the destruction of the regime.
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Iran envoy to Beirut: Islamic Republic backs regional peace, stability
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani has said that the Islamic Republic does not seek conflict in the region, rather it supports peace and stability and works towards achieving that goal.
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Zionists beat war drum using Golan rocket incident a pretext
Tehran, IRNA – From Zionist media to the political and military circles of this regime have been pushing the far-right cabinet under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make Saturday’s missile incident in the occupied Golan Heights a pretext to launch a full-scale war on Lebanon.
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Israel struck 8 UN schools in Gaza in 2 weeks: UNRWA
Tehran, IRNA – The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has deplored the Israeli regime’s continuous attacks on UN-run schools sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza, saying that eight such facilities have been targeted over the past two weeks.
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Operation Mersad; July 27, 1988
After the acceptance of UN Security Council Resolution 598 and the end of Iraq’s war of aggression against Iran, the MKO terrorists launched the so-called Operation Forough Javidan (Eternal Light) in Iran with the aim of overthrowing the Islamic Republic. With the support of the Iraqi Ba’ath regime, the terrorist group infiltrated the Iranian territory and while advancing rapidly, committed war crimes and mercilessly killed innocent people.In response to this cowardly action, the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran carried out Operation Mersad on July 27, 1988. In this operation, more than 20 joint brigades of the MKO and the Iraqi army suffered a heavy defeat with more than 4,800 killed and wounded. Also, more than 120 tanks, 400 armored personnel carriers, and large amounts of enemy military equipment were destroyed.
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Western support cannot enable Ukraine to win war with Russia: Analysis
Tehran, IRNA – US-based magazine “Foreign Policy” has published an analysis following a NATO summit this week, arguing that the Western military alliance’s support for Ukraine in its war with Russia can only help Kiev to fight but not to win the conflict.
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Iran court hears case on US role in killing of divers by Iraq former Baath regime
Tehran, IRNA – An Iranian court has held its first hearing session on a complaint filed by families of dozens of divers who were martyred in a US-backed battle by the toppled Iraqi Baath regime during the eight-year imposed war on Iran in the 1980s.
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Gaza death toll surpasses 38,000
Tehran, IRNA – The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on Gaza has surpassed the 38,000 threshold, more than eight months into the conflict.
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US interests will be targeted should Lebanon attacked: Iraqi resistance
Tehran - IRNA - The Iraqi Resistance Coordination Council has announced that all American interests in Iraq and elsewhere in the region will be targeted if the Zionist regime attacks Lebanon.
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Nothing will be left of Israel’s Haifa if attacked by Hezbollah: Sources
Tehran, IRNA – The Israeli regime has been threatening Lebanon with a large-scale war in recent weeks as clashes have intensified with the Hezbollah resistance movement. However, despite those threats, reports show that concerns are running high within Israeli political and military circles warning that any such war would leave massive devastation, including in the port city of Haifa.