Since August 2017, 73 people have died due to a diphtheria outbreak in Yemen, said WHO on Monday, according to a London-based Arab daily.So far, 1,294 instances of the disease have been reported. Also, the Yemen News Agency (Saba), quoting military officials as saying on Monday, that 'The Saudi aggression …

The renaming suggestion was passed by unanimous consensus -- 19 out of 19 votes.The street located in northern Tehran was formerly named Naft Street. In 1953, the Iranian popular prime minister was toppled in a US-UK-led coup. Mosaddeq was the one who nationalized the Iranian oil industry, which was considered …

Brigadier General Qader Karimi said that the hostage, was kidnapped while driving in the city of Mashad, the Provincial capital of Khorasan Razavi by three gunmen who stopped his car, threatened him with death and pepper-sprayed him.The kidnappers then contacted one of the hostage's brothers asking for a ransom of …

CAO announced lack of attention to limitation of the flight hours for the pilot who had undergone surgery as the main cause of the accident.Due to his heart surgery, the pilot had to follow a 9-month flight ban, it said.In reaction to the CAO report, Aseman Airlines released a statement …

Talking to the Islamic Republic News Agency, Ali Asghar Dastgheib, a member of Assembly of Experts said Ayatollah Jannati was voted chairman of the 88-member assembly with 51 votes for two years.Meanwhile, former Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi with 72 votes and another prominent cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani …

The UN Postal Administration issued a set of stamps to celebrate 25 years of its Endangered Species series on the occasion of the World Wildlife Day, March 3.The plants and animals shown on the Philatelic collections come from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and …

Masoud Karbasian said working groups, including economic, trade, banking, transportation, communication, energy, water, agriculture, science and research committees will also be established during the two-day gathering.Karbasian and his Azeri counterpart Shahin Mustafayev attended the opening ceremony for Iran-Azerbaijan joint economic commission.The Iranian minister said that both presidents in the two …

Leading English daily ‘Dawn’ in its report said that Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has invited Pakistan to participate in Chabahar seaport project and development of its link with Gwadar Port.He twice said Iran would not allow anybody to hurt Pakistan from its territory much like Pakistan would not allow …

'There are some speculations about the crash, but the concrete results are yet to be reached at after the black box decoding,' said Bekir Bozdag.The private jet plane left Sharjah in the UAE for Istanbul on Sunday night, but crashed with Dorak Anari range of mountains of Kiyar city, in …

Tehran considers appointment of country mandate holder for Iran based on dual standards and as an ill-intended, and politically motivated action, orchestrated by a few numbers of the Council members, Mohammad Javad Larijani said in a speech at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva.What follows …