Mortazavi was suspended in August 2010 over the death in prison of an anti-government protester in the Kahrizak detention center in southern Tehran who was detained during the unrest in the aftermath of the 2009 presidential election. The former managing director of Iran's Social Welfare Organization received a two-year sentence …

The 29th edition of the event in men’s category and the 10th edition in women’s category are underway; head of Alborz Taekwondo Board Mohammad Nozari earlier told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).Twenty teams from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Armenia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Russia, Syria, Kazakhstan, Oman and India are participating …

“Haniyeh accused Israeli Mossad of carrying out the assassination of young Palestinian scholar Dr Fadi al-Batch, who was shot dead on Saturday at dawn in Malaysia,” Hamas website reported.“We blame the Israeli Mossad of carrying out the assassination of Dr Fadi al-Batch,” Hamas quoted Haniyeh as saying.“The timing of the …

According to Al Mayadeen, the area is located between Yalda and Al-Hajar al-Aswad cities.Syrian Army had earlier taken control of Douma, Eastern Ghouta after withdrawal of Jaysh al-Islam terrorists.Clearing of the occupied territories in southern Damascus means that these areas are safe from terrorists’ mortar attacks.9376**1771Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish …

According to a report by seismography center affiliated to Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 5:42 hours local time (1:12 hours GMT) with its epicenter being registered at 53.49 degrees longitude and 27.81 degrees latitude and at the depth of 12 km underground.No casualties or damage to property …

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was not present in his palace in Riyadh on Saturday when security forces shot down a toy drone in the area, Reuters quoted a senior Saudi official as saying.According to Reuters, a spokesman for the Riyadh police said earlier that forces at a checkpoint in the …

Sat 7 Turk news network commented on Mohammad Javad Zarif's warning of a possible US exit from the nuclear deal reached between Iran and six world powers in 2015, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), quoting the Iranian foreign minister as saying that Iran would resume …

The quake hit at 00:33 hours local time Sunday (20:04 GMT Saturday) at 31.27 degrees northern latitude and 56.29 degrees eastern altitude at the depth of 10 kilometers underground, according to the Seismological Center of Tehran University.No report is available yet on possible damage to property or life.Kianshahr region consisting …

Addressing a meeting of Iranian and Iraqi chambers of commerce, he added that the government is due to open a line of credit worth three billion dollars for presence of economic activists in Iraq.Khosrowtaj, also doubles as the head of Iran Trade Development Organization, said that legal aspects of line …

Nasrallah made the remarks Saturday in a video conference addressing the electoral ceremony in Tyre city in southern Lebanon.“Some Lebanese leaders adopt sectarianism to achieve their political goals regardless of the national interests,” Lebanese media ‘Al-Manar’ quoted Nasrallah as saying. “Tyre city is one of the basic resistance strongholds which …