Elaborating on the details of the acoustic device that went off in Saravan, Colonel Ahmad Azarkish, police chief of the city said, 'The loud bang was caused by a homemade firecracker detonated by illegal drug smugglers.'The anti-drug forces in an operation managed to seize some 900 kilograms of various kinds …

The Americans have also threatened to cut business ties with any country trading with Iran. It is reported that the two major French car groups, PSA Peugeot Citroen and Renault, have already been affected. Peugeot Citroen sold 445,000 cars in Iran last year, and now has to suspend its operations …

The fire broke out at 8 pm local time on Thursday in a religious place, known as the Indians' Husseinia, on Share' Sidra street, adjacent to the holy shrine of Imam Hossein (pbuh), head of planning and monitoring department in Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Morteza Aqaei told Islamic Republic …

Senior officials at the Energy Ministry on condition of anonymity told media that the energy ministry has negated the tall claim made by the caretaker Minister for Maritime Affairs and Foreign Affairs, Abdullah Hussain Haroon that the US energy giant is ‘close to discovering’ oil reserves bigger than Kuwait in …

A local resident told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that some 100 posts belonging to Afghan security forces have fallen to Taliban, with the members of the terrorist group focusing their attacks on governorate office and police command center.The Taliban is using heavy arms in their attack on the Afghan …

Morteza Mehrzad, known as the tallest man of Iran, has been selected by International Paralympics Committee as the Allianz Athlete of the Month for July for his brilliant role in the Iranian sitting volleyball team in 2018 World Championships in the Netherlands.The Iranian team ranked first in the championships for …

Confirming the news of the sound bomb, Zahedan's Governor Darvish Naroui told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that there has been no report of casualties following the explosion in the provincial city of Saravan.Security forces and police rushed to the site of the explosion, he said, adding that the incident …

António Guterres on Thursday condemned an air strike by Saudi-led coalition forces that targeted a school bus travelling through a busy market area in the northern province of Saada which killed scores of children.The Yemeni news agency, SABA, reported that the death toll rose to 43, most of whom were …

Turkey has explicitly declared that it will not implement the US' anti-Iran sanctions, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in a meeting with Head of Iran Presidential Office Mahmoud Vaezi on Thursday.The Turkish official praised Iran's stance on various issues, including the US' pull out from the nuclear deal, known …

In a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi, he who doubles as the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party added that the policy of exerting economic pressure on Iran and sanctions is rejected and the international community should block the policy of pushing peoples towards famine. Masjedi, for …