The quake occurred at 8:33 hours local time (4:03 GMT), said the managing director of the provincial crisis management office.Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Abdol Rahman Shahnavazi said that the epicenter of the tremor was registered at 79 km of Zahedan, 11 km deep underground.Iran sits on …

Known as the largest wood-carved Qur’an in the world, it was made from wood of the tembesu tree (Fagraea fragrans) and measures 1.77 meters by 1.40 meters (5.8 feet by 4.6 feet).Its creator, Shofwatillah Mohzaib, 43, said that he finished the production in the form of 30 Qur’anic juz — …

Saudi Arabian fighters targeted a bus carrying children in the city of Zahyan, Saada Province, leaving 52 kids dead and 77 wounded, according to Yemeni Ministry of Health.'These children were slaughtered travelling back to school after a picnic,' Corbyn wrote in his Twitter account on Friday. 'It is the latest …

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According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 3:30 hours local time (23:00 GMT) in an area located at 36.73 degrees latitude and 54. 94 degrees longitude and in the depth of 10 km underground.No report on possible damage to life or …

The statement said that on December 4-5, Moscow hosted a regular Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Caspian Littoral States attended by the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. 'The participants discussed a wide range of issues related to multilateral cooperation of the five nations and exchanged opinions …

'By backing the Saudi coalition's war in Yemen with weapons, aerial refueling and targeting assistance, the United States is complicit in this atrocity, ' Sanders tweeted Friday.'No one can seriously claim that out support for this war is actually making us safer,' the US senator said in his twitter account.Sanders' …

In his congratulatory message, Rouhani urged strengthening friendship between the two countries and promoting mutual relations in all arenas as well as cooperation in international fora.Rouhani also wished health and success for his Ecuadorian counterpart.1396**1396Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

In an interview with Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Majed Ghammas condemned the US unilateral sanctions against Iran and said, 'We have stood by the Iranian nation and we will continue supporting them.'The Iraqi envoy described the US move against Iran as a conspiracy against the enterity of resistance in …

Fifteen military and 3 bystanding civilians were killed in the blast in Mahjeh, northern countryside of Daraa, according to local media.The Syrian state-run television said the incident was an explosion in a mine depot belonging to terrorist groups, while some other media said the blast occurred when the Army forces …