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Syrian Envoy Urges UN to Condemn Trump’s Statement on Golan Heights, Calls Pentagon’s Announcement of Victory over Daesh “Bluff”

TEHRAN (defapress)- The UN Security Council should condemn US President Donald Trump’s statement calling for the recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari said in a statement on Friday.
News ID: 76354   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Iran Condemns ISIL Terrorist Attack on Nowruz Celebrations in Kabul

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi categorically condemned several explosions claimed by the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group in the Afghan capital city of Kabul during celebrations to mark Nowruz, the start of the Persian New Year.
News ID: 76353   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Iran Denounces UN Anti-Tehran Rights Claims as Unjust, Unwarranted

TEHRAN (defapress)- Permanent representative of Iran to the United Nations Office in Geneva Esmayeel Baghayee Hamaneh condemned a UN Human Rights Council resolution to renew the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic, saying it was a politically-motivated move by a few countries abusing UN mechanisms.
News ID: 76352   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Freed Iranian Border Guards Return Home to Hero’s Welcome

TEHRAN (defapress)- IRGC Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour personally welcomed the 4 Iranian border guards who had been rescued this week after being held by a Paksitan-based terrorist group for months.
News ID: 76351   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinians, Injure +60 in Gaza

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Israeli occupation forces on Friday killed two Palestinians and injured dozens others during border protests in the Gaza Strip.
News ID: 76350   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Saudi Fighters Raid Yemeni Capital

TEHRAN (defapress)- Saudi warplanes carried out a string of airstrikes against targets in the Yemeni capital city of Sana'a as relentless aggression against the impoverished Arab country continues.
News ID: 76349   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

FM Zarif: US Biggest Destabilizer in Middle East

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif censured Washington’s foreign policy and interventionist role in the Middle East, asserting that the US is the number one enemy of stability in the region.
News ID: 76348   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Advisor: Golan Heights Inseparable from Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian reiterated that the Golan Heights is a completely inseparable part of Syria, reassuring that the occupied region will return to its homeland of Syria in the future.
News ID: 76347   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Justice Ministry: 16 Iranian Inmates Extradited from Thailand, Azerbaijan

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Deputy Justice Minister for Human Rights and International Affairs Mahmoud Abbasi said that 16 Iranian inmates, who had served years of their prison sentences in Thailand and Azerbaijan, have been extradited.
News ID: 76346   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Diplomat: Tehran to Keep Supporting Sarajevo

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iran's Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Mahmoud Heidari told a large gathering of Bosnian Muslims that Tehran will keep supporting the Balkan country.
News ID: 76345   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Torrential Rains Flood Iran’s Northern Provinces

TEHRAN (defapress)- Heavy rains have pummeled Iran’s Northern provinces of Mazandaran, Golsetan, North Khorasan and Semnan in the past couple of days, swelling floods that have forced evacuations and caused damages to infrastructures.
News ID: 76344   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

FM Zarif Raps Distorted Narratives Aimed at Spreading Iranophobia

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reminded that Persian kings, opposed to the distorted narrative recounted by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saved Jews in the ancient times.
News ID: 76343   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Mass Deaths Plague Syria's Rukban Refugee Camp

TEHRAN (defapress)- The situation in the Rukban refugee camp in Syria continues to deteriorate, satellite images show that the number of graves on the makeshift burial site is rapidly increasing, Head of Russia’s National Defense Control Center Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev stated on Friday.
News ID: 76342   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Iran Strongly Condemns Trump’s Remarks on Syrian Territories

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi, in a statement on Friday, categorically condemned the recent remarks by US President Donald Trump on the Golan Heights of Syria occupied by Israel, reiterating that Tel Aviv has no sovereignty over Arab lands.
News ID: 76341   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Zarif Denounces US’ Role in Spreading Islamophobia in World

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, addressing the extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on terrorist massacre of Muslims in New Zealand, said that many anti-Islamic networks active in the West are financed by government-tied tycoons in the US.
News ID: 76340   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Erdogan: Trump’s Golan Heights Remarks Bring Middle East on ‘Brink of New Crisis’

TEHRAN (defapress)- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned that US President Donald Trump's recent statement on the Golan Heights puts "the Middle East region on the brink of a new crisis".
News ID: 76339   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Russia: West Covering up Their Crimes Committed During Bombing of Yugoslavia

TEHRAN (defapress)- Western countries are covering up the crimes their representatives committed during NATO’s military operation in Yugoslavia in 1999, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in an interview for NTV’s "U-Turn Above the Atlantic" documentary.
News ID: 76338   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Kremlin Warns Trump’s Statement on Golan Heights May Destabilize Middle East

TEHRAN (defapress)- US President Donald Trump’s statement Washington should recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights may destabilize the situation in the Middle East, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Friday.
News ID: 76337   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Study: Fentanyl Deaths Rose More Than 1,000% Since 2011 in US

TEHRAN (defapress)- Deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl skyrocketed in the United States more than 1,000 percent from 2011 to 2016 amid the country’s drug abuse epidemic, according to a new government report.
News ID: 76336   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

US Soldiers Killed During Afghan Operation

TEHRAN (defapress)- Two American service members were killed during an operation in Afghanistan on Friday, the NATO forces said, providing no further details on the combat deaths.
News ID: 76335   Publish Date : 2019/03/23

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