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Judiciary chief urges GIO to provide more facilities for floor-stricken areas

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – In the wake of outbreak of devastating flood in two Iranian provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan, Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi ordered General Inspection Office (GIO) to prepare necessary facilities and amenities for flood-hit people.
News ID: 76376    Publish Date : 2019/03/24

IRGC deputy cmdr. urges youth to tackle problems for prosperity

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – IRGC Deputy Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami called on youth to take logical steps for resolving problems facing the country in all fields.
News ID: 76375    Publish Date : 2019/03/24

Leader Urges Dispatch of More Equipment to Flood-Hit Areas

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei ordered Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri to dispatch more equipment and facilities to the flood-hit people in the northern provinces of Golestan and Mazandaran.
News ID: 76373    Publish Date : 2019/03/24

More than 130 Killed in Mali Massacre as UN Visits

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - More than 130 people were killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali on Saturday, the United Nations said, as a delegation visited the country.
News ID: 76372    Publish Date : 2019/03/24

Venezuelan President Says Opposition’s Plot to Kill Him Foiled

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the country’s security forces have foiled a plan to assassinate him masterminded personally by the opposition’s leader Juan Guaido.
News ID: 76370    Publish Date : 2019/03/24

AP-NORC Poll:

Majority of Americans Favor Stricter Gun Laws

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - A majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws, and most believe places of worship and schools have become less safe over the last two decades, according to a new poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
News ID: 76369    Publish Date : 2019/03/24

US Airstrike Kills 14 Members of One Family in Afghanistan

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The United States carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan's Northern Kunduz province after a fatal insider attack, leaving at least 14 civilians dead, mostly women and children.
News ID: 76368    Publish Date : 2019/03/24

IRGC Commander Tasks All Forces with Helping Flood-Hit Iranians

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari ordered the ground and aerospace forces of the IRGC along with the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters to rush to the help of flood-hit residents of the two Northern provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan.
News ID: 76366    Publish Date : 2019/03/24

China Strongly Objects to US over North Korea-Related Sanctions

TEHRAN ( defapress )- China filed “stern representations” with the United States over North Korea-related unilateral sanctions imposed on two Chinese shipping firms.
News ID: 76365    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

France Allows Forces to Open Fire at Yellow Vests

TEHRAN ( defapress )- French security forces will be allowed to open fire if lives are threatened during the Yellow Vest rallies to be held this weekend in Paris, according to media reports.
News ID: 76363    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

3 Million Britons Sign Petition to Stop Brexit, Remain in EU

TEHRAN ( defapress )- In the two days since it was posted on parliament's official petition website, more than 3 million people have signed a petition asking the British government to cancel Brexit.
News ID: 76362    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Schumer, Pelosi: Trump Should Not Get 'Sneak Preview' of Mueller Report

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Democratic leaders in Congress on Friday evening renewed their call for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to be made public.
News ID: 76361    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

‘Stop Arms Sales, Military Contact’: China Warns US Against Selling F-16s to Taiwan

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Beijing warned the US against selling F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, urging Washington to respect its sovereignty when it comes to the One China policy, to avoid seriously damaging bilateral relations.
News ID: 76360    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Kurdish Fighters Declare Final Victory over Daesh in Syria

TEHRAN ( defapress )- US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria declared their final victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), ending bloody battle against the group that once held territory spanning a third of Syria and Iraq.
News ID: 76359    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Venezuelan FM Says Trump, Pence 'MUST GO' for Future of Humanity

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called on US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to step down "for the future of all humanity" in the wake of Pence's claim that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro "must go".
News ID: 76358    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Cholera, Malaria Cases Reported in Mozambique

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Humanitarian agencies raised alerts over hygiene and safe drinking water needs eight days after Cyclone Idai lashed central Mozambique as some cholera cases are reported in the devastated port city of Beira.
News ID: 76357    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

Aoun Tells Pompeo Hezbollah Has Popular Support

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Lebanese President Michel Aoun told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has a popular support in the country.
News ID: 76356    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

US Sanctions Venezuelan Development Bank in Response to Arrest of Guaido's Aide by Maduro's Forces

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Venezuela's Economic and Social Development Bank and on four other institutions affiliated with it, calling in its statement for the release of Juan Guaido's Chief of Staff Roberto Marrero.
News ID: 76355    Publish Date : 2019/03/23

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

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