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At Least 44 Dead in Tanzania as Ferry Capsizes in Lake Victoria

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – At least 44 people died and scores were feared missing after a ferry capsized in Victoria, Africa's largest lake, with a desperate search for survivors set to resume in Tanzania on Friday.
News ID: 72567    Publish Date : 2018/09/21

IRGC, Army Forces joint military drill kicks off in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN  ( defapress ) – On the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week, a joint military exercise was launched between Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Army Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the azure waters of the Persian Gulf.
News ID: 72566    Publish Date : 2018/09/21

MP urges Pre. Rouhani to outline US violation of JCPOA in UNGA

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Member of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naghavi Hosseini called on President Hassan Rouhani to describe US violation of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in his upcoming visit to New York to attend the UN General Assembly.
News ID: 72565    Publish Date : 2018/09/21

Vietnam's President Quang Dies at 61

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang, one of the country’s top three leaders, died on Friday after an illness, state television and radio announced.
News ID: 72564    Publish Date : 2018/09/21

Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Keeps Rolling on ISIL's Centers in Eastern Deserts of Homs, Deir Ezzur

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Damascus Army, backed up by the country's Air Force, continued storming ISIL's strongholds in the Eastern deserts of Syria over the past 24 hours, and captured more areas.
News ID: 72563    Publish Date : 2018/09/21

Russian Military Keeping Peace along Demilitarized Zone on Syrian-Israeli Border

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Russian military police and representatives for the Russian Reconciliation Center for the Opposing Sides in Syria jointly patrolled the liberated communities in Quneitra province and the demilitarized zone.
News ID: 72562    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Russian FM: US Proposed Refugees Leave Rukban Camp for Syrian Army Territory

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The US proposed refugees at the Rukban Camp in southern Homs leave the area for Syrian government-held territories, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday afternoon.
News ID: 72561    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Syrian Army Reportedly Building New Helicopter Fields Near Southwest Idlib

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Syrian Army is building new helicopter fields near the provincial border of Idlib, a military source said this afternoon.
News ID: 72560    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

CSTO: Over 2,500 ISIL Members Transferred from Syria to Afghanistan

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said on Thursday that a large number of ISIL terrorists had left Syria for Afghanistan this year.
News ID: 72559    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Pakistan Renews Support for Iran Nuclear Agreement

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Pakistani Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Faisal renewed his country's support for the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the world powers in Vienna in July 2015.
News ID: 72558    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

EU Leaders Keep Up Pressure on May to Take Brexit Deal

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – EU leaders lined up on Thursday to tell Theresa May she needs to give guarantees on the Irish border before they will grant her the Brexit deal the prime minister wants to avoid Britain crashing out of the bloc.
News ID: 72557    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

UN Urged to Condemn Israel for Threatening Iran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran called on the United Nations to condemn Tel Aviv for threatening Tehran with a nuclear attack and bring the regime’s atomic weapons program under its supervision.
News ID: 72556    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

AEOI Chief: Iran, China to Broaden Nuclear Cooperation

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that Tehran and Beijing are resolved to broaden their cooperation in different fields, in particular the nuclear energy area.
News ID: 72555    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Syrian Army Drives ISIL out of More Vital Points in Sweida Deserts

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Syrian Army men continued hunting the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists in the Eastern desert of Sweida on Thursday, imposing control over one of the most important positions of the militants in the depth of the desert.
News ID: 72554    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Terrorists Protest against Russian-Turkish Agreement on Idlib

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Several terrorist groups, including Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front), have opposed an agreement initiated and endorsed by Russia and Turkey over the Northwestern province of Idlib, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday.
News ID: 72553    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Gov't Forces Keep Rolling on ISIL's Centers in Eastern Deserts of Syria

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Syrian Army, backed up by the country's Air Force, continued storming ISIL's strongholds in the Eastern deserts of Syria on Thursday, imposing control over more areas.
News ID: 72552    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Paper: Israel Uses Russian Plane as Shield to Insult Putin, Humiliate Moscow

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Israel's move to use Russian plane as a cover to raid Syrian Army centers was seeking nothing but humiliating Russia and insulting President Vladimir Putin, Editor-in-Chief of a trans-regional paper said on Thursday.
News ID: 72551    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Iran to veto OPEC decisions harming its interests: Oil min.

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told Bloomberg on Thu. that Iran will veto any OPEC decision that harms the Islamic Republic, adding that he won’t be attending the Algerian JMMC meeting.
News ID: 72550    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

We need to stand by Iran during sanctions: Hezbollah chief

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The Secretary General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah has called for helping Iran as the US sanctions against the country are due to take effect within weeks.
News ID: 72549    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

Iran calls for realistic regional, intl. aid in combating terrorism in Afghanistan

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s UN envoy Es'hagh Al-Habib stressed the need for sustained regional and international support in countering terrorists in Afghanistan in a "realistic manner".
News ID: 72548    Publish Date : 2018/09/20

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