Israeli tanks pushed further into Rafah and parts of central Gaza and Shujaiya on Sunday as it intensified its ground assault on the besieged enclave. Residents told Reuters that Israeli tanks had killed at least six people and destroyed several homes in Rafah on Sunday. Speaking after his weekly Sunday cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday that the West Asia region is going through “serious changes” amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reported. “The region is going through serious changes recently amid intense Israeli war in the Gaza Strip and attempts to impose forced displacement towards Egyptian territories,” he said. In
Hezbollah in Lebanon is one of the five superpowers in terms of the number of rockets it possesses, a former Israeli official suggested on Saturday. Ram Aminach, the former economic advisor to the Israeli Chief of Staff, pointed out that “the Israeli public does not understand the extent of Hezbollah’s threats as it has a
TEHRAN – Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has said the resistance movement will respond in kind if Israel launches a full-fledged war against Lebanon. “If Israel expands the war, we will do the same. If it launches a full-scale conflict, we will not hesitate to respond in kind,” Qassem told Mehr News Agency. He
TEHRAN – Mohammad Mokhber, Iran’s acting president, has praised the Iranian people for their participation in the June 28 presidential election, asserting that the upcoming runoff vote will prove a disappointment to the Islamic Republic’s detractors. Mokhber made these remarks on Saturday, following the initial election round held on Friday. The election will see a
TEHRAN – The fierce controversy surrounding the first televised debate between incumbent US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump remains in the limelight days after they locked horns over domestic and global issues. Trump and Biden missed no opportunity to smear each other at the debate in Atlanta, Georgia, by trading terrible insults
TEHRAN – Figures by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) show the country’s hard currency income rose 18.6 percent in the quarter to late June compared to the same period last year. The CBI figures published on Sunday showed that Iran’s hard currency revenues had reached $25.5 billion in the three months to June 20.
TEHRAN – The trade of food and agricultural products between Iran and Turkmenistan increased by 35 percent in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-May 21), an official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said. According to Akbar Godari, the trade between the two countries has been following an upward
TEHRAN – Nestled near the UNESCO-listed Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan’s carpet bazaar stands as a testament to centuries of tradition, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage. The bazaar, itself a relic of the Safavid era, is more than just a market; it is a living museum, showcasing a comprehensive archive of Iranian carpets. Many of the merchants
