TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) - Protests take place in Barcelona on the 3rd anniversary of a banned referendum on Catalan independence, and just three days after Spain's top court upheld a court ruling disqualifying the region's separatist president from office. - World news - Police arrested 16 people who took part in overnight protests marking the anniversary of the illegal referendum on Catalan...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Palestinians marked the 20th anniversary of the second intifada (uprising) against the Israeli occupation with a rally in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah. - World news - Members of various Palestinian political factions and people participated in the rally on Monday during which they marched through Ramallah streets carrying signs calling for...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran reaffirmed Tehran’s commitment to supporting Lebanon in a statement released on the anniversary of Lebanon’s victory in its 33-day war against the Israeli aggressors in 2006. - Politics news - In the statement, the Foreign Ministry congratulated the Lebanese nation, government, army, and resistance, especially the...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Lebanon on an official visit, congratulated the Lebanese nation and government on the anniversary of the victory in the 2006 war against the Israeli regime. - Politics news - In separate messages to his Lebanese counterpart Charbel Wehbe and Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, Zarif hailed...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, issued a statement on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, pledging “to do everything possible” to salvage the accord. - Politics news - The deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is “a historic multilateral achievement for...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement to mark the 38th anniversary of abduction of four Iranian diplomats by mercenaries of the Zionist regime in Lebanon in 1982. - Politics news - What follows is the text of the statement, issued by the Foreign Ministry on Friday: In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Thirty-eight years have passed since the...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated his Lebanese counterpart and Secretary General of Hezbollah Seyed Hassan Nasrallah on the anniversary of liberation of southern Lebanon from Israeli occupation. - Politics news - In separate messages on Monday, Zarif offered congratulations to Lebanese Foreign Minister Nassif Youssef Hitti and Nasrallah on...
TEHRAN, Feb.1 (Press Shia Agency) – Millions of Iranians are holding nationwide rallies Thu. to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, marking the overthrow of the US-backed Pahlavi dynasty.The ceremony began at 9:27 a.m. local time (17:57 GMT), coinciding with the time the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, returned...
TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (Press Shia) – Visiting the Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini on the anniversary of the days before the victory of the 1979 Revolution, President Rouhani hailed the rule of people over people in Iran.“The officials and managers in the country should have open ears to listen to what the masses want and demand,” said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. He made the remarks on...
TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (Press Shia Agency) – Visiting the Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini on the anniversary of the days before the victory of the 1979 Revolution, President Rouhani hailed the rule of people over people in Iran.“The officials and managers in the country should have open ears to listen to what the masses want and demand,” said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. He made the remarks on...