TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) - Israeli soldiers tried to forcibly pull out an injured Palestinian from an ambulance of the Palestinian Red Crescent in the occupied West Bank. - World news - A footage shot by Anadolu Agency shows Israeli soldiers opening the ambulance door and trying to take by force a Palestinian civilian who was injured during protests against the Israeli demolition policy in...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) - Police interrupted a “possible arson attempt” at a Starbucks on the ground floor of an apartment building in Portland. - World news - Protesters then threatened to spit at responding officers and vowed more violence to come on election night.According to police, a group of some 100 protesters smashed up windows at the Portland State University, breaking windows...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Secretary-General of Fatah’s Executive Committee Jibril Rajoub condemned Israel’s detention of senior Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef. - World news - In a statement, Rajoub said Israel’s detention of Hamas leader “is an attempt to thwart national unity efforts.”The Fatah leader also stressed that Israel’s detention of Yousef “is a retention of the...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi said Washington’s attempts to re-impose UN sanctions on Iran is a “clear sign of desperation”. - Politics news - “The US decision today to impose sanctions on Iran has no practical effect; rather, it is a clear sign of desperation after its recent failures at UN which only added to US' isolation....
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson dismissed the allegation raised by an American magazine that Tehran is weighing an assassination attempt against the US ambassador to South Africa in revenge for the assassination of top Iranian commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani. - Politics news - In a statement on Monday, the Foreign Ministry spokesman dismissed the anti-Iran...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said that since the US has already withdrawn from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, it has no right to use its former membership of the pact to try to impose a permanent arms embargo on Tehran. - Politics news - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – The fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, vowed to fight for justice after his son said the family “forgives” his killers, opening the way for a full pardon. - World news - Salah Khashoggi, the journalist’s son, posted the statement on his Twitter feed this morning, as Muslims prepare to celebrate the end...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – A recent cyberattack carried out by Israeli operatives on computers at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Port failed to disrupt the activities of the facility, an official said. - Politics news - As the civil defense units at Shahid Rajaee Port are always on high alert, and due to their timely and effective response to the infilration attempt, no disruptions were caused...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad said the US sanctions and pressures in order to deprive Iraq of Iranian energy will get nowhere. - Politics news - In an interview with Al-Alam News Network, Iraj Masjedi said the US government is imposing heavy pressures on Iraq to deprive the Arab country of Iranian energy resources, but all to no avail. Despite its attempts to mount...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said authorities have captured 13 "terrorists", including two US mercenaries, involved in a failed coup attempt. - World news - In a state television address on Monday, Maduro showed the passports and other identification cards of Airan Berry and Luke Denman, who he described as employees of Silvercorp, a Florida-based...