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In the course of Saudi Arabia’s continued attempts to destabilize the region, it launched a wave of empty threats, claiming it reserves the right to arm itself with nuclear weapons if Iran cannot be stopped from making one. The comments were made by Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs ...

A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said there is no place for Takfiri terrorists close to Iran’s northern borders, reacting to reports denoting the transfer of terrorists from Syria to South Caucasus during the latest round of armed conflicts between the ...

The Zionist occupation entity pushed on with plans to build a new ‘Israeli’ settler neighborhood in east occupied al-Quds, a watchdog group said Sunday, warning such efforts were being stepped up before US President Donald Trump leaves office.  The Trump administration has broken with decades of bipartisan US practice by ...

Commander of the Galil Division in the Zionist army, General Shlomi Binder, stressed that all the military measures taken on border with Lebanon can’t prevent Hezbollah from invading Galilee. During the upcoming confrontation, the Israeli army will evacuate the border military sites and the close settlements, according to Binder who ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President’s Office for Science and Technology Mostafa Qaneyee announced that a coronavirus vaccine being developed in Iran would reach Phase III trials in June, 2021. “The third phase of the trial, which normally monitors the impacts and effectiveness of the vaccine on a relatively large population, would ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Vice President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneidi underlined that the European countries should fulfill their commitments with regard to expanding trade and economic cooperation with Iran. Joneidi made the remarks in a meeting with the newly-appointed Ambassador of Norway to Iran Sigvald Hauge. She called on Europe ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Security sources revealed that an intelligence delegation from the UAE has traveled to Tel Aviv to study plans to return the terrorist groups to the Southern cities of Syria. The Arabic-language al-Khalij Online news website quoted the sources as claiming that the UAE is attempting to form a ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to Vienna-Based International Organizations Kazzem Qaribabadi said that the latest report by the UN nuclear watchdog proves that his country has continued cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Qaribabadi told reporters on Wednesday that the new report shows the IAEA’s continued verification of ...

Senior United Nations [UN] officials warned on Wednesday that millions of people in war-torn Yemen were facing starvation – as they again appealed for more money to prevent it. “We are on a countdown right now to a catastrophe,” UN food chief David Beasley told the UN Security Council, according ...

Israel reportedly plans to send a first delegation to Sudan in the coming days to “firm up” a declared normalization deal between Tel Aviv and Khartoum.   The delegation would visit Sudan on Sunday, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing an anonymous source whom it said had been briefed on the ...