Iran’s parl. speaker to intl. protesters:

“Not allow warmongering rulers to distort your protests”

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has told the global protesters, emphasizing, “Don’t allow the warmongering rulers to distort your protests.”

Xi orders all-out rescue efforts after 7.0-magnitude quake

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out search and rescue efforts for the missing and prompt medical treatment for the injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a county in southwest China.

Reading Xi's vision for global governance through metaphors

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an) is set to open on Friday in the Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province.

China earmarks 80 mln yuan for Xizang quake relief

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – China has allocated 50 million yuan in emergency disaster relief funds and earmarked another 30 million yuan for recovery efforts following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Friday to review a report on the seventh round of disciplinary inspection launched by the 20th CPC Central Committee.

Yet two other supertankers hit mines in Hormuz: IRGC

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The IRGC has reported that two non-compliant supertankers were disabled after striking naval mines off the southern coast of the Strait of Hormuz, leading the crews to abandon the vessels.

Palestinian resistance coalition hails West Bank operation

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – A coalition of Gaza-based Palestinian resistance groups has praised a retaliatory shooting operation in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil that left two Israeli soldiers dead and three others wounded.

Tanker hit by unknown projectile in Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that an oil tanker was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on October 22, 2026.

Iran slams IAEA for silence towards attacks on its sites

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Iran’s mission to the Vienna-based UN organizations has criticized the IAEA's continued failure to condemn the US and Zionist regime's attacks on its nuclear facilities.

Senior cleric lauds nation for preserving national unity

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Hojjatoleslam Seyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard, Tehran’s Friday prayer provisional leaderhas praised the nation for keeping national unity despite all the plots srawn by enemy.

Iran foreign exchange reserves to last beyond Trump's term

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – entral Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati says "Iran’s foreign exchange reserves are "in a good shape and would carry on til the end of Donald Trump’s adminstration."

IRGC spox:

US has suffered strategic defeats in war with Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi said the United States has suffered strategic defeats in the war with Iran, including damage to its claims of ensuring regional security and protecting energy flows.

6 Israeli soldiers wounded in Palestinian op. in West Bank

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – In the latest martyrdom-seeking operation by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, local media report that six Israeli soldier were injured.

IRGC Navy cmdr.:

US forces deployed 600–700 km away from Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Commander of the IRGC Navy says that US forces are no longer present in the Persian Gulf and have moved 600 to 700 kilometers away from the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran sitting volleyball crowned in Asian games in Japan

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team secured their fifth consecutive title at the Asian Para Games after sweeping past Kazakhstan in straight sets on Friday.

Shot putters Salehi, Hadidi win gold, silver at 2026 Nagoya

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Iranian athletes Elham Salehi and Shahla Hadidi won gold and silver medals in the women’s shot put F53/F54 event at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Friday.

Iran to sue US over illegal naval blockade: senior MP

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – A senior Iranian lawmaker has said that Tehran will sue the United States over its illegal naval blocakade in internatinal legal bodies.

Oil prices exceed $114 a barrel amid escalated war on Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Oil prices continued continued to rise to above $114 bpd amid persistent concerns over disruptions to global energy markets as a result of continued US and Zioinst regime aggression on Iran.

Iran Army spox.:

No leaders in history have been more criminal than US ones

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia, spokesperson for Iran’s Army, criticized US officials’ remarks about Iran, describing American leaders as among the most criminal figures in history.

Araghchi slams Macron’s flip-flop on Iran nuclear program

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron over his shifting positions on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, urging him to “get your story straight.”

Baghaei:

Calling US-Israeli aggression ‘Iran conflict’ moral evasion

TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has criticized the use of the term “Iran conflict” for the US and Israeli aggression as an attempt to evade moral responsibility by obsecuring truth.