Mehr News Agency

Russian security services thwart bomb attack in Kherson

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Russian security services thwarted a terrorist attack in the city of Kherson, the regional Interior Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

3 police officers killed in shootout in US Kentucky

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Three Kentucky police officers and a police canine were killed and at least four other officers were injured following a shootout in a residential area in the city of Prestonsburg Thursday night, local US media said Saturday.

Hezbollah to crush Israeli enemy in any future war: official

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Head of Hezbollah's Political Council, Ibrahim al- Amine al-Sayyid, said Sat. that the Resistance will destroy the enemy in the future war, adding that the Lebanese Resistance has roots in Islam and the Islamic Revolution.

UN condemns protesters' storming of Libya's parliament

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – A senior UN official for Libya on Saturday condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by offended demonstrators.

Pentagon:

US sending Ukraine two surface-to-air missile systems

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Friday.

Trump plans to announce WH bid as Jan. 6 scrutiny intensifies

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Donald Trump has accelerated his campaign planning, hoping a White House bid will blunt a series of damaging revelations, while some Republicans are worried.

Death toll in in India's landslide increases to 27 people

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – The death toll in the massive landslide in India's northeastern state of Manipur rose to 27 on Saturday, local media reported.

4th intl. conf. on American human rights to be held tomorrow

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – The Fourth International Conference on American Human Rights from the Perspective of Imam Khamenei is scheduled to be held on July 3rd, 2022, in Tehran.

Iranian FM meets Syrian President in Damascus

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday afternoon.

Informed source:

Azeri FM to visit Tehran over next few days

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – An informed source told the media that Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov is set to pay a visit to Tehran in the coming days at the official invitation of his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece tugged to Piraeus Port

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – An Iranian-flagged tanker seized by Greece in April, part of whose cargo was confiscated by the United States, was being towed to the port of Piraeus on Saturday, media have quoted the Greek coast guard officials as saying.

Iran to export $3b of construction materials to Russia

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Affairs has said that Iran has planned to export three billion dollars of construction materials to Russia.

Iran taekwondoka wins bronze in Asian champs

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iranian taekwondo fighter Mehran Barkhordari has received a bronze medal in the Asian Taekwondo Championships.

Turkiye, Armenia to open borders for third-country nationals

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Turkish and Armenian officials have agreed to open the land border for third-country citizens visiting both countries as soon as possible, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Russia quits several Council of Europe agreements

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree to terminate Russia’s participation in a number of agreements within the Council of Europe framework.

Iran FM off to Syria

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian left Tehran for Damascus today.

Several explosions reported in US base in Baghdad

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Media sources reported on Saturday morning that the sound of explosions was heard in the US military base near Baghdad airport in Iraq.

Iran to finalize National Urban Policy

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development attending the eleventh session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) in Poland informed of the finalization of NUP in Iran before long.

Protests on Zionist settlement expansion leave dozens injured

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Dozens of Palestinians were injured during protests against the Zionist occupation and settlement expansion in the West Bank.

Hamas terms West Bank as strategic reserve of Resistance

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Hamas' spokesman Fawzi Barhum has described the West Bank as a strategic reserve of Resistance.