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VIDEO: Moment when Iran passenger jet had crash landing in Tehran
TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) – Iran Air flight from Kish to Tehran which was carrying some 100 people aboard caught fire after an emergency landing due to landing gear failure at Tehran's Mehrabad airport on Tuesday night. No one was injured in the incident.
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VIDEO: Early footage of capsized cargo ship in S Iran
TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – A 90-meter long cargo ship has capsized at Shahid Rajaei Port in Bandar Abbas this morning. Three crew have been reported injured. Operations are underway to rescue containers and the vessel.
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VIDEO: Yellow Vests take to streets for 18th consecutive week
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Yellow Vest demonstrators have taken to the streets of the French capital Paris for the 18th consecutive weekend to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. The protests began in mid-November over higher fuel taxes, which were subsequently scrapped, and have since morphed into a broader demonstration against the government.
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VIDEO: Teenager cracks egg on Australian senator’s head
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – A 17-year-old teenager cracked an egg on the head of Queensland Senator Fraser Anning. The act of egg-ression came the day after the deadliest shooting in New Zealand's history, which the senator blamed on Muslims, claiming that Muslims "usually are the perpetrators".
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VIDEO: Gas pipeline explosion in Ahvaz
AHVAZ, Mar. 14 (MNA) – A pipeline linking the gas network from Mahshahr city to Ahvaz city in southwestern Iran exploded in the early hours of Thursday, leaving at least four killed and injuring six others. The fire at the site of the explosion has been extinguished.
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Video: Pres. Rouhani's meeting with Grand Ayatollah Sistani
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and his accompanying delegation, who arrived in Iraq on Monday for a three-day state visit, met Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf on Wednesday.
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VIDEO: Latest footage of site where Ethiopian plane crashed
TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed on Sunday in the southeast of Ethiopia claiming lives of 157 individuals on board. Air crash investigators & Red Cross workers spent Monday retrieving remains and personal items belonging to the 149 passengers and eight crew members, of 35 different nationalities, who were on flight ET302.
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VIDEO: Pres. Rouhani's official reception in Baghdad
TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – Heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was officially welcomed in the Iraqi capital on Monday. Scheduled for a three-day visit, Rouhani will confer with the Iraqi officials on political and economic cooperation in various fields including transit, energy, and industry.
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VIDEO: Sebastian Plano live in Tehran
TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) – Argentinean multi-instrumentalist musician Sebastian Plano performed a live concert at Andisheh music hall in Tehran on Friday night. He is notable for his electro-acoustic, minimalistic pieces, infused with sweet and melancholic melodies.
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VIDEO: Persepolis draw 1-1 against Pakhtakor in AFC Champions 2019
TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – Persepolis of Iran began their 2019 AFC Champions League Campaign with a 1-1 all draw against Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan in Group D, in a match played at Tehran's Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. Pakhtakor managed to open the scoring after just 5 minutes of play. Parity was restored after 20 minutes when Mario Budimir found the net with a low shot from inside the box.
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VIDEO: Horrifying avalanche strikes highway in Colorado
TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – Terrifying footage taken by a driver shows a huge avalanche striking down the mountain onto a road in Colorado, USA, on Monday. According to reports, no drivers were injured and the road was not damaged by the natural incident.
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VIDEO: French police attacks wheelchair user with pepper spray
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Shocking footage reveals that a French policeman has fired pepper spray on Saturday in the eyes of a man with disability. According to witnesses, the Yellow Vest protester was pleading to have his glasses returned from the officer. It was the 16th weekend in a row that yellow vests protested against Macron’s economic policies.
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VIDEO: French protesters put yellow vest on Colmar Statue of Liberty
TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – Yellow Vest demonstrators have taken to the streets of different French cities for the 16th consecutive weekend to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. The protesters in Colmar have put a yellow vest on the city’s 12-meter high statue, which is a replica of the Statue of Liberty.
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Video: Indian forces deployed to Pakistan border
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Shortly after Pakistan defended against India’s airstrikes last night, today, India sent back its forces towards the joint borders with Pakistan. Tensions escalated between two archrivals after India bombed targets inside Pakistan following deadly Kashmir attack.
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VIDEO: Armenian PM welcomed at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, leading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, arrived in Tehran on Wednesday morning to hold talks with senior Iranian officials. Pashinyan was welcomed by Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian at Mehrabad International Airport.
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VIDEO: Moment when Indian jets strike targets in Pakistan
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – Indian Air Force jets conducted airstrikes against a militant training base in Balakot, Kashmir, on Tuesday. According to reports, some 300 militias have been killed in the strike.
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VIDEO: Iran 85-74 Australia basketball highlights
TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – The national Iranian basketball team gained a 85-74 win against Australians in the last match of the sixth window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers on Monday to reach the 2019 China World Cup.
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VIDEO: Two fighter jets collide mid-air at Aero India 2019
TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – A mid-air collision of two Hawk trainer jets occurred Tuesday at Bengaluru's Aero India show. The incident happened during the practice session of the Suryakiran aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force.
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Video: Part of Zarif's speech at Munich Security Conference
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif delivered a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday.
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VIDEO: Persian Gulf Star Refinery
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – President Hassan Rouhani is slated to inaugurate two new projects in the third phase of the Persian Gulf Star Refinery (PGSR), Hormozgan province, on Sunday. PGSR, which is described as the Middle East's largest refinery, is built in three phases to produce a total of 36 million liters per day of high-octane gasoline and diesel.
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VIDEO: Russia FM snubs US journalist question on Assad
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov turned to undisguised irony, during the 55th Munich Security Conference, when snubbing a question from a Washington Post journalist about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The unexpected response led to an outburst of laughter and applause from the audience.
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VIDEO: Athelas chamber music performance at Vahdat Hall
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Danish chamber ensemble 'Athelas' performed a concert at Vahdat Hall on Thursday on the second night of the 34th Farj International Music Festival.
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VIDEO: Yellow Vests take to streets in Paris for 14th weekend
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Yellow Vest demonstrators have taken to the streets of the French capital Paris for the 14th consecutive weekend to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. The protests began in mid-November over higher fuel taxes, which were subsequently scrapped, and have since morphed into a broader demonstration against the government.
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VIDEO: Iran FM meets Masrour Barzani in Germany
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and head of Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) Masrour Barzani hold talks Saturday on the sideline of the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
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VIDEO: Rouhani, Erdogan meet in Sochi
TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting today ahead of the fourth trilateral summit on Syria on Feb. 14, 2019 in Sochi, Russia. (Source: Anadolu Agency)
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VIDEO: Tehraners mark the 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution
TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (MNA) – Hundreds of thousands of people in Tehran took to the streets today to take part in Feb. 11 rallies and celebrate the 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution victory.
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VIDEO: Saudi kid brutally killed in Medina
TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – A Saudi little boy, while on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Medina with his Shia mother, has been barbarously killed for unknown reasons. According to what circulated on social media, Zakariya Bader al-Jabir – said to be six or seven years old – was savagely murdered by a taxi driver in front of his mother late last month. According to Shia Rights Watch (SRW), the boy was murdered after he was confirmed to be Shia.
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VIDEO: Fatal apartment fire in wealthy Paris region
TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – Erupted on early hours of Tuesday, a fire in a Paris apartment building claimed seven lives while injuring some 30 others. The blaze at an eight-story building in the city’s fashionable 16th district was brought under control by firefighters.
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VIDEO: Fire in central Moscow claims 7 lives
TEHRAN, Feb. 04 (MNA) – The death toll from a fire in an apartment building in downtown Moscow has risen to seven, the Moscow Times reported. The fire, ultimately engulfing more than 1.5 square meters on the fifth and sixth floors, erupted at about 01:40 AM local time and was extinguished some four hours later by firefighters. The apartment building was constructed in 1912 and is an object of cultural heritage.
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VIDEO: Dozens of mummies discovered in Egypt
TEHRAN, Feb. 03 (MNA) – Egyptian archaeologists have recently announced the discovery of an ancient burial site containing 50 mummies, 12 of which are reportedly children.