UK inflation accelerates, official figures show

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks have jumped to the highest level since 1977, official statistics show

Iran handed tough group at Asian Women’s U20 2024 qualifiers

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Iran's U20 women's football team are drawn in Group A of the second qualifying round draw for the Asian Women’s U20 2024.

US does not seek armed conflict with Iran: John Kirby

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – National Security Council spokesman John Kirby claimed Friday that the airstrikes carried out by the US army in Syria were to defend its troops and facilities, claiming that Washington does not seek war with Tehran.

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Iran strongly condemns crackdown on French protesters

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Iranian foreign minister strongly condemned the French police's use of force against peaceful protesters.

Biden admin greenlights sanctions waiver for Iraq to pay Iran

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – The Biden administration last week greenlit a sanctions waiver that will allow Iraq to make cash payments for electricity to Iran, American media have claimed.

Rockets hit US base after airstrikes target Syrian troops

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – A military base housing US forces in eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has come under a rocket attack hours after the Pentagon carried out multiple airstrikes against Syrian troops.

Senior cleric:

"Iranian nation came out victorious in hybrid war"

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – The Tehran Friday Prayers interim Leader Hujjatoleslam Kazem Sediqi pointed to the last autumn foreign-backed riots in Iran as a part of a hybrid war, saying the Iranian nation came out victorious through Islamic beliefs.

India's Congress leader Rahul Gandhi disqualified from parl.

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – India's parliament disqualified the leader of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday, a day after a magistrate's court jailed him for two years in a defamation case.

Iran win Kazakhstan in 2023 Asian Water Polo Championship

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Iran beat Kazakhstan 15-14 in Group B of the 2023 Asian Water Polo Championship on Thursday.

VIDEO: French police brutality against protesters

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Police clashed with over a million demonstrators opposed to President Macron’s pension reform on Thursday.

Interpol confirms arrest of crypto fugitive Do Kwon

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Interpol says a man arrested in Montenegro is Kwon Do-hyeong, also known as Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of a collapsed crypto company who is wanted in South Korea and the United States on fraud and other charges.

Medvedev:

Western sanctions target ordinary Russians rather than gov.

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – By imposing its anti-Russian sanctions, the West is obviously fighting against the country’s ordinary citizens, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.

Pilots refuse to take Netanyahu to UK: report

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – The British media have reported that the Israeli regime prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed his London visit due to pilots refusing to fly.

Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Khoy in northwest Iran

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Khoy Country in West Azerbaijan Province early on Friday, injuring dozens of people.

US military confirms conducting aerial attacks in Syria

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – The US Department of Defense announced late Thursday that it ordered airstrikes against targets in eastern Syria.

Kan'ani advises French gov. to listen to its people demands

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – The spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry advised the French authorities to listen to their own people's demands instead of inciting violence and riots in other countries.

Goal of reciting Quran is to influence listeners: Leader

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – On the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met with a number of the reciters of the Holy Quran in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah in Tehran.