Iran UN envoy:

US spreads lies about Iran to justify aggression on Yemen

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has rejected the US claims against Iran about delivery of weapons to Yemeni Sanaa government, stresssing that such allegations are aimed at justifying aggression on Yemen.

Iran UN envoy:

Tehran's neutrality position in Ukraine conflict unchanged

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN stressed that Iran has always adopted a neutral position since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict and such a principled position has remained unchanged.

Americans planned Israeli assault on Rafah: Yemeni leader

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The leader of Yemeni Ansar Allah, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, said that it was the Americans who have planned the assault on Rafah despite their alleged disapproval of Israeli regime's operation.

Arab leaders call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Arab leaders have condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, calling on the international community to intervene to stop outrageous Israel war on Gaza.

Slovakia PM Robert Fico in ‘very serious’ condition

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is stable but his condition remains “very serious”, his deputy has said, after an assassination attempt that shocked the country and drew global condemnation.

Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – A Palestinian journalist has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the number of journalists killed in the invaded enclave since October 7 to 144.

Launching attack on Rafah unacceptable: UN chief

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the Israeli army's attack on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah is unacceptable.

AFC backs Palestine’s bid for Israel suspension from FIFA

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has supported Palestine's proposal to suspend Israel from the world's football governing body, FIFA, over the regime's criminal war in the Gaza Strip.

Hezbollah inflicts heavy losses on Israeli surveillance sys.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The Lebanese Islamic Resistance Hezbollah movement continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near the Lebanon border on Thursday, inflicting confirmed losses on Israeli military equipment and personnel.

Iran supports stability, security in Balkans: FM

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has stated that Iran supports the strengthening of stability and security in the Balkans and the promotion of coexistence among all ethnic groups in the region.

Chinese president XI:

Russia-China ties are model of relations between great powers

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has hailed ties with Moscow as a “model of relations between large powers,” as he met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Beijing on Thursday.

Raeisi:

Mazandaran has great potnetial for growth and development

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – President Ebrahim Raeisi has described the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran as enjoying great potentials to more towards more development.

Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on May 16

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Thursday, May 16.

Egypt said to form panel to mull moves against Israel

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Egypt has reportedly formed a panel of international law experts that will look into potential steps Cairo is weighing against the Israeli regime, as the country fumes over the Israeli offensive in Rafah.

Iran ready to share nuclear expertise: Kamalvandi

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has expressed the country’s preparedness to share its achievements in the nuclear sector with other states, particularly with neighboring countries.

Israeli tank kills 5 own soldiers, wounds 7 more in Gaza

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – An Israeli regime tank fired shells at a building in Gaza where the occupying troops were stationed, killing 5 soldiers and wounding 7 more, the regime's military has said.

Israeli army confirms Hezbollah drone hit a sensitive site

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Hezbollah managed to hit a sensitive military facility in the Lower Galilee with an explosive drone on Wednesday evening, the Israel military confirmed Thursday.

Death toll from floods in Mashhad increases to 7

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Heavy rainfall in Mashhad in northeast Iran has left seven people dead and 10 other people missing.

Hezbollah conducts barrage of drones on Israeli Ilania site

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group said Thursday that its forces from southern Lebanon struck a military site in northern occupied lands in Ilania west of the city of Tiberias.

Iraq's Islamic Résistance conducts new drone attack on Israel

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iraq's Islamic Resistance said in a statement on Thursday that its forces launched a new drone attack on a Zionist Israeli regime's oil refinery in Haifa.

Putin arrives in Beijing to further deepen ties with China

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The warm relations between Russia and China should not be viewed as a threat against any other country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his trip to Beijing on Thursday.

New Chinese amb. stresses stepped-up bilateral ties with Iran

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – In a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, the new Ambassador of China stressed that his country's high-ranking officials attach special importance to enhanced relations with Iran.