AEOI chief:

Zionists render UN ineffectual as genocide continues apace

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization has stated that the Zionist criminals make the United Nations ineffective as genocide continues unabated.

Medvedev reacts to assassination of senior general Kirillov

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The Kyiv regime will pay dearly for the death of the Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev warned.

Reopening of Iran's embassy in Syria on agenda

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the reopening of the country’s embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus is “high on the agenda.”

Trump blasts Biden decision on use of US weapons

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – US President-elect Donald Trump attacked the current US leader Joe Biden's move to allow deeper missile strikes inside Russia as wrong and stupid.

South Korean president rejects insurrection charges

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has rejected insurrection charges.

WHO chief calls for establishing ceasefire in Gaza Strip

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described conditions at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza as “simply appalling”, calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza enclave.

More than 880,000 people displaced in Syria: UN

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – More than 880,000 people have been displaced since the latest escalation of hostilities in Syria, according to the United Nations (UN) humanitarians.

Iran's president, foreign minister to visit Egypt

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the country's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are scheduled to visit Egypt this week.

Iran’s Amouzad tops UWW ranking in freestyle again

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The United World Wrestling (UWW) announced that Iranian freestyle wrestler Rahman Amouzad is again on top of the world ranking in 2024.

Iranian president says;

Iran determined to expand ties, cooperation with Qatar

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for the development of bilateral relations and cooperation between Tehran and Doha.

Iran’s Foolad wins bronze at FIVB Club World Championship

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The Iranian volleyball club, Foolad Sirjan, clinched third place in the 2024 Men's Club World Championship.

Russia says no place out of its ICBMs’ reach

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – There is not a single place in the world that Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) cannot reach, Colonel General Sergey Karakayev, the commander of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces, said.

2 Zionist troops killed in Rafah

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Zionist media announced that two Israeli soldiers were killed in Rafah on Tuesday.

Iran, Kuwait hold 6th meeting of joint consular commission

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran and Kuwait held the sixth session of the joint consular commission in the presence of deputy foreign ministers of the two countries.

Israel will be eradicated: Leader

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the criminal regime of Israel would be eradicated.

US strikes Yemen's capital

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The United States has conducted a series of strikes on the Yemeni cities of Sanaa and Hodeidah.

Russian army general assassinated in Moscow (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – An explosion in Moscow killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, and his assistant.

Iran FM spox:

US, Germany fully complicit in Gaza genocide

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that the US and Germany are aiding and abetting genocide by continued weapons transfers to Israel that have made them fully complicit in the Gaza genocide.