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IRGC vows to respond to attacks on Iranian vessels
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The IRGC Navy and the commander of the IRGC Aerospace have warned the United States that the Iranian armed forces are ready to respond to the attacks on the Iranian ships.
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Iran’s national beach soccer team ranks 6th in world
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Iran’s national beach soccer team has ranked sixth in the latest world rankings released by the Beach Soccer Worldwide organization.
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Azizi warns Bahrain about supporting US resolution
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament has warned some governments like the tiny states of Bahrain for their support for the US resolution.
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Israeli regime kills 18 in Lebanon despite ceasfire
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Local media in Lebanon reported the Zionist regime army contionued to invade Lebanon on Saturday in violation of the ceasefire, killing 18 people.
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Merz says Europe shares US goal of ending Iran war
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Europe wanted to work to keep the Nato alliance functioning, addigng that the Europeans share the goal of ending the Iran war with Washington.
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Iran entitled to be in World Cup: Mourinho
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Prominent Portuguese coach José Mourinho insists Iran national football team deserve to play at the 2026 World Cup.
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Iran's oil exports unstoppable: senior lawmaker
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The head of the Energy Commission of the Iranian Parliament has emphasized the measures taken against Iranian oil tankers are illegall and cannot prevent Iran from exporting its oil.
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By: Foad Ashtari
Presser of Head of Special Diseases Foundation
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The presser of the head of Special Diseases’ Foundation was held at the Cancer Center on Saturday morning.
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Gaza death toll rises to 72,736 since Oct. 07, 2023: ministry
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has said that 72,736 Palestinian people have been martyred in the Israeli aggression since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 07, 2023.
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VIDEO: 26 female teachers killed in US attack on Minab School
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Twenty-six female teachers were among the victims killed in the US-Israeli strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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Israeli settlers burn homes, cars in brutal West Bank raids
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Israeli settlers have launched another wave of raids in the occupied West Bank, with houses and cars set on fire and a Palestinian child attacked.
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Ex-NCC chief:
US Intel. community confirms Iran was not developing nukes
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The United States intelligence community confirmed that Tehran was not developing a nuclear weapon before the 40-day war on Iran, says a former US “counterterrorism” chief.
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By: Mohammad Gholamhosseini
People in Bushehr condemn US-Israeli aggression against Iran
BUSHEHR, May 09 (MNA) – A public gathering was held at Imam Khomeini (RA) Square in Bushehr on Saturday with the participation of martyr-fostering people of this southern city and voice their unwavering support for Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
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By: Seyyed Saeed Reza Razavi
Commemoration ceremony of martyr Ali Larijani held in Tehran
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Commemoration ceremony of ex-secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council martyr Ali Larijani and his son was held at Imam Sadiq (AS) Mosque of Tehran on Saturday with the participation of state and military officials.
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Iran among women’s futsal ranking top 10 in world
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Brazil have remained top of both the women’s and men’s FIFA Futsal World Rankings in the latest edition, while Iran’s women’s futsal team have secured a spot within the top 10.
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5 militants killed in NW Pakistan's counterterrorism op.
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Pakistani security forces killed five militants in two separate intelligence-based operations in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Friday.
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Spokesman slams Trump’s absurd claims of seeking peace
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says that the Trump administration’s simultaneous claims of pursuing a nuclear solution and issuing threats of a nuclear attack amount to a “grotesque absurdity”.
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VIDEO: Students protest Israeli stand on US University Campus
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – A pro-Palestinian student rips off a sign from a table set up by an Israeli reservist soldier on the campus of Towson University in Maryland, US.
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Pezeshkian hails Iran’s junior weightlifters on world C'ship
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian has congratulated the Iranian National Youth Weightlifting team on their remarkable and superb victory at the 2026 IWF World Junior Championships in Egypt.
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Bushra Shaikh told MNA;
"Israel likes forever wars"
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – A lasting peace deal is possible to hope for but hard to achieve, British commentator Bushra Shaikh tells Mehr News Agency — because Israel, she says, remains the central destabilizing force in the region.
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Bushra Shaikh told MNA;
"No one in Iran asked to be bombed"
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Bushra Shaikh tells Mehr News Agency what Iranians shared with her about living through war, and why the nightly rallies she witnessed were unlike anything in her career.
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Bushra Shaikh told MNA;
"Western coverage of Iran is a fabricated story"
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Western media doesn't just misrepresent Iran — it deliberately dehumanizes its people to justify war, says British-Pakistani commentator Bushra Shaikh in an interview with Mehr News Agency.
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Bushra Shaikh told MNA;
"If you visit Iran once, it's not enough"
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – British broadcaster Bushra Shaikh paid a visit to Iran during wartime. What she found in Isfahan and beyond challenged everything Western audiences are told.
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Food prices rise to highest rate due to US-Israel war on Iran
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The global food prices climbed to their highest level in more than three years as the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran disrupted supply chains, raising the prospect of larger bills for shoppers.
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Ulyanov:
US yet to understand intimidation does not work with Iranians
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Russia's envoy to international organizations in Vienna criticised US President Donald Trump on Saturday after he implicitly threatened Iran again, stressing that blackmail does not work on Iranians.
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Iran, Turkey top diplomats confer on recent reg. developments
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan held a telephone call late on Friday on the recent developments in the region following the US and Israel aggression imposed on Iran.
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What Netanyahu prusues from ceasefire violations in Lebanon?
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Israel's escalating attacks on Lebanon have less to do with security and more with one man's survival. Netanyahu faces corruption charges — and peace would put him in the dock.
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UAE, Russia top diplomats confer on regional developments
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of the Russian Federation and the United Arab Emirates held a phone call to discuss the latest regional developments.
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Colonialism has no place in future world: Pezeshkian
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian said colonialism has no place in the world in the future, stressing that Iran's firm policy is to build friendly ties based on mutual respect and common interests.
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Iran teaches Yankees a lesson
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Iran’s strong response to US naval forces in the Persian Gulf region has once again highlighted President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to force open the Strait of Hormuz.