Iran needs no permission of any power to defend itself: spox

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – In response to the US threatening of renewing war against Iran, Government Spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani emphasized that Iran does not seek permission from any power to defend itself.

Iran’s Judiciary chief:

“You cannot act as if it is not wartime when you are at war”

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Referring to the US aggression waged against Iran, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei has said, “You cannot act as if it is not wartime when you are at war.”

IRGC pounds PJAK training center

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – In a preemptive operation by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), one of the most significant gathering and training centers of the terrorist group PJAK came under attack.

Upon his arrival in Mashhad:

Pres. Pezeshkian pays tribute at tomb of martyred Leader

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian paid tribute to the tomb of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Friday morning.

Iran FM Araghchi:

US has spent $11b in taxpayer money to defend Israel in 3 yrs

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has said that the United States has, over the past three years, spent $11 billion in taxpayer money on missile defense for the Zionist regime.

No single nation can unilaterally rewrite NPT: Iran UN envoy

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) –Iran’s ambassador to UN has defended his country’s inalienable right to peaceful nuclear energy, accusing US and Israel of waging two wars of aggression waged against Iran, warning no single nation can unilaterally rewrite NPT.

Iran’s parl. speaker to intl. protesters:

“Not allow warmongering rulers to distort your protests”

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has told the global protesters, emphasizing, “Don’t allow the warmongering rulers to distort your protests.”

US merely dream of returning to Persian Gulf: Iran's top gen.

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Issuing stark warning to US, the chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has said, “Under no circumstances will we allow rusting US warships to re-enter the Persian Gulf."

Xi orders all-out rescue efforts after 7.0-magnitude quake

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out search and rescue efforts for the missing and prompt medical treatment for the injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a county in southwest China.

Reading Xi's vision for global governance through metaphors

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an) is set to open on Friday in the Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province.

China earmarks 80 mln yuan for Xizang quake relief

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – China has allocated 50 million yuan in emergency disaster relief funds and earmarked another 30 million yuan for recovery efforts following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Friday to review a report on the seventh round of disciplinary inspection launched by the 20th CPC Central Committee.

Yet two other supertankers hit mines in Hormuz: IRGC

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The IRGC has reported that two non-compliant supertankers were disabled after striking naval mines off the southern coast of the Strait of Hormuz, leading the crews to abandon the vessels.

Palestinian resistance coalition hails West Bank operation

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – A coalition of Gaza-based Palestinian resistance groups has praised a retaliatory shooting operation in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil that left two Israeli soldiers dead and three others wounded.

Tanker hit by unknown projectile in Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that an oil tanker was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on October 22, 2026.