Trades via Sistan and Baluchestan top 740k tons in 4 months

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – A total of 743,409 tons of goods were traded from Sistan and Baluchestan province’s customs terminals and border markets in the four months of the current calendar year.

500 foreign tourists attend mourning ceremonies in Yazd

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Director General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Yazd Province announced the presence of more than 500 foreign tourists in the religious ceremonies of the month of Muharram in the province.

China UN envoy urges US to make immediate decisions in Vienna

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – China's Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna says the United States must abandon politicization and make immediate political decisions to help bring about an early agreement in the Vienna talks.

3 killed, injured in mine blast in Yemen

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – News sources on Monday night reported that 3 people were killed and injured after a mine left from the attacks of the Saudi coalition exploded.

Russian diplomat warns about NATO’s nuclear missions

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The deployment of US nuclear weapons to non-nuclear NATO countries and missions practicing the use of these weapons raise the risk of a nuclear conflict, Russian diplomat Igor Vishnevetsky said.

EU expects decision ‘very quickly’ on agreement in Vienna

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The EU said Tuesday it expects “very quickly” response to a “final” text offered by the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

3 dead in shooting at Florida Narcotics Anonymous meeting

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Three people are dead following a shooting and hostage situation at Narcotics Anonymous meeting in Florida, police said.

Medvedev compared Zelensky’s words with Hitler’s ideas

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The statements of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on holding the entire Russian population responsible for the special military operation sound like Adolf Hitler’s ideas, Dmitry Medvedev said.

Terrorist attack attempt thwarted in Iraq

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Arab news sources on Tuesday reported that a terrorist who was attempting to carry out a suicide bombing was arrested in Diyala before managing to complete his mission.

Iran’s Kiani, Lotfi win gold at Islamic Solidarity Games

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian taekwondo practitioners Nahid Kiani and Hossein Lotfi claimed two gold medals in the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games on Tuesday.

Iranians hold rally in support of Palestine in Tehran

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Tehranian women and men gathered in front of the Palestine Embassy in downtown the capital to denounce the crimes committed by the Israeli regime against the people of Palestine.

Iran launches foreign trade in cryptocurrency: TPO

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Alireza Peyman-Pak the head of the country’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said that the first transaction in cryptocurrency was done on Tuesday.

Russian MoD confirms blasts at airfield in Crimea (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Local people in western Crimea said they heard several loud explosions and saw black smoke rising from the direction of a Russian military airbase at Novofedorivka on Tuesday.

Turkey targets NE Syria with drone

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – News sources on Tuesday reported a drone attack launched by Turkish forces on northeastern Syria.

Iran volleyball team B defeats Qatar at Islamic games

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The Iranian volleyball team B began the Asian games in Turkey on a high note after beating Qatar in three straight sets on Tuesday.

Russia's Roscosmos:

Launch of Khayyam satellite landmark in Iran-Russia coop.

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Yuri Borisov, head of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, hailed the launch of the Iranian satellite 'Khayyam' as an “important landmark” in cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.

Ukraine halts Russian oil supply to EU

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Ukraine’s state oil pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta has stopped pumping Russian crude to the EU through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline.

China diplomat clarifies goals of military drill near Taiwan

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Beijing is conducting military drills around Taiwan to give a warning to the United States and teach a lesson to "Taiwanese separatists," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday.

I don't believe US killed Afghan people by mistake: Karzai

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Former president Hamid Karzai pointed to the disgraceful US withdrawal from Afghanistan and said Washington killed many Afghans for no reason.

Erdogan, Assad to likely hold phone talk

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Some news sources have announced the possibility of a holding telephone conversation between the presidents of Turkey and Syria in the near future.

Russia warns Turkey;

Bayrak drone factory in Ukraine to be targeted

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – If Turkish drone developer Bayrak builds a plant in Ukraine, the Russian military will consider it as a military target, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Syrian army thwarts terrorists plot in Idlib

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Syrian army managed to thwart a terrorist plot in Idlib province in the northwestern country.

Raeisi felicitates Singapore on National Day

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi forwarded a message of congratulations to Singaporean President Halimah Yacob, felicitating the Singaporean National Day.

Iran to remain heart of Axis of Resistance: Nasrallah

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Lebanon's Hezbollah, said on Ashura Day that Iran, under the leadership of Imam Khamenei, to remain the heart of Axis of Resistance.

6 martyred in shooting at Husseini mourners in Nigeria

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The Islamic Movement of Nigeria announced that 6 people were martyred in the shooting of security forces on Ashura day.