On 31st anniversary, Iranian officials, relatives mourn US downing of passenger plane

Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the US downing of its passenger plane, which killed 290 people among them 66 children. Since then the US has neither apologized nor taken responsibility for this crime.

Iran marks 31st anniversary of US downing of passenger plane

Iran is commemorating the 31st anniversary of the downing of its passenger plane by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser in the Persian Gulf waters.

FM Zarif says Iran to put up spirited resistance in face of US pressures

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic will continue to put up spirited resistance in the face of the United States’ “maximum pressure” campaign, just as it persevered during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

Western-backed groups committed act of terrorism in Iran

The Hafte Tir bombing, which killed over seventy senior Iranian officials, including Chief Justice Dr. Mohammad Beheshti, then Iran's second-highest official. Two months later of the same year, former President Mohammad Ali Rajaei and then-Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, also lost their lives in a bombing in the capital, Tehran, 36 years ago.

Imam Khomeini paid special attention to Red Crescent Society

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic had paid a special attention to Iranian Red Crescent Society, which has carried out great humanitarian activities across Iran and elsewhere in the region in thick and thin times over the past decades.

Saudi Arabia executed nearly 40 people: Here is who they were

A Shia academic, a disabled protester and a number of detained minors were among 37 people that Saudi Arabia executed in its recent mass execution on "terrorism" charges, a new report has revealed. Human rights groups state that at least 33 out of the 37 individuals executed on Tuesday were from Saudi Arabia's persecuted Shia minority, the Middle East Eye reported Thursday.

Iranian foreign minister blasts Trump’s administration for staying silent on new Saudi mass ...

Iran’s foreign minister has lashed out at the administration of US President Donald Trump for staying tight-lipped on its ally Saudi Arabia’s latest mass execution of its nationals, one of whom was crucified after beheading.

Leader hails flood response, pledges full compensation