TEHRAN (Iran News) –A military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, will take “several weeks”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, adding he will push ahead with an offensive that has sparked international alarm and outrage. “I reiterate: We will operate in Rafah. This will take several weeks, and it will happen,” Netanyahu said at the beginning of a government meeting. “To our friends in the international community, I say: Are your memories that short? Have you so quickly forgotten October 7, the most horrific massacre of Jews since the Holocaust?” Netanyahu added “the ope ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –The Mahalati plant and flower market is the second biggest in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Every year on the threshold of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, the iconic market takes on a jovial mood. People throng the market to by different kinds of plants and flowers to decorate their homes before ringing in the New Year. Flowers and Plants have traditionally revived Iranians’ homes in the run-up to the Persian New Year. The post Tehran Flower Market packed with cheerful folks ahead of Persian New Year appeared first on Iran News Daily ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –The Tehran Air Quality Control Company’s recent disclosure highlights the capital city’s troubling air quality situation. Since the start of the year, Tehran has endured 107 days of unhealthy air for sensitive groups and 12 days of unhealthy air for all demographics, posing serious health risks, says the company’s report. Factors contributing to this crisis include heavy traffic congestion, industrial emissions, topographical challenges trapping pollutants, and adverse weather conditions hindering dispersion. Tehran’s dense population exacerbates emissions from various s ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –The Iranian petroleum minister says the country has signed the biggest ever contract in the nation’s oil history worth $13 billion. “Fortunately, good investments have been made in oil production,” said Javad Oji on Sunday. “Today, a contract was signed for 6 oil fields to boost output by 400,000 barrels per day, which will bring in $15 billion,” the minister added. “We have donated around 400 trillion rials for the government’s community service projects,” he explained. “Some projects will be unveiled in the second and third quarter of 2024” said the minister, adding ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has stated that Tehran is prepared to utilize its full capabilities to assist Damascus in boosting its defense and deterrent power against Washington and the Zionist regime. In a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Ali Mahmoud Abbas in Tehran on Saturday, Ashtiani warned against plots by the United States and Israel to intensify crisis across West Asia. “Any strategic mistake and adventure of the US and the Zionist regime will lead to the worsening of the situation in the region,” he said. He condemned Isra ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –Traffic accidents in Iran have claimed the lives of at least 17,000 people and left more than 334,000 people wounded over the past ten months, according to the latest figures released by the Forensic Medicine Organization of Iran. “In general, during the first ten months of this year, 17,177 people died in Iran due to traffic accidents. Men have a greater share in the number of deaths. Among the deaths this year, 13,569 were men and the rest were women,” according to the report. The report serves as a reminder for holidaymakers during the Persian New Year, or Nowruz whic ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –The director general of the Environmental Protection Department of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, in southern Iran, says environmentalists have spotted 4 brown bears around the Dana protected area in Dana city. Eslam Javdan Kherad added that an environmentalist filmed the bears on Thursday. “All people should help protect natural areas and in this regard, thanks to the efforts of the environmental protection unit agents and round-the-clock work by our colleagues, we are spotting various species of animals in the protected areas of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Provinc ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, a grandson of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, says Iran is plagued by a crisis of dissatisfaction among the people, adding the only solution is to make up with the people. In an interview with the reformist Etemad daily published on Saturday, Hassan Khomeini said, “When corruption is felt and poverty burns the people deep inside and their children want to leave the country, how can the words of a religious preacher or even a promoter of morality find a place in people’s ears and hearts?” The political activist, who is known ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –The Iranian vice president for women and family affairs says Iran is adamantly pursuing efforts to help establish a truce in Gaza after months of unrelenting Israeli strikes against the Palestinians in the besieged territory. Ensieh Khazali, who is in New York to attend the 68th annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women, made the remarks in a meeting on Thursday with the President of Egypt’s National Council for Women Maya Morsy. Morsy said, “We stand by you and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to establish an immediate ceasefire and send humanitaria ..read more

TEHRAN (Iran News) –The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the Family Health Project as an Iranian initiative that can help upgrade healthcare within societies across the world. Einollahi, who is on a trip in Kazakhstan to take part in a meeting of health ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, announced the news on Friday. Based on the nationwide initiative, individuals are assigned a file based on their national code, and family doctors record the patients’ medical conditions to be used for specialized care, if necessary. Addressing the health min ..read more