Iran is weighing plans to buy Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, Air Force chief Hamid Vahedi was reported as saying by local media. "The purchase of the Sukhoi 35 from Russia is being considered by the Air Force" of Iran, Vahedi told Borna news agency which affiliated to the sports ministry, ...

Iran's armed forces will on Wednesday launch large scale drone drills across the country involving 150 unmanned aerial vehicles to show off its "power", state media reported Tuesday. "The accuracy and power of weapons... the capabilities of guidance and control systems and the combat capabilities ...

Turkiye wants to increase bilateral trade with Pakistan up to USD 5 billion as both countries have good potential to increase two-way trade volume in many items. This was said by Nurettin Demir, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Turkiye while addressing the business community during his visit to ...

*TEHRAN: A general of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been killed while “on a mission” in Syria, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.* “General Abolfazl Alijani, a member of the IRGC’s ground forces who was on a mission in Syria as a military adviser, was ...

ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced to send back its ambassador to Iran after the gap of six years. The Gulf country had severed diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016 and called back its ambassador. The latest development comes in line with UAE efforts to strengthen relations ...

KARACHI – Pakistani javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem on Friday won a gold medal at the 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. He won the medal with a games record throw of 88.55m and this is his second gold medal in less than a week. Arshad was in a commanding position since the start ...

*TEHRAN: An Iranian naval flotilla thwarted an overnight attack on an Iranian vessel in the Red Sea, a senior commander said Wednesday.* “The escort flotilla of the naval arm of Iran’s armed forces, headed by the destroyer Jamaran… promptly deployed to the scene last night after receiving a ...

Iran arrested five people accused of links to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, state media said on Thursday, in the second such report in as many days. “A spy network consisting of five members affiliated with the Zionist regime was identified and arrested,” said a police intelligence ...

TEHRAN – Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Nadeem Raza has called on President of Iran Sayyid Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati to discuss matters of bilateral strategic interest and regional security environment including strengthening of bilateral security and defence cooperation between the ...

*TEHRAN: An Iranian Revolutionary Guards colonel was shot dead outside his Tehran home on Sunday, the Guards said, blaming his “assassination” on assailants linked to the United States and its allies.* The killing of Colonel Sayyad Khodai is the most high profile murder inside Iran since the ...