Iran Intelligence Minister confirmed reports concerning the success of the intelligence operation to free Iranian diplomat abducted in 2008. IRI intelligence forces in a high-security operation freed Heshmatollah Attarzadeh who was kidnapped on November 14, 2008 by armed groups in... (Continue reading)
Iranian agents have released a diplomat from the Islamic Republic who was kidnapped in Pakistan by gunmen in 2008, the Iranian intelligence minister said. Heidar Moslehi said Tuesday that Heshmatollah Attarzadeh-Niyaki, Iran’s commercial attache in the Pakistani city of Peshawar,... (Continue reading)
In what marks the beginning of a new era in atom-related science and technology, researchers at the world’s biggest atom collider have collided particles at record energy levels. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Tuesday that it has... (Continue reading)
UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano says new sanctions against Iran would force agency inspectors have a more difficult job in resolving the impasse. “As Iran quite often declares, they don’t want to act under pressure,” Amano told DPA. Iran... (Continue reading)
Zionist Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, leaving up to a dozen more injured. The boy, identified as Mohammed al-Faramawi, 15, was targeted on Tuesday close to Gaza’s defunct airport,... (Continue reading)
In a rare interview of its kind, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah will be Al-Manar’s guest on Wednesday at 21.30 Beirut Time (18.30 GMT). Sayyed Nasrallah, who would be interviewed by Amr Nassif, will speak about the latest developments... (Continue reading)
The Group of Eight industrialized countries’ foreign ministers say they are open to hold dialogue with Iran over the country’s nuclear program. The G8 ministers made the remark on Tuesday during a meeting on global security currently being held in... (Continue reading)
Another US-led military operation has been planned for Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar in June following an earlier offensive in Marjah despite concerns among Afghans over high civilian casualties of the operations. A top NATO military official, who spoke on... (Continue reading)
Zionist forces imposed tightened entry restrictions for Palestinians into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, banning men under 50 from access. The move follows an increase in security procedures. Residents living beside the compound, known in Arabic as... (Continue reading)
Thousands of Japanese from Tokunoshima Island have gathered to protest against the government’s plan to relocate a US base to their island. Mayors of the three local towns of Tokunoshima, Amagi and Isen organized the rally in the Kagoshima Prefecture.... (Continue reading)