Iraqi troops launched a major ground offensive against the ISIL Takfiri group in Tikrit, killing 26 terrorists.
The army troops, backed by the country's airborne forces, stormed the hideouts of the terrorists in Balad district, South of Tikrit, leaving dozens of them dead and a number of their vehicles destroyed.
Also, nine Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were dismantled by the army during the operation.
The ISIL Takfiri terrorists currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday that there should be no double standards in fighting terrorism and terrorists should not be defined on the basis of political self-interest or ideologies.
"Terrorists are terrorists. Defining terrorists based on political self-interest is essentially condoning terrorist activities, which seriously undermines the international counter-terrorism cooperation," said Zhao, CGTN reported.
China opposes any country using the guise of
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) traced and dismantled an anti-revolutionary group in West Azarbaijan province in Northwestern Iran.
The IRGC's Ground Force disbanded a terrorist group in Sardasht in West Azarbaijan province on Thursday evening, the IRGC said in a statement.
"The IRGC battled with a team of miscreants and anti-revolutionaries who attempted to infiltrate and conduct sabotage operations in Sardasht and crushed them upon arrival in the country," the statement
Terrorists are stepping up their activities in the Northern Afghan regions bordering Tajikistan, Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin stated on Wednesday at a ministerial meeting with Afghanistan's neighboring countries (Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) in Tehran.
"At the same time, there are increased activities of terrorist groups in the Northern Afghan provinces, especially in those areas that border on our country," the Tajik foreign minister noted
Iraqi sources reported that ISIL elements attacked the village of Al-Rashad in the city of Miqdadiyah, killing and wounding more than 20 people.
A security source reported a severe attack by the ISIL terrorist group in Diyala province in eastern Iraq.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that a group of ISIL elements attacked the village of Al-Rashad in the city of Miqdadiyah, killing five civilians and wounding 20 others.
Iraqi security forces rushed to the scene and launched a search
Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi has expressed grief over the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, saying the United States is certainly involved in the ongoing insecurity in the war-torn country.
Raeisi made the remarks during separate meetings with the visiting foreign ministers of Pakistan and Tajikistan in Tehran on Tuesday, as high-ranking officials from Afghanistan's six neighboring states plus Russia are set to meet in the Iranian capital on Wednesday.
“There must be an inclusive
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that “hidden hands” are attempting to foment insecurity in the region and sow discord among Muslims.
Foreign powers are trying to create ethnic and religious strife among Muslims to lead them to regional civil wars and fratricide, Qalibaf said, addressing the closing ceremony of the 35th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on Saturday.
He referred to the recent developments in Afghanistan, and said that “hidden hands” are
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said the county is ready to work with Turkey on fighting terrorism. Salehi who arrived in Turkey Thursday afternoon made the remarks in a meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Turkish Zaman Daily wrote.
Salehi expressed condolences over the recent terrorist attack in Turkish Hakari City and said Iran is ready for joint efforts to battle terrorism. Salehi also stressed the expansion of ties in all fields.
Gul on his part referred to his
A spokesman for US Central Command has claimed that a senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a drone strike in northwestern Syria in Idlib province on Friday.
US Army Major John Rigsbee Spokesman for US terrorist organization dubbed “US Central Command, (CENTCOM)" in West Asian region on Fri. claimed that it has killed one of chief leaders of Al-Qaeda terrorist group Abdul Hamid al-Matar in Syria’s Idlib province.
He claimed, "We have no evidence that civilians were injured as a result of the
The bomb blast that targeted a bus carrying military personnel in the Syrian capital city of Damascus earlier on Wednesday has drawn condemnation from Iran, Russia and resistance movements.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzade strongly condemned “the terrorist act” and expressed solidarity with Syria’s government and nation as well as the bereaved families.
“The blind and cowardly terrorist actions are doomed to failure and will certainly not undermine the determination of the
The Iranian foreign minister has condemned recent deadly terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, raising the alarm at the rise of Daesh and other Takfiri terror outfits in the conflict-ridden South Asian country.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks during a meeting with Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, secretary-general of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, in Tehran on Saturday.
The top Iranian diplomat warned that the rise of Daesh and other Takfiri terrorist groups, following a change of
ISIL group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that killed at least 62 people and injured scores more.
The Friday assault came just a week after another ISIL-claimed attack on Shia worshippers at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz that killed more than 60 people.
In a statement released on its Telegram channels, the group said two ISIL suicide bombers carried out separate attacks on different parts of the
A large explosion has hit a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, killing at least 33 people and wounding scores of others.
Qari Saeed Khosti, the spokesman of the Taliban’s new government’s interior ministry said, said the blast which took place during Friday prayers caused "heavy casualties", adding that authorities are collecting details of the explosion.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Eyewitnesses described three terrorists, one of whom
An Iranian court has ordered the leader of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK, a.k.a. MKO and PMOI) to pay nearly 8000 billion tomans in damages for the victims.
"Over 40 former members of the group and a number of people who were injured filed a lawsuit in this case," Zabihollah Khodaian told the reporters in a press conference.
"The court, through the Foreign Ministry, notified the Ministry of Justice of the countries in which the group operates," he said adding, "as you saw, the group
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces condemned a recent bomb attack that has killed scores of worshippers at a mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz, saying Takfiri terrorism created by the hegemonic powers and Zionists poses a threat to the Muslim community.
In a statement on Monday, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the diabolical crime once again demonstrated the “dangers of Takfiri terrorism” produced in the “think tanks of hegemonic powers and Zionism as well as the spy
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack in Afghanistan's Kunduz region and called for punishment of the culprits behind the heinous crime.
In a message of condolence to Afghan officials on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei underlined that the tragic incident caused a lot of grief and sorrow.
Iran's Supreme Leader called on officials in the neighboring and brotherly country of Afghanistan to bring bloodthirsty
In a message of condolences on the martyrdom and injury of a large number of innocent people in Afghanistan in a terrorist act, the President emphasized, "This crime, which was committed at the beginning of Rabi, the month of unity among Muslims, with the aim of sowing discord among Muslims, was committed by those whose anti-human and anti-religious nature is obvious to everyone”.
Ayatollah Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Ra'isi's message is as follows:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Friday condemned the terrorist attack on a mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
Khatibzadeh denounced the terrorist acts committed in any forms and by any groups.
He expressed his sympathy to the families of the victims, wishing speedy recovery for the wounded people.A bomb blast near a Shia mosque in Kunduz has killed 15 people and injured 90 others so far, sources have reported.
Large number of worshippers killed or wounded during Friday prayers in blast claimed by ISKP
At least 100 worshippers have been killed or injured in a suicide bombing that targeted a packed Shia mosque in Afghanistan during Friday prayers.
Responsibility for the blast, which took place in Kunduz, the capital of the province of the same name in the north-east of the country, was claimed by the Islamic State’s local affiliate, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which has a long
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has censured unilateral designations of states as supporters of terror, saying terrorism should not be linked to any religion and ethnicity or equated with legitimate national struggles to get rid of foreign occupation and achieve self-determination.
Speaking on behalf of NAM at the 6th Committee of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Zahra Ershadi, deputy permanent representative of Iran to the UN, said the forum of 120 developing world states unequivocally