The commander of Iran’s Forest Protection Unit, Colonel Majid Zakariaei, said fires this year have scorched about 46,000 hectares of national land, forest and rangeland.
He told state media that from March to November more than 2,300 fires were…
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Iran’s Top Security Official Lays Into US, Israel In Meeting With Pakistani Think Tanks
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, on Wednesday lambasted the US and Israel for orchestrating the recent 12-day conflict with Iran, calling it a long-planned provocation aimed at weakening the country.
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Iran Records Higher-than-global Average Air Pollution Deaths, Expert Warns
A senior faculty member at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences says Iran’s air-pollution-related mortality rate exceeds the global average, with 86 deaths per 100,000 people attributed to dirty air.
Abbas Shahsavani cited national…
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Israel obstructs humanitarian aid entry into Gaza
Pars Today – The media advisor of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that the Israeli regime’s prevention of humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip has exacerbated the humanitarian…
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San Diego jury convicts Palm City man of kidnapping, murder
A courtroom gavel. (File photo) A man who killed one woman and raped another at his Palm City home will be sentenced next year following his conviction on murder, rape, and kidnapping charges.
Rafael Reyes Banda, 47, was found…
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Lawsuit accuses ICE of violating due process rights of San Diego detainees
An ICE officer stands inside a San Diego courthouse. (File photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego) Three immigrants detained in San Diego County filed a proposed class action lawsuit Tuesday alleging they have been unlawfully…
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Multiple people hospitalized after fiery car crash in Scripps Ranch
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department logo. (Photo courtesy of OnScene.TV) Five people were hospitalized with major trauma after a fiery crash between two cars in Scripps Ranch Monday.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department firefighters…
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Sexual battery suspect subject to arrest warrant after no-show in court
A gavel. (File photo courtesy of UC Berkeley Law) A man charged with inappropriately touching multiple women in San Diego failed to appear at his scheduled arraignment Tuesday on charges of misdemeanor sexual battery.
Erik…
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Sheriff’s department receives grant to reduce road deaths, injuries
The scene from a double fatality crash on the SB 15 through Deer Springs. (File photo courtesy Onscene.Media) The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a $400,000 grant as part of a statewide initiative to help reduce…
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Iran, Turkey Seek Major Expansion of Bilateral Trade
Why it matters:
Iran and Turkey view each other as crucial regional economic partners, and both governments are eager to expand trade despite external pressures and challenges. A significant increase in trade could reshape…Continue Reading