A total of 157 idle mines resumed extraction operation during March 20-November 20, according to figures released by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO).

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his election defeat.

The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal ahead of the EU chief negotiator’s travel to London in a last-ditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the five-year Brexit crisis.

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Iranian Army’s Navy in a statement on the occasion of Navy Day (November 27) announced that it will spare no effort to protect the country’s security and integrity.

A group of Iraqi lawmakers urged their government to reciprocate the UAE’s move to stop issuing new visas to Iraqi citizens and arrest several Iraqis for unknown reasons, saying the decision is in line with Abu Dhabi’s normalization of ties with Israel.

Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever soccer players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the streets of Buenos Aires to Naples in Italy.

Iran’s Judiciary said Friday it has formed a committee to track down those accused of complicity in the US assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) announced that Iran’s economy will resume its positive growth next year even if sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump remain in place under President-elect Joseph Biden.

Government offices will close for a week since Saturday