IQNA – A number of Palestinian group issued messages to express solidarity with Iran after an explosion killed at least 25 people in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

IQNA – Iran’s Culture Minister Seyed Abbas Salehi paid respect to the late leader of the Catholic Church at St. Peter’s Basilica.  

IQNA – The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, called for general mobilization in the West Bank in response of Zionist settlers’ attacks.

IQNA – The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry slammed the United States’ continued airstrikes on Yemen.

IQNA – The president of Yemen’s National Defense Council reiterated his country’s support for the oppressed people of the Gaza Strip, saying it will continue until the aggression stops and the siege on Gaza is lifted.

IQNA – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was the pioneer of the resistance, and has offered more than 40,000 martyrs on this path, the IRGC’s deputy commander said.

IQNA – Several Arab countries have strongly condemned the circulation of an artificial intelligence-generated video by Israeli settlers that depicts the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied al-Quds and the construction of a Jewish temple in its place.

IQNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi referred to the Zionist regime as the only obstacle to the realization of a nuclear-free Middle East.

IQNA – The secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah dismissed the idea of disarming the movement, saying those calling for it serve the Zionist regime’s agenda.

IQNA – Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister, delivered a message from the King of Saudi Arabia to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

IQNA – Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian described Muslim unity as the key to peace and development in the region.

IQNA – All Palestinian groups are unanimous in their firm opposition to the disarmament of the resistance, an Islamic Jihad movement official said.