Iran FM visits Ankara, plans to tour quake-hit regions in Turkey

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian left Tehran for Ankara on Tuesday night for talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu and other senior officials in the country.

By Mehdi Zare, professor at Earthquake Prediction Center, IIEES

Where and when next major earthquakes may occur?

TEHRAN - The occurrence of earthquakes on February 6, 2023, Mw7.8 and Mw7.5 in southern Turkey and northern Syria, on the northwestern border of the Arabian plate and at the point of collision with the Anatolian block (Eurasian plate), and the occurrence of the earthquake on 12 November 2017 in Sarpole Zahab in the basement of Folded Zagros belt in Iran, Mw7.3 has raised the important question of where and when the next major earthquakes may occur on this border and around the Arabian Plate.

Turkish FM hails Iran for earthquake assistance

TEHRAN- The Iranian government and people have received praise from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu for their humanitarian assistance following a devastating earthquake that left a sizable number of people left, injured, and displaced.

Syrian PM praises Leader, Iranian government for quake aid

TEHRAN- The Syrian premier has extended his thanks to Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, as well as the Iranian government and people for their sympathy for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Syria and their humanitarian relief supplies.

Iran arrivals in Russia are on the rise

TEHRAN – The number of Iranian passengers visiting Russia is on the rise, a Russian tourism expert has said.

Resistance movement prays for quake-hit citizens

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has sent 32 rescue teams to Syria and Turkey to help the quake-stricken citizens in the two countries. The photo reads “the resistance movement is praying for you”.

Iran sends another humanitarian package to quake-hit Syria, Turkey

TEHRAN- The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has said Turkey has received another shipment of relief supplies for those living in the earthquake-affected areas in Syria and Turkey.

Iranian amputee football players laid to rest in Khuzestan

TEHRAN - Three Iranian amputee football players, who have lost their lives in the earthquake in Turkey, were laid to rest in their homeland.

Army sets up field hospital in quake-hit Turkey

TEHRAN - The Iranian Army has established a field hospital with 50 beds in Adiyaman Province, southeastern Turkey, to offer medical services to people in the quake-stricken area.

Iran sends more aid to quake-hit Turkey

TEHRAN - Iran has dispatched two more planes carrying humanitarian aid to quake-stricken Turkey, IRIB reported citing the Turkish TRT website.

Iran amputee football team players dead in Turkey quake

TEHRAN - Three Iranian amputee football players have lost their lives in the earthquake in Turkey.

Death toll rises above 5,200 after Turkey, Syria earthquakes

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning, and Syria has appealed to the United Nations for help following devastating earthquakes that killed more than 5,200 people and toppled buildings across southeast Turkey and northern Syria.

Raisi holds talks to his Syrian, Turkish counterparts over the quake

TEHRAN- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held two separate phone conversations with his Syrian and Turkish counterparts, Bashar al-Assad and Recep Tayyip Erdogan respectively, on Tuesday.

Devastating quake hits Turkey and Syria

TEHRAN- By the time closing the newspaper late on Monday, media reported that more than 2,300 people had died and rescuers were racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake ripped through southern Turkey and northern Syria, leaving destruction and debris on each side of the border.

7.8-magnitude quake hits Turkey and Syria, hundreds killed

Hundreds are killed after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit Turkey in more than 100 years sent tremors across the region, collapsing buildings and sending residents running into the streets.

Iran is an emerging power

Writing in Hamshahri, Deputy Chairman of the Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Abbas Moqtadaei says: In the past few decades, the Islamic Republic has turned from a country under the control of the colonial system into an influential country in regional and global equations with its anti-colonial policy.

Israel fishing in troubled waters

Mohsen Pakayin, the former ambassador of Iran in Baku, in an interview with "Shargh", called Israel's uproar after the attack on the embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran "fishing in troubled waters".

Iran, Turkey can strengthen unity among Muslim countries: MP

TEHRAN – Iranian lawmaker Adel Najafzadeh has reiterated the important role Iran and Turkey can play in boosting unity among the Islamic countries. 

Iran, Turkey hold joint consular meeting

TEHRAN – Iran and Turkey held on Sunday their 19th joint consular meeting meeting in which they discussed a variety of consular issues.

Iran FM to visit Turkey for meeting on Syria

TEHRAN – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced that his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay a visit to Turkey to attend a ministerial meeting about Syria.

Turkey looks to strengthen tourism ties with Iran

TEHRAN – Turkey is willing to forge a closer partnership with Iran in the tourism sector, the Turkish consul general in Tabriz has said.

Parliament speakers of Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan hold talks

Qalibaf says misunderstandings with Azerbaijan cleared up

TEHRAN- Trilateral discussions between the parliament speakers of Iran, Turkey, and the Azerbaijan Republic took place on Monday in Antalya, Turkey.

Damascus wants Iran to be involved in political initiatives in Syria

TEHRAN – Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Sunday that it is necessary that Iran play a role in “any political initiative” in his country as he lauded Tehran’s constructive role in fighting terrorism in Syria and helping settle the crisis in the Arab country.

Iranian nanotechnology products target 48 countries

TEHRAN – Iranian nanotechnology companies exported their products to 48 countries around the world over the past Iranian calendar year (March 2021-March 2022), IRNA reported on Tuesday.

Iranian, Turkish foreign ministers talk over phone

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke over the phone on Thursday about recent developments in their countries' relations as well as significant regional problems.

Four countries welcome Iranian medical equipment

TEHRAN – Four countries signed memorandums of understanding, announcing their readiness for buying Iranian-made medical equipment at the 4th National and the 15th International Reverse Expo, which was held in Tehran on December 10-13.