News Archive - 26 April 2020

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He made the remarks on Sat. at the end of a ceremony for reciting the Holy Quran held on the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan via video conference in Imam Khomeini Musalla of Tehran “The Holy Quran is an inexhaustible source for those who seek knowledge and...

He made the remarks on Sat. in a meeting with private sector business executives, and added, “with the closer relations among banks, the private sector and the stock market, we can create a great development in the economy.” Further development of relations and cooperation between public and private sectors...

The text of his message is read as follows: Accept my sincere congratulations on the occasion of the blessed month of Ramadan, the month of revelation of the Holy Quran and the month of God’s mercy and forgiveness. With wishing success for the Islamic Ummah and human community in the...

Etela’at Leader: Bravery and resisting enemies among important Quranic instructions Rouhani: Iran never to initiate any tension in region Israeli regime incapable countering Hezbollah precision-guided missiles World leaders agree to coop. in corona fight without US Iran Rouhani: Iran ready to transfer coronavirus fight experience to Kuwait, Azerbaijan Javan Leader:...

Commander of Sistan and Baluchestan Border Guards Second Brigadier General Mohammad Mollashahi broke the news on Sunday, noting that following comprehensive intelligence activities, the police forces traced the haul of the illicit drugs, which was mainly constituted of opium in a Peugeot sedan trying to transport the drugs into the...

In a phone conversation, Mahmud Heydari congratulated Bisera Turkovic and the government and nation of Bosnia on the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan and wished them wellbeing and success. Bisera Turkovic also congratulated Iranian on the advent of Ramadan and expressed her gratitude to the Islamic Republic and...

Papandrea was elected the first-ever female vice president for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in May 2017. Now, she is the IWF acting president after Tamas Ajan was forced to step down from active duty. This resignation comes amid the ongoing investigation of allegations of financial corruption, false drug testing,...

The global economy has suffered enormous losses with the spread of COVID-19. After the outbreak, trade and domestic production stopped and the world witnessed a sharp decline in oil prices which caused an economic crisis especially for countries that are completely dependent on oil revenues. The decline in revenue and,...

Eshtehardi’s debut feature film narrates the story of a Baluch soldier, named Hamin, doing his military service in a watchtower in the borderline of Iran and Pakistan.  Impatient for a day off to attend his sister’s wedding ceremony, he gets into a fight with his commander. Up in the...

For example, FAO is leading a multi-year campaign to eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants, a virus that causes huge economic damage to livestock farmers in Iran In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, he elaborated on the situation of food security and agriculture during the coronavirus outbreak and policies...

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is a time when Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking or smoking between sunrise and sunset. Muslims believe Ramadan to be an auspicious month for the revelations of God to humankind, given the belief that it was in Ramadan when the...

These days all of us are busy thinking about health and coronavirus. Up to now, the coronavirus has sickened more than 2.7 million people and killed more than 193,000 around the world.  Developed countries had a wrong image of the performance of developing countries in confronting the pandemic...

“The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns the decision by the US Treasury Department to block the domain of the Iranian media, which is contrary to the universal declaration of human rights and freedom of expression,” reads the ministry’s tweet on Sunday. “The [US] regime’s new measure in silencing the...

According to the Iranian Volleyball Federation, the AVC has decided to hold the event in Thailand from August 30 to September 6 in case the COVID-19 outbreak would be under control. It can become the first Asian sporting event after the COVID-19 outbreak. The event was scheduled on April 18-25...

Oil prices crashed due to the coronavirus pandemic decreased demand for crude oil but filled the storages both onshore and offshore. On Sunday, April 24, WTI stands at $16.94 and the prices' have had a journey back from below zero to single-digit and its current figure.  To know more...

According to the Russian top diplomat, the international agency is doing an adequate, albeit not always perfect, job as a coordinator of health care policies. Speaking at a program aired by Russian state TV, Lavrov said that one should keep in mind that the work of the WHO is determined and...

Directed and produced by Morteza Atash-Zamzam, the Iranian feature ‘Simin’ has been accepted into the screening program of the 17th edition of the Salento International Film Festival in Italy. The event is slated for 1-6 September 2020. ‘Simin’ investigates the reasons behind the drying up of Zayanderood, the largest river...

Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani made the remarks in a meeting with Belarusian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Yuri Ivanovic Lazarcic on Sat. Given the membership of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), suitable way has been paved for developing...

Mousavi condemned the recent moves by the Zionist regime, saying that these moves are in line with the implementation of Trump’s disgraceful so-called plan of the ‘Deal of the Century’. He described such illegal actions as a violation of international law and a threat to peace and security in the...

Spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Rouhollah Latifi made the announcement on Sunday, saying that the Rimdan border was reopened by the Pakistani border guards on Saturday afternoon and 14 trucks carrying export goods have crossed this border. According to the Pakistani side, only 20 trucks...

According to Sadegh Namdar, the managing director of Bazargan Customs Office the cargo, weighing 20,763 kilograms worth around 259,000 euros, arrived in Iran this morning and was sent to Tehran, after the approval, delivery, and accomplishment of customs formalities. This is the fourth medical consignment Iran has received in the...

The lifting of the embargo was stipulated in the multi-nation Iranian nuclear deal concluded in 2015, but which the United States, under President Donald Trump, unilaterally renounced in 2018. He claimed Iran's announcement Wednesday that it had orbited its first military satellite demonstrated that its space program which Tehran has...

“Thanks to the Islamic Revolution, the self-confidence the youth, and round-the-clock efforts of experts of the Iran Maritime Industries Organization, we have arrived at a point where we are designing and producing all the required equipment of our armed forces,” Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said on Sunday. He made the...

Despite tough sanctions imposed against Iran last year, import of basic goods and commodities for storage operation registered about 2.5fold growth as compared to a year earlier. Most basic goods, imported into ports of the country last year, were relocated to permanent goods storage centers directly via vessels which...

According to the latest data, 2,921,439 people have so far been affected by the coronavirus with the death toll amounting to 203,289 and the number of recoveries surpassing 836,000. More than half of the fatalities have been reported by the United States, Spain, and Italy. The United States had reported...

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In this phone talk, which is the two sides' third conversation in the past two weeks, they underlined the significance of having Yemeni ports reopened and ensuring the country's border security. The UN senior official expressed gratitude for the efforts done by the Islamic Republic of Iran to achieve a...

As the Swiss embassy announced on an Instagram post on Sunday, the red, white and blue emblem was projected onto the Matterhorn, a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. The move has been welcomed by Iranian social media users. For almost a month,...

The Summit entitled "We stand together against COVID-19" will focus on the fight against coronavirus pandemic, Assistant to the President, Head of the Department for Foreign Policy Affairs of Azerbaijan’s Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev has told AZERTAC. He said it was important to enhance international solidarity and mobilize the efforts...

As Die Welt newspaper reported on Sunday, the German official regarded it vital to start a new agreement that is broader and also addresses regional stability issues. He claimed that "the purpose of the nuclear deal was to prevent Iran's nuclear weapons capability. After the United States has unilaterally withdrawn from the...

During his conversations with Oman's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah and Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali al-Hakim, Zarif felicitated the diplomats on the arrival of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the month of the revelation of the Holy Quran. The sides also exchanged...

During a video conference between Iran’s Vice-minister of Health Mohsen Asadi Lari and Venezuela’s Vice-minister of Comprehensive Health María Gabriela Miquilareno on Sunday, the two sides exchanged experiences, clinical protocols and COVID-19 preventive measures in the context of the World Health Organization’s recommendations and the unilateral coercive measures illegally imposed...

He made the remarks on Sun. and added, “accordingly, 5,000 megawatt electricity should be added to the electricity generation capacity of the country and this huge volume of electricity needs €5 billion investment.” Under the 6th Five-Year Socioeconomic and Cultural Development Plan and up to the end of 2021,...

The second group of Iranian nationals, who had been stranded in the Azerbaijan Republic due to the closure of borders as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 outbreak, returned home through the Astara border. The first group of Iranian students, including 142 ones, arrived in Tehran on 18 April. The...

BOJNURD, Apr. 26 (MNA) – With the arrival of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, people of Bonjurd, northeastern Iran, are staging the ‘Equality, Sincere Assistance Maneuver’ - a call by the Leader - to help the families affected by the coronavirus pandemic.      ...

In a congratulatory message addressed to the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh on Sun., he said, “as a major national achievement, successful launch of ‘Noor-1’ military satellite showcased new dimensions of defense power of the Islamic Republic of Iran...

“When I tell some presidents that we have the ability to export sanitary equipment and that we may even export test kits, they feel surprised. When they see that after two years of severe sanctions that they thought would destroy the country, Iran is performing better than them regarding coronavirus,...

In its twitter account on Sun., Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced, “After two years in office, the US Secretary of State Pompeo, who is also known as Secretary of Hate, has no achievement in the field of diplomacy.” In this period, the...

Deputy Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and Director of Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center Javad Karimi Sabet revealed on Sunday. While appreciating the unflinching and relentless efforts of all officials at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education especially medical staff in the country for taking...

BIRJAND, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Basij forces have distributed livelihood assistance packages among the needy people of South Khorasan Province under the framework of 'Equality and Sincere Assistance Maneuver'.             ...

SEMNAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – People are shown in Semnan traditional bazaar preparing themselves for fast-breaking ceremony on the first day of holy month of Ramadan.        ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei attended a Quranic session held in the Grand Musalla of Tehran via videoconference on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on Saturday.                    ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Businesses have been restarted as April 20, the first day of the second Iranian calendar month of Ordibehesht, in Tehran. Some translated this as an end to coronavirus pandemic in the Iranian capital city and resumed their daily routine life. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani...

ARAK, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Grape farmers in Markazi province use a traditional method of shoveling the earth near grape threes which have proved to be an effective method.    ...