News Archive - 5 August 2020

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In an interview with the Iranian Football Federation magazine, Haji Safi, who has played for Iran in two World Cup and three AFC Asian Championship events, expressed hope about the future of Team Melli. “I hope that Team Melli would return to its heyday with Skocic. The condition in the...

“There is interest from FC Porto, but also from other big clubs” for Taremi and Nuno Santos, he said according to Portuguese media outlets. He added that the club will analyze the best proposals for these two players that are the club’s “assets”. Taremi signed a two-year contract with Rio...

In a Monday tweet, Keshavarz-Zadeh wrote, "By launching BeiDou-3 satellite the international coverage and navigation system of the Chinese company was finalized and it put an end to US' Global Positioning System (GPS) monopoly." "Elite Iranian aerospace students in China can be a bridge between the two countries in this...

Soroosh Sorooshian, the Iranian researcher has won the Hydrologic Sciences Medal in 2021 for his ingenious, groundbreaking work on surface hydrology and the remote sensing of precipitation that has profoundly impacted the field of hydrometeorology. The Hydrologic Sciences Medal is granted by the American Meteorological Society to researchers who make...

Referring to Reza Shaneh shaz, the head of the Food and Drug Administration attendance in a meeting in National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Ablofazl Amooei  said, “According to this official's remarks in this meeting, 97% of the medicine needed by the country is produced domestically and the Islamic Republic of Iran has achieved...

The screenplay of 'Carrot Cake' by Iman Davari has been accepted to compete with other screenplays at the 38th edition of the Rhode Island International Film Festival in the United States. Last year, this Iranian play writer won the first prize for the best screenplay in the international section of this festival for...

Delineating the Islamic human rights and its criteria, Hossein Mousavifar, the head of the International Law and Human Rights Department of the Judiciary Research Institute, told Mehr News, "Basically, the Islamic human rights holds a different view toward humanity than the modern human rights, which is called western human rights.

The virtual meeting on “China-Iran Sinology Development and Culture Forum after the COVID-19 pandemic” was held on Tuesday with the cooperation of the Center for China Studies of Allameh Tabataba'i University and Beijing Language and Culture University.   Professor Song Xian, member of the Institute of World History and Chinese...

372 works from the United States, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Britain, France, India, Turkey, Iraq, Indonesia, Egypt, and Nigeria have been sent to the secretariat of the 16th International Resistance Film Festival. The 16th International Resistance Film Festival will be held in two sections. The first part will be from September...

These three petrochemical projects would be put into operation in the country on Thu. Aug. 6. in the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, said Chief Executive of National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Behzad Mohammadi on Tue in an interview with IRNA. He pointed to the inauguration of three giant petrochemical projects...

Speaking in an interview with FNA on Tue., Hamid Zadboum said, “like other countries, Iran’s export of products decreased in this period due to the outbreak significantly.” Turning to the main reasons behind considerable decline of country’s exports volume in the first four months of the current year,...

Making the remarks on Tuesday and during the introduction ceremony of the new head of the Islamic Parliament Research Center (IPRC), Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf named the rent-seeking and oil-reliant economy as the two major challenges of Iran, which should be overcome in the future. He noted that by applying policies of transparency,...

The Parliament will discuss the issue in an open session on Wednesday, August 5, and will hold a session to give vote of confidence to him on August 12. Rouhani appointed Hossein Modarres Khiabani as the caretaker of the Ministry of Industry in mid-May to replace ex-minister Reza Rahmani. At the time Rouhani urged Khiabani...

Chief Executive of Qazvin Industrial Towns Hamid-Reza Khanpour made the remarks in an interview with IRNA on Tue. on the sidelines of his visit to one of the industrial and production units launched with foreign investment in the township. So far, a number of 17 foreign investors have invested 470-million-euro...

The political situation in Lebanon over the past few days can be described as the calm before the storm. Instability and creating a political conundrum in the country were on the agenda as a joint project among the domestic elements, political rivals and foreign anti-Lebanese movements, who had not been...

Iranian Ambassador to Paris wrote in his tweeter account “Following the explosion in Beirut that killed and injured a number of Lebanese people, I sympathize with the Lebanese living in France, the nation, and the government of this country." The message also was published on the official page of the Iranian...

Speaking in a telephone conversation, the director of Lebanese Red Cross, George Kataneh told Karim Hemmati, the Chief of Iranian Red Crescent Society that Lebanon is currently in the phase of emergency accommodation and food distribution among the victims and the health department is evaluating hospitals. He also appreciated the...

Acting Minister of Public Health Ahmad Jawad Osmani shared the findings on Wednesday which indicate that 31.5% of Afghan people have been infected with the disease, according to Avapress. The study divides the 34 provinces into nine zones, with transmission rates varying across the region. According to the Ministry,...

The comments contradict an earlier claim by US President Donald Trump who had referred to the explosion as a “terrible attack."  The defense officials, who declined to be identified so they could speak freely, said they did not know what Trump was talking about, CNN reported. One official said...

Hezbollah launched a campaign of blood donation in all health centers and hospitals in solidarity with the injured people, calling on all Lebanese people to take part in this movement. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hezbollah called the Beirut explosion as national tragedy. Hezbollah offered deepest condolences over the national tragedy...

Bloomberg News on Wednesday claimed that the US has circulated a new resolution to United Nations Security Council members calling for an extension of the UN’s arms embargo against Iran.   Claiming to have obtained a copy of the text of the new draft resolution, Bloomberg wrote, “This text asks UN...

“Neither we have the intention to use the issue for political purposes nor do we let others do so. We have agreed with the Ukrainian side to not let any third country intervene in the issue,” Mohsen Baharvand said on Wednesday. The remarks come as the first round of Tehran-Kiyv...

In a message on Wednesday, the Parliament’s Health and Treatment Commission expressed “deepest condolences and sympathy to the honorable people, parliament and government of Lebanon and the Hezbollah Resistance Movement,” and announced its readiness to send medical and humanitarian aid to the country. “Undoubtedly, Lebanon is at the front line of...

Due to the coronavirus global pandemic, the Iranian Airline advised passengers to fully observe health guidelines and protocols at Moscow Airport. Iran’s Mahan Air on Tuesday revealed that flights of this airline en route Tehran-Moscow will be resumed for holders of valid residence in Moscow or Russian Passport, provided that...

Speaking in a cabinet session on Wednesday, Rouhani pointed to the anniversary of the Constitutional Revolution, saying that Iran has been the pioneer of democracy in the region. "114 years have passed since the Constitutional Revolution and Iran is a pioneer in democracy and the establishment of the Parliament in...

He made the remarks on Wed. and reiterated, “a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked with the private sector of Afghanistan in Chabahar Port in line with expanding and broadening transit and investment cooperation.” Given the good neighborliness between the two countries, this Memorandum of Understanding was signed with...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 317,483 with the death toll standing at 17,802. COVID-19 has infected 2,697 people and claimed 185 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours,...

According to the latest figures on Wednesday, 18,727,013 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths standing at 704,783 and recoveries amounting to 11,940,682. The US is the worst-hit country with 4,918,770 cases and 160,318 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins' Center for Systems Science...

The Leader had been forwarded a request by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi to pardon or reduce the sentences of prisoners subject to mitigating circumstances. Ayatollah Khamenei issued the approval on Wednesday on the occasion of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), and Eid al-Ghadir, two hugely significant Muslim festivities. Ayatollah...

He made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri on Wednesday following a massive explosion on Tuesday in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that claimed some 100 lives, leaving more than 4,000 others injured. Ghalibaf expressed his condolences over the tragic incident and wished a...

In a phone conversation with his newly-appointed Lebanese counterpart Charbel Wehbe on Wednesday, Zarif once again expressed the Iranian nation’s commiserations with the Lebanese nation over a deadly explosion in Beirut, saying that Iran is ready to deliver any humanitarian, medical and infrastructural help to Lebanon to assist it to...

The feature film "Kiarostami and His Missing Cane" directed by Mahmoud Reza Thani and produced by Behrouz Neshan will be screened at the 7th International Documentary Festival of Lerapetra in Greece. The film is in the competition section of this festival in Greece. The festival screens documentaries showing the traditions,...

Referring to his phone call with his Lebanese counterpart, Zarif in a Wednesday tweet wrote, "Reiterated #Iran's strong and steadfast solidarity with people of Lebanon in call with FM Wehbeh." "Iran is sending field hospital & medicine to assist with disaster relief," he added.  "Iran stands with Lebanon,"...

The tragic incident of the explosion in the port of Beirut, which killed and injured a number of dear Lebanese people, made caused grief in the Iranian nation, wrote Raeisi in his message of condolence on Wednesday. "The damage to a significant part of Beirut's economic infrastructure and its consequences have doubled...

Some condolence messages will be projected on the tower via a video mapping performance, too. On Tuesday evening in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut, two huge explosions in its port sent an enormous blast wave across the city. The scale of the damage is huge, with buildings miles from the...

In a phone talk on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba discussed the results of the recent visit of the Iranian negotiating team to Kyiv to follow the process of investigating the crash of the PS752 airliner. Both sides described the recent talk as positive and...

The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran expressed in a statement this Wednesday its deep sorrow and regret for the tragic catastrophe that afflicted Lebanon and its proud capital Beirut, and which claimed the lives of tens of people, left hundreds wounded, and destroyed thousands of homes and institutions, NNA reported.

Calling the US as the first beneficiary of Beirut incident, Amir-Abdollahian said, "The Zionist regime is the second beneficiary that abuses any damage to Lebanon, and it may be behind the scenes of this incident." Referring to Saudi Arabia's position on the recent incident in Lebanon, he added, "The Saudi government's...

While expressing sympathy with the Lebanese people in the wake of an explosion in Beirut, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said that Iran will send two humanitarian aids to Lebanon. Turning to the huge explosion in Beirut, Mousavi added, “I express my heartfelt condolences to the Lebanese people and those families who...

Lebanon announced that there has been no indication of attack after Trump claimed the Beirut explosion was caused by a bomb, the Newsweek reported. "As far as the Lebanese government is concerned, we have no indication thus far that this was in any way caused by a deliberate attack or bombing...

The UN described US assassination of Iran’s top general Soleimani as ‘arbitrary and illegal’. UN Special Rapporteur, Agnès Callamard, submitted arbitrary executions of this report to the United Nations last month. Regarding the assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani, the United States has used force not only against the Islamic Republic...

While expressing his sympathy with Lebanese people, Ayatollah Khamenei said that Islamic Republic of Iran stands by people of this country to alleviate their agonies and pains. “We sympathize with dear Lebanese citizens and stand by them in the painful tragedy of the explosion occurred at Beirut Port which killed...

He made the remarks on Wednesday, noting that the Iranian Parliament intends to make the US suffer more serious consequences for its anti-Iranian actions. He went on to say that the 11th Parliament seeks to adopt necessary anti-US measures. According to Zonnour, Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission have...

In a phone talk with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, Jahangiri offered his sympathy over the Beirut port blast and noted that Lebanon's stability and security are significant for all regional countries. He further wished the Lebanese nation prosperity and added that the Islamic republic stands by Lebanon in difficult times.

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Harvest season of various kinds of fruits have started in different parts of Iran. Gardeners have begun harvesting walnut, plum, apricot, grape, fig in Homag-e Bala village in Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province.     ...

The event of Ghadir Khumm refers to a sermon delivered by the Islamic prophet Muhammad at the Pond of Khumm, shortly before his death in 632 CE. According to Shi'ite traditions, in the sermon, Muhammad announced Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor, after which the final verse of the...

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Mehrzad Hamidi, the Deputy Education Minister for Physical Education and Health Affairs paid a visit to Mehr news agency’s Headquarters on Tue. In this visit, he answered questions raised on a series of relevant issues.

The ceremony was attended by high-ranking military officials, including Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami, Commander of Iran's Army Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, and Islamic Revolutionary...

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) –Embassy of Pakistan installed banners to mark Youm-e-Istehsal, highlighting human rights violations in IIoJK, illegal Indian siege of Kashmir for one year, and the statement of the Leade of Islamic Revolution on Kashmir issue.                      ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – The Vice President for Science and Technology, Sorena Sattari visited production units and knowledge-based companies of Yazd Province on Tuesday.                                              ...

GORGAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – The second edition of the national Iranian tribes’ wedding festival was held in Gorgan, Golestan province with presence of three tribes from East Azarbaijan, Kermanshah and North Khorasan and four tribes from Golestan.       ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Iranian Red Crescent Society sent 95 tons of food and medicine to Beirut from Mehrabad Airport on Wednesday evening.                                  ...