News Archive - 4 November 2020

According to Global News, the Candian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday that Canada’s diplomats will be ready to help Canadians living south of the border if there’s trouble in the United States after election day. “It is absolutely a responsibility of our government to be there for Canadians outside our...

These states will play a critical role in delivering the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Due to a surge in mail voting amid the coronavirus pandemic - as well as the states’ varying rules for when ballots can be counted - the final results for...

Dominic Raab said the election is still "too close to call" but that he is totally confident the American system "will give us a definitive result", SKY news reported. "The UK-US relationship is in great shape and we're confident that it will go from strength to strength, whichever candidate wins...

Trump's claims come as more than one million votes were still being counted.  Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillion issued a blistering rebuke of Trump's remarks from the White House, where he also pledged to ask the Supreme Court to halt the counting of ballots, according to the Hill.

SANA'A, Nov. 05 (MNA) – Iran’s newly-appointed ambassador to Yemen Hassan Irloo submitted a copy of his credentials to the Chairman of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat on Wednesday.        ...

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Trump wrote, “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted. VERY STRANGE, and the “pollsters” got it...

Like the secessionists of 1860, today’s rebels may react to a Biden win by picking up their guns in support of Trump’s efforts to contest the results. Out of the resulting chaos might emerge a series of armed confrontations between various rural (pro-Trump) and urban (pro-Biden) areas, as well as...

Referring to the US presidential election, Wang Wenbin noted that the US presidential election is the country's internal affair and China doesn't take a position on it, the website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry reported. According to polls, Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden appeared to be ahead of Donald Trump...

"We highly appreciate the statement made by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and the support given to the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," says the statement while also quoting part of Ayatollah Khamenei's remarks.  In a live speech...

The tracklaying of the Chabahar-Zahedan railway officially started in the presence of Road Minister Eslami, the head of Khatam Al-Anbia Construction Headquarter, the province’s governor, and other senior officials. As Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for Construction and Development of Railways Abbas Khatibi informed Mehr News Agency, Zahedan–Chabahar...

“Of the newly detected cases, 2,852 patients have been hospitalized,” Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Lari said on Wednesday. She added that the respiratory illness killed 419 people in the country in the course of the past 24 hours, increasing the total deaths to 36,579. Over 500,000 infected patients have recovered from...

“There is no doubt that the internal realities in the US are quite frightening at this stage, and that a contested election might be the spark that sets the country aflame. It is difficult to predict what forms this violence would take, and whether Trump would incite unrest, or at...

“Today I recorded my sympathy and condolences in the Afghanistan Embassy following the barbaric attack on Kabul University which claimed the lives of 20+ innocent students,” Abbas Araghchi tweeted on Wednesday, posting a photo of himself while signing a memorial book in the Afghan Embassy in Tehran. “Takfiri terrorism has...

The Leader on Wednesday agreed to a request by Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi to pardon or reduce the sentences of as many as 3,780 inmates subject to mitigating circumstances.  Ayatollah Khamenei issued the approval on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The prisoners, who...

At the continuous efforts and numerous follow-ups of the Iranian Embassy to Tbilisi, six more Iranian prisoners were transferred to the Islamic Republic to serve the rest of their sentences in the country. It should be noted that 110 Iranian detainees in Georgian prisoners were transferred to Urmia and handed...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was welcomed by his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza upon his arrival in the country on Wednesday. Venezuelan Foreign Minister said in a tweet that meetings between officials of the two countries lead to the expansion of bilateral relations. He further noted that Iran and...

Supported by the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, nine Knowledge-based companies and soft and creative Iranian industries active in the field of the digital economy, participated at the 32nd Russian International Exhibition for Information and Communication Technology in Moscow. The exhibition, which hosted 160 reputable Russian companies and...

Speaking in his meeting with Sunni soldiers on Wed., Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh reiterated that waging war against Muslims and engaging them (Muslims) against one another is the main objective of the Global Arrogance. While congratulating the Unity Week, he said, “Muslims in the world, whether Shias or Sunnis,...

Oil, gas, and petrochemical industries have outstanding performances in this due, with indigenizing the knowledge for manufacturing many parts and equipment that were previously imported. Among different sectors of the mentioned industries, drilling could be mentioned as a prominent example in this regard. National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) managed to...

Borjana Krišto made the remarks in her meeting with the Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to Bosnia & Herzegovina Reza Gelichkhan in Sarajevo on Wednesday. In this bilateral meeting, she pointed to the unsparing support of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Bosnia and Herzegovina and added, “We appreciated...

US President Donald Trump, seeking re-election, and Democratic candidate Joe Biden have made early wins in several states as polls close across the United States. All eyes are now on the key battleground states, including Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Arizona, results of which are crucial for both contenders,...

In a tweet, Donald Trump wrote, "We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election." "We will never let them do it," he added. "Votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed," he said. According to latest reports, the electoral college count currently stands at 223 votes...

The global coronavirus death toll has topped 1.213 million, according to Maryland's Johns Hopkins University. Over 47.4 million cases of the infection have been detected, and over 31.6 million of those patients have recovered. The United States still has the highest case count in the world, with...

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Trump, clearly unhappy that a winner had not yet been declared, has vowed to go to the US Supreme Court to stop certain postal votes being counted. "This is a fraud on the American public," Trump claimed during his live speech on Wednesday. "This is an embarrassment to our country.

Three men and a woman, who identified themselves as supporters of Donald Trump, have been taken to hospital with non life-threatening knife injuries, which they received in a fight near the White House, DC police said. It was not immediately clear if the fight had any connection with a protest...

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More than 1,000 people protesting US President Donald Trump converged on Black Lives Matter Plaza on Tuesday night, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through parts of downtown Washington, sometimes blocking traffic and setting off fireworks, Associated Press reported. Scattered protests also took place from Seattle...

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Wednesday that the situation in the United States after the election is explosive and that she is concerned it could lead to a constitutional crisis. "This is a very explosive situation. This is a situation that can lead to a constitutional crisis in...

Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks in a speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, saying that the US paid no heed to the ICJ’s ruling in 2018 and violated the international law by intensifying sanctions and coercive measures against the Islamic Republic. "The United States has used coercive measures as...

Kayhan Leader says no change in Iran’s policy by change of US president/ US regime doomed to failure France defending freedom but sheltering terrorists The most dangerous week in US Azerbaijani nation, government thank Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks Iranian missiles, drones good option for exports Hamshahri No change in Iran’s policy...

“The talks on the 25-year roadmap for Tehran-Beijing strategic cooperation are underway and the talks are not related to the result of the US presidential election,” Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday. “The details of the agreement are currently being discussed and the results will be announced later,” he added. He...

Bahram Ghasemi attended Afghanistan Embassy to Paris on Wednesday and paid tribute to the victims of this tragic incident and signed the Memorial Book of Kabul University’s terrorist attack. In this visit, Iranian envoy met and held talks with Afghan’s ambassador to France and expressed his major concern over the...

Concurrent with the birth anniversary of Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and within the framework of consular supports, Ali Najafi attended Oman’s Samail Central Prison, located 100 km away from Omani capital, and held talks with Iranian prisoners who are facing their sentences in this country for various...

“Whoever wins the US election is of no significance for us, but it is important that the US return to all international commitments and respect multilateralism,” Rouhani said during a cabinet session on Wednesday. Referring to the economic challenges the country is currently grappling with, the president said, "Our economic...

In an interview with a local radio station on Wednesday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian referred to the sensitivity of this round of the US presidential elections, saying, “The victory of Democrats or Republicans is an internal affair for the Americans.” "Whether Trump is elected or Biden, it is not important for us;...

Posting the photo of the victims of the terrorist attack at Kabul University, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi wrote in his tweeter account, “From Kabul to Vienna, ISIL terrorism is on the rise.” "Earlier, I said in an interview that the world would not be safer without Martyr Lieutenant General Soleimani", he...

On Wednesday, the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled the automatic and intelligent system of long-range ballistic missile launcher that is capable of launching consecutive missiles.

According to Ahmad Jamaleddini, the 610-ton consignment contains fresh fruits and vegetables, dried nuts and construction material with a collective value of 150 billion rials (Over $530 million). The first cargo with a capacity of 120 tons, including mineral water and nuts, was dispatched to Oman on June 2, the...

TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – Every year in mid-autumn, kiwi harvest begins in the gardens of the northern provinces of Iran. The kiwi fruit is harvested on a 520-hectare garden in Tonekabon County, Mazandaran Province.       ...

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TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – ISIL, the Zionist-backed terrorist group has announced in a statement on social media that it takes responsibility for the attack on Kabul University which claimed the lives of 35 and wounded 50 people.