News Archive - 29 November 2020

The Police chief of Sistan and Baluchistan province, Second Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri broke the news on Sunday, saying that last night, anti-narcotics police forces of Iranshahr identified a drug-trafficking gang that was intended to transport a large consignment of opium from the city to the centre of the country. In...

A number of Iranian actors and filmmakers such as Parviz Parastui, Ebrahim Hatamikia, and Majid Majidi expressed their condolence over the martyrdom of Iranian defense and nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in a statement on Sunday. Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, was martyred in a terrorist attack on Friday. Fakhrizadeh-Mahavadi was...

According to Al Mayadeen, Martin Griffiths said that the political talks between the parties involved in Yemen must begin in order to establish a comprehensive ceasefire in the country; a ceasefire that ends the current war. It is time to stop the war in Yemen, he stressed. The remarks came...

Informed sources claim that Turkey has dispatched advanced drones to the battle line in southern Yemen to confront UAE-backed forces. Yemeni political sources reported that military clashes have been escalated on the battle fronts of the southern Yemeni province of Abyan, east of Aden. Allies of Saudi Arabia are still...

Russia's own orbital station will consist of three to seven modules unmanned or with a crew of two to four people, said Vladimir Solovyov, first deputy general designer of Energia for flight operation and testing of rocket and space systems, Xinhua Net reported. At a conference of the Russian Academy...

According to the Deputy head of the Office of International Business Development, Masoud Hafezi, even Iranian IT companies are continuing exports of services and products despite the pandemic. Products and derivatives of companies active in mining, chemical and polymer industries, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and advanced machinery industries have the biggest share in...

The statistics of Iran’s foreign trade showed that 4,375,851 tons of steel products, valued at $1.590 billion, were exported from the country from March 21 to Oct. 22, so that billet and bloom accounted for 76.8 percent of total steel exports share. Based on the statistics of the...

Firefighters are still trying to contain the fires, refinery and local officials said, which broke out after the rocket hit a fuel storage depot inside the Siniya refinery, Reuters reported. There were no reports of casualties at the refinery, which is near Iraq’s largest oil refinery of Baiji in the...

In a message on Sunday, Rouhani expressed commiseration over the passing of Shahidi, a former vice president and head of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation, to Leader of the Islamic Revolution, the seminaries, his honorable family of and his pupils. “This compassionate and devoted cleric, throughout his life with his...

A group of Iranian Parliament members issued a statement so as to voice their strong objection over the Friday assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Here is part of the text of the statement: The bitter tragedy of the martyrdom of our nuclear and defense scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who...

While condemning the assassination of Iranian scientist, Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid expressed his deep sympathy with the Iranian people and the family of martyr Fakhrizadeh. This assassination does not prevent the Iranian people and government from standing up against US and Israeli state terrorism, he added. The assassination of Martyr...

Speaking in a press conference ahead of Monday's match against Paykan in the Iran Professional League, Golmohammadi said Persepolis is in a special situation.  "20 days from now we should play in the final of AFC Champions League and we should increase the coordination between players that are set...

Yesterday, Mehdi Shoushtari, Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Sulaimaniyah of Iraq, met with Beigard Talabani, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. During the meeting, the two sides discussed some issues in the fields of agriculture and water. The issue of organizing...

In a phone talk with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Omani diplomat offered solemn condolence to the Iranian government and nation over the recent terrorist attack, saying that terrorism, in any form, is unacceptable and heinous act. On Saturday, foreign ministers of Qatar, Syria, and the chief of...

The Ministry’s spokesperson Sima Lari said in her daily briefing that the total number of confirmed cases of the disease has hit 948,749 so far. She said that the pandemic has claimed 389 lives in 24 hours while the total death toll stands at 47,874. 658,292 people have recovered from the disease,...

Reacting to the assassination of Mohsen Fakhri Zadeh, the prominent Iranian nuclear scientist, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez wrote in his tweeter account, “We strongly condemn the terrorist attack in which the prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated.” "We are against all forms and manifestations of terrorism," he added.

The MP said Iran should give the Europeans six months to remove the sanction and if they could not meet the demand, Iran would leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). His remarks came after Iranian lawmakers reviewed on Sunday an urgent counteractive plan that includes the halt of the implementation of the...

During meeting with Fazal Ahmad Manawi on Sunday, Iranian envoy Bahador Aminian announced Iran's readiness to strengthen judicial cooperation and exchange experiences between the Iranian and Afghan ministries of justice. Stating that 20,000 Afghans are in Iranian prisons and 25 Iranians are in Afghan prisons, Aminian said that Iran is ready to...

As reported, Jahangiri is to brief the audience about Iran's stances towards economic, security, and cultural fields. The 19th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government to be hosted by India will be held tomorrow in a virtual format. Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will chair the meeting.

In a meeting with the Iranian envoy to Iraq Iraj Masjedi in Baghdad, Hakim condemned the assassination of the Iranian top scientist. "The assassination of this Iranian scientist is very unfortunate. An overview of his background shows that he has devoted his life to the people of the country," he said.

In a message released on Sunday, the Leader expressed solemn commiserations over the passing of Shahidi to his honorable family, the seminaries and his pupils. Ayatollah Khamenei further lauded the late senior cleric’s role and contributions in different sectors, and prayed to God to bestow divine forgiveness and blessings on...

Spokesperson for Iraq's Joint Chief of Staff Major General Tahseen al-Khafaji made the remarks on Sunday and emphasized the effective role and successful achievements of Quartet Committee for the exchange of information and security cooperation between Iraq, Iran, Russia and Syria. The Quartet Committee for Exchange of Information and Security...

Former US Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said that bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities will initiate a war in the Middle East. He went on to say bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities will not stop Iran’s nuclear activities because the Islamic Republic already has enough knowledge in this regard. Ben Rhodes...

Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Intelligence in an announcement declared that intelligence forces of the ministry have obtained clues behind perpetrators of assassination of outstanding Iranian nuclear and defense scientist ‘Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’. The text of the announcement is read as follows, While expressing condolences on the...

In a post on his Facebook, Kosachev referred to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's stance blaming the Israeli regime for the incident, saying, the fact that Tehran, first of all, pointed out the guilt of the United States and the Israeli regime in the murder is not surprising. “Whoever was behind this...

Iranian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Abbas Navazani met and held talks with Vice-President of Zimbabwe Kembo Mohadi in Zimbabwe on Sunday. During the meeting, the two sides emphasized the need for expanding and strengthening bilateral cooperation as well as promoting economic ties between despite existing obstacles caused by cruel US sanctions...

Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Mohammad-Javad Jahromi said the system is meant to prevent smuggling, improve the transparency of trade statistics, and facilitate services for traders. Iran's comprehensive trade system is a mechanism for the facilitation of doing business and will ease the complexities of international trade for...

Abbas Goudarzi broke the news on Sunday and added, “In this meeting, which will be held at the level of the General Assembly, members of the Faction will discuss about the strategic action plan to counter sanctions imposed against the country.” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will deliver...

25 films reached to Coronavirus special section of “Cinema Verite” Presided by Mohammad Hamidi-Moqaddam, in this section, which will be held in a competitive manner, the social, political, economic, and cultural films with the theme of Coronavirus have been selected and will be judged by the jury members. The films...

According to Almasalah, ISIL terrorists' push for gaining control of a region in the south of Kirkuk has been blocked by Iraq's PMU.  The Iraqi forces have also incurred extensive damages on ISIL attacking lines.  This is while the force along with the Army had launched an anti-ISIL...

In this section of the festival, documentaries which are about entrepreneurship, production leap, innovative businesses, online sales, production boom, the prosperity of the national economy, etc. are selected. An interesting point is that some 50 percent of filmmakers of this section are women. The films are as follows: 1-Ala Gol...

According to Iran’s Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the earthquake occurred at 07:54 a.m. local time (GMT+3:30) on Sunday at a depth of 15 kilometers. The epicenter of the quake was located 30 km from Kuhij, Hormozgan province, at 27.34 degrees latitude...

Kayhan Assassination of top scientist not to hamper path of development Leader calls for probe into assassination of Mohsen Fakhkrizadeh Iran COVID-related daily deaths fall bellow 400 after a month Shahrvand Reactions to scientist terror attack: revenge on proper time, continuance of development path Iran Ayatollah Khamenei urges punishment of...

Quoting a senior US official, the Washington Post claimed that the United States had nothing to do with the assassination of Iranian defense and nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that there was no doubt that the Zionist regime was behind the attack, the...

In a tweet in German language, Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote, "Terrorists assassinate a prominent Iranian scientist. This cowardice, in which there are serious signs of Israel's role, shows the belligerence of the perpetrators out of desperation." "Iran calls on the international community, especially the European Union, to abandon double...

Some believe that Joe Biden’s projected victory in the 2020 US presidential election could have economic, diplomatic and security repercussions for the Islamic Republic and for West Asia (Middle East) in general. During the campaign, he repeatedly pledged to reenter the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) that President Obama negotiated in 2015 and...

"The enemies of the Iranian people, once again by using the methods of assassination as one of the most inhumane behaviours, showed that they were afraid of the increase of Iran's power and chose to remove our scientists to confront the nation," said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in an open session of...

In an interview with IRNA on Sunday, Baz-Mohammad Hemat Hospital Chief in Afghanistan’s Ghazni said that 21 killed and 17 wounded in the incident were taken to hospital this morning but he did not mention whether the dead and wounded were all military or civilian. The Afghan Interior Ministry has...

According to Abolfazl Aboutorabi, a senior member of the Parliament, lawmakers agreed to turn an urgent strategic motion, which aims to counteract unilateral sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic by Western countries, topped by the United States, to a double-urgency motion. Out of 246 lawmakers present at today's session, 232...

Iranian Ambassador to Sana’a Hassan Irloo and Taha Al-Mutawakil, the Minister of Health in the National Salvation Government (NSG) met and held talks in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a on Sunday. During the meeting, the two sides stressed the need to strengthen and promote joint cooperation in medical and healthcare fields.

Behrouz Kamalvandi made the remarks on Sunday following the comments raised by some media outlets regarding the inspections of IAEA from Iran’s nuclear facilities and reiterated, “Martyr Fakhrizadeh had not had any meetings or conversations with the former Director General of IAEA, inspectors or officials of the International Atomic Energy...

TEHRAN, Nov . 29 (MNA) – The funeral ceremony of veteran stage and cinema actor Parviz Pourhosseini was held at Tehran’s Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery on Sunday. Pourhosseini passed away at the age of 79 on Friday due to coronavirus disease.    ...

ZANJAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – The first autumn snow in November has covered Zanjan Province as well as other provinces on Friday.