News Archive - 2 December 2020

Chief of Sistan and Baluchestan Border Guards Second Brigadier General Mohammad Mollashahi broke the news, saying that the guards gathered intelligence on the activities of drug bands at southern border regions, carried out two separate intelligence operations, and found out that the smugglers had plans to transfer the narcotics to...

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The stadium will be the first of its kind in Iran. Inauguration of this important sports project, which is unique in its kind in the country, can strengthen and expand cultural, social, and economic relations with neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and the Indian Ocean.

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As Arabi 21 reported on Wed., during the rescue operation, the bodies of 35 more people have been found and the number of victims of the attack has increased to 79 so far. Boko Haram attacked the farmers who were harvesting rice at Zabarmari community, in Jere Local Government...

In a statement on Wednesday, IRGC's Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohada headquarters announced that its forces have captured 3 terrorist elements in West Azerbaijan province. The statement added that the elements intended to launch a terrorist attack in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Large quantities of weapons, ammunition, and communication equipment have...

Saudi coalition fighters targeted Sanaa airport with two airstrikes, one of which targeted the airport lounge. The Al-Masirah correspondent reported on Wednesday that one of the fighters targeted one of the airport's buildings, the lounge, in the Yemeni capital airport causing severe material damage. This comes in the context of the daily attacks committed...

The UNHCR welcomed the new law by the Iranian government, after the first children, out of some 10,000 children whose citizenship applications have so far been accepted, received their Iranian identity document – known as a ‘Shenasnameh’, last month. According to the Government of Iran, nearly 75,000 children at risk...

Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei made the remarks on Wednesday, noting that the Ministry of Intelligence has identified the individuals involved in the assassination of Martyr Fakhrizadeh and proper measures will be adopted when the investigation is complete. He went on to say that Iran’s nuclear knowledge will not be...

The Iranian and Belgian foreign ministers also discussed consular issues between the two countries during the telephone conversation. The Belgian Foreign Ministry had previously condemned the assassination of Fakhrizadeh. On Tuesday night, the European Union's foreign policy chief strongly condemned the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and stated that this is a...

The ability to manufacture turbines of high efficiency power plants (Class F) was created in the country by acquiring the technical knowledge of this type of turbine. Thus, Islamic Republic of Iran was ranked among the countries holding this technology. Last year, with the efforts made in this regard, efficiency...

Top Iranian nuclear and defence scientist 'Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh', who headed the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (known by its acronym SPND), was targeted on Friday in a multi-pronged attack involving at least one explosion and small fire by a number of assailants in Absard city...

Born in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 1968, Brett D. Morgen is an American documentary film director, producer, writer, and editor. He was named after USC football lineman Britt Williams, who was a team captain in 1961, but his parents misspelled the name.  According to Morgen, filmmaking was his favorite job since...

A meeting held between the Head of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Police Colonel Majid Karimi and Salvatore Labarbera the new liaison officer of the Italian Anti-Narcotics Police in Iran on Wednesday. In this meeting Colonel Karimi, pointed to the favorable and constructive relationship between Iran and Italy in the field of police cooperation,...

Speaking in the open session of Parliament on Wed., Reza Hajipour reiterated, “The hostile actions of enemy are doomed to failure and cannot undermine the serious determination of Islamic Iran to achieve progress and development.” He pointed to the assassination of Iranian prominent nuclear and defense scientist ‘Mohsen...

“Iran has always maintained that our nuclear program is for peaceful purposes,” Alireza Miryousefi, spokesperson for Iran’s mission to the United Nations told NBC News. He cited a fatwa from the Iranian Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that bans the development of weapons of mass destruction as contrary to Islam. Miryousefi...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf notified the government of the strategic plan to counter sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic in a letter on Wednesday. The strategic action plan to counter sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic of Iran was approved by the Guardian Council on Wednesday. Iranian parliament...

He made the remarks addressing the 'International Seminar on Unilateral Coercive Measures and their impacts under the shadow of COVID19' held via videoconference and co-sponsored by Iranian, Cuban, and Venezuelan diplomatic missions in Vienna. UN Special Rapporteur, head of South-South cooperation and ambassadors of 38 countries took part in the...

India was the key buyer of Iranian and Venezuelan oil before slashing purchases after President Donald Trump imposed unilateral sanctions on the two OPEC-members since taking office in 2017. “As a buyer, I would like to have more buying places. I should have more destinations to go for purchasing (oil),”...

UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan, said on Wednesday that the US has prevented Iran from buying medical equipment. She made the remarks in a videoconference on unilateral coercive measures and their consequences in the framework of the coronavirus on Wednesday. “The United...

The third section of the economic project of the Khaf-Herat railway has been completed and it is scheduled to be tested for the first time and be inaugurated officially in the coming 10 days with the presence of the Presidents of Iran and Afghanistan. With the inauguration of this project, Afghanistan will...

Issuing a statement on Monday, the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka condemned the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist. Sri Lanka condemns the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and all terrorist moves against humanity, the statement said According to the statement, Sri Lanka called for stability and security in the Middle East...

"We are adapting NATO’s deterrence posture to address Russia’s destabilising actions. At the same time, we all agree that we must continue to pursue dialogue with Russia," Jens Stoltenberg claimed on Tuesday. After the virtual meeting of NATO foreign ministers, Stoltenberg told reporters, "We all agree that we must continue to...

In a press conference in Khartoum on Tuesday, Omar Al-Abed said they had contacted Human Rights Watch about the deception and trickery of the Sudanese nationals by the Emirati Black Shield company, adding that the UN sanctions commission also contacted them and promised to include this case in its report...

A military source reported on Tuesday evening the aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of ISIL terrorist group positions in the northern Iraqi Saladin Governorate. Army forces, in cooperation with the Iraqi Air Force, targeted an ISIL position in the Makhoul Mountains, said Mohammad Sa'ad. Seven ISIL members were killed during the...

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Queiroz's departure was announced by the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) on Tuesday after the nation's slow start to 2022 World Cup qualifying. Colombia, who have featured at the past two World Cups, have won just one of their opening four qualifiers, collecting four points to sit seventh. "The Colombian Football...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was ready to step down if the country’s opposition forces win the December 6 parliamentary elections. "If the opposition wins, I will step down from the post of the president," Maduro said in a televised speech on Tuesday, Tass reported.  He added that...

An Israeli bus hit dozens of Palestinian workers at the North Bethlehem checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. Dozens of Palestinian workers had gathered near the checkpoint so as to go to work when they were hit by a Zionist regime's bus. The number of injured and martyrs of this incident...

Speaking in a video press conference on December 1, the organ’s President for the month  Jerry Matthews Matjila (South Africa) pointed to the Council's agenda for December.   The third week will feature Middle East briefings on Syria and Yemen as well as one on the United Nations Assistance Mission...

Kayhan Next fiscal’s budget based on non-oil activities European research institute says maximum pressure against Iran has failed FM spox says Iran to give most excruciating response to terror attack perpetrators Shahrvand Govt. spox: Nuclear program decisions not bound to a single branch of power Jomhoori Eslami Govt. opposes Parl.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Josep Borrell wrote, "Spoke with @JZarif about developments in Iran and EU-Iran relations." "I also stressed the importance of preserving #JCPOA," he added. "I will continue as coordinator to work towards full implementation by all parties," Borrell said. Referring to the assassination of the Iranian...

"Iran makes decisions on its nuclear program based on national interests," Iranian mission to the UN spokesperson Alireza Miryousefi told Newsweek. "As you know, the steps taken since the US withdrew from the JCPOA are incremental and will be in effect as long as other parties are in violation of the accord and/or...

Rouhollah Gholami, director-general of Ilam Customs Administration made the announcement on Wednesday, adding that the trades between Iran and Iraq through Mehran border crossing is on track with all coronavirus-related health protocols in place. He noted that currently, 500 trucks carrying Iran's export goods cross the Mehran border to Iraq...

Armenian Foreign Ministry condemned the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The spokesperson for the Armenian Foreign Ministry said that her country condemns any terrorist act anywhere in the region and the world. Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan also offered condolences over the assassination of the prominent Iranian...

Iran’s Embassy in The Hague stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran expects all countries in the world, especially countries such as the Netherlands, which claims to promote human rights, the rule of law and fight against insecurity. While condemning this gross violation of international law, the Islamic Republic of...

He made the remarks in the Cabinet session on Wednesday, while he was expected to attend a Parliament session to submit next year's budget plan to the lawmakers.  "I did not take part in the Parliament session today, due to the decisions and protocols made by the national National Coronavirus...

Speaking in a virtual meeting of Iran-Iraq Joint Scientific Committee on Tue., Hossein Salar Amoli pointed to the scientific status of Iranian universities in the region and world and added, “Good and satisfactory scientific ranking of Iranian universities means that strengthening scientific relations between the two countries can bring...

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Directed by Ali Shah-Mohammadi, the short film narrates the story of an Iranian university student who is studying filmmaking in Brussels. Looking at the Brussels’ tramway, the student remembers her childhood memories. The short film has been produced in Tehran and Brussels and with Iranian and Belgian cast and crew.

In an interview with New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, Biden without referring to his new preconditions said he still stands by his views on the Iran nuclear and returning to the deal, saying, “It’s going to be hard, but yeah.” He had previously said that “if Iran returns...

According to the Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday, the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol will be stopped two months after the entry into force of the law that was passed yesterday if the obligations are not fully implemented by participant countries in Iran nuclear deal. In Tuesday's parliamentary legislation, the deadline was set at...

Hossein-Ali Amiri as the Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs submitted Iran’s national budget bill to Parliament on Wednesday. The bill was used to be submitted by President Rouhani himself but this year he did not attend today's Parliament session due to, as he described, the anti-coronavirus protocols. The copies of...

Speaking at her daily briefing on Wednesday, Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari said that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 989,572 with the death toll standing at 48,990. 678,054 people have recovered from the disease, she said, noting that 6,212,694 tests have been carried out...

In a meeting on Tuesday, Iran’s new ambassador to Tbilisi Akbar Ghasemi submitted his credentials to Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili. The Georgian president congratulated the new envoy on his position, expressing hope that the bilateral ties between the two countries would expand during Ghasemi’s mission. Ghasemi described the three-decade history...

Ali Najafi Khoshroudi made the remarks in his meeting with Shihab bin Tarik Al Said, the Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs of Oman. During the meeting, he conveyed the congratulatory message of the Iranian Minister of Defense on the occasion of Oman Armed Forces Day. Referring to the capacities and...

"We stress that this kind of violent criminal act is not conducive to stability and peace in the Middle Eastern region," ministry spokesperson Choi Young-sam said in a commentary. "Given the uncertainties surrounding the situation in the Middle East, our government opposes any act that amplifies tensions and affects regional...

Gorgan, Dec. 02 (MNA) – The public transportation fleet in Gorgan, northern Golestan province, is being regularly disinfected to combat the spread of the coronavirus.     ...

MAZANDARAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Every year, with the start of the fishing season in mid-October, the northern people in Gilan and Mazandaran provinces, living on the coastlines of the Caspian Sea, catch fish in their traditional way.

"Now we as a group of documentarians and documentary filmmakers are ready to condemn the assassination of this great man, to introduce to the world his scientific path and his efforts for peace" the statement reads. Fakhrizadeh was assassinated by terrorists in a terrorist attack near the capital Tehran on...

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Iranian First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri and President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi answered the reporters' questions on the sidelines of the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.      ...

ABSARD, Dec. 02 (MNA) – A commemoration ceremony of Iran’s nuclear scientist ‘Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’ was held at the venue of the martyrdom of this esteemed martyr in Absard city of Damavand County on Wed.    ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Esteghlal football team was held to a 0-0 draw in a match with Paykan at Shahr-e Qods Stadium on Tuesday in the 4th week of the Iran Professional League.      ...