News Archive - 27 January 2021

Es’hagh Jahangiri made the remarks on Wednesday, noting that the victory of the Islamic revolution is due to martyrdom and dedications of the Iranian nation. He went on to say that the US economic war against the Islamic Republic of Iran indicated that the resistance of the Iranian nation will...

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The Iraqi Security Information Headquarters announced today in a statement announced that the security and military forces were managed to destroy 10 headquarters of the ISIL terrorist group and three vehicles and defuse a bomb. According to the statement, two bombs exploded during the mission, but there were no casualties.

Deputy Foreign Minister, Bashar al-Jaafari, affirmed that despite the passing of more than five decades on the Zionist occupation of the Arab lands, it still exists until today in a clear indication to the failure of the UN Security Council in assuming its responsibility and end the occupation which poses threat...

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Al-Anbar Province’s Command of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) revealed another clash of Hash al-Sha’abi forces with ISIL terrorist groups in western part of this province on Wednesday. Qassem Mosleh, commander of Al-Anbar operation for Iraq’s PMU said in a statement that clashes took place between Hash al-Sha’abi forces and...

The first explosion in the Despechari area of PD15 in Kabul occurred around 8:04 am and was caused by a magnetic mine, said police, wounding two police personnel, TOLO News reported. The second blast happened in the Salim Karwan area in PD12 of Kabul city and targeted a police vehicle,...

Peru introduced strict new measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus on Tuesday night, as researchers said late-stage trials of China’s Sinopharm vaccine would continue after a volunteer who died was found to have been given a placebo rather than the actual vaccine, Aljazeera reported. President Francisco Sagasti announced...

According to Alnashrah, the clash took place when protesters used incendiary materials. Security forces used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protesters, the report added. This is while that a few hours ago, Lebanese army issued a statement, announcing that 31 military forces have been wounded during yesterday's protests. 31 military...

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Two people were found dead in a medical office in Austin, Texas, late Tuesday after a hostage standoff that lasted more than five hours, New York Times reported. According to the daily, the incident took place in a doctor's office and lasted for 5 hours. Texas State Police said that...

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 146 suspects over alleged links to the Islamic State (ISIL), Anadolu news agency reported, citing security officials. The detentions follow raids, organized by anti-terror teams and intelligence officers, across 58 Turkish cities and police are searching for 22 more suspects as part of the investigation, it said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov backed a Palestinian proposal for a Middle East peace conference, saying that it could be held at the UN at the ministerial level in spring or summer, the Euronews reported. Recalling that Moscow had backed Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas' idea for international talks in early...

During this daylong conference, ambassadors of EAEU’s member states will first deliver speeches. Then, specialized panels with the topics of “Bank and Financial Transactions”, “Transport and Logistics”, “Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Study of Criteria, Requirements and Commitments”, “Agriculture and Food Industries”, “Construction, Technical-Engineering Services”, “Communications and Information Technology”, “Energy and...

The U.S. is trying to seize around 2 million barrels of what it claims is Iranian oil, according to people familiar with the matter, in Washington’s latest attempt to block Iran’s energy exports, Bloomberg reported. The crude is on board the Liberia-flagged Achilleas, which is sailing to the US after...

In the meeting between the Iranian Ambassador with the Austrian Minister of Health, the two sides stressed deepening bilateral cooperation in the field of health, treatment, and social care. During the meeting, Bagherpour spoke about the progress made by the Iranian companies in the field of producing home-made COVID-19 vaccine despite...

Directed by Manijeh Hekmat, the Iranian film Bandar Band will be screened at the 25th annual Festival of Films from Iran in the United States. The festival is being held online from January 22 to February 7, 2021, in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Smithsonian's National Museum of...

Speaking in a cabinet session on Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran’s remedial action to reciprocate non-compliance from the EU partners by step-by-step reduction of its JCPOA commitments cannot be criticized by them. Iran fulfilled its obligation under the nuclear deal, however, it was the Europeans who failed to fulfil...

Taliban political delegation headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who arrived in Tehran yesterday, met and held talks with Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani on Wednesday. Referring to the history of the US incitement to war in the region, Shamkhani said, "The United States does not seek peace...

Speaking during the meeting of UN Disarmament Conference in Geneva on Tuesday, Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh pointed to the history of Germany in equipping former Iraqi deposed dictator Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons and said that Federal Government of Germany is responsible for taking serious investigation into this issue. He emphasized...

Ara Aivazian made the remarks in his meeting with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday.  During the meeting, the two sides discussed the latest regional issues, as well as bilateral cooperation. Referring to the friendly relations and good neighborliness between the two countries, Zarif called Armenia an important neighbor for the Islamic...

Expectations are high because Democrats in the US are traditionally considered to be the founding fathers of the global hierarchy system after WWII which is manifested in the establishment of the United Nations Organization for several decades. Once the last bullet was fired in Berlin, and the world's then powers decided...

Brigadier General Abbas Ali Behdani-Fard said that in these intelligence operations five smugglers were arrested and handed over to the judicial authority. The drug traffickers intended to transfer the mentioned illicit drug consignment from the eastern and southern parts of the country to Tehran and the northern cities, he added. Since the beginning...

Speaking in the inaugural ceremony of a Conference entitled “Iran and Eurasia Relations” on Wed., Chairman of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Masoud Khansari said that the country imported $396 million worth of non-oil products from EAEU in return. In a competitive economy, countries grow,...

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 1,392,314 with the death toll standing at 57,651. According to Lari, 4,024 patients are in critical condition while 1,183,463 patients have recovered. So far,...

Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Yerevan for the third destination of his trip to the region today, met and held talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. "Armenia is a very good neighbor of the Islamic Republic of Iran and our relations are very close. You are highly respected in Iran,"...

Speaking in a Conference of Economic Diplomacy between Iran and EAEU on Wed., Askhat Orazbay stated that unjust and unilateral sanctions imposed against Iran should be lifted. Setting up a joint bank between Iran and Kazakhstan as well as launching a bartering system between the two countries is mandatory,...

The Asian shooting competitions will be held virtually on Thursday with the presence of Iranian athletes and the event will be hosted by Kuwait in three fields the rifle, air pistol, and flying targets. In the field of pistols and air pistol, Javad Foroughi, Vahid Golkhandan, Sajjad Pourhosseini, Hanieh Rostamian,...

On Wednesday, the Iran House of Innovation of Technology in Kenya was inaugurated in the presence of Sorena Sattari, Vice President for Science and Technology, Joseph Murchero, Kenyan Minister of ICT, as well as the Kenyan president of the Chamber of Commerce. Located in the city of Nairobi, this center...

Addressing the gathering, the festival director Sadeq Mousavi thanked the event's organizers, as well as the Iranian artists and filmmakers who sent about 1700 short films to the secretariat of the event Iran is top 10 short films producers Addressing the same gathering, Head of the Cultural and Social Commission...

In a tweet on Wednesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif said, “Productive consultations with Armenian PM and FM. Reviewed common regional challenges & opportunities following recent conflict." "Agreed on further strengthening bilateral ties & regional cooperation - incl on connectivity projects: turning old rivalries into future synergies,” he added.

"In today's meeting with the #Taliban political delegation: I found the leaders of this group determined to fight the United States," he said. "Someone who has been under US torture at #Guantanamo for 13 years, has not given up fighting the #UnitedStates in the region." Taliban political delegation headed...

Sergei Ryabkov made the remarks on Wednesday, noting that the Russian Federation is ready to export Iran’s surplus enriched uranium if Washington returns to the JCPOA, adding that it is too soon to discuss this issue at the present time. Moscow and Tehran are both interested in the complete restoration...

Speaking in a meeting of Economic Diplomacy between Iran and Eurasia held in Tehran on Wed., the Russian envoy reiterated that sanctions against Iran are unilateral and illegal. Kyrgyzstan's Ambassador to Iran Avaz Bek Atahanov, for his part, pointed to a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) inked between Iran and...

The JCPOA was signed in July 2015 and went into force in January 2016. However, during his presidential campaigns in 2016, Donald Trump made the most vitriolic attacks on the multilateral agreement. When Trump started his work as president he started to undermine the JCPOA until he officially withdrew the...

Making the remarks on Wednesday during the banking interaction panel of the Iran-Eurasia Economic Opportunities Conference, Rustam Ziganshin said Iran and Russia can establish banking relations and continue banking relations, while several Russian banks can join this path. "Meanwhile, another bank has already started negotiations in Tehran in order to expand...

He made the remarks in a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ara Aivazian on Wed. in Yerevan.  Zarif emphasized during a meeting with his Armenian counterpart that Iran considers Armenia as an important neighbor, adding that borders of Armenia and Iran have always been borders of friendship and cooperation.

During his regular Press Conference on January 27, Zhao Lijian said: "We read this from reports. Our embassy in Indonesia asked the Indonesian side and knew that there were indeed 25 Chinese crew members on the Panamanian oil tanker seized by Indonesia, who are in sound physical condition." "The...

In an article entitled “Biden Wants to Return to the Iran Deal. He Can Start Here” published in the New York Times, Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that the United States must immediately adhere to its commitments in the nuclear agreement. The following...

Gaddam Dharmendra,  Ambassador of the Republic of India to Tehran, met with Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Special Assistant to the Iranian Parliament’s Speaker and Director General of International Affairs of the Parliament. Relations between Tehran and New Delhi have always been in a friendly and growing manner, said Amir Abdollahian in...

Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi made the remarks on Wednesday, noting that the recent threats made by the Chief of Staff of the Zionist Army are just psychological warfare. He went on to say that if the Zionist regime makes any mistakes, the Islamic Republic will destroy their missile bases as...

Speaking in a Conference of Economic Relations between Iran and Eurasia on Wed., Amir Abedi reiterated that Eurasia has high capacity and potential for exporting Iranian-made building materials. He emphasized the high capacity of the country in the field of exporting construction materials including tiles and ceramics, glasses, wires...

Ali Dehqan Dehnavi was appointed as the new head of Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO). Dehqan Dehnavi, who was previously the deputy finance and economic affairs minister, replaced Hassan Qalibaf-Asl. Having a Ph.D. in economics, the new SEO’s head has been also a board member of Bank Maskan.

SARI, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Simultaneously with the cold weather, and the increase of the migrating swans, these birds are fed by environmentalists in the Sorkhrud district in Mazandaran Province of Iran.