News Archive - 10 February 2021

"We announce the arrival of the first batch," he said, adding that the delivery will take place ‘next week’, Tass reported. According to Maduro, "all medical personnel in Venezuela, those who are most likely to become infected" will be the first to get the vaccine. "After that, we will start...

Brigadier General Yahya Saree said on Wednesday that a drone unit of Yemeni forces has targeted a hangar of Saudi Arabia’s military aircraft at Abha airport on Wednesday noon. The spokesman said targets have been hit precisely and that the operation was carried out using four drones of Samad-3 and Qasef-2k.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists for nine categories for the upcoming Oscars, according to Variety. The categories and number of films include documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated...

This brings the total number of cases to 1,488,981, the Ministry’s spokesperson Sima Lari said. She added that 61 COVID patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours that bring the total death toll to 58,686. According to Lari, 3,743 individuals are experiencing critical conditions while more than...

"We are not prepared to engage in any other subjects, being regional issues, our defense capabilities, whatsoever, especially since the US has proved to be an unworthy party in negotiations. And the Europeans have proved that they are not able to deliver their promises," Abbas Araghchi said in response to...

Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs Ali-Asghar Khaji and Syrian President Bashar Assad discussed the latest developments in Syria, next week’s meeting of Astana Process in Sochi, and also meetings of the Syrian Constitution Committee in Geneva. Appreciating Tehran’s support for the Syrian people and government, Assad...

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh slammed today’s explosions that have led to casualties among Afghan civilians. He also condoled the Afghan people and government over the losses. Khatibzadeh urged all groups that are interested in Afghanistan’s destiny and future to not let violence spread in the country and ordinary people...

In response to a reporter's question about the recent allegations made by CBC Canada in a report about the tragic downing of a Ukrainian plane last year over the Iranian capital of Tehran in an accident Khatibzadeh said, “the allegations in that article (report) are inaccurate and invalid.” The foreign...

When studying the history of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, a question that usually comes to mind is that why the Western countries were worried about it despite the fact that there have been several revolutions in Europe, Russia and the United States. Which aspect of the Islamic Revolution...

The European Parliament official has told Aljazeera that Iran has not violated the nuclear deal. Ernest added that the first step should be taken by Washington because they were the ones who created the chaos. She added that the fact that France and Britain are not calling for the removal of sanctions on Iran...

Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, has tweeted to commemorate the 22 Bahman (February 10) which marks the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 against the US-backed Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. "Our revolution was the fruition of a relentless national endeavor for independence & dignity,"...

Speaking during a ceremony in Mashhad on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution victory, Saeed Jalili said that “If the enemy returns to JCPOA, they will still impose more 1,500 sanctions on us, they are looking for maximum pressure and minimum commitment.” Jalili ridiculed some American authorities who sought...

Today, the Saudi government has called for regional countries to be part of any negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. The kingdom's demanded its inclusion in the possible talks after French President Emmanuel Macron declared that Saudi Arabia should be included in any future negotiations with Iran recently, added that excluding regional states...

 Mohammad Mehdi Hajmohammadi, the Chairman of Iran's Prisons Organization, who is accompanying the Head of the Judiciary on his trip to the neighboring country of Iraq, said that joint efforts have been made to follow up on the issue of prisoners on both sides. The Iranian official said that the...

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Zorya announced the new acquisition on its official website without pointing to the fee of the contract, however, earlier reports indicate that Zorya has paid around $360,000 for the transfer. The deal was signed after the 25-year-old striker successfully passed the medical tests. Zahedi scored 8 goals for Olimpik Donetsk...

The event will be held on March 6 and 7 in Sofia and the Iranian team is slated to leave for the Bulgarian capital on March 4. So far, 117 taekwondokas from 12 countries have registered for the event. Armin Hadipour, Mirhashem Hosseini, Amir Mohammad Bakhshi, Mehran Barkhordari, Sajjad Mardani,...

Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh made remarks in the commemoration ceremony of Air Force Day on Monday. “Our efforts are aimed at self-sufficiency in the Air Force and relying on indigenous and domestic capabilities,” he noted. He went on to say that the Army has made great progress in the field...

Concurrent with the visit of deputy Ministry of Health and Medical Education Mohammadreza Shanehsaz to the Russian capital Moscow, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed and sealed between the two countries on Monday in the field of research and development (R&D) activities on COVID-19 disease. In a ceremony held...

On the eve of the 42 anniversary of the Victory of the Islamic Revolution on February 11, Mehr News Agency held an interview with Deputy Coordinator of Iran's Air Force Brigadier General Mehdi Hadian. Comparing the status of Iran's Air Force before and after the Islamic Revolution, he said that...

In December 2020 a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in South Africa. The mutation, known as 501.V2, is said to be more aggressive and dangerous for young men. The highly transmissible new strain could also be resistant to existing COVID-19 vaccines, Sputnik reported. On Monday, the head of...

“We will put into operation the country’s biggest vaccine production line in spring,” Mohammad Mokhber said on Tuesday. “We will produce 2-3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines in the first phase before the current [Iranian] year ends [on March 20],” he said, adding that “The second phase will focus...

The large factory for the production of CNG and oxygen tanks was opened and put into operation in Qazvin province with a production capacity of 250,000 tanks per year. In this industrial complex, two production lines are simultaneously producing various types of tanks, oxygen and industrial tanks, said Hatami in the opening ceremony on...

"We live in important and crucial land and in the first 40 years of the Islamic Revolution, we have become a great political and security power," Mosen Rezaei said. "We have also become a great defense power that sends satellites to the sky and has started nuclear and uranium enrichment," he...

In a press conference after his meeting with the Chairman of Russia's State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in Moscow, Ghalibaf said, "The most important issue in this visit was delivering the message of Iranian Leader to the President of Russia Mr. Putin, which emphasized the strength, strategy and continuity of Tehran-Moscow relations.

In a meeting with Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf in Moscow on Tuesday, Myasnikovich said, "A new page has been created in the relations between Eurasian Economic Union and Iran."  “The Eurasian Economic Union has become well-known worldwide six years after its formation and the Eurasian countries are seeking...

On Monday, 340 speedboats capable of carrying and firing various missiles and rockets and supporting diving operations joined to IRGC Naval Combat Organization in Bandar Abbas, in the presence of IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri, Governor of Hormozgan, other government and military officials. Of these speedboats, 214 have...

A 40-member business delegation will travel to Armenia from Iran to participate at Iran Business and Technology Summit which will be held on Feb. 16-19, 2021. The development of the knowledge-based market is one of the goals of this 4-day trip, which will take place in the presence of Mehdi Ghaleh-Naoie, director...

Speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration of the 2nd Iran Permanent Nuclear Industry Exhibition on Tue., Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Chief Ali Akbar Salehi reiterated that over 50 nuclear achievements will be unveiled concurrently with the National Day of Nuclear Technology next year (to start March 21,...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Tue., Shahriar Heidari stated that the United States seeks to isolate Iran in international arena, so that enhancement of relations with the eastern bloc countries will neutralize their goals. While emphasizing the strengthening relations of the Islamic Republic of Iran...

Accordingly, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) approved in mineral, industrial and trade sector in 10th months period registered an 89.4 percent growth as compared to the last year’s corresponding period. A total of $1.477 billion worth of foreign investment was approved in mineral and industrial sector of the country...

Belgian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday to receive an official protest note over the illegal ruling of the Antwerp court for Iranian diplomat Assadollah Asadi. The ruling of the Antwerp Court violates international law and ignores Belgium's obligations to the Islamic...

Al Jazeera News Channel reported on Tuesday that the European Parliament is developing an initiative to establish a ceasefire in Yemen. The report added that the draft of the initiative urges the Security Council to refer the case of Yemen to the International Criminal Court. US President Joe Biden has...

 World Health Organization held a press conference in Wuhan after spending four weeks in the city investigating the origins of the Coronavirus, Sputnik reported. The original animal carrier of COVID-19 has not yet been identified, WHO said during a press conference in China's Wuhan on Tuesday. According to Liang Wannian, a...

The United States Senate agreed to move forward with former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Tuesday, with a majority of senators determining they have jurisdiction to place former presidents on trial in cases of impeachment, a report by the CBS News said. By a vote of 56 to 44,...

Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a ceremony on Tuesday in which the ambassadors of foreign countries felicitated the Iranian president on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. He went on to say that the world was involved in the COVID-19 challenge during the past year and the pandemic...

It was a few weeks ago that he strongly stated that Iran would return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action if the sanctions were lifted. In the interval between these two speeches, of course, Westerners had positions that should rightly be called rhetorical. French President Emmanuel Macron said in a...

The unnamed Iranian official said that in talks with the visiting Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Martin Griffiths Tehran has stressed that Washington's remarks about the war in Yemen are not enough and that the United States must take practical steps to end this war. "Griffiths stressed the importance of an...

Between January 1978 and 11 February 1979, Iranian people, under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, the Founder of the Islamic Revolution, voiced their oppositions against the secular and US-backed rule of Shah. The overthrown of the Pahlavi monarchy and the victory of the Islamic Revolution (11 Feb. 1979) was to...

The letter written by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Jan. 21, 2021 is read as follows, "To the dear Iraqi youth; I like you and I pray for all of you, and I ask the God Almighty to bestow you with great success, salvation, happiness in this world...

Speaking in an interview with Russia-24 TV Network on Tue., Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf pointed to the positive trend of political and security cooperation between Iran and Russia and reiterated that Tehran and Moscow are thinking of long-term cooperation in various fields. In his last day of his visit to...

They discussed important security issues in the region, regional issues, and important issues between the two countries, and emphasized the continuation of bilateral relations. During this important meeting, security, strategic, regional, and nuclear issues were discussed. The meeting was held without the presence of reporters. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel conferred on the latest JCPOA developments in a phone talk on Tuesday. US President Joe Biden in an interview with CBS said that the United States will not lift sanctions against Iran as a means to resuming negotiations, and Tehran needs...

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Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Hamid Zadboom and Undersecretary Saleh Said Masan of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion of Oman held an online meeting of the follow-up committee of the 18th meeting of the Iran-Oman Joint Economic Cooperation Committee on Tuesday, where the two sides...

In a ceremony held in Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran and several other centers across the country, the vaccination started with the order of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. In a video-conference speech, Rouhani said he had been ready to be the first person to be vaccinated and assured the Iranian...

Speaking on the occasion of 42nd victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution among personnel and staff of the Ministry of Defense on Tue. which was held with fully observing of health protocols and guidelines due to the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, Brigadier General Amir Hatami commemorated the name and memory...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Tue., Fada Hossein Maleki pointed to the ruling of Belgian Court issued on the Iranian diplomat and added, “Definitely, there is a political current and lobby of the Zionists and the Americans behind this move and the moves of the...

In his congratulatory message, Azeri president said, “Our bilateral relations, especially in recent years, have developed in upward trend significantly. Numerous reciprocal trips, signed documents, joint projects implemented including successful activity of Joint Commission of the two countries of Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan play an important role in expanding...

Between January 1978 and February 11, 1979, the Muslim revolutionary people of Iran, under the wise leadership of Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini, the Founder of the Islamic Revolution, voiced their oppositions against the secular and US-backed rule of Mohamad Reza Shah. The regime of Mohammad Reza Shah had caused many suffering and...

In a press conference on Tuesday, The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that the Iranian nuclear issue is at a crucial juncture, adding that the imperative at the moment is for all parties to accelerate the implementation of the consensus reached at last December's foreign ministers' meeting. “The...

Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in a ceremony on Tuesday in which the ambassador of foreign countries felicitated the president on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. He said that the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution established democracy in Iran, adding that the country has sought to ensure...

Ghalibaf, Patrushev confer on regional, intl. issues Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and the secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev met and held talks on Tuesday in Moscow. Leader of Islamic Revolution vows brilliant future for Iraq Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a...

People from all walks of life are holding massive rallies in different cities and towns across Iran on Wednesday to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. For the first time, drive-in rallies are held amid the country's COVID-19 pandemic. This year's rallies are held...

He made the remarks in a Tuesday meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi in Baghdad. Praising Baghdad’s position over unjust sanctions against Iran, Raeisi said that sanctions have not stopped the Iranian nation and that the country will nullify such measures. Elsewhere, he pointed to the need...

“The day we witness 5+1 fulfills its commitments, we will be ready to adhere to our commitments under the JCPOA and there are no other paths for people and the region,” he said. Surely, he continued, the world will choose the path of dialogue with Iran, and “We will be...

“This union has connected all regional countries and established a free trade zone. Iran has started talks for becoming a permanent member of the union and preparations for our permanent membership will be carried out in the next two weeks,” he said on Wednesday upon arrival in Tehran from Moscow.

Speaking during a ceremony held to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the chairman of the Intelligence Organization of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Taeb praised the nation and the establishment for the achievements made in the country after the revolution. Explaining the enemy's...

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Millions of Iranians took to the streets in their own cars or on their own motorbikes on Wednesday to commemorate the 42nd victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 under the leadership of the late Imam Khomeini (RA) amid the pandemic.  The demonstrators at the end of the nationwide...

TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – People in the Iranian capital Tehran took part in the drive-in rallies on their motorbikes and motorcycles amid the pandemic to commemorate the 42nd victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.     ...

ISFAHAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – Iranian Red Crescent Society held a special drill for its Search and Rescue dogs in Isfahan on Sunday to keep them ready for wilderness tracking, natural disasters, mass casualty events, and in locating missing people.    ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – The ceremony of delivering four Persian Gulf class vessels to the naval fleet of Hormozgan province was held virtually at the Bandar Abbas naval base in the presence of Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari on Monday.              ...

In this meeting, Ghalibaf delivered the message of Leader of the Islamic Revolution to the Russian government. It should be noted that visiting Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with the President of Council of Russian Federation and delivered speech among Russian thinkers and intellectuals at Institute of Oriental Studies of...

TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – Indoor rock climbing competitions were held in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province.    ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – The closing ceremony of 39th Fajr Theater Festival was held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday night in the presence of Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi, winners and a number of artists.                ...

QAZVIN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – The second permanent exhibition of the achievements of Iran's nuclear industry was inaugurated in the presence of Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization, and some officials in Qazvin on Monday.

TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – The first unit of the steam section of Sabalan combined cycle power plant inaugurated in Ardabil province on Tuesday. Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Homayoun Haeri attended the inauguration ceremony.

TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – Along with their fellow Iranians, people in Tabriz, Birjand, and in Yazd held drive-in rallies amid the pandemic on Wednesday to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution victory on February 11, 1979.    ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – Rallies to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution victory was held in Tehran while paths for motorcycles that participated in rallies ended in Azadi square.    ...