News Archive - 21 February 2021

Somali Minister of Information Osman Abu Bakr strongly criticized the UAE's stance against the country. “The UAE wants us to be like Libya and Yemen and seeks to create chaos in our country,” he added. He further called on UAE to explain the recent statement issued by the Foreign Ministry...

Police in East Norriton, Pennsylvania, are searching for a suspect who opened fire at a bowling alley Saturday night, leaving one person dead and at least three others wounded, CNN reported. According to the report, although the assailant managed to escape from the crime scene, police are continuing to arrest...

Palestinian religious figures have warned of the Zionist regime's decision to force the closure of the Bab al-Rahma Mosque after Palestinians managed to reopen it in a popular movement in 2019, Arabi-21 reported. Sheikh Ekrima Sabri President of the Supreme Islamic Council in al-Quds and preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque said...

Speaking in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, Rouhani announced Iran’s support for Turkey in the face of US sanctions and reiterated that unity and empathy of sanctioned countries is the sole way to counter unilateral and illegal US moves. Rouhani described the relations between...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh rejected the claims made by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan regarding direct talks between Tehran and Washington. Referring to Sullivan’s claim on Iran-US talks, Khatibzadeh said on Sunday, “These remarks are not true and there is no direct negotiation between Iran and the...

Iran's remedial measures response to EU/US violations In reaction to E3 statement, Iranian Foreign Minister said that Iran's remedial measures response to EU/US violations. Mohammad Javad Zarif in a tweet on Thursday wrote, "Instead of sophistry & putting onus on Iran, E3/EU must abide by own commitments & demand an...

The series of counter-terrorist operations of the Iraqi PMU forces continue in different parts of the country. The Hash al-Sha’abi forces launched a new operation against Takfiris in Iraq’s Nineveh province, Al-Youm reported. According to the report, Iraqi Popular Mobilization Unit’s forces pounded the positions of ISIL Takfiri terrorists in...

The joint exercise is the second in recent days, after the two navies held similar drills on Feb. 14 also in the Red Sea, Xinhua reported. The training involved various activities, including carrying out sailing formations, surveillance of suspected ships, night transportation, helicopter landing on helidecks of marine units and...

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A few days before the arrival in the country of the first 100,000 doses of the antidote developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya research center, Venezuelan health authorities activated the vaccination campaign, which mainly includes health professionals. Health Minister Carlos Alvarado informed that the rest of the Sputnik V doses supplied...

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Informed sources reported that high-ranking Saudi officials are struggling to find a solution for the possible US political action against crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. Pressure from the US government has prompted the Saudi king to call on all officials and advisers in a meeting two days ago to find...

The incident occurred around 10:00 am local time in Lashkargah city, local officials said, who confirmed that one person was killed and others--including civilians--were wounded, Tolo News reported. Local officials did not provide further details about the incident.  No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.  ZZ/PR

Grossi who arrived in Tehran on Saturday night for talks with Iranian officials at his own request met with the AEOI head Ali Akbar Saleh on Sunday morning. Upon his arrival to Tehran, IAEA chief was welcomed by the Spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi and Iran’s Representative in...

Khatibi, 42, has parted ways with Aluminum Arak with mutual consent before returning to Tabriz. Under his tutelage, Aluminum promoted to the Iran Professional League in 2020 and now sits sixth on the table. He has earlier coached the Tabriz-based Tractor in 2014-2015 season when his young team topped the...

“We are expanding the aircraft manufacturing program in the country, according to which IrAn-140 plane will be used as a cargo aircraft. It will be used in military units,” Touraj Dehghani Zanganeh earlier this week. "In addition, we are working on launching the production line of a 100-passenger passenger plane,"...

Hojjatoleslam Javad Nikbin a lawmaker at the Parliament broke the news in an interview with FNA on Sunday and added, “With the unanimous vote of majority of lawmakers, the government has no right to delay implementation of Parliament's Counteractive Strategic Plan for Lifting Sanctions.” Accordingly, more than 220 lawmakers...

Directed by Iranian filmmaker Baran Sarmad, the Iranian short ‘Spotted Yellow’ has made its way to the 14th edition of the Glasgow Short Film Festival Scotland. This Scottish cinematic event will take place from 24 to 28 March 2021.  Spotted Yellow tells the story of Roya, a young girl with...

‘Pressure never works with Iran, only respect’ "US President Joe Biden has spurned predecessor Donald Trump’s Iran policy in words, but has so far pursued the same course of action in practice," Zarif said in an interview with Iran's Press TV. “The US is addicted to sanctions, bullying, and pressure. But...

A shipment of around 44 million liters of gasoline has secretly arrived at El Palito, Venezuela from Iran aboard handysize tanker FOREST, TankerTrackers said, adding, “This is according to our 6-week long tracking investigation. FOREST is the 3rd tanker we were expecting after FORTUNE & FAXON.” Prior to the...

Iranian Deputy Health Minister said that joint production of coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine between Iran and Cuba will get the result ahead of other vaccines and will be used in the country sooner than other vaccines as well. Speaking among reporters on Sunday, Dr. Iraj Harirchi reiterated that the jointly production...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Sunday, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,574,012 with the death toll standing at 59,483. According to Lari, 3,689 patients are in critical condition while over 1,340,000 patients have recovered. So...

“Iran and the IAEA held fruitful discussions based on mutual respect, the result of which will be released this evening,” Gharibabadi tweeted while also posting several photos of today’s meeting. Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi met and held talks with Head of the Atomic...

The naval fleet, comprising 'Alborz' destroyer and 'Khark' helicopter carrier, berthed at southern Iranian port city this morning and was welcomed in a ceremony attended by navy commanders and staff. The flotilla traveled a total of 8,000 nautical miles during its overseas journey. In recent years, Iran’s naval forces have increased...

US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement on February 18: “The United States would accept an invitation from the European Union High Representative to attend a meeting of the P5+1 and Iran to discuss a diplomatic way forward on Iran's nuclear program.” This is another easing...

“Resorting to empty and low-level promises, apparently, Biden tries to present a legitimate image of a democratic United States”, Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Azizi made the remarks in reaction to Joe Biden’s Thursday move of rescinding Trump’s restoration of UN sanctions on Iran. Demonstrative actions such as the retrieval of Trump's...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and held talks with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi on Sunday. Both sides conferred on the cooperation between Iran and the IAEA to resolve current issues. Grossi arrived in the Iranian capital on Saturday night for...

TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – The fifth day of the 36th edition of the Fajr Music Festival was held on Saturday, during which, Iranian and foreign singers and bands performed on different online platforms.      ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – Iranian lawmakers held an open session on Sunday to address the amended version of the proposed bill for the next fiscal year's Budget Bill (2021 Budget Bill). In the course of reviewing the income part of the 2021 Budget Bill, lawmakers approved the attached...

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – Final match of the 19th edition of the Iranian taekwondo league was held on Saturday in Tehran where Shahrdari Varamin defeated Can 6-2.   ...