News Archive - 22 February 2021

The series of aggressive attacks by Saudi fighter jets in various parts of Yemen still continue. Saudi fighter jets heavily bombed the city as resistance forces advanced on Ma'rib front in Yemen, Almasirah reported. According to the report, the main goal of Saudis in the massive bombing of the city...

A joint poll conducted by Suffolk University and USA Today found that more than 45 percent of Americans, who voted for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 US Presidential Election, say that if he seeks to form a new party, they will join him. According to a survey conducted...

The convoy was attacked near the town of Kanyamahoro at around 10:15 am local time and was part of a kidnap attempt, the Virunga National Park told Reuters news agency. Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio was evacuated after park rangers intervened, the park said, but later died. Many armed groups operate...

"The plane carrying the Ebola vaccines was unable to land in Conakry [Guinea’s capital] due to fog," the Conakry WHO office said on Twitter on Sunday. The plane was redirected to Senegal. Initially, Ebola vaccination was due to start in Guinea on Monday but has now been rescheduled until Tuesday,...

Soldiers completed their withdrawal from the Pangong Tso Lake area on Saturday, according to the communiqué, BBC reported.  Clashes on the poorly marked border led to the deaths of 24 troops last June. Both sides say they will work to cut tensions on other parts of the border or...

According to a joint statement released by the IAEA late on Sunday following its director-general’s trip to Tehran on Sunday, declares that Iran will stop its voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and will deny IAEA inspectors access to its nuclear facilities beyond the Safeguards...

“There is a path forward, with a logical sequence: #CommitActMeet,” he tweeted on Sunday night. “As the offending side, US must take corrective measures: -commit to JCPOA -effectively fulfill obligations,” he stressed, adding, “Iran would reciprocate immediately by reversing its remedial measures.” His tweet came after an interview that...

In his Twitter account on Monday, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf expounded on the way of implementation of Additional Protocol (AP) which will be halted from Feb. 23 and wrote, “According to the law of the Parliament, implementation of the Additional Protocol will be completely stopped from Feb. 23, 2021, and any...

Iran: FM Zarif: Iran not looking for a dead end Javan: Zarif: Other measures to be done in addition to halting additional protocol Future generations not to see Zionist Regime Jomhouri E Eslami: Western media: lifting of sanctions impending Kayhan: Lawmakers: Parliament’s law on lifting of all sanctions must be...

India may make diplomatic efforts to organize oil-consuming countries against the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) as producers keep crude prices artificially high by restricting supply, and also plans to resume import of cheaper energy from countries such as Iran and Venezuela to counter the...

Iranian short film 'Haunt' directed by Siamak Kashef-Azar has made its way to the 14th edition of the Taos Shortz Film Fest which will be held from March 19 to 21 in the United States. The 17-minute short film is about a gambling addict, Reza. Without even knowing it, Reza...

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh pointed to a “temporary bilateral technical understanding” between Iran and the IAEA during the visit of the UN Nuclear chief to Tehran on Sunday, saying that no concession has been given to the US within the new agreement. "No concessions were given to the United...

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“We told the IAEA that all officials in Iran unanimously agree that this law should be implemented,” Vaezi said on Monday in reaction to Sunday’s joint statement by Iran and IAEA. Meanwhile, he continued, Iran will remain committed to cooperation with the Agency with regards to Safeguards as Tehran has...

 Transmitting and transferring petroleum products has been cited as the main aim behind launching these three important pipelines. The pipeline projects include a 26-inch Shazand-Qom-Rey pipeline for the transfer of petroleum products with a length of 293 km and a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day; the 20-inch Naein-Kashan-Rey pipeline...

In a session held on Monday at the request of South Korean Embassy in Iran, Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati and South Korean Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran conferred on the way of transferring and using a part of Iranian financial resources in South...

The decision was made based on a resolution signed Sunday by the country's Minister of Health Carla Vizzotti. The resolution was signed after the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology advised the Ministry of Health to include the Sinopharm vaccine into the national inoculation plan against COVID-19. The...

The statement was issued at the end of the 8th official session of the Assembly and includes six articles. The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic is based on 'constructive interaction’ with the world, noted the statement, adding, “However, renegotiating an already agreed issue with America is the redline of...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Monday, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,582,275 with the death toll standing at 59,572. According to Lari, 3,685 patients are in critical condition while over 1.35 million patients have...

In a statement on Monday, the Iranian embassy in Kabul condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan. The statement offered sympathy for the death of Afghan citizens who lost their lives due to the recent acts of violence in the country. Denouncing such violent actions, the statement further noted that...

The meeting will be held at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Husaynia with all health protocols in place later today after the eighth annual meeting of the fifth Assembly of Experts. Assembly of Experts is a clerical body empowered to appoint and dismiss the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and monitor his performance.

Tomorrow, Iran will stop its voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and will deny IAEA inspectors access to its nuclear facilities beyond the Safeguards Agreement, the spokesman for Secretariat of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said, adding that these issues were explained to Rafael Grossi,...

The trip is being made upon the official invitation of Tajik Minister of Internal Affairs Ramazon Rahimov and is aimed at expanding bilateral ties between the two countries. The Iranian minister will meet and hold talks with different Tajik officials during the visit. Tajikistan is a member of the Shanghai...

The cadet and junior deaf wrestlers held the first session of their 10-day training camp in the western city of Sanandaj, Kordestan province, on Sunday. The Iranian athletes will prepare themselves for the World Deaf Wrestling Championship, which will be held in Trabzon, Turkey, in May-June.