News Archive - 24 February 2021

Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, the European Union's ambassador to Venezuela, was declared "persona non grata" and given 72 hours to leave the country, Sputnik News reported. Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, who announced the change of status on Wednesday, personally handed Pedrosa notice to leave Venezuela on President Nicolas Maduro's orders. The...

Last month, Russia and the Biden administration made a last-minute deal to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) for five years after months of waffling by Donald Trump. New START is the last major agreement on nuclear weapons between the nuclear superpowers following the US scrapping of...

Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi broke the news on Wednesday, saying that a terrorist was arrested at the Tehran-Qom toll gateway this week. According to the Police chief, the driver of the vehicle, who was threatened with a weapon by the terrorist, provided valuable assistance to the police...

According to the Belarusian Embassy in Tehran, Yuri Lazarchik and Aboulfazl Amui discussed the bilateral legal framework and ways to improve it, trade and economic cooperation, and preparations for the 15th session of the Belarus-Iran economic cooperation commission in Minsk. Top on the agenda was also interregional cooperation as well as...

The new ambassadors of Senegal, Romania, Ghana, Slovakia, and Bolvia held separate meetings with Rouhani on Wednesday and officially started their mission by submitting their credentials to the Iranian president. During the meetings, Rouhani called for all-out efforts to strengthen relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and their respective countries.

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 1,598,875 with the death toll standing at 59,736. According to Lari, 3,705 patients are in critical condition while over 1.36 million patients have recovered.

Ali Akbar Salehi and Hans-Udo Muzel met at the place of AEOI.  They discussed areas of interest of Iran and Germany for the development of relations in various fields as well as issues related to the Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA. The meeting was held after Iran's halting of the voluntary implementation...

“Negotiations on free trade with zero tariffs have been going on between Iran and the EEU since last week…. If this goal is achieved, we will have a reach an unrivaled market because the EEU only has preferential agreements with Vietnam, Singapore and Serbia,” The advisor for international affairs and...

He made the remarks on Wednesday while addressing a high-level segment meeting of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council. “In the context of the NPT review, the issues of creating a zone free of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery vehicles...

Speaking in an open session of the Parliament on Wed., Malek Shariati reiterated that Iranian Parliament (Majlis) will not ignore even an iota of inalienable right of the noble people of the country regarding the Counteractive Strategic Plan for Lifting Sanctions. He called on the government officials to cooperate...

Mohammad Javad Zarif held a phone talk with his Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong on Wednesday. The Iranian Foreign Minister expressed hope that South Korea releases Iran’s financial assets as soon as possible. The Iranian diplomat highlighted that relations between the two countries over the past two and a half years...

Mehdi Pashazadeh has officially inked a contract with Machine Sazi while no details of the agreement have yet been revealed. The 47-year-old coach takes charge of the Tabriz-based team as it sits bottom of the Iran Professional League table with eight points from 15 matches. Former coach of the team,...

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken claimed in his latest speech that Iran, Russia, and a number of other countries have been violating human rights. Blinken claimed that the US government is committed to safeguarding the human rights of all people because they are universal values. He further announced Washington's...

Saying that the work on Kaman 22 is in the final stages, the Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said that Kaman 22 drone is the first wide-body combat drone in the country capable of carrying all types of cargo with very...

Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Intelligence announced that in cooperation with West Azarbaijan province’s Intelligence Office and Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohada Headquarters, the terrorist act of a terrorist group was thwarted. Members of this two-member terrorist team affiliated with a terrorist group based in Kurdistan region were killed in...

More than 70 Para archers from 11 nations are taking part in the seventh edition of the event in Dubai, the UAE. The back-to-back Paralympic champion defeated Nataliya Malikh from Ukraine 6-0 at recurve women semifinal. Nemati will meet Şengul Yagmur of Turkey in the final match on Friday. "In...

“The onus is on the offending party to return, restart and compensate for the damages as well as to reassure that they would not renege again,” Ambassador Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh said. “There is a path forward with a logical sequence as (Iranian Foreign) Minister (Mohammad Javad) Zarif recently outlined,” he...

Spokesperson Wang Wenbin´s comments came a day after Iran officially began restricting international inspections of its nuclear facilities, Associated Press reported. As a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, China is a party to the agreement known as the JCPOA, while also maintaining friendly relations and close economic ties...

In a tweet on Wed., Saeed Khatibzadeh wrote, “Angry at losing his dupe in the WH, Netanyahu resorts to bigoted lies to conjure racist Iranophobia.” “It must really hurt that his anti-#Iran plots have come to naught yet again. From saving Jews to opposing occupation, Iran has always...

Referring to the remarks made by Anees Kalamar on the Ukrainian plane incident, Saeed Khatibzadeh maintained on Wednesday that the issue is not within the qualifications and mission of the UN rapporteur. He went on to say that the rapporteur has been provided with false information, adding that her unprofessional...

Speaking in the unveiling ceremony of 5,531 development projects in the field of resistance economy in the city of Mashhad and disadvantaged areas of Khorasan Razavi province on Wed., Major General Hossein Salami stated that by bonding these three great elements, Islamic Republic of Iran has been turned into...

In a telephone conversation Sweden's Special Envoy for Yemen, Ambassador Peter Semneby, and Iranian FM's senior assistant on special political affairs Ali Asghar Khaji discussed new developments in the Yemeni crisis, in particular the issue of supporting the UN peace plan. Expressing satisfaction About Iran's constructive role in the political...

The Director of the Comprehensive Care Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty Edmundo Moncayo broke the news at a press conference at the government palace in Quito. He said, “The numbers are totally awful and I have to painfully report a total of 67 people dead in the three centers...

Palestinian Hamas movement has reacted to the recent threats of Zionists and their hostile statements regarding the Palestinian National Elections, Al-Youm reported. According to the report, the Palestinian Movement has warned the Zionist regime against any interference in the Palestinian National Elections. Hamas has stressed that in case of any Zionist...

"I raise both hands in favor of declaring the EU representative persona non grata, and in favor of reviewing the terms of the EU’s presence in Venezuela," National Assembly chairman Jorge Rodriguez said, TASS reported. Earlier on Monday, the EU extended sanctions against Venezuelan officials, adding 18 more people to...

The Defense Ministry of Afghanistan in a statement on Wednesday wrote that a number of 42 Taliban members were killed in airstrikes by army fighter jets in Kandahar province. These attacks took place in the cities of Panjwai, Mianshin and Arghandab, during which eight other Taliban members were wounded and...

The Russian “Novosti” agency reported on Wednesday that the Russian government has ordered the foreign and defense ministries to conduct negotiations with Saudi Arabia with the aim of concluding a new military cooperation agreement between the two countries. The draft agreement states that the prospective cooperation includes the expansion of...

Jomhoori Eslami IAEA-Iran agreement: Passing sanctions impasse US says 300,000 Yemeni children in danger due to famine Ebtekar Zarif says nothing suspicious in Iran-IAEA agreement Iran Zarif says Iran always willing to boost friendly ties with its neighbors CBI governor submits report on agreement with S. Korea to government Etela’at...

“With the abolition of protocol-based inspections, the final phase of the law of ‘Strategic Action for Lifting Sanctions’ was carried out,” he tweeted in Persian early on Wednesday.  “Many could not believe that the nuclear industry would return to its proud days in this time period and turn to...

Addressing a meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday that discussed the effects of climate change on global peace and security, Majid Takht-Ravanchi described dealing with the negative dimensions of climate change as a “collective” responsibility and said all governments must fully implement their obligations under the UN Framework Convention...

During the conference, which will be held on March 1, Iranian and international experts will address the event from different aspects, including the humanistic responsibilities over the issue that have been highlighted in the remarks of the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Some topics include the necessity for...

Ed Markey, a Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a statement, posted on his website, announced the leadership of a group of 10 other US senators who want to redefine the law on diplomacy with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The resolution is allegedly made in support...

Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi broke the news on Wednesday, saying that a terrorist was arrested at the Tehran-Qom toll gateway this week. According to the Police chief, the driver of the vehicle, who was threatened with a weapon by the terrorist, provided valuable assistance to the police...

Yesterday a good and long meeting was held between the government and the Expediency Council over FATF, Mahmoud Vaezi told Mehr News Agency on Wednesday. Now that the international situation has changed and there are some countries who are hoping to get into relations and expand ties with Iran, after...

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"The new US administration should immediately stop the economic terrorism. If so, the path will open; then we can negotiate and talk.,” Rouhani said during a Cabinet session on Wednesday. However, the president noted no talks will be held about the JCPOA, as it is a done deal and...

“In the meeting with the South Korean envoy, we stressed how Iran could use its resources,” Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati told reporters on Wednesday on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting referring to his meeting with the South Korean ambassador to Iran on Feb. 22.

TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – 'Valila' is a village in Kaseliyan Rural District, in the Central District of Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.    ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Wednesday, February 24.   ...

"Amineh" is a traditional Iranian play based on a story written by Ali Shams, and narrates the story of the son of Zal Khan-Astarabadi, one of the opponents of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, who was arrested by the king’s soldiers.