News Archive - 25 February 2021

Local sources in Syria's Al-Hasakah province reported that a car bomb exploded on Thursday at Al-Furuj market in the city of Ras al-Ain located in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah. Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV correspondent Khaled Skif reported that three people were killed and four others were injured in the explosion.

Haruna Mohammed, the state police spokesperson, told the media in Awka, the state capital, that police patrol teams were attacked in Mkpologwu and Omogho areas of the state, Xinhuanet reported. "The gunmen who drove in a car and a black Mercedes Benz 4Matic SUV opened fire on the policemen deployed...

According to Sputnik, Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan said that there is an attempted military coup in the country. He has called on supporters to gather in Yerevan, adding that he is preparing a televised address to the nation. "I consider the statement of the General Staff an attempt at a...

The Saberin news channel reported the convoy belonged to the US military and was attacked on Thursday. In recent months, convoys carrying logistics equipment for US troops stationed at various military bases in Iraq have been targeted by roadside bombs.  These convoys enter Iraq mainly from the Syrian border in...

China People's Liberation Army lashed out at the United States on Thursday as the American destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur passed through the Taiwan Strait, Sputnik news agency has reported. The spokesman for the Chinese military has accused Americans in a statement of undermining the regional “peace and stability” as the...

Iran hopes change in coalition's approach may bring peace Iranian FM's senior assistant on special political affairs hoped that the changes in the Saudi-led coalition's approach against the oppressed people of Yemen will lead to peace in the country. Netanyahu resorts to bigoted lie to conjure racist Iranphobia In response...

As he informed the purchase of a number of Indian, Chinese, Russian, and South Korean vaccines is on the agenda. Highlighting that the main policy is to rely on domestically produced vaccines, the officials added that by late March between three to four million vaccines will be imported. Shanehsaz added that 15...

On Wednesday, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Ali Warhan, reported that Turkish warplanes bombed multiple areas in Dohuk governorate for the second day in a row. The sources said that "Turkish warplanes bombed Bazri and Barwari Bala, areas overlooking Qandil Mountain in the border between Iraq and...

Mahmood Koohgerd, Director General of Dogaroon Border Customs Office said on Thursday the export of goods, especially perishable ones such as fruits and vegetables, to Afghanistan from the important border crossing is going on few weeks after the trade stopped at the border gate due to a big fire on the other side...

The Ministry’s Spokesperson Sima Lari announced the new figures on Thursday noon, noting that the total death toll of the outbreak has hit 59,830. According to Lari, 8,206 new infections have been detected across the country, bringing the total number of infections to 1,607,081. More than 1.37 million patients...

Dr. Jalil Koohpayehzadeh said on Thursday that the first and second phases of the human trial of Razi Cov Pars Covid-19 Vaccine will take about four months. He added that this new Iranian Covid-19 vaccine must accomplish its third phase in order to be verified scientifically. Iran unveiled its new homegrown...

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi made the comments in an interview with NHK on Wednesday. It was the first interview Grossi has granted to a media outlet since Iran announced on Tuesday that it has suspended the implementation of the Additional Protocol that allows the IAEA to conduct...

Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, the Iranian Army Navy Commander made the remarks on a visit to the southern Province of Hormozgan on the Persian Gulf and in a meeting with the officers of the Iranian Army Navy on the advent of Imam Ali birth anniversary on Thursday. Admiral Khanzadi expressed his...

"US admits that only after it "left the JCPOA, Iran has taken steps away" while until then" Iran was living up to its limits"," he tweeted. "That US behavior—the CAUSE—has not changed E3 also culpable-no business w/Iran for 3 yrs," he added. "US/E3 must remove the cause, NOT ask Iran...

During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and developments in the Persian Gulf region, including Yemen. They stressed the need for consultations and cooperation between the two countries on regional issues, as well as the continuation of their consultations and meetings in such fields. Jalali and Bogdanov held...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh held a meeting with Syria’s foreign and information ministers, Faisal Mekdad and Imad Abdullah Sarah, on developing relations between the two countries in different sectors, the Iranian Press TV website has reported.  In a meeting with Mekdad in Damascus on Wednesday, Khatibzadeh reiterated Iran’s...

Imam Ali, whose birthday is an occasion to celebrate manhood, is respected by both Sunni and Shia Muslims for his honesty, belief, courage, knowledge, loyalty to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and devotion to Islam.  He was born in Kaaba in Mecca, Arabia (now Saudi Arabia), in 599 AD to Abu...

In an interview with Al-Mayadeen, Hisham Sharaf Abdullah noted that the government of Sanaa is the government of the Yemeni people and a party to the negotiations with the United States, adding "Martin Griffiths raises issues with us as if he has been dispatched by Saudi Arabia, not by the United...

The Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-e Ravanchi made the comments in an interview with Arabic-language Aljazeera TV.  Ravanchi stressed that if the sanctions are lifted within the next three months, Iran will live up to its commitments, too. He noted that the measures taken...

The US State Department spokesman Ned Price told a news conference Wednesday that Iran was abiding by all of its nuclear commitments before the previous Trump administration withdrew from the nuclear deal or the so-called JCPOA, and that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports were verifying that. Price said that Iran adhered to...

At the United Nations Security Council Open Arria Formula Meeting which was held in New York on February 24, Takht Ravanchi called on the world to strongly stand against some countries which misuse "legitimate self-defense" to excuse their illegitimate measures. The Feb 24 UN meeting focused on " Upholding the...

In his message to Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Rouhani wrote: "I would like to offer my sincerest congratulations to Your Majesty and the people of your country on National Day of Kuwait." "I hope that in the shadow of unity and empathy, and taking advantage of the religious, cultural, and...

Ambassador Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh said addressing the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament that it is up to the United States to make the first move in saving the Iran nuclear deal. Addressing the Western officials, he added asking Iran to remain committed to its commitments is not only unjust, perverted, and irresponsible,...

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – On the advent of birth anniversary of Imam Ali, the first phase of the Workers' Shooting Competition in the men's division was held Wed. in the two categories of air rifle and pistol in Azadi Sports Complex in Tehran.    ...