News Archive - 27 February 2021

New Orleans police said the incident occurred when the police officer tried to pull a person who had illegally entered a basketball court out of the field at George Washington Carver High School, CNN reported. When police officer approached him, he (police officer) was shot and died of his injuries...

An Iraqi source told Almaalomah on Saturday that US forces stationed at the Ain al-Assad base in the al-Baghdadi district, west of Anbar, have increased their flights towards the border with Syria. The source added that US forces have adopted such measures due to the fear of the Al-Hashd al-Shabi reaction...

According to SANA, the Syrian Ministry of Petroleum on Saturday announced that the al-Jabsa-al-Rayyan gas pipeline was attacked in the Abu Khashab area in Deir Ezzor countryside, asserting that fire erupted in the pipeline. No further details have been released about the incident. HJ/5157520

The coalition claimed that Yemen launched a ballistic missile against the Saudi capital of Riyadh. The Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya quoted the coalition’s spokesman Turki al-Maliki as claiming that missile systems of the force have intercepted a ballistic missile before it could hit its target in Riyadh. The claim comes...

"This morning, together with foreign ambassadors and representatives of international organizations residing [in Azerbaijan] and Azerbaijani officials, I attended a conference held on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the massacre of more than 600 defenseless people and innocent women and children in #Khojali. I paid tribute to the...

Single-engine Cessna 182 Skylane crashed around 6:50 p.m. approximately two miles (3.2 kilometers) northeast of the Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville, US Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Emma Duncan said, Associated Press reported. “The aircraft crashed shortly after departing from Gainesville on a planned flight to Daytona Beach,”...

Zarif noted that some recent attacks and events inside Iraq could have been designed to disrupt Iran-Iraq relations. "We emphasize the need for the Iraqi government to find the perpetrators of such incidents," he said. In this meeting held in Tehran, various political, economic, regional issues and cross-border exchanges were discussed.

The funeral ceremony of the Lt. General Qasem Soleimani which was attended by millions was a declaration of allegiance of the Iranian people to the Islamic Revolution, said Guardian Council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaie, addressing a ceremony on Saturday. The crime committed by the US government and Trump himself in martyring...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attended a virtual press conference in Baku in the presence of local and foreign journalists on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Khojaly massacre in which 200 Azerbaijani civilians were killed. Mehr News Agency’s correspondent was also present at the meeting, and perhaps the...

CBI Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati and Salem Chalabi, the President of the State-owned Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI), conferred on methods of transferring and using Iran's resources and frozen assets in Iraq. The Iraqi official further referred to recent payments to Tehran from its frozen assets in Iraq, underlining that efforts...

Zionist forces continue their hostile actions against the Palestinians in the occupied lands and territories. Zionist forces have launched large-scale attacks in parts of the West Bank, Al-Youm reported. According to the report, a fierce clash erupted in the West Bank following a large-scale attack by Zionist forces on the...

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The Iraqi Islamic Resistance movement Al-Nujaba issued a statement regarding the recent US military aggression against Iraq's resistance positions on the joint borders with Syria. “At a time when Iraq is facing dangerous ups and downs in all areas, the American occupying forces are expanding their measures in violation of sovereignty...

The report, provided by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, states that this assessment is based on the crown prince's "control of decision-making" in the kingdom, as well as on the "direct involvement of a key adviser and members" of Salman's "protective detail", Sputnik reported. "Since 2017, the...

According to SANA, 13 civilians have also been injured in the incident.  On February 13, Syrian sources also reported that a car bomb had exploded in the northwest of the country, killing and wounding several civilians. Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria.

Today, capital Kabul witnessed two explosions in the fifth and tenth security districts. These explosions occurred as a result of the explosion of magnetic mines, Afghanistan Newswire Service Khaama Press (KP) reported. According to Kabul police, the first explosion took place in the "Pol E Company” area of the fifth...

According to the Punch newspaper, gunmen targeted a secondary school in the Jangebe village on Thursday night. The school staff said that the militants arrived at the school on motorcycles and pickup trucks shortly after midnight. "When they came into the school, we thought they were security personnel but to...

"Before yesterday's incident, there were 1,542 prisoners in Croix-des-Bouquets prison. The count carried out this Friday morning shows us that there are 1,125," Frantz Exantus, Secretary of State for Communication said during a news conference. Paul Hector Joseph, director of the prison on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, was among those...

“EU has supported the #US #Saudi #UAE #Israel Regime Change effort in #Syria for 10 years,” Mick Wallace, an independent Irish member of the European Parliament tweeted on Saturday. He added, “And now #EU pretends that it cares about the 12 million Syrians who are food insecure? What in God's...

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza reacted to the recent military invasion of the United States against the Syrian territories. Venezuela strongly condemns the US military attack on Syria territory and expresses its firm solidarity with the people and government of that brotherly country, Venezuelan Foreign Minister wore on his tweeter...

A security source told Al-Sumaria TV network news website that a bomb exploded on the road. The source added that the attack did not result in any casualties. According to Iraqi sources, the "Qasim al-Jabarin" faction claimed responsibility for the attack. In recent months, convoys carrying logistics equipment for US troops stationed...

Iran launched the attack in retaliation for an American drone strike that martyred IRGC Lt. General Qassem Soleimani.  According to CBS News, recalling that night, the US General Frank McKenzie said: "Things are happening that could take us to war if we don't make the correct move here."  McKenzie...

"Iraq and Iran enjoy many common social, cultural, religious, political and economic aspects, and according to the conducted negotiations between the two countries and holding of joint meetings and commissions, while comprehensive US sanctions were imposed on Iran, we were able to take effective steps to expand relations in different sectors including export of...

Speaking with FNA correspondent on the sidelines of his meeting with the sources of religious emulation on Friday, Iranian Health Minister Dr. Saeed Namaki reiterated that Islamic Republic of Iran will be turned into one of the major producers and exporters of coronavirus vaccine in early months of next Iranian...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Saturday that Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein will visit Tehran later today to hold talks with his counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and other senior Iranian officials. This marks the Iraqi diplomat's second trip of the month to Tehran. The chief Iraqi diplomat paid a...

Jomhoori Eslami Health Ministry warns of COVID-19 mutant spread US launches airstrikes in Eastern Syria Iran Vaezi says Govt. doing everything to balance currency market E’temad South Korean sources say Seoul to release Iran’s assets US, E3: United against diplomacy Ebtekar Zarif rejects US, Europe conditions for JCPOA Donya-E-Eqtesad Borrel...

In a tweet on Sat., Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote, “While @JoeBiden boasted abt war agnst terrorism & #ISIS during the campaign, his authorization to strike local anti-ISIS forces shows how @WhiteHouse is hypocrite vis-a-vis terrorism & keeps its friendship w/DAESH.” “Mask of White House occupants has just changed &...

He made the remarks in a Saturday meeting with the visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran.  In this meeting, Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani considered any delay in implementing the law on the expelling of foreign troops from Iraq to the detriment of the region, increasing tensions and escalating...

The Covid-19 Vaccination in the country will improve in the coming weeks, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said on Saturday during a session of the Coronavirus Prevention and Combat Headquarters. Vaccination has started in the country and the situation will be more favorable in the coming weeks, both for medical staff...

"We halted the Additional Protocol implementation to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and restricted access to the country's nuclear sites within the framework of a counteractive law approved by the Iranian Parliament", said Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), while speaking in a...

According to the latest data released by the Iranian Steel producers Association (ISPA), the exports of semi-finished steel products witnessed an 11.77% decline compared with the corresponding period of last year. The exports of billet and bloom reached a total of 3.94 million tons, down 4% compared to...

During the meeting, the two sides discussed a range of issues, including bilateral ties and regional and international developments. The details of the meeting have not been published yet. The top Iraqi diplomat met with the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani upon his arrival in Tehran...

“Interesting views. Indeed, we are running against time. Yes, we have to count out next week. The window of opportunity to restore full implementation of JCPOA soon becomes very narrow”, Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said in post on his Twitter account. "That’s why the...

During the meeting, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani stressed the need to activate talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran for returning parties to JCPOA as well as fulfillment of commitments under JCPOA through diplomatic channel. Accordingly, the latest developments regarding the return of diplomatic path and activation...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Sat., saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,623,159 with the death toll standing at 59,980. According to Lari, 3,729 patients are in critical condition while over 1.38 million patients...

Iran recognized Azerbaijan's independence in 1991, and diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1992. Both countries are full members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC).  Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan share, to a large extent, the same history, religion,...

Iranian documentary ‘The Snow Calls’ directed by Marjan Khosravi and produced by Mahdieh Sadatmehvar has won the Best Feature Film award at Big Sky Film Festival in the US. ‘The Snow Calls’ is about an expectant mother named Mina who has one last chance to deliver a boy after bearing...

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani and Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein met and held talks in Tehran.    ...