News Archive - 3 May 2021

Local media in al-Raqqa province reported that the person killed in the incident was the same motorcycle driver and that some of the injured were in critical condition. The explosion occurred in Syria’s al-Sinaa district, a town controlled by a Turkish-backed group, Russia Today reported. The town of Al-Suluk has...

Lifeguards, the US Coast Guard, and other agencies responded around 10:30 a.m. following reports of an overturned vessel in the waves near the rugged peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, Associated Press reported. The original call was for a handful of people overboard but...

Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman  Brigadier General Yahya Saree said that they had targeted military positions belonging to the Saudi coalition in Khamis Mushait with four“Qasef-2K” drones and 2 Badr ballistic missiles. "In the offensive operation, military positions at Najran Airport and King Khalid Air Base have been targeted. And our...

Numerous people were injured in the attacks since Monday across different parts of the West African country, Anadolu reported. State Governor Abubakar Bello had confirmed earlier that at least 3,000 people were displaced when Boko Haram terrorists attacked Kaure, a remote community in the northern Niger State. Boko Haram launched...

Russia is noticing signals from the United States indicating Washington's readiness to discuss issues of strategic stability and is ready for a dialogue, but will press its missile defense concerns, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik. "We are not yet aware from what angle [US President] Joe Biden's administration...

Earlier, Habermas accepted the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the Arab World's most prestigious and well-funded prizes, but then reversed the decision after reactions from the German media. "I announced that I would accept this year's Sheikh Zayed Book Award. It was a wrong decision, which I correct hereby,”...

The new nuclear submarine, showcased last week as part of the celebration to mark the 72nd anniversary of the Chinese navy, is armed with the JL-3, or Julang, submarine-launched ballistic missile, the South China Morning Post reported, citing a military source. “The Type 094A is an upgraded version of...

President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda issued a message on the occasion of the 230th anniversary of the enactment of the Polish Constitution. The following is the full text of the message of the Polish President: Filled with the joy of spring, we are celebrating a great Polish holiday whose origins...

Hulusi Akar made the remarks on a visit to the Turkish Air Operations Command in the northwest of the country amid ongoing clashes with the PKK terrorist group in northern Iraq. Akar said that 53 PKK elements and 7 Turkish soldiers have been killed in the past 10 days since the...

"One lawmaker voted to elect Pashinyan, three opposed, and 75 abstained. Pashinyan is not elected as prime minister," President of the parliament Ararat Mirzoyan said. It is expected that a second parliament meeting will take place on May 10. If Pashinyan fails to secure the support he needs again,...

News sources reported on Monday evening that a rocket hit the US Air Base in Iraq’s Al-Balad in Saladin province. Sally Porter, a US Army contractor based at Balad Air Base, has been targeted by a number of rockets, Saberin News reported. News sources also reported that alarm sirens...

The Kremlin said barring the EU officials from entering Russia was in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russian citizens by the EU, the Reuters said.  The protest is the latest in rising diplomatic tensions since the start of 2021, when Moscow expelled European diplomats during an official visit...

Syrian sources reported this afternoon on Monday that a horrific explosion took place in an arms depot in al-Fu’ah area, northeast of Syria’s Idlib. Reportedly the weapons depot belonged to Turkish-affiliated groups. The news website of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it is more likely that...

The summoning of the Turkish Chargé d'Affairs took place on Monday to hand him a protest note in reaction to the ongoing violations, including the presence of the Turkish Defense Minister in Iraqi territories without prior coordination, according to Iraqi News Agency (INA). The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has stressed that the...

Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the Islamic Human Rights Commission, which organizes Quds Day rallies in Britain each year, has called on people to fly the Palestinian flag anywhere and everywhere for the week running up to Quds Day which is on Friday 7th May 2021, and to then post about...

The ‘Charing’ Metro and Cross Station in London has now been evacuated following the discovery of a suspicious package. In this regard, London police announced that a suspicious package, discovered around the subway station, caused the subway to be closed. The Metropolitan Police issued a statement, saying that the...

The Israeli military forces still continue their hostile actions in the occupied lands and territories and against the Palestinian sanctuaries, Palestine Al-Youm reported. According to this report, Zionist regime's soldiers brutally attacked the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday. The Zionist military forces clashed with the Palestinians after the...

“This news is not confirmed,” he said on Saturday night in reaction to a report by Al-Mayadeen that claimed the two countries may conduct an exchange of prisoners with Tehran handing over four suspects in espionage cases to Washington. Additionally, US may unfreeze $7 billion of Iranian assets, said the...

Ebtekar: Iran’s return to oil market feasible Leader: Foreign policy not being determined in foreign ministries anywhere in the world Iran: Leader: Foreign Ministry is an enforcer of policies not a policy maker Araghchi: Agreement will be based on Establishment’s decisive positions Javan: Quds Force biggest effective factor for preventing...

Zabiollah Poorshab won a gold at the Male Kumite -84kg category as he won by injury of his opponent Ryutaro Araga from Japan in the final, the Tehran Times reported. Bahman Asgari lost to Luigi Busa from Italy 3-0 in the final match of the Male Kumite -75 kg. Hamideh...

Speaking in a weekly presser on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh answered some questions raised by reporters over the latest development at the international level. Referring to the ongoing nuclear negotiations between Iran and P4+1, Khatibzadeh said the Iranian negotiation team is in no hurry in the talks,...

According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, 13.8 million tons of non-oil goods loaded and unloaded from March 21 to April 30, 2021, showing a 2.2 percent growth as compared to the last year’s corresponding period. In addition, 1.72 million tons...

Nosratollah Lotfi, the deputy chief of the Islamic Development Coordinating Council said on Monday that due to the spread of coronavirus, there will be no rallies or gathering on the last Friday of Ramadan this year in Iran but the Leader will deliver a televised speech at 11:00 AM, local...

Written by Masoud Hasheminejad and directed by Shahab Hosseinpour, the 19-minute fiction tells the story of a young couple who move to a sinister house and experience strange, supernatural events. The film casts Sara Tavakoli, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Farshid Naseri, Parasto Ghaed Rahmat, Niloufar Rad, Amir Hossein Blouri, Hassan Babaei,...

Sima Lari, the spokeswoman of the ministry, announced the new record figure, adding that 3,009 of those newly-detected patients have been hospitalized. The total number of COVID cases in the country is standing at 2,555,587 she added. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 391 people since Sunday, bringing the...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Monday, Dr. Alireza Biglari pointed to the production of COVID-19 vaccine between Islamic Republic of Iran and Cuba and said that the joint production of coronavirus vaccine between Iran and Cuba is being tested clinically. If this vaccine is approved by...

US President Joe Biden assured Mossad chief that Washington will consider the positions of Zionist regime in the future, Axios website quoted a source as saying. According to sources close to Biden and Cohen, Mossad chief also told the US president it would be a mistake for the US to...

The police commander of southeastern Kerman province Brigadier General Abdolreza Nazeri announced the arrest of three armed hostage-takers and the release of a 50-year-old hostage in a joint operation with the police forces of Sistan and Baluchestan province in the city of Narmashir on Monday. He said that the three armed men...

Posting a message on his Instagram account on Monday,  Abdolnaser Hemmati, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) spoke about the CBI's plan to support Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Referring to the emphasis of the Leader...

Speaking to Mehr News Agency (MNA), the Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in answer to a question with regard to Iran's response to suspected Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria or suspects acts of sabotage on Iranian nuclear sites, that "the Zionists did not take responsibility for any...

The Persian Gulf is one of the richest regions and waterways in the world, which has attracted many powers throughout history, Rear Admiral Gholamreza Tahani the deputy commander of the Iranian Navy said while speaking in the specialized meeting to commemorate the Persian Gulf National Day. Tahani assessed the Persian Gulf region...

A video conference was held between Sweden's Special Envoy for Yemen Peter Semneby and the Iranian Foreign Minister’s senior assistant on special political affairs Ali Asghar Khaji. In this meeting the two sides discussed the latest developments about the peace process in Yemen, focusing on diplomatic tours to the...

The Jask governor said that the Iranian maritime guards seized an Indian ship suspected of carrying Covid-19 cases in the Persian Gulf waters in the Jask County, in the Southern Province of Homozgan. He said that the Indian vessel was carrying 19 Indian crew while it was detained. He added two...

Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaei, deputy head of Iran's Police and the commander of border police said on Monday that recently, the Iranian border guards have prevented the entry of 5,000 people from the eastern borders in a bid to curb the spread of Indian-variant Covid-19 cases. He added that those who...

Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi broke the news on Monday in a video message from Electricity Industry Monitoring Center and stated that today, Iranian Electricity Industry Monitoring Center is hosting Iraqi Minister of Electricity. Presenting experiences and technical know-how of Iranian companies to Iraqi sides in the field of reducing electricity...

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) -- Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Monday, May 03.       ...

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei delivered a live televised speech on the occasion of the National Teachers' Day and International Workers' Day.

BOJNURD, May 03 (MNA) – Spring has made dramatically beautiful changes to landscapes in different regions of North Khorasan province. It is located in northeastern Iran. Bojnurd is the capital of the province.    ...