News Archive - 6 May 2021

So far, representatives of the Danish government have held talks with Ethiopia, Tunisia and Rwanda. According to the newspaper, a secret delegation of top Danish officials travelled to Ethiopia, which borders Somalia, South Sudan and Eritrea, in October 2020 to discuss establishing an asylum camp outside Europe's borders, Sputnik...

"The Zionist entity is a base of destabilization for the Middle East and the whole world but the evil powers benefit by planting more military bases and more tyrannical regimes that keep conflicts ongoing to keep nations diverted from the liberation of the occupied holy land of Palestine," head of...

"The fact that the European Union has declared that out actions lack legitimacy and international legal justification means only one thing — that the European Union believes that it can do anything. And when the European Union begins to threaten us with new sanctions, I start to think that...

Sima Lari, the spokeswoman of the ministry, announced the new figure, adding that 2,441 of those newly-detected patients have been hospitalized. The total number of COVID cases in the country is standing at 2,610,018 she added. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 338 people since Wednesday, bringing the...

Press TV has learned that Iran will not accept the new demands put forward by the United States and the Europeans in the course of the diplomatic process underway on potential revival of the 2015 nuclear agreement. Press TV learned on Thursday the US and the European signatories to...

Rouhani terms Israel as most criminal regime in past decades Zionists as the enemies of the region and its security, the enemies of the Palestinian nation, the murders who displaced millions of civilians, said Iranian President, referring to the Quds Day on last Friday of the Ramadan. Quds Day...

"Palestine is a yardstick for justice. Few measure up", wrote Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the occasion of the International Quds Day. "But Iran has proudly stood with Palestinian people—who resist the brutality of an apartheid regime", he said, adding, "Quds Day is yearly reminder of the...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbass Araghchi, who heads Iran’s delegation at Vienna nuclear talks arrived in Vienna today to attend the Joint Commission of the JCPOA. Araghchi is scheduled to meet with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi tonight. The Joint Commission of JCPOA will be...

The following is the text of the statement: Imam Khomeini's historical strategy in naming the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as "Quds Day" has kept the ideal of Palestinian liberation alive, revealing the oppression and crime of the Zionists against the oppressed people of Palestine. Today,...

The questionnaire was sent by the national daily paper Mainichi Shimbun to all 47 governors on April 20 and returned by April 28 and included two questions. One question asked if their province stood to gain by the games being held, and the second asked what they thought should...

With the injection of “Fakhra” Vaccine to the son of top Iranian nuclear scientist Martyr Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the first phase of human test of the vaccine was completed successfully. Spokesperson for “Fakhra” Vaccine Project had announced the start of enrollment of candidates for “Fakhra Vaccine Test” in April, 2021.

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The delegations of railway organization of the three countries of Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan explored avenues for broadening and expanding practical cooperation in the relevant issues. During the meeting, the three parties agreed to increase the volume of cargo transportation through acceleration of transit of wagons carrying cargo as...

The Pakistani Army says four soldiers have been killed and six others wounded in an attack by Afghan militants. The incident took place Wednesday as Pakistani troops were working on a border fence along the eastern province of Paktika. The Afghan government has not yet commented on the incident.

In response to a tweet of Mark Dubowitz who quoted the remarks of senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Richard Goldberg about the JCPOA and its relation with the release of American prisoners, Mikhail Ulyanov wore in a Wednesday tweet, "American or Iranian detainees are not a part of...

On an official visit to Tripoli, the Turkish foreign minister, Libyan counterpart discuss economic cooperation, bilateral trade ties on Tuesday, Anadolu reported. As Libya emerges from years of turmoil and conflict since the 2011 death of Muammar Gaddafi, Turkey prioritizes protecting the sovereignty and unity of independent Libya, the...

Since Trump supporters attacked the US Congress in January, he no longer had access to major social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and passed on his views to the public through a press release. The launch of Trump's social network comes just days before Facebook decided to...

On the occasion of the arrival of the International Day of Quds, leaders of the Axis of Resistance in separate speeches emphasized their support for Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque and stressed the need to confront the malicious movements of the Zionist regime. Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian...

Hattiesburg Police Department public information officer Ryan Moore said they were notified of an aircraft crash on Annie Christie Drive around 11:20 p.m. Once at the scene, emergency personnel confirmed that a small civilian plane had crashed into a home. Moore said four people were killed in the...

Reuters quoted two Saudi sources familiar with the matter as saying that the Saudi government was considering barring foreign pilgrims for the second year in a row for fear of the spread of the Coronavirus. Such a move would restrict the pilgrimage to Mecca to Saudi nationals and residents of the...

"We would like to remind: US military presence in Syria is illegal in the first place. So the US does not have any right to criticize legitimate actions of the Russian Armed Forces which operate in Syria on the invitation of the Syrian Government," it wrote on its Twitter...

In this message on Wed., Rabbis including Yasserville David Weiss, Haim Brasheed and Anat Natasha said that Israel claims to be a Jewish state and everyone in the land is Zionist. This is while that all Jews are not Zionists and Israel is not the country of all...

Syria's state news agency reported early on Thursday that a "Zionist aggression" was carried out with a helicopter over an area in Syria's Quneitra governate in the south, without resulting in any damage, Reuters reported. The Zionists military declined to comment on the incident. Syrian air defenses downed several...

Assadi decided not to appeal, his lawyer Dimitri de Beco told reporters in Antwerp, the Belgian city where he was sentenced on Feb. 4. "This has been a political trial since the beginning and he does not want to participate any longer," he said, adding that Assadi had diplomatic...

Ayatollah Khamenei's speech will be broadcast live at 2:30 p.m. (Local Time) on the last Friday of Ramadan from the Iranian national TV, his official website, and his official pages on social media. Every year, the Leader delivers a speech on the occasion of International Quds Day, however, this year...

Joe Biden who officially entered the White House on January 20 after a controversial transfer of power, reached the 100th day of his presidency on Friday, April 30. During his election campaigns, he announced that the US will return to the JCPOA if he elected as the US President but...

Today, the IRGC and the Quds Force are at the forefront of faith and belief, the commander of IRGC Quds Force Esmail Ghaani said Wednesday. He went on to say, "Everywhere in the world, all those who are interested in the Islamic system and the culture of resistance, consider martyr...

In a letter to Iran Football Federation, Dato' Windsor John, the AFC General Secretary, announced Mousavi as a member of the Women's Football Committee from 2019 to 2023. "We are sure that with the experience, expertise, and background of Ms. Mousavi, all the tasks and activities of this committee...

The following is the text of the statement: The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly protests against the moves taken by Germany and Belgium and considers it in clear violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,1961, international law, and diplomatic procedures. The verdict of the Antwerp Court on February 4,...

Ramin Mehmanparast made the remarks while speaking in an interview with Al Mayadeen channel. Mehmanparast referred to Iran’s ongoing talks with European countries so as to achieve agreements, saying, but it does not mean that we don’t need to cooperate with Asian and Eastern countries like China, Russia, India, Korea,...

Speaking on the upcoming occasion of International Quds Day, which is coming in two days on Friday, the Secretary-General of Lebanese Hezbollah said that this day was declared by Late Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and praised him for that. He said that the Muslims all around the...

In a telephone conversation on Wednesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Faisal Mekdad discussed issues of mutual interest in bilateral, regional, and international fields. Zarif announced Iran's support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Syrian government in the phone call and stressed the need to respect the country's constitution...

The Police Commander of Hormozgan Province Brigadier General Gholamreza Jafari broke the news on Wednesday, saying that with the efforts of the anti-narcotic police of Hormozgan province, a drug-trafficking band identified in the Rudan-Bandar Abbas route. During the inspection of the trailer, 135 packages of 10 kg of opium weighing a...

Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces issued the statement two days before the arrival of the international Quds Day,  the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan. The top military official recalled that the Quds Day was firstly introduced by the late...

A reporter from the Wall Street Journal wrote on his Twitter account on Wed. that a senior team from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Tehran in the coming days to complete investigations into Iran's nuclear issues. HJ/FNA14000215000865...

Produced by Afsaneh Salari and Hasan Noori, The Forbidden Strings' narrates the story of four Afghan descent young people who live in Iran. They work during the day time and rehearse their music lessons at nights. They have a burning passion for performing in front of the audience so after...

Iraqi prime minister's adviser for construction and services, Sabah Abdul-Latif, said Wed. Baghdad is fully committed to the settlement of its debts to Iran. “Because of my academic background, I monitor the conditions of technology and science in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and I’m deeply interested in the...

The Iranian Health Minister Saeid Namaki made the comments on the sidelines of a meeting with managers and health ministers of the Eastern Mediterranean countries which was held on Wednesday via videoconferencing. Namaki said that after the coronavirus invasion, all countries got into trouble and the structure of the...

Speaking in a virtual conference in Gaza Strip on Wed., Ismail Haniyeh emphasized that Quds has always been and will always be alive in the hearts of the Islamic Ummah. Today, Bayt al-Maqdis is facing two big and important scenes because it is in its most difficult and...

Speaking in an interview with a Lebanese Think-Tank on Wed., he pointed to Iran-Saudi Arabia talk and claimed that Islamic Republic of Iranian and Saudi Arabian officials met more than once in Iraqi capital Baghdad. Baghdad has hosted Iran-Saudi Arabia talks more than once, Iraqi president reiterated. Regarding...

According to Golestan Governor's Public Relations Deprtment on Wednesday, the Provincial Governor Hadi Haghshenas said that the bill to create an Industrial free trade zone was initially approved by the cabinet in 2014 and received the following approval of the Guardian Council after being approved by the Parliament. He said that then...

Speaking during an interview with the Iranian IRNA news agency, the Secretary-General of the Islamic World Peace Forum, Davood Ameri pointed out that while international institutions, especially the United Nations, were established to create peace and justice in the world and protect it, they went under the influence of money and...

"The Jask oil terminal is one of the largest and most important projects in the southeast of the country and having it operational will undoubtedly lead to prosperity in this region," he said, adding, "Via the terminal, in addition to paving the way for the boom of downstream industries off the...

The International Quds Day is an annual event during which demonstrators express their solidarity with the Palestinian people and opposition to the occupation of the Palestinian territories by the Zionist regime of Israel. The day is seen as the legacy of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of...

The Iranian diplomat made the remarks while addressing the sixth annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals on Wednesday.  “Unilateral coercive measures have targeted the right to life and health of ordinary people", she said at this summit. For developing countries, the right...

Arman-e Melli: Contradictory reports from Vienna: Sanctions not lifted yet UAE seeks improving ties with Iran: expert Ebtekar: Vaccine is the only path to end the century’s pandemic: official New meaning of Iran-Saudi Arabia relations Sanctions have been broken: Rouhani Ettela’at: Rouhani: Sanctions will soon be lifted Hezbollah chief:...

The Zionists are in a state of decline, and this time it seems that the collapse of the Zionist regime is internal, Major General Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday while speaking in an IRIB TV program. “Today, we witness the fragility...

The Annecy Film Festival will be held online from June 15 to 30, 2021. Being made based on a Persian legend, the Iranian Iranian animation The Dragon’s Treasure will be participating in this French cinematic event. The animation is a co-production of Hoorakhsh, Rahgozar’s animation studio in Tehran, and Mystic...

TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – The mourning ceremony of the martyrdom of the First Imam of Shia Muslims Ali ibn Abu Talib (BPUH), was held on Tuesday in Tehran’s Imamzadeh Saleh.

TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia and the United States' attempts in the Muscat talks between ousted President Hadi and the Houthi Ansarullah movement has failed to yield any results as the Yemeni forces are closing in on Marib.

TABRIZ, May 05 (MNA) – The mourning ceremony of the martyrdom of the first Imam of Shia Muslims, Imam Ali (PBUH) was held in Rasoul-Allah Mosque in Tabriz.                  ...

TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) – People of Tehran observed the Night of Decree, or Qadr Night, on Wednesday, 23th night of Ramadan in the Imamzadeh Ghazi Saber, while following health protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic.

TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Thursday, May 6.    ...

A U.S. return to the deal would be the biggest and most controversial foreign policy initiative in the early months of Joe Biden's presidency.