News Archive - 8 May 2021

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Member of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Mohammed Al-Hindi called for the support of the Islamic Ummah for the Palestinians living in the occupied lands and territories as well as in Sheikh Jarrah district against the crimes of the Zionist regime. Al-Hindi strongly condemned...

A senior official at Libya's new Presidency Council denied on Saturday that groups who entered a hotel where the body meets had been armed or used force, playing down an incident that had appeared to illustrate the risks facing the unity government, Reuters reported. Earlier, the Council's spokeswoman had...

Colonial's network supplies fuel from US refiners on the Gulf Coast to the populous eastern and southern United States, Reuters reported. The company transports 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other refined products through 5,500 miles (8,850 km) of pipelines. Colonial Pipeline says...

According to Shafaq News, the statement said that a suicide drone crashed at 2:30 AM (local time) at the Ain al-Assad airbase in Anbar province without causing significant damage. US Army Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the US-led coalition confirmed the news of the attack on the Ain al-Assad base in a...

Abdullah al-Alimi, office director of Yemen's ousted President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi said that Hadi's government is ready for direct talks with the Ansarullah movement, especially after the recent events in Ma'rib and the Muscat talks. Since last January, about 2,400 forces of the resigned government have been killed...

Al-Jazeera quoted Iraqi security sources as saying that Iraqi and international coalition forces are on high alert following the attack on the Ain al-Assad airbase on Saturday. According to the report, Iraqi security sources said Iraqi and international coalition forces are on high alert inside the Ain al-Assad base in...

Stating that Zionist regime’s move in expelling Palestinian from eastern Al-Quds can be considered a war crime, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville called on Tel Aviv to stop this heinous act of expelling Palestinians from Eastern occupied lands and territories. He said that...

According to eyewitnesses, the explosions took place near the Seyyed al-Shohada school. According to Ofoq News Agency, unconfirmed reports indicate that the explosions were caused by a rocket. Moments ago, the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan confirmed the reports. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian the blasts happened at 4:27...

Muhammad al-Bukhaiti a member of the Political Council of Yemeni Ansarullah Movement dismissed the G7 statement on Yemen that condemned the Yemeni army and the popular committees while closing their eyes on the Saudi-led crimes against the people of Yemen as hypocrisy. Bukhaiti wrote on Twitter that "The action of the...

Musa Abu Marzouq reiterated that Zionist regime would pay a heavy price for its aggression on Al-Quds, Al-Aqsa Mosque and attack against Palestinian worshipers. In his reaction to the hostile actions of Zionists in the occupied lands and territories and their attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque, Abu Marzouq said, “We...

As part of the training, the special forces of the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army jumped out of planes over Estonia. The command of the US Ground Forces in Europe noted that the soldiers of the 16th Airborne Assault Brigade of the British Army also took part...

In his reaction to today's deadly explosions in western Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Mujahid announced that Taliban condemns these blasts strongly. Emphasizing that Taliban has not been involved in the three blasts happened in Afghan capital Kabul on Sat., the spokesman reiterated that ISIL terrorists are responsible for...

The state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper urged people to stay away from the leaflets, according to news agency Yonhap, saying: “Even when we come across a strange object flying in the wind, we must consider them as a possible route of transmission of the malicious virus rather than a natural...

"I am deeply concerned by the surge in tensions and violence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem [al-Quds], since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan," the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennsland said in a statement as it has appeared...

An Iraqi security source announced on Saturday that two shepherds have been killed by Takfiris in the west part of Iraq, Almaloumah reported. The source announced that ISIL attacked shepherds in the desert in Ar-Rutbah area in western Iraq's Al Anbar province, killing two of them and taking a...

Mikhail Ulyanov in a Saturday tweet wrote, "3 years ago today #US withdrew from #JCPOA and started maximum pressure policy. It resulted in undermining the nuclear deal, advancement of the Iranian nuclear programme and deterioration in P.Gulf. Fiasco." "Now possible return of US to JCPOA is on...

Produced and Directed by Hamid Nouri, 'Seven Years Minus 10 Days', has gained second place at the Hollywood Silver Screen Festival 2021. Out of 614 films from 86 countries, the Iranian short film was selected to compete with 13 short films in the festival and finally won second place for...

The strategic outcome of honoring Quds Day that the tricks of the Western-Hebrew-Arab triangle are incapable of legitimizing the declining Zionist regime, said Ali Bagheri Kani, Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office. International Quds Day is a global symbol of opposing cruelty and supporting the oppressed, he noted. Referring...

The registration of presidential candidates will start on May 11 and will last for five days, he added. After registration, the Guardian Council has five days to review their qualification, Rah Peik said, adding that however, in cases of necessity, the law states that Guardian Council can add another five days.

In all provinces of the country, it is witnessed that amount of Covid-19 infections has reached its peak in the fourth wave and the amount is going to be decreased within the following weeks, said President Rouani on Saturday at the session of the National Task Force Against Coronavirus. Iranian...

The Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca and Iranian envoy Morteza Tafreshi met and held talks in La Paz. The Bolivian VP announced his country's tendency to cooperate with Iran, especially in the field of industry and advanced sciences, including nanotechnology. "We want to benefit from Iran's scientific and industrial...

Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Hamid Zadboum made the remarks in his meeting with the Indian Ambassador to Tehran Gaddam Dharmendra. Expressing dissatisfaction with the decrease in trade between Iran and India, Zadboum said, "It is necessary for the negotiations of the preferential trade agreement for the...

The US Department of Justice in a statement announced that an Iranian citizen had been tried for violating Iran’s sanctions. It is said that a federal court jury has charged 39-year-old Mehrdad Ansari, along with two others, with trying to send dual-use parts to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani expressed hope that the ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna become successful, saying, “We hope that these talks will lead to regional efforts and dialogue between Iran and the countries of the region.” Regional stability will never...

"Due to its inability to resolve its regional issues, the Moroccan government has once again repeated its false and baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran and supported the criminal Zionist regime," Saeed Khatibzadeh said. Rejecting the baseless claims made by the FM, Khatibzadeh added it is unfortunate that...

In a meeting with the German Ambassador to Tehran Hans-Udo Muzel, Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office Ali Bagheri Kani called on Germany to cooperate with the special representatives of the Human Rights Headquarters on the role of German individuals in the sanctions against Iran as well as investigating the situation of Iranian...

Speaking at a daily press conference on Saturday, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman Sima Lari said that the total number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 2,640,670 after the detection of 13,576 new cases since Friday. Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours,...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs reacted to the brutal actions of the Zionist regime in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Referring to the human and legal responsibility of international institutions, international parliamentary assemblies, and the United Nations, he called for an immediate end to the crimes of...

"We have initiated the 4 round of the Vienna talks to bring the JCPOA back to life", Deputy of European Union Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora, who runs the Vienna talks, wrote in his Twitter account. "No deadlines but as coordinator, I feel a certain sense of urgency. Time is...

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Directed by Sonia Hadadi, ‘Exam’ narrates the story of a teenage girl who gets involved in the process of delivering a pack of illicit drugs to a buyer, and she gets stuck in a cycle of strange occurrences. The film has won the best film award in the international section of...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will attend the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission session on Sunday to answer the questions of the commission's members about a leaked audio file, as well as other issues, Amouei added.  The audio file caused reactions both inside and outside the country. ZZ/FNA14000218000643...

This is while Iran imported one million doses of vaccine from China a week before. Iran received the largest shipment of coronavirus vaccine, containing 1 million doses, from China on May 2. Imported through consultation conducted by the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), the vaccines were handed over to...

Piranshahr Governor Seyed Ali Torabi said on Saturday that the decision to shut down Tamarchin border crossing - Haj Omran as it is called on the other side of the border in Iraqi Kurdistan - on human travel in line with the guidelines of the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus. Torabi...

Lifting the 227 kg weights to stand on the podium, Seyed Hamed Solhipour received the gold medal in the 97-kg category. In this category, representatives from Iraq and Malaysia won second and third places. On Thursday, Amir Jafari has won the gold medal of the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships in the 65-kilogram...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the remarks in an interview with Japanese NHK television.  Araghchi leads the Iranian delegation in the Vienna talks on revitalizing the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) with P4+1 which consists of the remaining participants in the deal. The US delegation is not attending...

Mohammad Hassan Zibakhsh,  Spokesperson for Iran's Civil Aviation Organization said that amid the pandemic and travel bans, a plane will be flown to India and another to France to return the Iranian citizens and students stuck in those two countries. Zibakhsh added that travel restrictions during Eid al-Fitr do not cover the...

Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman, denounced the act of terrorism that targeted ordinary people, especially students, and offered his condolences to the families of the victims and wished speedy recovery for the wounded people. According to media reports, an explosion targeted a school in the west of Afghanistan's capital of...

"As we try to revive JCPOA in Vienna, it's necessary to remember how it all started. 3 years ago today, a disgraced buffoon violated US obligations under JCPOA & UNSCR 2231," Zarif said in a post on his Twitter account to blame the previous US administration for the crisis...

Speaking among senior managers of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and also a number of managers of the companies active in the field of producing coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine on Saturday, Rouhani pointed out that ‘Covo-Pasteur’ vaccine will hit the market in late May of the current year...

In a surprising move, Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club had removed the Iran flag and the nationality from the profile of the Iranian winger on their website. Now, both nationality and Iran's flag have reappeared on Jahanbakhsh's profile.  The Premier League's controversial move sparked a lot of criticism on...

TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Saturday, May 08.         ...

TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – Members of the Iranian Students Association in Moscow observed International Quds Day by gathering in a Mosque in Moscow.     ...

TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – Saeed Mohammad, a presidential hopeful in Iran 2021 Presidential Election held a press conference at the venue of Young Journalists’ Club (YJC) on Saturday to respond a series of relevant questions to correspondents.             ...