News Archive - 15 May 2021

Local media reported Sunday morning that the Zionist fighter jets and artillery were bombing several areas in the Gaza Strip. Zionist media quoted the regime army as saying that the office of Yehya al-Sinwar, head of the Hamas political bureau in the Gaza Strip, had been targeted by airstrikes. The...

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Prominent politicians enter presidential elections Saturday On the fifth and the last day of the enrollment for upcoming presidential elections the most famous hopefuls from both ends of the political spectrum entered the race. Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, the head of Iran’s Judiciary officially joined the race on Saturday. Raeisi...

Ebtekar: Vaccination of 75-year-old individuals kicks off Tsunami of registration for presidential election Rouhani says he has not yet received vaccine Ettela’at: Prominent candidates of 13th election determined Global condemnation of crimes of child-killing Israeli regime Javan: Competition of those who created this situation with those seeking change Jomhuri...

The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Zarif, arrived in Rome on Sunday morning on the second destination of his visit to Europe, to meet with Vatican and Italian officials. During the visit, in addition to discussing the expansion of joint cooperation in the field of bilateral...

 The heart of Islam beats for Palestine, the Islamic Ummah and Resistance have stood by the Palestinian cause with strength and confidence so as to punish Zionists for their actions, said Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Sunday open session of the parliament, adding, “We strongly condemn the...

592 candidates have registered for the 2021 Presidential Election, comprising of 552 men and 40 women, said Jamal Orf, Deputy Interior Minister of Iran and head of the country's election commission. The deadline for registration ended on Saturday night.  Some 8% of those who have registered have the...

Zionist forces injure 29 more Palestinians in West Bank The Zionist forces have injured at least 29 Palestinians in different areas of the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, 17 of the injured people had been shot with live bullets and eight with rubber-coated bullets. Three...

Ouane will have to form a new government with room for the political class, under instructions of President Bah N'Daw. N’Daw made his decision after several meetings he initiated to renew dialogue between transitional authorities, civil society and the Malian political class, according to local sources, Anadolu reported. ...

It landed on a pre-selected landing zone in the southern part of an icy area of the planet known as Utopia Planitia at 7:18 a.m., the scientific research team confirmed with the signal sent back by the rover, the first landing on an exoplanet ever by a...

Gas shortages at the pumps have spread from the South, all but emptying stations in Washington, D.C., following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline. Though the pipeline operator paid a ransom, restoring service was taking time, AP reported. Colonial Pipeline...

The city of Wuhan in China was hit hard by a severe tornado that damaged buildings and killed and wounded 224 people at large. The Global Times of China reported a severe tornado in the city of Wuhan. At least six people are said to have been killed and...

"Saudi Arabia should stop its airstrikes and aggression against Yemen and do so against the Zionist regime, which is bombing Palestine", said Mohammed al-Houthi, the head of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee. He made the remarks in reaction to the silence of Saudi Arabia in face of Zionists’ crimes...

Mullah Abdul Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, has died of his injuries. He was wounded in a clash in western Herat province on Tuesday evening. Deputy leader of splinter group Mullah Abdul Mannan Niazi was injured in a skirmish in...

In a telephone conversation with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki, the Afghan Foreign Minister condemned the Zionist regime's attacks on the Palestinian people on Saturday. Atmar condemned the escalation of attacks and encroachment on the Palestinian people during the holy month of Ramadan and the days of Eid al-Fitr,...

SpaceX plans to build out its Starlink internet satellite constellation with the help of Google Cloud. The two tech giants announced the collaboration to provide data, cloud services, and applications for enterprise Starlink customers at locations around the world, starting later in 2021. The value of the deal was not...

"A new and determining equation has been formed by the Palestinian resistance groups," he said in a meeting with Ziad al-Nakhala Secretary-General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement. "Hezbollah has always supported the Palestinian resistance and liberation of the occupied Quds," he said vowing that the body will take all the...

During a meeting with the Russian Security Council, Putin said that the proximity of the violence in occupied lands and the Gaza Strip to Russia "directly affects" his country's agenda on security. "I would like to ask my colleagues to comment on the current situation in the Middle East,...

"We have communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility," Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a tweet Saturday after an airstrike carried out by the Israeli regime destroyed the building that houses media outlets in Gaza. The...

"The international community must not accept the crime against the Palestinian people. The United Nations must take action immediately," Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said in a post on his Twitter account in reaction to the Israeli regime's recent attacks on the Palestinian and Gaza. Arreaza added that the Palestinian...

Following a hypocritical European approach that does not tolerate Palestinians defending their inalienable rights, Danish police cracked down on protesters who demonstrated in support of the oppressed Palestinian people, Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, protesters were about to leave the subway station in Copenhagen for the...

Amid escalation of conflict between Palestinian resistance groups and the Israeli regime, Al-Tahrir Square in Baghdad witnessed a large rally in support of Palestine on Saturday afternoon. According to Iraqi local media, Shiite and Sunni political groups and parties have been inviting people to stage a big rally in support of...

Ali Bagheri Kani, Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office took to Twitter to criticize Zionists' crimes in the occupied lands specially Gaza. He also reacted to the silence and inactivity of some Arab countries in the face of such inhuman crimes. Holding an extraordinary summit of the Organization of...

"Fortunately infection trend in all Iranian provinces is decelerated," he said. Referring to the restricted number of vaccine doses in Iran, Rouhnai said that vaccination procedure has been started by those highly at risk of infection including the elderly citizens. He predicted that by the end of his Presidential...

Hervik Yarijanian made the remarks on Sat. in an interview with IRNA and said that trade is one of the most important objectives behind the construction of free zones worldwide, because, many tough rules and regulations of countries will be removed by setting up these zones coupled with import...

The Austrian Foreign Ministry was quoted by an Austrian journalist as announcing the decision of the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cancel his visit to Vienna in response to the hoisting Zionist regime's flag on the buildings of the Prime Minister's Office and the Austrian...

Sima Lari, the spokeswoman of the ministry, announced the new figure, adding that 1,282 of those newly-detected patients have been hospitalized. The total number of COVID cases in the country is standing at 2,739,875, she added. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 200 people since Friday, bringing the death...

According to a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Jalali and Ryabkov held a meeting to exchange views on the revitalization of the Iran nuclear deal or the so-called JCPOA and the ongoing negotiations in Vienna between Iran and the P4+1 group to revive it. According to the statement, in...

The agreement will ease the exchange of professors and students, implementation of joint research projects, facilitation of the process of granting study opportunities, and exchange of library resources between the two sides. The University of Shahrekord has already signed international agreements with 13 universities across the world, such as the...

Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, the head of Iran’s Judiciary officially joined the race on Saturday. Raeisi said in a statement earlier today that he entered the elections as an independent candidate while he has been seen largely in the Principalists camp. He said in his statement that he wanted to...

During the phone talk, Brigadier General Ghaani hailed the unique and successful response of the resistance movement to the aggression of the Zionist regime’s military forces and the defense of the Palestinian nation. The commander of IRGC Quds Force strongly condemned the brutality of the occupying regime of Israel.

In a tweet on Sat., Head of the Russian delegation in nuclear talks in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov wrote, “So far so good but not easy. The work on the restoration of the #JCPOA continues, including during this weekend." In a tweet on Wed., Mikhail Ulyanov announced,...

Iraj Masjedi, the Iranian ambassador to Iraq made the remarks in separate meetings with tribal leaders of Baghdad, Al-Anbar and Erbil.  "Iraq could be one of the largest transit countries in the region and a bridge between the West and the East, and Iran supports this," Masjedi said. Stating that...

TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – The last day of registration of Iran 2021 Presidential Candidates kicked off at the venue of Elections Headquarters of the Ministry of Interior on Saturday.            ...

TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Persepolis football team edged past Esteghlal 1-0 in Iran Professional League (IPL) here at the Azadi Stadium on Friday.     ...

SARI, May 15 (MNA) – Mazandaran province is one of the main poles of garlic cultivation in Iran and its garlic has attracted many consumers due to its high durability and quality.