News Archive - 21 May 2021

Recent conflict illustrates isreal's growing weakness

After a week of Conflict between the Israeli regime and Palestinians , the regime was forced to accept a ceasefire which means a victory for the Resistance. 

World should know about ‘terror state of Israel’: Erdogan

“The whole world should know what this terror state of Israel is,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the opening ceremony of the seventh section of the North Marmara Motorway in Istanbul. Turkey will continue to show the world how the map of Palestine changed since the start of the...

Crimes continuation, call for ceasefire show Zionists' defeat

In a message issued on Friday night, Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has extended his congratulations on the victory of the Palestinian nation over the Zionist regime. The following is the full text of his message: In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful, My greetings to...

Venezuela demands release of kidnapped soldiers

The kidnappings were confirmed on Saturday by Lopez, who said the soldiers were ambushed April 23 in the border state of Apure, a region that has experienced heavy clashes since late March. Lopez and Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza confirmed the government is working with the international community to get...

Yemeni army shoots down Saudi spy drone in Najran

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a tweet that Yemeni air defense forces and their allies shot down the spy drone as it was on a reconnaissance mission over the region, situated 844 kilometers (524 miles) south of the capital Riyadh, with a surface-to-air missile on Thursday,...

Indian air force MiG-21 crashes in Punjab, pilot killed

There have been several accidents involving decades-old MiG-21 aircraft in India, according to the Russian Sputnik news agency. In April, a pilot was killed in a crash in Rajasthan, while in January another MiG-21 Bison jet crashed in the Rajasthan state while landing, although the pilot survived the incident.

EU foreign policy chief welcomes Gaza ceasfire

The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said in a statement on Friday that the European Union welcomes the announced ceasefire bringing to an end the violence in and around Gaza. Borrell also praised states who played a part in facilitating Friday's ceasefire between...

Young British people want to ditch the monarchy: report

Young people in Britain no longer think the country should keep the monarchy and more now want an elected head of state, with their mood souring over the last couple of years, a poll on Friday showed, according to Reuters. According to the survey by YouGov, 41% of those...

COVID-19 vaccine supplies to African countries slow down

COVID-19 vaccine shipments to African countries have slowed down in May due to "the reliance on India as one of the key manufacturers globally, and the devastating surge of cases India is dealing with," a World Health Organization (WHO) regional director said on Thursday, according to Anadolu Agency. Matshidiso...

Continuation of Trump-era sanctions under Biden unacceptable

According to a statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the top Iranian diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif has made the remarks in a telephone conversation with the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. During the phone call, the latest development revolving around the ongoing...

Canadian court has no jurisdiction over airliner case

Saeed Khatibzadeh, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, made the remarks on Friday, a day after a court in the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday held Iran responsible for the unintentional shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020, soon after it took off from Tehran. Khatibzadeh dismissed...

IRGC unveils new drone, missile, radar systems

"Gaza" UAV and a surface-to-air missile system dubbed (9-Day) and "Quds" radar system were three strategic military achievements that were unveiled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Friday during a ceremony attended by the IRGC Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami and the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Major...

Iran's strategy is to develop as big defense as possible

The IRGC Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami made the comments during a ceremony to unveil the latest domestically-made military achievements on Friday. The very large "Gaza" UAV and a surface-to-air missile system dubbed (Day-9th) and "Quds" radar system were three strategic military achievements that were unveiled by the Islamic Revolutionary...

Covid-19 update: 200 deaths, 11,250 new cases in past 24hrs

The Covid-19 has claimed the lives of 200 people in Iran over the past 24 hours, while 11,250 new cases have been reported in the country, a statement by the Iranian health ministry said on Friday. According to the latest figures released by the Iranian health officials on Friday, so far a...

Votes show Damascus moving in right direction of democracy

"Timely holding of presidential elections in Syria shows that Damascus is moving in the right direction of democracy," said the Special Assistant to the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a post on his Twitter account in reference to the first stage of the Presisdential...

Ceasefire signals victory of Resistance in Gaza

The Israeli cabinet unanimously approved late Thursday an Egyptian ceasefire proposal in Gaza, knowing that it will take into effect on Friday at 2 a.m. Reports mentioned that Cairo will dispatch two security delegations into Gaza and Tel Aviv in order to follow up the implementation of the ceasefire,...

UN should hold Israeli regime accountable for its war crimes

In a statement addressing a UN General Assembly Session on the issue of Palestine, Zarif condemned the cruel aggression of the Israeli regime against Palestinians. "In this regard, the General Assembly, as the collective conscience of the international community, has a vital responsibility to condemn Israel’s military aggression and...

Iranian rower advances to final of Olympic qualifiers

The 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint Global Olympic Qualifier is underway in Barnaul between May 20 - 21, 2021 with the participation of 60 teams, including the Iranian canoe single team. From Iran in the 1000m Canoe Single competition, Mohammad Nabi Rezaei is participating in the competitions as part of the national Iranian rowing team to...

Luxemburg top court upholds appeals court's ruling on Iran

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Soccer on paddy field

TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – "Footchal" or football on paddy field is a local soccer game in northern Iranian Gilan province. The youth play the game before the rice seedlings are planted in the field.        ...