News Archive - 28 May 2021

Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hammouda Sabbagh announced on Thursday the winning of  Bashar al-Assad with the post of President of the Syrian Arab Republic, having the majority of votes with 95.1%. Following the news, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro congratulated Bashar al-Assad on his victory. On behalf of...

The Syrian parliament announced on Thursday that Assad won Wednesday's election with over 95% of the votes. "China and Syria are traditional good friends," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular press briefing in Beijing on Friday, as he extended the Asian giant's well-wishes to Assad. "China firmly...

Survivors were driven into the desert, where many ended up in concentration camps to be used as slave labor and many died from cold, malnutrition, and exhaustion, Aljazeera reported. “We will now officially refer to these events as what they are from today’s perspective: genocide,” German Foreign Minister Heiko...

“I sincerely congratulate the Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde and people on the occasion of the National Day of the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Republic”, Rouhani said in this messege. He called for further expansion of ties between the two countries and the development of relations. President further wished for the health...

Following the negotiations between Iran and Russia with the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia and the establishment of peace in the region, the Jolfa railway line, which was abandoned before the Karabakh war, is about to start operating, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development said. The eastern branch...

Yemen strongly rejects the UAE's illegal actions on Yemeni islands and territory, said Hisham Sharaf on Thursday.  "We remind the rulers of Abu Dhabi that our country will be able to bring them back to the right path," he added. "We warn the rulers of Abu Dhabi to protect...

As border tensions between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region escalate in the past few days, the Baku government announced on Friday that at least one Azeri soldier had been wounded by a night shooting of Armenian soldiers. The wounded soldier was sent to the...

Citing unnamed US officials, the Associated Press reported that Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told the Russians that the Biden administration had decided not to re-enter the treaty, which had allowed surveillance flights over military facilities in both countries before President Donald Trump withdrew from the pact. Thursday’s...

Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh made the remarks in the special session of the Human Rights Council on violation of human rights in occupied Palestine. "When talking about occupied Palestine, one should have in mind that Palestine has been shrinking in the past few decades and Palestinians have been under the longest and the most...

"The battle of the Sword of Quds proved that the Zionists' dream of forming a Jewish state from the Nile to the Euphrates will never be fulfilled," said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in an interview with Al-Masirah.  "This battle proved the fragility of the enemy's entity and the failure of...

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani spoke about various issues, including the nuclear deal, the ceasefire in Palestine, the normalization of relations between Doha and Tel Aviv, and the conflicts between the PGCC member states. Qatar encourages Tehran and Washington to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, he...

Sima Lari, the spokeswoman of the ministry, announced the new figure, adding that 1,532 of those newly-detected patients have been hospitalized. The total number of COVID cases in the country is standing at 2,886,111, she added. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 184 people since Thursday, bringing the...

In this meeting, which was participated by Iran's Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali, the two ministers announced their country's readiness to invest in various fields of agriculture. Iran calls on Russia's assistance in accelerating the start of open negotiations between Iran and Eurasia, and the Iranian private sector’s joint...

Holding a successful election as well as the widespread participation of the Syrian people is an important step in establishing peace, stability, tranquility, reconstruction, and prosperity in Syria, the statement read. The Islamic Republic of Iran respects the decision of the Syrian people and supports the right of the people...

In his message to President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev, Rouhani expressed hope that relations and cooperation between the two countries in all fields would be further developed and strengthened in the interests of the two nations of Iran and Azerbaijan. "The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan,...

Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hammouda Sabbagh announced on Thursday the winning of  Bashar al-Assad with the post of President of the Syrian Arab Republic, having the majority of votes with 95.1%, SANA reported. Bashar al-Assad gained 13.540.860 votes with 95.1% out of the total...

Referring to the visit of the US and British foreign ministers to the occupied territories, Saeed Khatibzadeh in a tweet on Thursday wrote, "To appease the sworn enemy of JCPOA, UK/US FMs spin goals of #ViennaTalks. Disappointing!" "The brutal Israeli regime you try to placate has done its utmost to...

Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan has stepped down, the ministry’s spokeswoman announced on Thursday,  Ayvazyan, who took office on Nov. 18, 2020, has submitted his resignation, Anna Nagdalyan said on Facebook. Nagdalyan did not provide details on the reason for the resignation. RHM/PR...

The detention of the pair on Monday took place hours after a cabinet reshuffle in which two army officers lost their posts, the latest political crisis to hit the country nine months after the military overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Aljazeera reported. An aide to interim Vice President Assimi...

It is expected that the 2021 election will be more attractive with the participation of the young generation who are enthusiastic to vote for the first time, Seyed Ismail Mousavi added. He went on to say, “According to the election laws, all candidates have been allowed to do their...

The opening ceremony held was attended by Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Mansour Gholami, Head of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature (APLL) Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, President of the ECO Cultural Institute Sarvar Bakhti, and the Secretary-General of Iran-UNESCO National Commission Hojjatollah Ayoubi, Secretary of Cultural...