News Archive - 5 June 2021

300 Palestinians wounded in clash with Zionists in West Bank

On Friday, some West Bank’s cities in Palestine including Nablus and Al-Quds were the scene of Palestinian clashes with the Israeli occupiers, Al-Youm reported. Nearly 300 Palestinians were injured in the clashes. Two main cities near Nablus were the scene of the clashes that erupted between Palestinians and the...

UN calls for investigation into mass grave at school

The mass grave contains the remains of over 200 children at a residential school for indigenous students, who had been forcibly taken from their homes. They called on the authorities to probe “the circumstances and responsibilities surrounding these deaths, including forensic examinations of the remains found, and to proceed to the identification and...

One killed, seven others missing in China coal mine collapse

China Central Television (CCTV) reported that one miner was killed and seven others were missing when a coal mine collapsed. The incident took place in central China's Henan Province. The Beijing government is trying to closely monitor the security issues of coal mines, while the high price of this...

US police kills another black man in Minneapolis

In the wake of violent actions of the US police against minorities, especially negroes, police deputy commanders killed and shot dead another black man in Minneapolis city, US State of Minnesota. Al Jazeera reported that on the same day that US security officials were clearing George Floyd Square, in...

Turkey finds 135bcm more natural gas in Black Sea: Erdogan

Speaking at an opening ceremony in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak on Friday, Erdogan said Turkey had made the additional discovery in the Amasra-1 field, adding he expected further "good news" to come from the region, TRT reported. Last year, Turkey's Fatih drill ship discovered 405 bcm of...

Iran able to export 1.5mn barrels of oil if sanctions lifted

Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting held in St. Petersburg Economic Forum on Fri., Deputy Director of Russia’s Lukoil Company Leonid Fedun reiterated that once oil sanctions imposed on Iran are lifted, it could export 1.5 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) in a short...

Iran's regional role 'important' for Afghan peace

Speaking in his meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Bahador Aminian on Sat., Afghan foreign minister reiterated the important role of Iran in strengthening regional consensus for spread of peace in Afghanistan. During the talks, Atmar pointed to the key and important status of the Islamic Republic of...

Iran COVID-19 update: 6,442 news cases, 128 deaths

Spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health Sima Lari said that coronavirus claimed lives of 128 people in the country over the past 24 hours, putting the total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 at 80,941 people. She also put the total number of COVID cases in the country...

Taremi’s bicycle kick voted as best goal of Champions League

Almost 1.3 million votes were cast as fans selected Mehdi Taremi's stunning bicycle kick for Porto against Chelsea in the quarter-finals as their 2020/21 UEFA Champions League Goal of the Tournament, according to UEFA. UEFA's Technical Observers selected their top ten goals of the season soon after the...

Iran’s trade with Vietnam can hit $2bn

Speaking in an interview with IRNA on Sat., Mostafa Mousavi said that Iran’s exports volume to Vietnam was at its pinnacle in 2016 and 2017 but the bilateral trade experienced downward trajectory in 2018 following the US withdrawal from JCPOA. He went on to say that outbreak of...

1st debate of presidential candidates set to be held today

The first round of the debates between candidates for Iran 2021 Presidential Election will be focused on ‘economic’ issues. The seven candidates for Iran 2021 Presidential Election include as follows: 1- Alireza Zakani, 2- Mohsen Rezaei Mir-Ghaed, 3- Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, 4- Saeed Jalili, 5- Abdolnaser Hemmati, 6- Mohsen...

Eight people killed, wounded in a terrorist attack in N Baghd

Iraqi security sources announced on Friday evening that the latest terrorist attack by gunmen took place in the city of Al-Tarmiyah, northern Baghdad, Alsumaria reported. According to Iraqi security sources, the deadly attack was carried out by a terrorist group in the city of Al-Tarmiyah in Baghdad province, which...

Facebook suspends Trump's accounts for 2 years

Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, said that Trump’s actions on its social media networks “constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available under the new enforcement protocols.” The decision came after Facebook’s quasi-independent Oversight Board said last month that the...

Russia’s Putin says US follows Soviet Union’s path

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was convinced that the United States is following a typical scenario of an empire: confident of their unlimited power, empires create unnecessary problems for themselves until they can no longer cope with them. "We are hearing constant threats from the Congress and other...

Iran defeats Italy 3-1: 2021 VNL

Alekno’s men registered its third consecutive win in the competitions on Friday with a 3-1 victory (26-24, 29-27, 21-25, 25-22). Iran produced a solid performance on the back of some great blocking that produced 10 points (five from Mojarad Aliasghar alone) and high scoring by Saber Kazemi on 24 points.

Qatar willing to facilitate Iran-US talks: FM

″(The) US is a strategic ally for Qatar, and we want to maintain this strategic alliance,” he said. On the other hand, Iran is “our next-door neighbor, and we want to see stability over there.” Qatar would be willing to facilitate discussions if asked, he told CNBC on...

FM Zarif confers with his British counterpart on JCPOA

In a tweet on Fri., Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif wrote, “Agreed in phone call with FM @DominicRaab on need to resume full compliance with the JCPOA.” “Underlined that US must return fully to its obligations & cease trying to use unlawful economic war against Iran as negotiating...

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments 

Islamic Revolution stronger than ever: Leader Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says despite all animosities; the Islamic Revolution is stronger than ever. He made the remarks on Friday while delivering a live speech on the occasion of the 32nd demise anniversary of the founder of...

Iran has 20%-40% annual growth capacity for trade with world

Speaking in an interview with IRNA on Sat., Jamshid Nafar lashed out at the negligible current trade figures with regards to the high export capacity of the country and reiterated that trade and business activities of the country can be improved gradually provided that accurate and logical policies...

Restoration of JCPOA may have a positive effect on PG status

In a tweet on Sat., Ulyanov wrote, “The restoration of the #JCPOA may have a positive effect on the situation in #PersianGulf and open the way to direct talks between regional states on regional security issues with due account of the existing initiatives including Russian concept of collective...