News Archive - 7 June 2021

Iran calls on IAEA to distance from any political agenda

In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Kazem Gharibabadi reacted to the recent remarks of Rafael Grossi and his report on safeguards, saying, "@rafaelmgrossi positions show the biased approach of the Secretariat vis-à-vis its interactions with Iran, which ignores the level of cooperation and engagement. This approach could turn into an obstacle...

Brits in Portugal angry about announced COVID-19 quarantine

A lot of British tourists in Portugal are angry and frustrated after their government said last week it was removing Portugal from its "green list" of countries that do not require quarantine on return because of rising COVID-19 case numbers and the risk posed by coronavirus variants detected in...

A Turkish soldier killed in northern Iraq

A Turkish soldier has been killed in a bomb blast in northern Iraq. The soldier, who was severely wounded in a bomb blast during a Turkish Claw-Lightning operation against the PKK in northern Iraq, died at a hospital yesterday due to severe injuries, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in...

Palestinian Resistance groups warn Zionists

The Joint Operations Room of the Palestinian Resistance Groups stated, "We are closely monitoring the move taken by the Zionist enemy in the occupied lands and territories. If the enemy decides to return the situation to before May 11, we will take action seriously.” The Resistance groups emphasized,...

Official urges S Arabia to clarify ability in holding Hajj

A meeting of Planning and Coordinating Council of Leader’s Office and Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization was held at the venue of Imam Khomeini (RA) Mausoleum on Monday on the occasion of commemorating the 32nd demise anniversary of founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini (RA), headed by Hojjatoleslam Seyyed...

Interior min. says necessary measures taken for election day

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli made the comments in a Monday meeting of the Operational Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus held in the Interior Ministry compound. The interior minister said all the necessary measures have been taken to contain the pandemic, noting that keeping infected people with the Covid-19 virus in...

Iran beats Bahrain 3-0 in 2022 World Cup qualifier

In the match held at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa on Monday, Sardar Azmoun opened the scoring for the visiting team in the 51st minute. Azmoun made it 2-0 on the hour mark after receiving a good pass from Taremi. Taremi scored Iran’s third goal in the 79th minute.

Fighting terrorism requires global determination: Ghalibaf

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso. The message of Iran’s Parliament speaker is read as follows, I believe that terrorism in all its forms is condemned and denounced and the fight against this sinister phenomenon requires serious determination,...

Iranian firm produces medicine to contain Covid-19

The drug by the name of "SALIRAVIRA" is the new product produced by the Iranian knowledge-based firm at the Pardis Technology Park. Accrording to the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT) website, "SALIRAVIRA" is a natural product which is made from licorice, cone flower, ginseng, hyssop, rhubarb and rosemary extracts. This...

Tehran, Dushanbe stress enhancing trade, banking relations

The Iranian Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian, who is in Tajik capital Dushanbe to attend the 14th Meeting of the Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation of Iran and Tajikistan, said on Monday that expansion of trade and business relations between Iran and Tajikistan is of the important fields followed...

Over 1.5 tons of narcotics confiscated in SE Iran

The Police chief of Sistan and Baluchistan province Second Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri made the announcement on Monday, saying that following the intelligence activities of the anti-narcotics police forces of Sib va Sooran and Khash counties, a drug-trafficking band that was trying to transfer drug consignment to the center of the...

Zionist forces raid West Bank, arrest 17 Palestinians

The series of Zionist hostile actions against Palestinian citizens continue in the occupied lands and territories. Zionist military forces attacked various parts of the West Bank, Palestine Al-Youm reported. According to the report, a fierce clash broke out between Palestinians and Zionist regime forces following the widespread attack of...

Resistance Front never allows any insult to Al-Aqsa Mosque

Khadr Habib a senior member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Resistance Movement in a speech on Monday raised the position of the Resistance Front in the face of Al-Aqsa Mosque and support of this holy mosque in the occupied lands and territories, Palestine Al-Youm reported. According to the report, Habib...

Venezuelans get ready for elections

During the week about to end, the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela confirmed that 111 organizations with political purposes are qualified to participate in the so-called mega-elections, Prensa Latina reported. At a press briefing last Monday, CNE President Pedro Calzadilla informed that to date, 35 national and 52...

Ashkenazi warns Netanyahu about “flag march” in Quds

Israeli regime Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a the possiblity of a new round of esclated tensions in Holy Quds as thousands of Zionist settlers plan to hold the so-called "flag march." In a message to Netanyahu, Ashkenazi called for a meeting to discuss...

China censures US over violating one-China principle

In a statement on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin rejected and condemned the US sentaors visit to Taiwan, saying that  "The US act is in serious violation of the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques." According to CGTN TV website, Wang said the US should translate its...

Blinken reiterates US commitment to strengthen Iron Dome

Anthony Blinken on Monday reaffirmed the United States' commitment to strengthening the Iron Dome system for the Zionist regime. Blinken said that Washington was committed to support Israel and meet Tel Aviv's needs to ensure its security and strengthen the Iron Dome system. During the 12-day clashes between the resistance groups and...

Leader condoles demise of Hojatoleslam Mohtashamipour

In a message on Monday, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei condoled the demise of Hojatoleslam Seyyed Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour to his honorable family. Ayatollah Khamenei also pointed to Mohtashamipour's revolutionary services and important responsibilities during the Islamic Republic era and prayed to God to bestow divine forgiveness and blessings on him. Hojatoleslam...

June session of IAEA Board of Governors kicks off

Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov announced the beginning of the June session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors. In a tweet on Monday, he wrote, "The June session of the #IAEA Board of Governors has just started. The Director-General of...

Iran, Qatar to expand ICT cooperation

Heading an official delegation and representatives of the private sector, ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi will travel to Doha on Tuesday at the invitation of Qatar's Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti. He is scheduled to follow up on the development of Iran-Qatar cooperation in the field of...

Iran COVID-19 update: 4,907 news cases, 120 deaths

A spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health Sima Lari said that coronavirus claimed the lives of 120 people in the country over the past 24 hours, putting the total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 at 81,183. She also put the total number of COVID cases in the...

IAEA repeats claim on disagreement with Iran over safeguards

On the first day of the IAEA Board of Governors session on Monday, the world nuclear body Rafael Grossi claimed that no progress had been made in resolving safeguards issues with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The head of the world nuclear watchdog added that the lack of progress in clarifications...

Politicizing of issues in Flight 752 case harms everyone

Head of Iranian delegation Mohsen Baharvand who travelled to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv last Tuesday to hold the third round of talks on the case of the Ukrainian plane said in an interview, "In the third round of talks, we exchanged information on several aspects of the case that...

Tehran, Moscow sign visa waiver agreement for group tours

Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali Asghar Mounesan and Head of the Central Office of the Federal Agency for Tourism Zarina Doguzova penned the agreement. This agreement which was signed initially back on March 28, 2019, will be implemented from 2021 to 2023. Under the deal...

Afghan people's achievements should be protected

Heading a delegation, Jean Arnault who traveled to Tehran to discuss Afghanistan developments, met with  Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian Fard on Monday. During the meeting, the current developments in Afghanistan, including the talks process and the security situation in that country were discussed. Stating that peace and security...

IRGC Navy monitoring all enemy's movements

He made the remarks in his visit to the IRGC Navy bases in the southern Iranian islands of the Greater Tunb and Abu Musa. Tangsiri visited the commanding, control, and operating sectors of the IRGC Navy and after reviewing the latest state of readiness and combat capability, announced the...

Iranian lady takes VP chair at APC

The Vice President of the Iranian National Paralympic Committee Sima Limochi will take the chair by 2023. “We, at the Asian Paralympic Committee, would like to thank you for your availability and dedication to the Paralympic Movement. On behalf of the Asian Paralympic Committee, we would like to acknowledge...

Tehran urges ease of Iranian Presidential elections in Canada

In a tweet on Mon., the body wrote: "Hundreds of thousands of Iranians live in #Canada who, because of Ottawa's politicized stance, are now deprived not only of their consular rights, but also of the obvious right of self-determination through elections." "The Government of Canada has an...

JCPOA talks in final stages: Mass

Making the remarks addressing an event in Berlin, Maas considered the achieved results in Vienna talks to be the result of Europe's perseverance and confidence. He hoped that Iran would show a political will to conduct these negotiations to reach the finish line. The June session of the International Atomic Energy Agency...

Iran dep. army cmdr. hails telecommunications achievements

Admiral Habibollah Sayari made the comments on a visit to the Army Telecommunication Group to assess the level of the preparedness of the the group in the face of the enemy's offensive threats in the field of specialized telecommunication equipment and systems. The Coordinating Deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army also...

Bright future drawn ahead of Iran defense industry: Cmdr.

Speaking in his visit at the Exhibition of Achievements of Defense Industry of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday, he pointed to the salient achievements of the defense industry of the country in the field of manufacturing parts and equipment required by the Armed Forces and said, “The...

Iran's nuclear program ‘out of control’ after US withdrawal

Speaking during a hearing in the Foreign Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives on Monday, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated that Iran’s nuclear program has been out of control after the withdrawal of Washington from JCPOA in May 18, 2018, by former US President Donald...

Iran, Iraq border commanders discuss border security coop.

The meeting took place with the aim of developing and expanding relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq in Iraqi Mandali and Khaneqien region in Dyala province. In the meeting, Ghaderi stressed the need to strengthen solidarity and increase engagement between the two sides and resolve border disputes, adding that...

Terrorist blast in Libya kills, injures 8 people

The correspondent of Qatar's Al-Araby TV in Libya reported that a truck had exploded at the eastern entrance of the city of Sabha, south of Tripoli, killing three people and wounding five others. The blast targeted a security base in the city, killing two senior officers, the report added. Libya...

Train collision in S Pakistan kills at least 30 (+VIDEO)

At least 30 dead had been transported to surrounding hospitals, senior district police official Umar Tufail told local television channel Geo News, Reuters reported.  He said he expected the toll to shoot up as there were still mangled train compartments that rescuers had not been able to access despite...

NATO Baltops drills start in Baltic Sea region

A major military exercise by NATO and the United States began in the Baltic Sea region on Sunday 6 June, DW reported. The Baltops maneuvers are taking place for the 50th time this year. They involve about 4,000 servicemen from 18 countries, 40 warships, 60 aircraft. In addition to...

Iraqi forces arrest ISIL terrorists in Nineveh, Diyala

The series of anti-terrorist operations of Iraqi army continue in different parts of Iraq. Iraqi forces recently launched new operations against ISIL Takfiri remnants, Al-Forat News reported. According to the report, Iraqi army forces targeted ISIL Takfiri terrorist positions in Diyala province. They also targeted ISIL remnants in Nineveh...

Shooting near Homestead air reserve base in Florida

The shooting took place just before 2 a.m. inside of an apartment complex near Southwest 126th Court and 282nd Street, near the Homestead Air Reserve Base. Police say two people were found dead at the scene, including both a 38-year-old female victim and a 15-year-old male. The suspect shooter, a...

Boko Haram terrorist leader killed in Nigeria

The Militant Group Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) announced in an audiotape, provided to Reuters news agency on Sunday, that Boko Haram leader 'Abubakr Shekau' was killed in Nigeria. According to the report, the person who claims in the audiotape "Abu Musab al-Barnawi" is the leader of ISWAP,...

Former head of Zionists' space agency dies: report

He died of injuries sustained during the widespread Palestinian protests against the Israeli aggression in the city of Acre. Avi Har-Even was hospitalized after suffering burns and smoke inhalation, amid the unrest,  while he was staying at a hotel last month.  The Rambam Health Care Campus, the Haifa hospital...

Another mass grave discovered in Iraq

The grave, reportedly contains dozens of bodies of people massacred by the former Iraqi Baath regime led by Saddam Hussein, was found in an area between Kifri and Khanaqin, Basnews reported. Preliminary information indicates that the grave is quite large, the statement added. Technical assessment is said to be...

Iraqi intelligence officer assassinated in Baghdad

Iraqi sources reported that unknown gunmen assassinated the Iraqi officer in Al Baladiyat, Baghdad, Iraq. He was an Iraqi Intelligence Service officer. No further detail has been released yet. HJ/FNA14000317000287...

Putin signs bill on open skies treaty denunciation into law

Previously, the US notified Russia it would not return to the Open Skies Treaty, which was signed in 1992 and allowed the signatories to conduct unarmed observation flights over each other's territories on short notice, Sputnik reported. In May 2020, the United States started the withdrawal procedure, which was...

Saudi coalition violates ceasefire 79 times in Al Hudaydah

The Saudi coalition has violated the ceasefire agreement 79 times in the past 24 hours in the Al Hudaydah fronts, the Yemeni source announced, according to Al Mayadeen.  Saudi coalition forces also targeted areas controlled by the Yemeni army and popular committees with 149 tank shells. Saudi fighter...

Former leaders urge G7 to vaccinate poor against Covid-19

One hundred former presidents, prime ministers, and foreign ministers have urged the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to pay for global coronavirus vaccinations to help stop the virus mutating and returning as a worldwide threat, CNN reported. The leaders made their appeal ahead of a G7 summit in...

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

Iran win Bulgaria to move up to 6th place at 2021 VNL The national Iranian volleyball team defeated Bulgaria Sat. to move up one place at the table of the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League. Alekno’s men registered their fourth consecutive win on Saturday with a 3-0 victory (25-22, 33-31, 25-20)...

Time to come for Zionists to be held accountable

Republishing a video of Palestinian children who were martyred in the 12-day aggression of the Zionist regime against the occupied lands, Kharibzadeh wrote in a Sunday tweet, "Even on his way out, Netanyahu pathologically insisted on filling his quota of innocent #Palestinian blood. " "Shame on those who effectively...

Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on June 7

Asia: Ali Ansarian becomes best actor in Bulgarian festival Aftab: Leader calls on people to ask, encourage others to take part in elections Ebtekar: Ambiguous fate of JCPOA after elections Etemad: Shadow of terror and violence on Israeli politics Etela'at: Western powers avoid resolution against Iran at IAEA board Hamas:Next battle...

Late Ali Ansarian wins best actor award at Bulgarian fest

The award ceremony of the festival is to be held on September 11 in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital. Kulbarf is the first feature film of Reazee who had already worked five made short films and two TV series. Ali Ansarian, the former defender of Persepolis FC, who also played...

FDI registered 189% growth last year

Accordingly, mining, mineral and industrial projects within the framework of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) hit a 189 percent growth last year (ended March 20, 2021) both in terms of value and volume as compared to the last year’s corresponding period. The study of situation of mining, mineral and industrial...

More than 59mn Iranians eligible to cast vote in election

Saying that the number of Iranians who are eligible to cast vote in the 2021 presidential election hit 59,310, 307 million,  the spokesperson for the Election Office of the Iranian Ministry of Interior expressed hope that all Iranians will be present at the ballot boxes. It is predicted that more...

Iranian energy min. arrives in Dushanbe

Minister Reza Ardakanian made a trip to Tajikistan to attend the 14th Meeting of the Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation of Iran and Tajikistan. Ardakanian will meet and hold talks with the Minister of the Energy and Water Recourses of the Republic of Tajikistan Daler Juma and the Tajik Chairman of the...

3rd clinical trial of Iran-made Covid-19 vaccine in Bushehr

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – The 3rd clinical trial phase of the 1st Iranian made anti-Coronavirus vaccine COVIran Barakat developed by Iranian state-owned Shifa Pharmed Industrial Group was carried out on the volunteers in southern Bushehr Province.    ...

Raeisi in election rallies in Eslamshahr

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – One of the candidates in the 2021 presidential elections Ebrahim Raeisi attended an election rally held by his supporters in Eslamshahr, in the suburb of the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday afternoon.      ...

Qajar-era paintings in Babajan Darreh Tomb in Gilan prov.

AMLASH, Jun. 07 (MNA) – The tomb of Agha Seyyed Ebrahim Babajan Darreh is one of the historical and religious attractions in Amlash city, Gilan province. The tomb is located in Rankuh District, Babajan Darreh Village, dating back to the Qajar period. Babajan Darreh Tomb is the only tomb...

Paliament speaker's trip to Ilam

TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohamamd Bagehr Ghalibaf arrived in the western province of Ilam on Monday morning.    ...

Iran Cleric Who Founded Hezbollah Dies Of COVID-19

Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, who survived a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died at the age of 74.

Saudi Arabia holding joint air drill with some Arab states

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Beauties of Dah Houz Village in SW Iran

TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA) – Located in Khuzestan Province near Karun river, Dah Houz is a village whose unique nature shines like a diamond in the heart of the Dasht-e Soosan District.             ...