News Archive - 9 June 2021

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbass Araghchi, who is leading the Iranian delegation at the Vienna talks between Iran and the P4+1 group to salvage the nuclear deal known as the JCPOA, attended a meeting of the Iranian parliament Foreign Policy Committee to brief the lawmakers on the results of...

According to Reuters, the trip represents a test of the Democratic president's ability to manage and repair relationships with major allies who grew disenchanted with then-President Donald Trump's trade tariffs and withdrawal from international treaties. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac as he left for Europe, Biden said his...

Police in Afghanistan’s Herat announced that Maulvi ‘Sayed Salahuddin’, one of the religious scholars of this city, was assassinated on Wednesday afternoon, AVA News reported. According to Afghan police, the incident took place by unidentified gunmen in the 7th District of Herat city. No individual or group has so...

The following is the full text of the Statement by H.E. Ambassador Kazem Gharib Abadi Resident Representative to the IAEA before the IAEA Board of Governors on Verification and Monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in Light of United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 (2015): Madam Chair, Director General,...

The statements made by the capitals of the countries involved in the Karabakh conflict and neighboring countries are often conditioned by emotions, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced at the Primakov Readings conference, TASS reports. "We call on all those involved in this situation, however, to promote the...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in an interview with RIA Novosti on Wednesday stated that partial unresolved issues have remained in JCPOA talks which is ongoing in Austrian capital Vienna. This is while that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, referring to the possibility of agreement regarding return...

Iraq seeks to build eight reactors capable of producing about 11 gigawatts, Aljazeera quoted Kamal Hussain Latif, chairman of the Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority as saying on Tuesday. The Iraqi official said that his country would seek funding from prospective partners for the $40 billion plan and pay back...

The Cuban Embassy in Tehran issued a press statement on Wednesday, calling that the US sanctions imposed against Iran a failure. Concurrent with the Cuban government's efforts at the UN General Assembly to end US sanctions against the country, the Cuban Embassy in Tehran issued a statement, while emphasizing the development...

The Iranian Space Agency attended the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna and read out a statement on the third day of the session. In its statement, the Iranian Space Agency called for amending the rules and regulations relating to Geosynchronous orbit and criticized the First come and First...

Iran beat powerful United States in three straight sets (25-19, 25-23, 25-23) in 2021 Volleyball Nations League’s Week 3 on Wednesday. This was Alekno’s men fifth consecutive win in the highly prestigious tournament. Young Iranian volleyball player won all their matches in the Week 2. Saber Kazemi of Iran...

The Governor of the province Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian made the announcement in a meeting with Iranian and Iraqi ministers of agriculture. "Khorasan Razavi province is the second most-populated province and the fourth largest province in Iran and has 835 km of border with Afghanistan and Turkmenistan," he said. He added that...

At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning chaired by President Hassan Rouhani, members of the cabinet agreed to forward a visa cancellation to citizens who hold passports of either the Islamic Republic or Iran and the Republic of Iraq.  The Iranian government approved cancel visa procedures for 45 days during Arbaeen...

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At least 138 civilians were killed in the June 5 attack on Solhan village in Burkina Faso’s northeastern Sahel region, near the border with Niger, making it the “deadliest since 2015,” according to UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch. Fearing for their lives, thousands of men, women, and children rushed for...

"On the instructions of Minister Luigi Di Maio, the Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, has summoned today the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Omar Al Shamsi, to the Foreign Ministry," Sputnik reported. "The Secretary-General has expressed to the Ambassador his surprise and a great disappointment...

China's National People’s Congress expressed indignation and resolute opposition on 9 June to a US bill aimed at boosting the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology, Xinhua reports. The legislature's foreign affairs committee issued a statement, saying that the bill underscores a Cold War mentality and interferes in...

The source stressed that in recent weeks, the Saudi embassies in UK, France, and other European countries had been seeking to arrange an official meeting between Bin Salman and the mentioned European countries. But European countries have strongly refused to accept Muhammad bin Salman neither now nor in the near...

Representatives from Taliban and Afghan government resumed intra-Afgan talks after weeks of deadlock in the Qatari capital, Doha on Tuesday. According to a statement by the Afghan government delegation, the meeting took place yesterday (Tuesday, June 8). Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai was the chief negotiator of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Mullah Ghani Beradar...

Addressing the Primakov Readings forum on Wednesday, the minister also added that Moscow will embrace Washington's cooperation in resolving the Syrian crisis.  Elsewhere, the Russian minister expressed hope that the US would learn from past mistakes when preparing for the upcoming Russia-US summit. "I hope that those working with the...

Yedioth Ahronoth reported that that the fire had broken out in the Bayt Thul, a Palestinian village near Al-Quds. It is said that the police forces are evacuating residents of nearby towns. Dozens of rescue teams have been dispatched to the scene, trying to put out the fire. Zionist...

Among the made changes stand out, the fact that the goals scored with the shoulder will no longer be considered as non-regulatory. “The shoulder it is not part of the arm“, therefore,” is a part of the body with which you can mark in a regulatory way a goal,...

He went on to say that the US's claim that it has stopped supporting Saudi Arabia is not true, Almasirah reported. Americans say that they have issued an order banning military support to Saudi Arabia. This is while the Saudis continue to bomb Yemen with American drones, Al-Houthi added. Whenever...

According to the Space.com website, this Thursday at sunrise, we can look forward to an annular solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon is too far away from Earth in its elliptical orbit to completely block out the sun like it does during a total solar eclipse. Instead,...

The Syrian Arab Republic categorically rejects statements of US secretary of State, Antony Blinken regarding the occupied Syrian Golan, indicating that such statements come in the framework of the limitless US support to the Israeli entity and its continued aggression, SANA reported. An official source at the Foreign and...

Press TV cited local Iraqi media as saying that Qasim Muslih, the PMU’s head of operations in the volatile western Anbar province, was freed on Tuesday. Social media users even published pictures of Muslih surrounded by his fellow fighters moments after his release. Iraqi security forces on May 26 arrested...

Explaining that Iran is facing another widespread wave of power outages, Reza Ardakanian said and crypto-mining has consumed 2,000MW in the country.  He added, "We have greatly reduced electricity exports and we may even reduce exports to zero."  Thousands of illegal mining rigs have been confiscated in the...

'Social, political' issues 2nd presidential debate main focus The 2nd debate of candidates for the 13th presidential election (Iran 2021 Presidential Election) was held at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) with the focus on cultural, social, and political issues. All seven candidates answered "cultural, social and political" questions in...

A spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health Sima Lari said that coronavirus claimed the lives of 157 people in the country over the past 24 hours, putting the total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 at 81,519. She also put the total number of COVID cases in the...

This Memorandum of Understanding has been concluded on the basis of equality, mutual respect, interests as well as the laws of Iran and China, Ruhollah Hosseini, director-general of the office of festivals and international cooperation of the Iranian Organization on Cinema and Audiovisual Affairs said. According to one of the...

Saeed Khatibzadeh arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday morning to hold meetings with Iraqi officials, according to a statement that appeared on the Iranian Foreign Ministry official website. After meeting with some Iraqi officials, the Iranian spokesman met with Fuad Hussein, the foreign minister of Iraq to discuss issues of mutual interest, regional...

"The serious and fundamental priority of my government is to pay attention to neighboring countries, Muslim countries, especially the axis of resistance," he said. "Our stance towards the West will be interactive and respectful, based on preserving Iran's national interests," he added. Zakani added that he will adopt a positive...

Today, a joint meeting was held between Iran's Election Office and the central executive apparatus so as to review reports and comments over the 2021 Iran presidential election, the Iranian Interior Minister told reports on the sidelines of the meeting. Regarding the security issues of the election process and its...

The ninth consignment of Sputnik-V vaccine was delivered to the representative of Iran embassy in Moscow on Wednesday morning, according to a report by Tehran-based IRINN TV telegram channel. The ninth batch of the Russian-made vaccine is scheduled to arrive in Tehran by Mahan Airlines tomorrow on Thursday. KI/IRINN...

The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) announced late on Tuesday that the air defenses of the Syrian Arab Army had confronted an Israeli aggression from the Lebanese airspace against some targets in the central and southern regions and shot down some of the missiles. “At exactly 11:36 p.

According to Al-Mayadeen correspondent,  the blast took place east of Ras al-Ain in al-Hasakah province. A number of Russian soldiers injured in the blast, the report added. This is while Russian sources have not yet confirmed the news. Russia and Turkey have previously agreed to conduct joint patrols on the...

In a tweet, Saree said that a documentary dubbed “Mossad Spy in Yemen” will be aired in the coming days. The film will reveal part of the documents that prove the Zionist regime’s intervention and military scheme in Yemen, he said, adding that a host of other secrets will...

Mladić, 79, known as “the Butcher of Bosnia”, presided over some of the most horrific crimes to occur in Europe since the Second World War.  He commanded violent ethnic cleansing campaigns across Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, including the July 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslim...

The majority of lawmakers voted in favor of the initiative to create a law that will formally embrace the cryptocurrency, despite concern about the potential impact on El Salvador's program with the International Monetary Fund. The move will the Central American nation the first in the world to formally...

In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Zarif pointed to his meetings with UN representatives for Yemen and Afghanistan. “Fruitful talks with UNSG SRs on Afghanistan, Mr. Arnault, and on Yemen, Mr. Griffiths,” he wrote, also posting photos of the meetings. “Key theme: Peace processes must be owned by all Afghans...

Locating in North-South Corridor is one of the most important geographical advantages of the Islamic Republic of Iran which connects Russia, Caucasus region and Central Asia to South and Southeast Asia especially India which has extensive financial relations with the Russian Federation. Strange figures of India-Russia trade / How...

Those who oppose JCPOA are misinterpreting the facts and ignoring the objective facts for political purposes, Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna said, while speaking in the June session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors. The members of the IAEA Board of...

Spokesperson of Ministry of Defense for Healthcare Affairs Reza Allah Vern on Wed. said that the first phase of human test of the vaccine was finished by injection of the vaccine into 135 volunteers in a way that physical condition of all volunteers received ‘Fakhra’ vaccine in the first...

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In a letter wrote to the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wed., Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif reiterated that as soon as sanctions imposed against Iran are lifted, Islamic Republic of Iran will settle its deferred financial contribution to the United Nations.  “I am writing to convey our...

In a statement read at IAEA’s Board of Governors meeting, the US delegation called on Iran not to prevent International Atomic Energy Agency's oversight of its nuclear facilities and collection of information from these facilities. The United States told Iran on Tuesday that it must let the UN atomic...

Speaking in a ceremony held on Wednesday on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of terror attacks in Tehran, Ghalibaf urged lawmakers to understand such incidents and do not forget them. No one should forget such incidents and people’s difficulties after leaving the current commemoration ceremony, he said. On...

The club announced that all its foreign players, including Ebrahimi, are set to part ways with the team. Al Ahli SC appreciated the efforts of these players during their stay in the team. Ebrahimi joined the Qatari team in 2018 and became one of its key players and also its...