News Archive - 23 June 2021

The Afghan Ministry of Defense said in a statement that 209 members of the group were killed in operations by Taliban military forces in the past 24 hours, Afghan-based AVA News reported. According to the report, the operation was carried out in 10 provinces of Afghanistan including Logar, Nangarhar,...

In his congratulatory message on the election of ‘Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi’ as 8th president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Rear Admiral Sayyari seized this opportunity to appreciate the epic participation of the great and noble nation of Islamic Iran in 13th Presidential Election (Iran 2021 Presidential Election) and...

Brigadier General Mehdi Hadian made the remarks on Wed. at the 2nd Meeting of Showcasing Technological Achievements of Iranian Space Research Center and reiterated that the Center has gained salient achievements which is a clear manifestation of national pride, honor and authority. Emphasizing that space field is one of...

According to the statement, published by the SANA news agency, "the terrorist organizations and terrorists of White Helmets group and their supporters on the field ground and at the international forums have not stopped preparing for terrorist acts through preparations to stage chemical weapon play in some areas of...

Khaled al-Batash in a speech on Wed. emphasized that Palestinian Resistance Movement is committed to breaking the siege of Gaza, alleviating the critical situation of Palestinian citizens in Gaza Strip, and supporting the ideal and causes of Al-Quds and its sanctuaries, Al-Ahad news reported. According to the report, senior...

Russia is concerned about the build-up of NATO's military infrastructure near its borders, as well as the fact that the alliance is reluctant to constructively consider proposals to de-escalate tensions, thus reducing the risk of unpredictable incidents, President Vladimir Putin said, addressing the ninth Moscow Conference on International Security...

An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked medical teams from traveling to the scene. Dozens of people were killed, they and a former resident said, citing witnesses. Two doctors and a nurse in...

According to Sputnik news agency, earlier in the day, Moscow urged the United States and its NATO allies to stop military operations in the Black Sea region, calling instead for "multilateral efforts" aimed at maintaining stability, and for states in the region to resolve problems without unwanted "help" from...

Speaking at the ninth Moscow Conference on International Security, Russian General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov emphasized on Wednesday that Russia's nuclear policy is purely defensive in nature, Urdu Point reported. "The Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons only in response to the use of nuclear and other...

As gun violence continues in the United States, the city of Columbus has been the scene of several shootings in recent days. A woman has died after a shooting in a neighborhood near downtown Columbus early Wednesday, ABC6 reported. It happened along Atcheson street before 3:20 a.m. Police...

Nikkhah Bahrami represented Iran at the 2008 Olympic Games and will also play for the Iranian team in Tokyo, the Tehran Times reported. He has won three gold medals at the FIBA Asia Championship and two silver medals at the Asian Games. Iran will take part in the 2020...

According to a statement by the Public Relations of IRGC's Martyr Shahramfar Headquarter in Kordsetan province, a counter-revolutionary team has been identified and dismantled in this province.  A few days before Iran's elections, the IRGC forces identified a counter-revolutionary group in the public area of Baneh and Sarvabad who intended to infiltrate and...

At the 32nd meeting of General Assembly of Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS), Tehran Stock Exchange (TAE) became a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation. According to the Public Relations and International Affairs Department of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), the 32nd meeting of General Assembly...

The hostile attempt was foiled without loss of life or property damage on Wednesday morning, IRIB reported. Investigations are underway to identify perpetrators behind the act of sabotage. According to the report by IRIB, the attack was thwarted right before it could inflict damage to the building.   The vigilance...

"All the processes of "Pars -1" and "Nahid" satellites have been done and they are available in the space agency, so the news of the failure of the launch is not confirmed by us," said Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Cabinet session.  CNN...

Providing the latest statistics on the coronavirus infection, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said on Wednesday that the pandemic has claimed 112 lives over the past 24 hours. The overall coronavirus death toll in Iran stands at 83,329, Sima Lari added. She said the total number of people who tested...

Speaking on Wednesday at the cabinet meeting, Hassan Rouhani said, "Republic and Islam are two very important pillars of the system and all our efforts should be to maintain these two pillars so that they are not shaken. All we have tried until today has been to preserve the...

The presiding board of the Iranian parliament received some motions on Wednesday one of which calls for banning any negotiations between Iranian and American authorities.  There are no further details on the motion at the Iranian parliament. Meanwhile, there is another motion that calls on the Iranian Ministry of Culture...

"Some hegemonic governments have caused phenomena such as racism, tyranny, ethnic and religious extremism and terrorism by using the tools of sanctions, threats, coercion, occupation and oppression and injustice," said Brigadier-General Mehdi Rabbani at the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security.  "The Takfiri ISIL group has been one of the products of...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh called the US's move to block Iranian websites a systematic effort to undermine global free speech and silence independent voices in the media.  He said that the continuation of these double standards by Washington is shameful, adding, "The current US administration has followed exactly the path...

On the eve of a trip to Islamabad and talks with the country's officials, Taherian Fard held meetings with Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah and Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar.  During these meetings, the current developments in Afghanistan were discussed and the two sides...

In a joint press conference with his American counterpart in Berlin, he said although progress has been made in the Vienna talks, some obstacles remain in reviving the JCPOA. The next round of JCPOA talks may be held within seven days. The sixth round of Vienna talks to revive JCPOA...

The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Baku, Seyed Abbas Mousavi said Wednesday that as many as 20 Iranian prisoners were handed over to the Iranian official at Astara border crossing. According to Mousavi, the inmates were transferred to their homeland in accordance with an existing agreement on extraditing...

Starring Faraz Modiri, Payman Naeimi, Anita Baqeri, Paniz Esmaeili, and Khorshid Cheraghipur, the film is about Saghi and her two friends, who have come to the largest park in Tehran to take pictures of the one-in-a-century total eclipse announced later in the afternoon.  Mischievous and rebellious, they steal a...

The process of this remote robotic surgery was conducted in Iran Advanced Clinical Skills Training Center based in Imam Khomeini (RA) and Sina hospitals of Tehran in presence of Vice President DR. Sorena Sattari and Dr. Saeed Sarkar Head of Advanced Medical Technologies & Equipment Institute. The surgery was performed...

According to Sputnik, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the remarks at the Russia Investor Conference on Wednesday. "We have almost arrived at the final stage. I feel reasonably optimistic. The process will certainly take not months, perhaps several weeks," Ryabkov said. Russian Deputy FM added, "lf all the necessary decisions are made and...

According to the governor of Naqadeh County, a bus carrying journalists was traveling from Tehran in the West Azarbaijan Province heading to the Kani Sib dam but it overturned on the road near the city of Naqadeh in the northwestern province. Speaking to Mehr, Aydin Daneshgar, the director of Naghadeh Hospital, reported...

According to a report sent to the Mehr News Agency (MNA), through the efforts of the Iranian intelligence in Alborz Province in the north and West Azarbaijan Province in the northwest of Iran an international drug-trafficking cartel that was trying to transfer a huge shipment of illicit drugs through Iran to outside...

Iran's men's volleyball team was beaten again this time by Argentina in four sets (31-33; 23-25; 32-30;18-25) in 2021 Volleyball Nations League’s Week 5 on Wednesday. This was Alekno’s men 9th defeat in a row in the highly prestigious tournament, which is underway in Rimini, Italy. The Iranian side has so far only won five of...

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A member of Badakhshan Provincial Council of Afghanistan Abdullah Naji Nazari issued a statement on Wednesday, stating that the city of Khash in Badakhshan province has fallen to the Taliban group, Afghan-based AVA News reported. Referring to Taliban's armed attack, he said that both sides have suffered casualties in...

A senior member of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, Fathi Hamadeh emphasized the need for confronting Zionist regime in their atrocities against the Palestinians, Palestine Al-Youm reported. He said, “We call on the Palestinian youth living in Al-Quds to intensify their clashes with the criminal Zionist enemy and fight...

A New York Times report on Tuesday revealed that the State Department under the Obama administration first granted a license in 2014 for the Saudi Royal Guard to receive paramilitary training from the Arkansas-based security company Tier 1 Group, which is owned by Cerberus Capital Management. The training continued...

The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said their forces monitored the vessel throughout its passage and warned it, Reuters reported. “The US side is intentionally playing the same old tricks and creating trouble and disrupting things in the Taiwan Strait,” it said. This “fully shows that the United States...

Security sources in Kandahar province said that 5 civilians were killed due to a roadside bomb blast in Maiwand city of the province. A spokesman for the Kandahar Police Command said that the incident took place around 9:00 p.m (local time) last night in Maiwand.  He added that 18 other...

Mohammad Hamada a senior member of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in a speech put forward remarks regarding Zionist regime's aggression in ‘Sheikh Jarrah’ area in the occupied territories, Al-Ahad News reported. According to the report, he said, "We warn Zionist occupiers about the consequences of supporting Israeli settlers...

Speaking in a meeting with the Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to Zimbabwe Abbas Navazani on Tue., Ms. Monica Mutsvangwa reiterated that the new US government has come to this conclusion that it can no longer speak to the Iranian people with the language of force and...

Local officials of the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Herat announced on Tuesday the reopening of the shared Iran-Afghanistan border in Herat for Afghan people who have business, medical, student and resident visas. But, the Afghan officials said that the people who want to travel to Iran for holidays and pilgrimage purposes...

There are reports by media that the US government has blocked the Tehran-based Arabic-Language TV Al-Alam website as well as the website of Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah television. Tehran-based English-language Press TV has also been reported to have been blocked by the US administration. KI/FNA...

In a congratulatory message on Tuesday, Nguyen Phu Trong President of Vietnam felicitated the victory on of ‘Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi’ as president-elect of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Turning to the amicable and good relations between the two countries of Iran and Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong expressed readiness of...

The movie was nominated in 11 categories of the Latin American Film Festival: Best Feature Film Screenwriter (Milad Mansouri), Best Feature Film Director (Milad Mansouri), Best Feature Film Actor (Hossein Soleimani), Best Feature Film Cinematography (Mehdi Rezaei), and Best Feature Film Actress (Deniz Motevaseli), Best Feature Film editing (Emad Khodabakhsh),...

Referring to the latest developments in Afghanistan, Saeed Khatibzadeh in a tweet on Tuesday wrote, "Closely following alarming developments in #Afghanistan." "Iran calls for immediate deescalation, respect for rule of law, & inclusive dialogue," he added. "Destructive policies of the US have had lingering consequences in our region...

"In such a diverse society as Afghanistan, no group or groups, however powerful militarily, can resort to force and violence to dominate others, and that the establishment of a legitimate government is possible only through a comprehensive political process and democratic means," Majid Takht Ravanchi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the...

"The Islamic Republic is fully committed to the protection and promotion of human rights and respects its international obligations. Accordingly, yesterday it submitted its fourth national report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to the Human Rights Committee," said Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh at the...

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Speaking on the sidelines of Wednesday's cabinet meeting, President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi condemned the last night's US seizure of domains of Iranian outlets as against the principles of freedom of expression. Vaezi said that "If there are similar cases in Iran, we will deal similarly and use legal tools in retaliation."...

"Any government that stands in opposition to US global hegemony will see the same formulaic narrative strategically tailored to apply to its upcoming elections," David Yaghoubian, a professor of history at California State University San Bernardino, told Mehr News Agency in an exclusive interview.  Here is the full text of...

President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in a speech on the anniversary of the eighth Shia Imam Imam Reza on Tuesday. Rouhani once again expressed his appreciation to the people for their participation in the Friday elections.  Elsewhere, the president wished success for the president-elect Ebrahim Raeisi and...

"The reason for Iran's concern about the developments in Afghanistan is not the transfer of power, because it is sure that military is not the solution to Afghanistan crisis and the transfer of power through the military is impossible and will not maintain peace and stability in this country," said Director-General of...

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – At least two Iranian journalists were killed and many more were injured with 4 in critical conditions after a bus went out of control due to a brake failure on the road near the city of Naqadeh in West Azarbaijan Province Wed.     ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – The harvesting season for dates has started in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.    ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – President-elect Ebrahim Raeisi, who still heads the Judiciary visited the Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini in the south of Tehran on Wednesday along with his deputies to renew their allegiance to the Founder of the Revolution.     ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – On the sidelines of the cabinet meeting Wednesday, which was chaired by President Hassan Rouhani, a number of ministers responded to questions put forward by jurnalists.    ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, visited the Iran COV Barakat vaccine pharmaceutical company in Alborze Province near the Iranian capital of Tehran on Tuesday.   ...