News Archive - 26 June 2021

According to message media outlets in Germany, at least three people were killed and six others were injured caused by a knife attack in Germany’s Würzburg. German police announced that they have arrested a suspect who was shot and wounded before police arrested him. Local officials announced a large-scale police...

The Agence France-Presse reports that there were two attackers, who arrived at the site on a car and opened fire at two football players, Sputnik reported. According to the Mayor of the 15th arrondissement of Marseille Nadia Boulainseur, the victims are likely to be players of the Malpasse football...

Stephane Dujarric Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told a news conference in New York that more than 22,000 Yemenis have been displaced since last February as a result of spread of violence in the central Yemeni province of Ma'rib. Clashes continue in Yemen, including in Ma'rib,...

“We condemn Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian territory that become more and more frequent. This complicates efforts to stabilize the situation in Syria and the region,” said Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the political situation in Syria on Friday. Israel frequently targets...

"I want to inform the country that after I had completed my work in Sardinata and was close to landing in the city of Cucuta, the presidential helicopter came under attack," Duque said on late Friday, as quoted by his press service, Sputnik reported. According to the Noticias Caracol...

According to the Iraqi "mawazin.net" website, the Hashd al-Shabi (PMU) military parade was held in Dyala province in the east of the country to mark the seventh anniversary of the PMU establishment. The PMU infantry and other combat units as well as the backup forces took part in the parade.

A security source said Saturday that a drone had targeted the Masif Salahaddin area near Erbil, northern Iraq. The source told IQ NEWS that the attack on Masif Salahaddin in Erbil was carried out by a drone and an attempt was made to target the US consulate. According to the security source,...

Amnesty International said in a report that Israeli police commit racist crimes against the Palestinians and, while detaining them en masse, are using excessive and illegal force to suppress peaceful demonstrations and torturing detainees. Accordingly, the report states that Zionist regime’s police do not support even the Palestinians who...

"This morning, a temporary operational base of the MINUSMA force near the village of Ichagara, in the commune of Tarkint, Gao region, was the target of a vehicle bomb attack. 15 peacekeepers were injured and are being evacuated," the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said on...

Matteo Perego Di Cremnago, an Italian member of parliament and member of the parliamentary defense commission, told Defense News that Italy had been given until July 2 to leave the Al Minhad airbase in the UAE. “The pull-out has already started and while work is underway by Italy to...

Sultan Muhammad Sanjar, Governor of Andkhoy city, told the media that the Taliban Group took control of center of Andkhoy and Khan Char Bagh cities of Faryab province in northern Afghanistan. The towns fell to the group following the fierce clashes that erupted between Afghanistan security forces and the...

The Taliban say the United States has bombed its positions in several Afghan provinces. The group called these attacks "a provocative action." The armed Aghan group spokesman stressed in a tweet that the US forces should focus on their withdrawal from Afghanistan, threatening that if the attacks continue, Washington will have...

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"Despite the three-month joint technical agreement between the IAEA and Iran, it should be noted that the basis of this agreement is to facilitate political negotiations, not to oblige Iran to implement the Agency's request," said Kazem Gharibabadi on Friday in reaction to the report of Rafael Grossi, the head of the...

“All foreign forces who are unlawfully present in Syria must leave without any precondition and delay; terrorist groups must not be allowed to use millions of civilians as human shield to continue their heinous activities; and the Israeli regime must be forced to put an end to its aggression...

Aftab: Leader receives home-made coronavirus vaccine Etema’ad: Leader stressed on appreciating efforts of Iranian scientists in developing vaccines  Etela’at: Leader receives first dose of COV-Iran Barekat vaccine UN calls for lifting all US sanction imposed on Iran Raeisi: Collective security vital in Iran's regional policy doctrine Iran: Leader stresses...

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has never left the JCPOA, it is the United States that must make its decision and return to the deal by lifting illegal sanctions and effectively fulfilling its final commitments," said Saeed Khatibzadeh regarding the remarks made by the US and French foreign ministers that they...

Speaking to NPR and in response to a question of what Tehran wants from the administration that is hard for the United States to give up, Malley said, "Well, what they've asked for - in principle, they've said they want all of the sanctions that President Trump's administration reimposed or imposed...

Directed by Iranian filmmaker Milad Mansouri, the short film “Blocked”, and feature film 'Kulbarf' have managed to enter Ischia Global Film Festival in Italy. This Italian cinematic event is underway from July 18 to 25. Ischia Global Film Festival takes place on the Isle of Ischia, a few miles...

Comprised of Najmeh Khedmati, Armina Sadeghian and Fatemeh Karamzadeh, the team won the 10m air rifle on Friday after downing Russia 16-2 in the final. Hungary claimed the bronze after defeating Austria. This is the second gold medal for Iran. The first one was collected by Javad Foroughi in...

In a tweet on Saturday, Mikhail Ulyanov wrote, "Chances to complete the #ViennaTalks on #JCPOA successfully during the seventh round seem to be high but you never know for sure in advance." "The negotiators aim at fulfilling their tasks without delay. However, the quality of an outcome document comes...

After his meetings with Pakistani officials over the latest security developments in Afghanistan on Thursday, Iran's Special Representative for Afghanistan returned to Kabul on Friday so as to resume his meetings with Afghan political and defense officials. Presenting a report on his talks with Pakistani officials, Taherian Fard exchanged...

On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the 8th Shia Imam, Imam Reza, Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday agreed to a request by Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi to pardon or reduce the sentences of as many as 5,156 prisoners eligible for mitigating circumstances, including those found guilty in courts of common pleas...

Following the victory of Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raeisi in the 2021 Presidential Election in Iran, recent developments in Afghanistan as a neighbor to China, as well as G7's statement on China, Mehr News Agency conducted an Interview with Chang Hua, China's Ambassador to Tehran. The following is the full text of his...

Addressing Iranian newly-elect president Ebrahim Raeisi in a message, South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa felicitated him on his victory in Iran’s presidential election. He also hailed the successful holding of the election in the country. South Africa considers the Islamic Republic of Iran as a strategic trade partner...

According to the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI), the inflation rate from Jan. 21 to March 20, 2021 reached 36.4 percent. In this regard, total liquidity of the country in this period registered a 40.6 percent hike as compared to the last year’s corresponding period. The report...

Speaking in the Saturday meeting of Iran’s Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters,  Iranian incumbent president Hassan Rouhani spoke about strategies adopted by the government to provide vaccines for the Iranian nation. Stating that the country needs 180 to 200 million doses of Corona vaccine, he said "We are currently buying foreign vaccines...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that the continued spin of Iran's advanced centrifuges at high and higher levels will make it more difficult to return to the parameters of JCPOA’s initial deal. Speaking in an interview with the New York Times on Sat., US Secretary of...

The US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea appeared on Lebanese Network Al Jadeed on Friday and, while interfering in Lebanon's internal affairs, also made baseless statements against Islamic Republic of Iran. In response to a question on 'what the US reaction would be if Iranian tankers entered the ports...

Speaking at a daily press conference on Saturday, Sima Lari said the total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has surpassed 3,157,983 after the detection of 7,034 new cases since yesterday. Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 965 patients have been...

Written by Fatemeh Darbari and Mohsen Najafi Mehri, 'False Ceiling' will compete with 15 other short films at the 35th edition of the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film narrates an unexpected crisis between a young couple. The cast includes Mohammad Reza Ghaffari, Sogol Khaligh, Alireza Ostadi, Babak Behshad, Mohsen...

"One of the major challenges in our region is the huge increase in drug production in our country's neighborhood, which is done with the support of trans-regional countries," Brigadier-General Eskandar Momeni, the Secretary-General of National Headquarters for Fighting Narcotics said on Saturday. Momeni described methamphetamine as one of the illegal drugs that...

Iranian-made copy of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines to fight Covid-19 pandemic was unveiled in a ceremony attended by the Iranian health officials including the Health Minister Saeed Namaki and health ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour in Baharestan inductrial complex in the northern Alborz Province in Karaj. Jahanpour addressed the ceremony during...

According to Iraq local media, al-Kadhimi said "Iran is a neighboring country. Our relations with president-elect Raeisi are very good. He was in Baghdad some time ago. We had a great meeting and exchanged views on the future of this relationship. I had a telephone conversation with him two...

Iranian short animation “Stars in the Rain” by Iranian filmmaker Sara Namjoo won the best animation award in the competition section of the International youth film festival "Light to the world" in Russia. Promoting spiritual, moral, Patriotic, and aesthetic education of the modern youth is one of the objectives...

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) made the remarks in a meeting held on Saturday afternoon with Ali Nikzad, the deputy speaker of the parliament, in the presiding board of the parliament to discuss the issue of nuclear power generation. During the meeting, Salehi said...

The US government is the main violator of human rights who are claiming to defend human rights, the Deputy Chairman of Iran's Islamic Development Coordination Council said while speaking at a press conference on the occasion of the American human rights week. Nusratullah Lotfi said that Western countries, especially...

Iran's envoy to Russia Kazem Jalali made the comments on the sidelines of the unveiling ceremony of the Iranian-made version of Russian Sputnik V vaccines in the Iranian city of Karaj on Saturday. Jalali said that "previously, contracts were signed to import two million doses of Sputnik V while Iran...

Brigadier-General Ali Reza Elhami broke the news on Saturday and reiterated that advanced “Joshan” Missile System will become operational in the current year (started March 21, 2021). He further pointed out that Iranian Army Air Defense has been equipped with emerging knowledge and technical know-how including ‘laser’, ‘quantum’ technology,...

"Out of a steadfast commitment to salvage a deal that the US tried to torpedo, Iran has been the most active party in Vienna, proposing most drafts," Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry said in post on his Twitter account on Saturday. The spokesman added by saying that...

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – Esteghlal defeated Gol Gohar Sirjan 2-0 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Friday to cement their place at the third place of IPL table.    ...

SARI, Jun. 26 (MNA) – Peacocks and pheasants are bred in Sari, Mazandaran province. A pair of pheasants can be maintained and bred in an aviary with a floor space 4 by 6 meters with an additional 4 square meter shelter.            ...