News Archive - 5 July 2021

Local Iraqi sources reported Monday morning that an American convoy had been targeted in Iraq. A US Army logistics convoy has been targeted by a roadside bomb in an area of Baghdad province, Saberin News reported. Local Iraqi sources also said on Sunday that a logistics convoy carrying equipment...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief will deliver a speech at the Conference which will be convened in order to renew the media discourse and manage the confrontation with the Zionist regime. According to Al-Manar News Network, the speech will be delivered on Monday evening at 16:00 Beirut time (17:30 Tehran local...

An hour after the news of the explosion was heard at a US military base near the al-Omar oil well in Deir ez-Zor province in Syria, it was reported again that an explosion had taken place at a coalition base in the same area. The Koniko base, which is run...

Speaking in an interview with BBC on Monday, Suhail Shaheen said that Taliban are not seeking military occupation of Kabul, but no foreign troops, including military contractors, should remain in the city. If foreign troops remain in Afghanistan against the Doha agreement, then Taliban leaders will decide appropriately what...

The remaining part of a collapsed building in South Florida was demolished in a burst of explosives that took the unstable structure down in seconds after officials worried that it might not withstand the powerful winds of an approaching tropical storm and that rescue workers could be endangered, The...

Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo said on Monday that authorities had found the bodies of the remaining 5 missing troops, bringing the total death toll in the plane crash to 50, including 47 dead soldiers and three civilians on the ground who also died. Another 49 soldiers were wounded, and...

According to the president, the United States lies, defames and slanders by accusing Havana in its report on that scourge, released on July 1 by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Prensa Latina reported. 'The US government resents the moral, solidarity and humanist example of our medical brigades of internationalist cooperation,'...

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The region is where Mali is battling militants linked to al Qaeda and ISIL terrorists. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the army said in a statement,  Reuters reported. The army said in a statement that the patrol was ambushed near the town of Lere on Sunday morning. "The provisional...

A small number of the Special Air Service (SAS), a special forces unit of the British Army, will stay in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of western troops from the country, The Telegraph has cited an unnamed former SAS soldier as saying. The ex-serviceman claimed the SAS troops would "provide...

Tahsin al-Khafaji, the spokesman for the Joint Operations Command, informed on Sat. that a joint special force has been established to protect the country's electricity grid against ISIL sabotage operations. "ISIL is trying to create a public insecurity concern by targeting electricity pylons and transmission towers," he said. As he...

A person was confirmed dead, bringing the death toll to three with 113 people still missing in the seaside city of Atami 90 km southwest of Tokyo, spokesman Hiroki Onuma told Reuters, after floods, landslides and cascading mud collapsed and half-submerged houses on Saturday, Nikkei Asia reported. The third...

The series of recent foiled terrorist attacks in Moscow, Astrakhan, and the southern  Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was planned by the ISIL terrorist group, FBS said. Six ISIL members were killed and two were arrested in operations to thwart terrorist attacks, it added. A series of terrorist acts planned by the ISIS terrorist...

In a tweet, the Russian Embassy in London has quoted Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying that the "JCPOA has no reasonable alternative." Zakharova has also been quoted as saying that without the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), "peace and security become more vulnerable." Today's comment by the foreign ministry...

Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar also said during a news briefing in Baghdad on Sunday that he expected oil prices to remain at $70 per barrel or above until that time, Reuters reported.  He further said that Iraq also agrees with a proposal that the group known as OPEC+ should...

"In general, we have already said and repeated many times that, of course, after the withdrawal of the Americans and their allies from Afghanistan, the development of the situation in this country is a matter of our heightened concern," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Sputnik. "We observe very carefully and state...

Hezbollah leader focused his speech during the opening session of the conference on Palestinian cause on media and media discourse. Hassan Nasrallah hailed the steadfastness of the Palestine Resistances at the start of his speech and focused his speech on media confrontation with the Israeli occupation and the US hegemony.

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer made the remarks in a press conference in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Monday.  According to the Yemeni "al-Masirah" website, Maurer said that there is a big gap between the needs of the Yemeni people and...

Al-Jazeera Arabic cited local Iraqi sources on Monday that Ain al-Assad base in the west of Iraq was targeted with rockets. No further details have been published on the attack yet. The Ain al-Assad is hosting US troops, who are required to withdraw from the country according to a piece...

Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan and Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov told the remarks on Monday, TASS reported. "Yes," he said responding to a question on the issue. "The situation is unstable, the Afghan troops have surrendered too many districts. Naturally, that triggers...

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Al Jazeera TV News Network reported on Monday that 30 members of Taliban Group were killed in the course of airstrike of Afghan army forces on the positions of Taliban in Helmand province. According to a statement released by the Afghan Ministry of Defense, six members of Taliban Group...

France conducted several nuclear tests in the Algerian desert between 1960 and 1966, four of which were conducted on the ground and 13 underground. Tayeb Zitouni, minister of Mujahideen and Right Holders of Algeria made the remarks on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the country's independence from...

Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said on Monday, the latest in a wave of mass abductions targetting schoolchildren and students, France 24 reported. Heavily-armed criminal gangs often attack villages to loot, steal cattle and abduct for ransom in the...

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) released a statement, rejecting the initial reports and said that there had been no accidents registered on offshore platforms. "There were no accidents on offshore platforms and industrial facilities under the direct control of SOCAR, and work continues normally. If there...

“Naturally, the US should correct its wrongdoings”, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said in a Sunday tweet. “To start with, it should lift, fully, unreservedly and thoroughly, its illegal unilateral sanctions on Iran and third parties, so as to encourage Iran to move in the same direction&to push for...

Asia: Baharvand appointed as Iran ambassador to UK Etela'at: Iran calls on intl. organizations to pursue case of abducted diplomats Rouhani: Essential goods produced, imported as sufficient Ebtekar: Rouhani: Essentials must be provided to people through solving supply, clearance problems Jomhouriy-e Eslami: US-Taliban collusion in Afghanistan Iran calls on UN Secretary-General to pursue...

Taking into consideration the existing uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the ongoing travel restrictions imposed across the Continent, the AFC Executive Committee agreed that it was essential to minimise the travel frequency of the participating clubs, while underlining its continued commitment towards ensuring the safety...

The 4th Online Congress “Smart Tehran” with the motto of “Digital Transformation, Digital Services, Smart Cities in COVID-19 Era and Beyond” kicked off on Monday with a focus on smart cities during and post-coronavirus periods through video conference. Senior domestic and international technology managers and figures will address the...

Morteza Aghatehrani made the remarks in his meeting with Chairman of the Cultural Commission of the Afghan Parliament Amir Gul Shaheen. Referring to the religious and racial similarities between Iran and Afghanistan, Aghatehrani said, "Iran and Afghanistan are longtime neighbors with a common history and culture." "In light of these commonalities,...

'The Cocoon & Butterfly' is about an eight-year-old girl (Parvaneh) who is out of school because of a disability. The nine-year-old boy (Yavar) tries to teach her. The 16th Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival will be held for 8 days from 5 to 12 July 2021 in Busan, the second-largest...

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 84,949 people so far, with 157 more Iranians succumbing to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman Sima Lari said on Monday. Over the last 24 hours, 16,025 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, 1,780 of...

The camp of the volleyball national team started on Saturday and the Russian head coach of the team eliminated the names of Bardia Saadat, Mohammad Taher Vadi, and Farhad Ghaemi from the list. Currently, 16 players are continuing training in the camp to prepare for the Olympics. “This is was...

Referring to some attempts to include other topics in the Vienna talks, Mikhail Ulyanov in a tweet on Monday wrote, "In the context of #ViennaTalks, some analysts and officials advocate for addressing new topics such as regional security and missiles." "An attempt to hit 3 birds with 1...

The Czech Republic became the last team to seal a berth in the Tokyo men's basketball tournament after beating Greece 97-72 in the final of their qualifying event held in Canada. Iran will compete in men’s basketball at the Olympics for the third time in its history after earning...

On Monday, a specialized webinar on "Supporting Women Entrepreneurs amid Covid-19 pandemic with an Emphasis on the Digital Market" was held in the presence of Iranian and Japanese officials. The webinar was attended by Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs, and Japanese envoy to...

According to the statement by the public relations department of the Iranian presidency, President Rouhani went to the office of Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, who was recently appointed by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the new head of the Judiciary on Monday afternoon. During the meeting, Rouhani congratulated Mohseni-Eje'i...

Jamshid Taghizadeh, Iran's Deputy Sports and Youth Minister, said that as compared to the 2016 Rio Olympics, the number of Iranian athletes has increased from 64 to 67. He said that the number of sports fields that Iran will have players taking part in the competitions has also increased. Taghizadeh...

The Head of American and European Office of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Mohammadreza Karimzadeh broke the news on Monday and reiterated that this prestigious exhibition entitled "Eurasia Expo 2021" will be held in Tehran on July 9-13 in presence of senior officials of five Eurasian Economic...

HAMEDAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – Beekeeping is mainly practiced in western Iran, in the provinces of Ardebil, Kermanshah, Kurdistan, Lourestan, Hamedan, Khuzestan, East and West Azerbaijan. Beekeeping has flourished in Asadabad County in Hamedan province, due to the growth of various plants in the region.

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – While the Iranian health authorities are warning that a new wave of Coronavirus pandemic is on the way, the people in Tehran who used to observe the health guidelines the most in Iran are giving up.      ...