News Archive - 10 August 2021

Somali media reported that at least 15 people were killed and several others injured in two separate blasts in central and southern Somalia. The first blast occurred in the Mudug district in central Somalia, where a car carrying citizens passing through the city of Baadwein exploded, killing eight people,...

Head of the national delegation Mohammed Abdulsalam has revealed the details of the initiative presented by the leader of the revolution Abdulmalik al-Houthi to the Omani delegation regarding Marib province, Yemeni News Agency (SABA) said. In his explanation of the initiative, the Yemeni negotiator said, "In accordance with the directive...

“This afternoon the Taliban entered the city of Farah after briefly fighting with the security forces. They have captured the governor’s office and police headquarters,” Shahla Abubar, a member of Farah’s provincial council, told the AFP news agency on Tuesday. Farah would be the seventh provincial capital city that...

The "www.bavarianfootballworks.com" has cited a report by French paper L’Equipe, that Lionel Messi, one of the greatest footballers in the history of the sport, will be signing with Paris Saint-Germain. After spending his entire senior career at FC Barcelona, Messi will be swapping the red and blue of the Blaugrana for...

Abir Salim, the Mayor of Karbala was on an inspection visit to the Mualemchi district in the city where unknown gunmen opened fire on him, according to local Iraqi media. The armed men reportedly shot three bullets at him. The mayor was immediately taken to a nearby hospital but...

Some news sources reported an explosion and fire on a merchant ship in the Syrian port of Latakia on Tuesday afternoon.  The Israeli regime newspaper "Jerusalem Post" has reported that two people were injured in the incident. The head of the Latakia firefighting department also announced that the fire...

As it was announced last month on July 19, Moscow and the two Central Asian allies held their second military exercises close to Afghanistan this month as Taliban militants overran much of the country's northern provinces directly adjacent to Central Asia, Reuters said in a report on Tuesday. Tajik...

He went on to say that Taliban have also threatened to seize the capital of 11 provinces in order to cut off Kabul relations with its forces in northern part of the country. The European official accused Taliban of failing to materialize its promise to achieve a political agreement,...

He said the decrease in the production of Iran hydropower plants has halted exports of electricity to his country. This while the main reason for the power outage in Iraq is the recent attack of ISIL terrorists on power towers. On August 8, electricity transmission lines in the Iraqi province...

Strengthening peace and stability in the region is one of the most important foreign policy priorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Iran has always supported the free passage of ships in the region, said the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Lisbon. Addressing the Portuguese...

The award was officially presented during a formal ceremony today, Tuesday 10 August, by WHO Representative to I.R. Iran Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain to the Ministry of Health and Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Governorship of Osku County in the virtual presence of WHO...

Referring to the malicious efforts of Zionist regime to accuse Iran and create tension in the region and also support of some Western countries in this negative process, Iranian Embassy to Pakistan emphasized that safeguarding peace and stability in the Persian Gulf region and Sea of Oman is the...

Before meeting with the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani, the Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein had held a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. Hussein reportedly arrived in Tehran on Tuesday morning to meet with Iranian officials and to convey the invitation of the...

"The continued dangerous and malicious presence of US troops and their overt and covert interference in the internal affairs of countries in the region will further increase tensions in the region," the SNSC secretary Ali Shamkhani said in a meeting with the visiting Iraqi foreign minister in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon.

Kazem Jalali made the remarks at the Gorbachev Center for Public Diplomacy on Tues. "Naturally, the ratification process is underway, currently our government is reviewing the document. After the review, it will be submitted to the parliament for ratification," he said. The presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, and...

Speaking in his meeting with visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran on Tue., President Raeisi stated that Islamic Republic of Iran considers intervention of foreigners in the internal affairs of regional countries ‘tender and threatening’. While expressing his thanks for the invitation of Iraqi foreign minister...

He made the remarks on Tue. during his visit to an airbase in Bandar Abbas, south Iran. The Iranian commander in this visit elevated the equipment and defense power of the airbase. "The sky over the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Sea of Oman is monitored...

In her message to Ebrahim Raeisi on Tuesday, the Greek president described relations between the two countries of Iran and Greece as friendly, historical and based on mutual respect. According to the official website of the Iranian Presidency, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou's message also read, “I am confident that we...

The new British ambassador to Tehran released a video of his first working day in Iran, emphasizing the cooperation in Tehran and London relations. By releasing a view of himself, he said, “Hi, I am Simon Shercliff, the new British Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is...

Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation in a statement on Monday stated that it has imposed sanctions on a number of UK officials in response to a recent move taken by London. Russian Foreign Ministry declined to name the UK officials who have been sanctioned but announced that these...

No group has so far claimed responsibility for targetting this US military logistics convoy in Babylon province. On August 8, news sources reported that another US logistics convoy was targeted in Nasiriya, southern Iraq. Iraqi companies carry US army requirements through the joint border with Kuwait into Iraq. US coalition logistics...

A convoy of the US occupation’s tankers laden with stolen Syrian has left the Syrian territory heading for the Iraqi territory via al-Walid illegitimate crossing, SANA reported. Local sources from Rmelan area told SANA reporter that 80 of the US occupation oil vehicles that include tankers laden with oil,...

"A number of Iraqi resistance youths were killed by the Israeli attacks, but we reserve the right to respond to Israeli attacks", secretary-general of the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq movement, a subdivision of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi, said. Saying that the Zionist regime will not stop...

"The United States itself is not qualified to make irresponsible remarks on the issue of South China Sea," Dai Bing, charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the United Nations, told the Security Council meeting on maritime security. "I also wish to point out that the Security Council is...

Iran waiting a wrong move by Zionists to destroy it: Salami Referring to the rhetoric of an Israeli official raised against Iran, Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that Islamic Republic of Iran is waiting a wrong move by Zionist regime to destroy it. Speaking...

The virus causes heavy hemorrhagic fever, and a World Health Organization (WHO) team is already working on the ground, WHO said on Monday. Last week, the African country's health ministry announced that a suspected case had been confirmed on its territory, Sputnik reported. "Health authorities in Guinea today confirmed a...

Asia: No Iranian living abroad banned from entering country: Judiciary Chief French President, Raeisi hold phone talks Japanese FM due in Tehran Iraq planning for Raeisi’s visit to Baghdad Ebtekar: What is behind West’s military pressure on Iran All pandemic records broken in Tehran Iran voices deep concern over...

According to a decision by the Iranian Volleyball Federation, Behruz Ataei, who also leads the Iranian U21 team, will manage the senior team in the 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. The change came as Russian coach Vladimir Alekno failed to meet the expectations with the team after poor results...

Addressing Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in a message, the president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, congratulated the victory of Raeisi in Iran's 2021 presidential elections on behalf of the people and the government of Georgia. Georgia attaches great importance to the development of friendly and close relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran based on mutual...

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday he will visit Cairo, Tehran, Amman, Ankara, Doha, and Palestinian Occupied Lands from next Sunday to discuss regional security and the response to the coronavirus pandemic, Kyodo News reported. His visit to West Asia through Aug. 24 follows recent launches of new administrations in Iran,...

“The Council must also remain fully vigilant and avoid being trapped by the fabrications of the Israeli regime – which, as usual, are blindly supported by certain Western countries in the Council; those who have prevented the Council in the past seven decades from taking any action against the...

Hussein will leave Tehran for Pakistan on Wed. to develop Iraq-Pakistan relations, discuss important regional and international issues, including the Islamic world issues. News sources reported the Iraqi Foreign Minister is in Tehran to invite the Iranian President to attend a security meeting attended by some countries in the region,...

Homegrown ‘Dena’ Destroyer will soon join the Third Naval Zone of Navy Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran in order to increase naval capacity of Iran Army Navy’s fleet. Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi Commander of Iran Army Navy made the remarks on Tuesday while paying visit to southern...

Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced the new figure, adding that 4,636 of the newly-detected patients have been hospitalized since yesterday. Accordingly, the total number of coronavirus, COVID-19, patients in the country is standing at 4,238,676. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 508 people since Monday, bringing...

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense General Zakir Hasanov on Monday announced that two military vessels of his country will take part in the International Military Competitions which will be held in Bandar Anzali. In this regard, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense Hasanov visited the equipment of the crews who are going...

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – About 27% of the total volume of almonds produced in Iran are grown in Saman County in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in the southwestern part of the country.    ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Iranian 'COVIran Barekat' vaccine is produced by three production lines in Savojbolagh County, Alborz province.

TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a meeting with visiting Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Tehran on Tuesday.     ...

MASHHAD, Aug. 10 (MNA) – On the eve of arrival of mourning month of Muharram, ‘Black Mourning Flag’ was raised in the holy shrine of Eighth Infallible Imam of Household of Holy Prophet, Imam Reza (PBUH) in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province on Mon. This ceremony was held at Enghlebal...

TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – On 1st day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, the people of Tehran mourned the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and his companions in Karbala in the seventh century in 680 amid Covid-19 pandemic.    ...