News Archive - 19 August 2021

Hebrew-language sources reported an explosion at a petrochemical complex in Haifa on Wednesday evening. According to the report, the Israeli regime's army radio reported that a loud explosion was heard in this petrochemical complex. Zionist army radio also claimed that the explosion was caused by a technical defect in...

A MiG-29 fighter crashed in the Astrakhan region on Wednesday, the pilot has been killed, the ministry said, Sputnik reported. The ministry's statement added that the crashed plane fell in a deserted location at the Ashuluk training ground and that the flight was carried out without ammunition. "On August 18,...

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah delivered a speech on the occasion of the tenth night of Muharram. "Tyrants throughout history tried to erase the trace of Imam Hussein (PBUH) yet his memory remains as Seyyeda Zeinab (AS) said, “You won’t erase our memory” and we see today massive rallies around the...

Speaking on Wednesday on the Day of Ashura, the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah hailed the persistence and firmness of Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation, saying that confronting the Zionist regime is at the top of priorities. Confronting the Zionist regime is at the top of prioritiesAccording to...

Iraqi sources reported Thursday morning that a US military logistics convoy was targeted in Iraq's Saladin province. According to the Saberin News, the convoy was targeted in the city of Siniya , north of the Iraqi capital. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Similar attacks against US troops...

A total of 12 people have been killed since Sunday at the Kabul airport, the Taliban official said, according to the BBC report. The Taliban official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the shooting and crowds were the reason for the killing of these citizens. The official...

An explosion targeting an Ashura procession in Pakistan's Punjab has killed at least five people and injured dozens more, Al-Mayadeen reported. Videos circulating on social media showed police and ambulances rushing toward the site of the bombing, India Today reported.  Several wounded people were seen waiting for help...

In a tweet on Thursday, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the group wrote, "We want diplomatic and trade relations with all countries. The Taliban has not spoken about cutting trade ties with any country, and all this is rumor and not true." After the Taliban took over Kabul and...

The Ebola case was discovered in Ivory Coast over the weekend in an 18-year-old Guinean woman who had traveled by road from Labe in Guinea, a journey of some 1,500km (930 miles), Aljazeera reported. It was Ivory Coast’s first known case of the disease since 1994. Ebola is often...

Chinese Foreign Minister made the comments on Wednesday, adding that the future of the country depends on where the group's policies are heading, CGTN reported. A Taliban spokesperson said, at Taliban's first press conference on August 17, that they would ensure the security of embassies in Afghanistan and expressed...

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'Ghani's mission was to hand over Afghanistan to Taliban' A Member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament said Ashraf Ghani's mission was to hand over the country to the Taliban and to obey the US' orders. The Iranian MP, who is a former...

In a tweet on Wednesday,  Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote, "For all their talk of democracy & War on Terror, events in Afghanistan & statements by US & NATO officials prove: They invaded & occupied Afghanistan & elsewhere ONLY to pursue their own interests—but couldn't even achieve that." "US/NATO...

Addressing his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a message, the Iranian Foreign Minister congratulated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Tehran and Beijing to him, the Chinese government, and the civilized nation. Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote, "I am very pleased that on such a day, We are...

The decades-old hostilities between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the west can be traced in several conspiracies that all had in creating a constant distrust against colonial powers such as the United State and the United Kingdom. 68 years ago around this time, American and British intelligence services organized a coup in...

Three Russian naval vessels arrived in Iran's northern Anzali Port on Thursday to participate in the International Sea Cup. The sixth edition of the Bandar Anzali International Sea Cup will host the vessels from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia on the Caspian Sea, and about 400 personnel will take part in the...

According to the statement released on Thursday by the Iranian Health Ministry, the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 4,587,683 with the death toll standing at 100,255. Over the last 24 hours, 31,266 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, 4,603 of whom required hospitalization, according...

Yu Xiao Yong, China's Special Representative for Afghanistan, met and held talks with Hossein Amir Abdullahian, Special Assistant to the Iranian Parliament’s Speaker and Director General of International Affairs of the Parliament, discussing bilateral relations and recent developments in Afghanistan. "My first regional trip to the region and Tehran happened in...

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei attended the Ashura night mourning ceremony on Wednesday in Imam Khomeini Hussainia. This year too, due to the coronavirus pandemic and the Leader’s insistence on following the health protocols, the ceremonies are held without the...

A meeting was held between, Kazem Jalali, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Moscow and Mikhail Leonidovich Bogdanov Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Special Representative of the President of Russia for West Asia. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations between...

The position of the Zionist regime in the world has never been so weak, the Iranian lawmaker said, adding, "All freedom-seeking people of the world know that what is happening in the Occupied Territories of Palestine is contrary to all human principles." The Zionists are well aware that the Islamic...

MASHHAD, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Every year, the holy shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) in Mashhad hosts lovers and mourners of the third Shia Imam on Tasu'a Day.