News Archive - 22 August 2021

Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh described Operation Sword of al-Quds as an important turning point in the history of the battle with the Zionist enemy. This battle proved that al-Quds is the center of the battle between the Palestinian resistance with the Zionist enemy. He expressed his...

After maneuvering to the launch location at night, the launch unit erected the missile launcher into position and set the launch parameters upon receiving the order. According to CGNT, the missiles hit the target accurately in respective launches, hundreds of kilometers away in a desert. The Chinese People's Liberation...

"Contacts with former President Karzai, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, and even with Tajik leaders in the Panjshir province, which continues to resist the Taliban, were established yesterday [Saturday]," Lavrov told President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the United Russia party, according to Sputnik news agency on...

Nasrallah said at the start of his speech, according to Al-Manar that, "I have known Martyr Abbas Al-Yatama closely, he’s one of Hezbollah founders."  According to Al-Manar, late Hezbollah commander Al-Yatama participated in liberating Aleppo city and Aleppo-Hama highway from the militant, breaking the terrorist blockade imposed on Nubbul and...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the holding of a special G7 meeting on developments in Afghanistan on Tuesday August 24.    Prime Minister of United Kingdom Boris Johnson announced on Sunday that leaders of Group of Seven (seven industrialized countries of the world) will hold a special meeting...

Speaking in an interview with ABC News on Sun., the US Secretary of Defense announced he would use any means in power to transfer the desired individuals of this country to Kabul Airport. Trying to justify Washington's irresponsible withdrawal from Kabul after two decades of occupation, the US...

A meeting has been held between the Commander of the Northern Fleet of the Naval Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, Rear Admiral Abdulvahab Tahiri, and a delegation led by the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijan Naval Forces, Captain 1st Rank Habib Khalilov, according to Azertag. The...

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday, "The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has played a very important role in the development of the country's defense industry." He added about the Leader's characteristics, "One of his most important characteristics...

Iran grabbed one gold, one silver and five bronze medals in the competition and finished in second place with 130 points. Host Russia won the title with 183 points and Azerbaijan came third with 101 points. Amirreza Dehbozorgi won a gold after beating Alimardon Abdulaef from Uzbekistan 3-1 in...

As the parliament continued to discuss the cabinet presented by President Ebrahim Raeisi on Sunday, the spokesman of the presiding board of Iranian Parliament Seyyed Nezam Al-Din Mousavi told the Iranian state TV this afternoon that discussing the nominated ministers at the parliament will continue in the coming days.  He said that the...

The Iranian Amry's Deputy Commander for Coordinating the Affairs Brigadier General Abbas Fallah said at the inauguration ceremony of the Russian-initiated international army games that these games aim to promote peace, friendship and enhance cultural interactions among the participating countries. The Russian representative in the games in Isfahan said that the army...

 A 44-year-old man and two teenagers were killed in the blast, the Moscow city prosecutor's office said on Saturday. According to Metropolitan Public Prosecutor’s Office, the 14-year-old boy died instantly. At the same time, an injured man on Malaya Naberezhnaya Street died in an ambulance car. A 12-year-old boy was...

Ten people are dead and approximately 40 people are missing in Humphreys County after severe flooding rocked the community Saturday, Tennessean reported. Crews were going house to house in search of the missing people late Saturday, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told The Tennessean. Davis said the flooding event is...

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The mourners were commemorating Ashura -- marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the Karbala tragedy. The movement posted pictures of the bodies of the three mourners who were shot dead by the Nigerian police to refute their...

An elite unit of Taliban fighters, wearing US-made tactical gear they apparently captured from retreating Afghan forces, has posed for a propaganda photo, which many outraged Americans found to be the “ultimate insult", Russia Today reported. In a photo that ruffled many feathers, mostly among American conservatives, members of...

US security forces have been in control of the Hamid Karzai international airport in Kabul since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15. The remnants of the US military are withdrawing their troops and equipment from Afghanistan through Kabul airport. And the reports suggest that they have not...

Spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, Fawzi Barhoum made the remarks on Sun. and added, “By bombing Gaza, Zionist regime, as usual, tries to cover up its defeat in the face of stability of Palestinian people and their courageous resistance.” Zionist occupiers misevaluated the situation and...

Second Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri, the Police Commander of Sistan and Baluchestan said on Saturday that yesterday, in a clash between the anti-narcotics police in the cities of Iranshahr, Saravan and Khash, a drug-smuggling gang was dismantled on the Saravan-Khash road. During the operation, 4 vehicles belonging to smugglers were...

Arman-e Melli: Raeisi says would bring trust to society Taliban not going to share power Asia: Raeisi's cabinet: Vaccine, economy, domestic stability priority of 13th govt. Aftab: Taliban not able to manage Afghanistan without illicit drugs Amir Abdullahian to face both threats, opportunities Ebtekar: Ulyanov: Vienna talks to be resumed soon...

" We manufacture our products in line with internal capacity so as to respond to existing threats", the Head of Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) said. The Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) produces equipment and weapons according to the need of the armed forces, Second Brigadier General Afshin Khajeh Fard...

Chief Executive of Electronic Industries Organization of the Ministry of Defense Brigadier General Shahrokh Shahram made the remarks on Sun. on the occasion of August 22, the Commemoration of National Day of Defense Industry and reiterated that communications networking is a power factor in modern-day wars. Turning to the measures...

Major General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the IRGC, made the remarks on an inspection visit to Kerman Province in the southeast of Iran on Sunday.  Gen. Salami said that Iran is under oppressive sanctions while it is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. "Our country is in a different...

From August 22 to 28, 2021, the Army-2021 international military-technical forum will be held at the Patriot Exhibition and Convention Center in Russia. Today, Deputy Coordinator of Iranian Defense Ministry Brigadier General Saeed Shabanian left the country for Russia to attend this exhibition and military-technical forum. The International Military and...

According to Behrouz Aghaei, between 100 to 200 trucks commute between Iran and Afghanistan daily. Referring to the several-day suspension of trade with Afghanistan through the port of Chabahar due to recent events in the country, the official added, "Due to the recent events in Afghanistan, the Milak border terminal...

The Iranian commander is in Kerman to visit IRGC's anti-coronavirus health centers in the province. He also inaugurated a vaccination center on Sun. HJ/5286393...

Speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration of Fatemeh Zahra (PBUH) 64-bed Hospital of Kerman (special of coronavirus patients) in Kerman on Sunday, Major General Hossein Salami said that ‘Noora’ vaccine was successful in its first phase of clinical trials and effective steps have been taken for entering the...

Head of Ideological-Political Organization of the Ministry of Defense made the remarks on the occasion of the anniversary of the National Day of Defense Industry. Today, the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are at the peak of their power, Hojatoleslam Seyyed Ziaeddin Aghajanpour said. He went on...

Shah Mahmood Qureshi Foreign Minister of Pakistan will pay a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran and three neighboring countries of Afghanistan including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan on August 24 with a focus on the recent development in Afghanistan. Turning to his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...

At the beginning of the meeting,  Zarif congratulated the 50th anniversary of the beginning of diplomatic relations between Iran and China and expressed his gratitude on the behalf of the Iranian government for supplying the Covid 19 vaccines by China. Explaining the Islamic Republic of Iran's viewpoints on the...

The Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi arrived in Tehran on Saturday night to hold meetings and consult with high-ranking Iranian officials. Motegi has already held meetings with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, who tweeted after the meeting that it was his last meeting as the Iranian foreign minister. The...

Nadeali was elected by the majority of votes in the council. He is the former assistant to the Head of Islamic Development Organization (IDO) Hojatoeslam Mohammad Ghomi. HJ/5286411...

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf made the remarks in his meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tehran on Sun. and reiterated that Japan must take urgent action in unfreezing Iranian assets blocked in this country. Stating that the 90-year-old relations between Iran and Japan show the age-old and longevity of...

Japan's Motegi and Ali Shankhani discussed various issues in this meeting. No further detail has been released about this meeting. The Japanese official met his Iranian counterpart earlier on the same day in Tehran. HJ/IRN84444796...

Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced the new figure, adding that 5,007 of the newly-detected patients have been hospitalized since yesterday. Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 patients in the country is standing at 4,677,114. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 684 people since Sat.,...

"Pleased to host Japanese FM Motegi in Tehran on Sunday," he tweeted. He added, "In what is probably my last meeting with a counterpart as Iran’s foreign minister, we discussed strengthening bilateral relations, how to resucitate the JCPOA and the catastrophic US-engineered situation in Afghanistan." HJ/...

"We consider negotiation as as diplomatic tool and we leave a logical negotiating table," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who is nominated by President Raeisi to the post of the foreign minister said at today session of the parliament to gain the vote of confidence to become next Iran's top diplomat. "We do not tie...

On Sunday a ceremony was held for the introduction of  Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, the new commander of the Army's Navy, and also honoring of Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi the former commander of the Army's Navy. The ceremony was held with the presence of Major General Seyyed Abdol-Rahim Mousavi, the Commander...

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TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – For the second day in a row, the Iranian Parliament held a vote of confidence session on Sunday to discuss the qualifications of the proposed ministers of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi.

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian FM Zarif met and held talks with his Japanese counterpart Motegi in Tehran on Sun.    ...