News Archive - 26 August 2021

In a decree on Wednesday, Ebrahim Raeisi appointed Mohsen Rezaei as Vice President for Economic Affairs, Secretary of the Supreme Economic Coordination Council of the heads of three branches and Secretary of the Economic Staff of the Government. and senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who held office as the secretary...

Al-Arabiya quoted a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen as saying that Saudi air defense had fired at a Yemeni drone over the Khamis Mushait area in the south of Saudi Arabia. The Saudis claim they had intercepted the Yemeni drone before it reaches its targets.  "We are...

Marcin Przydacz, a Polish deputy foreign minister, said on Wednesday that a group taken from Kabul, and now in Uzbekistan, was the last group evacuated by Poland, Al-Jazeera reported. US President Joe Biden declared the day before that he is sticking to his August 31 deadline for completing the...

The helicopter was trying to reach areas affected by Hurricane Grace when safety officials were notified of a mechanical incident. The helicopter landed in the town of Agua Blanca in Hidalgo state, no deaths were reported. Three injured passengers were rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital. On board...

Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah are effectively under house arrest in Kabul, CNN reported, citing a source. The Taliban also confiscated cars of politicians who are currently at the mercy of the movement, the source added. According to CNN, the Taliban searched Abdullah’s home on Wednesday. This comes after...

On state TV on Wednesday a ruling Socialist Party official in Merida announced the death toll had risen and said authorities were working to restore telephone service in some areas, Al-Jazeera reported. State governor Ramon Guevara said earlier that more than 1,200 houses had been destroyed and 17 people...

Stano said that the new foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the partner that the EU officials have been in touch with before. The EU spokesman said that the Europeans are expecting the continuation of important negotiations on returning the JCPOA back on track. He also said...

According to reports carried out by the world media, the US statement said individuals should avoid approaching KBL unless given specific instructions from US officials to travel to the facility. The UK statement told UK citizens to avoid all travel to KBL, and to leave the facility if currently...

The explosion in Kazakhstan's southern city of Taraz resulted from a fire at a warehouse of a military unit, the Kazakh Defence Ministry said on Thursday, Sputnik reported. "At approximately 19:00 [13:00 GMT], a fire broke out near a warehouse of a military unit stationed in the Jambyl region's...

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All but one nominated cabinet win vote of confidence from MPs Lawmakers at the Iranian parliament cast their votes to the cabinet proposed by President Ebrahim Raeisi on Wednesday afternoon. Hujjat Al-Islam Seyed Esmaeil Khatib gained the trust of the MPs and became the next Intelligence Minister with 222...

After the congratulatory message from the Russian foreign minister Lavrov yesterday, the Yemeni and Kuwaiti foreign ministers have taken the lead to congratulate their new Iranian counterpart. The Yemeni Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf congratulated the confirmation of "Hossein Amir Abdullahian" as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran after...

In the event that took place on Thursday morning with the Custodian of Imam Khomeini’s Mausoleum Hojatoleslam Val-Moslemin Seyyed Hassan Khomeini taking part, President Ebrahim Raeisi paid tribute to the Late Founder of the Islamic Revolution by placing a bouquet of flowers on his grave. The visit comes only one day...

"Dear Dr Ghalibaf, Honourable Speaker, Honourable Members of the Board and Honourable Representatives of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Thank you very much for your good faith in my proposed ministers," said Raeis in his message to the Iranian Parliament on Wednesday night. "Your diligent efforts to review the qualifications...

Arman-e Melli: Raeisi appoints Mohsen Rezaei as VP for Economic Affairs Etemad: All but one nominated cabinet win vote of confidence from Parliament Asia: Mohsen Razaei appointed as Economic Affairs VP Etela'at: Report: Baghdad summit seeking to deescalate Tehran-Riyadh tensions  Javan: MPs cast their votes to cabinet proposed by President...

The United States President Joe Biden will tell the Israeli regime's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Thursday that Washington shares Israel’s concern that Iran has accelerated its nuclear program but remains committed for now to diplomacy with Tehran, a report by the Reuters said. Briefing...

President Ebrahim Raeisi had been chairing the former President Rouhani's cabinet until today but after all but one of his proposed ministers received their votes of confidence from the parliament yesterday, he chaired his first meeting with his own cabinet members on Thursday morning after their visit to the Mausoleum...

Upon their arrival, the Iranian Army Navy's intelligence and operational fleet 76 were welcomed by the Army Navy commanders and personnel at Bandad Abbas province in Hormozgan Province on the Persian Gulf.  The 76th Naval Fleet of the Army Navy had been dispatched to escort the Iranian oil tankers and...

The spokesman of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran Mohammad Hassan Zibakhsh said on Thursday, "Following the escalation of clashes and tensions at Kabul airport, the owner of the private Afghan airliners Kam Air requested the transfer of a number of the company's airplanes to Iranian airports." "The Islamic Republic...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi announced in his first meeting with the new cabinet ministers on Thursday morning that he and his Cabinet members will meet with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday.  Raeisi and members of the Cabinet also renewed allegiance to the high ideals of...

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 4,833,135 with the death toll standing at 104,716. Over the last 24 hours, 36,758 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, 4,940 of whom required hospitalization, according...

The Iranian international striker Sardar Azmoun has received a new bid from French football club Lyon after the Italian and German clubs of Rome and Bayer Leverkusen.   The French football website "www.getfootballnewsfrance.com" says that the Russian side had been seeking €20m for the 26-year-old at the beginning of this...

"I believe that thanks to your deep experience and knowledge, you will be able to handle all the challenges that this responsibility brings to you,"  Slakovic said after offering his congratulations to Amir-Abdollahian. "I am sure that with your appointment, the contacts between the two ministries and our personal ties will be...

On his first day as Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a meeting in the building of the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. Qureshi traveled to Tehran after meeting with Turkmen officials and was welcomed by General Director of Iranian Foreign Ministry’s West Asia Department Seyyed Rasoul Mousavi. Iranian...

Speaking to the Iranian Press TV, the new Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the Covid-19 pandemic is a top priority for the country and his ministry. Amir-Abdollahian said that a new office will be established at the ministry that will be tasked with following up on the vaccine imports. He...

In a message on Thursday, the head of Iran Judiciary Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i congratulated President Ebrahim Raeisi on the approvement of his proposed ministers at the parliament yesterday. At the parliament session Wednesday afternoon, only the nominated minister of education Hossein Baghgoli failed to secure the necessary confidence votes from the lawmakers, while...

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, held a meeting on Thursday in Tehran on the latest developments in the region.              ...