News Archive - 28 August 2021

Iranian FM official: Iran ready to host Afghanistan's neighbors meeting in Tehran General Director of Iranian Foreign Ministry’s West Asia Department Seyyed Rasoul Mousavi announced Iran's readiness to hold a meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbors in Tehran. Referring to the meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran...

Reacting to Kabul airport recent attacks Zabihullah Mujahid noted, “After US withdrawal from Afghanistan there will be any motive for such explosions.” Speaking to Radio Liberty, Mujahid added that the bombings at Kabul airport took place in an area controlled by foreign forces. "After the withdrawal of the...

The series of anti-terrorist operations by the Popular Mobilization Forces is continuing in different parts of Iraq. In recent operations, the PMU forces targeted ISIL positions in Saladin. According to the report, PMU forces managed to discover and destroy several hideouts belonging to ISIL terrorists in Saladin. This is...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin accused the United States of using coronavirus origin-tracing to suppress other countries, and he called the report political instead of scientific. He also pushed back against criticism from US officials that China has obstructed international efforts to get information about the earliest days...

Information about a possible bomb on board the airliner was received by law enforcement agencies, a report by the Russian Sputnik news agency has said.  According to preliminary data, the plane is still at Domodedovo airport.  According to the schedule, the Airbus A320 was supposed to take...

Last night, an Iraqi security source reported a rocket attack on an American base at the border of Iraq and Kuwait. Shafagh news website quoting of this source reported that unknown people launch 3 rockets from Iraq to an American base in ‘Safwan’. This source also added that two rockets...

The Japanese Health Ministry said on Thursday it had halted the use of 1.63 million Moderna doses from three lots produced at ROVI’s manufacturing site in Spain. According to Japan's health ministry, two men in their 30s died recently within days of receiving their second Moderna doses. Each...

All Kabul people who are in possession of weapons, ammunition, and other government properties are given a one-week deadline to hand them over to the Taliban, the spokesperson for Taliban wrote in his Twitter account. Zabihullah Mujahid did not provide further details of the decision. In case of violation of this instruction,...

The search for three more people is underway. "The death toll in the explosion in Zhambyl region has reached 13. Another body has been found and identified," according to the statement. Earlier, the ministry reported that 12 people were killed while battling the consequences of the explosion. The total...

“Baghdad” Regional Summit is an opportunity to achieve partnership and cooperation based on common interests, he said, stipulating that all participants stressed the need to avoid differences, Baghdad Al-Youm reported. On the sidelines of Baghdad Regional Summit, comprehensive talks and consultations were held between various regional parties, Al-Sahhaf added.

Iraq is hosting a regional conference, bringing Iraqi neighboring countries and the countries of the region together to support Iraq ahead of early elections. Surprisingly France's president that his country has a destructive role in supporting terrorist groups active against the interests of the regional countries is present in...

As "Hurricane Ida" approaches the coast of Louisiana, Mayor of New Orleans LaToya Cantrell asked residents of this area to leave the neighborhoods that cannot resist the hurricane and evacuate it, BBC reported. "Now is the time to flee," New Orleans Mayor told in a news conference for those...

The participants expressed their thanks and appreciation for the efforts of Republic of Iraq in holding and sponsoring this conference which has brought together leaders of the region and friendly countries, and showed their support for the Iraqi government and people, and stressed the need to unify regional and...

Mehdi Azizi, who is Director of Foreign News at Mehr News Agency, made the remarks in an interview with the Tehran-based Strategic Council on Foreign Relations website. Azizi stressed that the political, economic and social problems and challenges in the Zionist regime have not emerged recently as a result of events or the...

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President Emmanuel Macron announced new COVID-19 containment measures on 12 July, including sanitary passes indicating if a person has been vaccinated or has a negative coronavirus test. According to Sputnik news agency, several groups of demonstrators, including Yellow Vests, gathered on Saturday for a new round of protests against the...

In their first meeting after almost all of his proposed ministers were approved by the Parliament, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Cabinet met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday at Imam Khomeini Hussainia. "I have had a recommendation to all the officials in past periods, I...

Directed by Mostafa Davtalab, ‘Psycho’ will be screened in the formal section of short fiction works in the 10th edition of the Riurau International Short Film Festival in Spain which is organized on August 21 – September 11 (2021) in Alicante, Spain. The short film will compete in this section for the...

Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi broke the news on Sat. on the sidelines of the visit of newly-appointed Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance (MEAF) Ehsan Khandouzi to Customs Office of Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) and said that $16.6 billion worth of non-oil products were imported into the country in...

In a tweet on Saturday, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Shamkhani wrote, "The first meeting between #Bennett and #Biden and the emphasis on using "Other Options" against #Iran, while being an illegal threat to another country, establishes the Islamic Republic of Iran's right to reciprocal...

According to the statement released on Saturday by the Iranian Health Ministry, the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 4,895,448 with the death toll standing at 105,901. Over the last 24 hours, 26,034 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected, 4,002 of whom required hospitalization, according...

He made the remarks in Baghdad Airport, where he paid tribute to Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at the place of their martyrdom. He vowed that the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs will follow up the case of martyr Soleimani at the international bodies. "The US must...

Iraq is hosting a regional conference, bringing Iraqi neighboring countries together to support Iraq ahead of early elections. Baghdad summit has kicked off with the speech by the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi on Saturday afternoon.  Ankara to oppose the PKK's presence in Iraq: Çavuşoğlu   The Turkish Foreign Minister said...

Director-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs Austrian Ministry for Europe, Integration, and International Affairs Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal and Araghchi discussed various affairs including the latest issues of Afghanistan. As reported, Launsky-Tieffenthal called the phone talk constructive and hailed Iran's cooperation with Austria on Afghanistan. HJ/5291111...

He made the remarks in his visit to the manufacturing site of S200 missiles in Fordow on Sat. "Today, we have been able to upgrade and localize missile systems and turn the oppressive sanctions of the enemy into an opportunity," he said.  He expressed content that Iranian defensive...

Hosseinali Darvishi Motevalli, Consul General of Iran in Guangzhou made the remarks in an interview with GDToday. Darvishi described Guangdong, a province he expected to be the pioneer of closer China-Iran ties in trade, science and technology, and more fields. From April to July 2021, Iran’s export to China totaled...

Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Moscow has paid a three-day visit to Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia's largest transport and logistics hub and scientific center. During this trip, Kazem Jalali met and held talks with Andrey Travnikov, the Governor of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as managers of industrial companies in this region. In their meeting,...

Amanullah Papi from Iran won a second silver medal at men's sitting javelin throw F-56. Papi recorded a 47.83-meter throw at his sixth attempt to break a record and win the silver medal for Iran. His medal was the third medal won by the Iranian athletes at 2021 Tokyo...

The ring that was always worn by the top Iranian commander Martyr Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has been registered as a national cultural asset after passing through legal procedures following a letter by the former tourism minister Ali Asghar Mounesan, Mehr News Agency has learned. The ring has been kept to date...

The competition will be held from Sept. 12 to Oct. 3 in the European country, Tehran Times reported. Nazemi had already officiated the men’s competition. She has most recently whistled in the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers held in Sharjah, the UAE in May along with her compatriot...

"US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS planner," said Capt. Bill Urban, spokesman for US Central Command, in a statement, NBC News reported. "The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian...

Sky News quoted local sources in Basra as saying that at least three rockets were fired at the Safwan area, on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border. Saberin News also reported that four Katyusha missiles hit the US Army logistics convoy at the Safwan border crossing. The US military logistics convoy was...

Smoke can also be seen coming out of space, Dgmartpro News reported. People have been advised to stay at their homes for the next few days. The black smoke from a horrific fire at a chemical plant in Britain is also visible from space. A plume of smoke has...

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"We welcome any regional initiative proposed by the Iraqi authorities with the participation of the regional nation", the Iranian newly-appointed foreign minister said. He made the remarks while leaving the country for Iraq so as to attend the Baghdad regional summit. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian added, "We believe that Syria, as an important neighbor...

"I am writing further to letter dated 12 April 2021 (A/75/852–S/2021/347) of the Islamic Republic of Iran, through which we have informed you of a terrorist act by the Israeli regime at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant on 11 April 2021, disrupting the operations of this sensitive nuclear facility,...

He made the remarks in his phone talk with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Joseph Borrell on Friday.  In this telephone conversation, Amir-Abdollahian emphasized Tehran's commitment to dialogue and constructive interaction within the framework of balanced diplomacy, calling the negotiations a tool of diplomacy. "A negotiation that has tangible and practical...

Ebtekar: Raeisi makes his first provincial visit to Khuzestan Public vaccination to be completed by mid-Feb. Blood bath at Kabul Airport Etemad: Shadow of death in Kabul: terrorist attack leaves more than 200 dead, injured Ettela’at: ISIL terrorist attack on Kabul Airport leaves 170 dead, 1330 injured Iraqi PM...

After Hossein Amir-Abdollahian became the Iranian foreign minister on Wednesday following securing a confidence vote at the parliament, congratulatory messages are pouring in. Following the congratulatory messages from the Russian, Yemeni, Kuwaiti, and Azeri foreign ministers, the foreign ministers of Armenia, Nicaragua, Syria, Qatar, Iraq and Lebanon have also taken the...

On Friday, Iranian Customs authorities announced that the entrance of the Goris-Kapan road to Armenia was blocked by the Azerbaijani forces, based on the news received from some drivers. The land route to Armenia was reopened, a spokesman for the customs said on Friday night. Trucks and cars were allowed to pass...

Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani made the remarks at the venue of Ministry of Defense on Sat. and said that improving combat capability by upgrading defense systems against hard- and semi-hard threats waging by enemies against the country coupled with exporting defense products have been prioritized in his ministry. During...

In their first meeting after almost all of his proposed ministers were approved by the Parliament, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Cabinet met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday at Imam Khomeini Hussainia. This item is being updated... MNA/...

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) made the remarks in a meeting held in the presence of Javad Karimi Sabet, AEOI deputy and head of Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, and other officials active in the field of quantum technologies. In this meeting,...

In this game, which was held in Macauori Hall, Iran won the match in three consecutive sets with the results of 25-23, 25-16, and 25-17. Iran will play Brazil in Group B on Monday. China is the other team in this group. Group A also consists of Japan, Bosnia,...

Heading a delegation, the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has just arrived at Baghdad International Airport to attend Iraq's regional summit. After gaining parliament's vote of confidence to take power as the new foreign minister, this is the first diplomatic tour of the Amir-Abdollahian to the region. "We welcome any regional initiative...

SHIRAZ, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Classic and historical cars gathered on Friday evening in Shiraz, Fars Province, south of Iran.           ...

ISFAHAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – As the International Army Games continue in different countries, Iran's Isfahan is hosting the "Lord of Weapons" contests for two weeks.   ...