News Archive - 30 August 2021

Hamas Spokesman made the remarks in reaction to a meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the Zionist War Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday. Abbas's meeting with Gantz was a stab in the Palestinian people's back, Abdul-Latif Al-Qanu said, adding that he betrayed the blood of the Palestinian martyrs. Unfortunately, Mahmoud...

Hurricane ‘Ida’, which has been raging in the US State of Louisiana since last night, dragged New Orleans city to complete blackout. Currently, 764,000 people across US State of Louisiana face power outages, including all 384,000 residents in New Orleans. One person has so far been confirmed dead as...

As Iran marks the National Day of Fight Against Terrorism on August 29, the Judiciary's High Council of Human Rights has issued a statement to call for the global response to the blatant violation of the right to life and the adoption of serious and preventive measures against the sinister phenomenon.

Iraq hosted 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 was present in the meeting while Syria...

Mevlut Cavusoglu has made the remarks after talks with his German counterpart, as concerns about a new migrant wave remain after the Taliban’s takeover. “As Turkey, we have sufficiently carried out our moral and humanitarian responsibilities regarding migration,” Cavusoglu said, speaking in a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister...

The Chinese Xinhua news agency has cited Lebanese the National News Agency as reporting that 4 people on Monday were killed in an explosion at a factory in Burj al-Barajneh in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's Beirut. The cause of the explosion is still unknown. The Lebanese army arrived at the...

The series of hostile actions of Zionist regime against Palestinians continue in order to expand settlements in the occupied lands and territories continues, Palestine Al-Youm reported. According to the report, Zionist regime’s officials have started constructing new units for settlers in western part of “Jenin” in continuation of policy...

The UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to take place in a few hours, ‘Vestnik’ reported. According to the media, the meeting will be held at 3 pm on Tuesday (23:30 Tehran local time) to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan. Today's meeting of the UN Security...

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has condemned the US airstrikes in Kabul, emphasising that arbitrary attacks in other countries are illegal.  "We condemn such attacks because it is illegal to carry out arbitrary attacks in other countries. If there was any potential threat, the US should have reported it to...

Iran came in fourth place at the 2021 ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships, which was held in Dubai, UAE with a gold medal by Hirbod Eslami at the 75-kg category and Two bronze medals by Alireza Baratalipour (60 kg) and Mohammad Mehdi Mesbahi (80kg). Uzbekistan came in first place with 6 gold, 4 silver...

The series of attacks by Saudi military forces on border areas of Yemen still continue, Almasirah reported. According to the report, Saudi army shelled Yemeni people’s farms and homes in “Baqam” border region of Saada province under heavy artillery and rocket fire. The Saudi army also set fire to...

Settlers of Zionist regime continue their hostile actions against Palestinian sanctities. Zionist regime’s settlers brutally attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque again on Monday, Palestine Al-Youm reported. According to the report, Zionist settlers chanted anti-Islamic slogans after attacking courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque. Following the attack of Zionists to Al-Aqsa Mosque, a fierce...

Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced the new figure, adding that 4,918 of the newly-detected patients have been hospitalized since yesterday. Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 patients in the country is standing at 4,960,744. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 669 people since Sunday, bringing the...

Amir-Abdollahian after meeting with Syria FM: Iran, Syria mulling over plan to counter oppressive sanctions The new Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said after meeting with his Syria counterpart that the two countries are discussing a joint plan to counter oppressive foreign sanctions. "Iran and Syria are drawing...

Mansour Pourmirzaei at Men's +107kg Powerlifting of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games came second to win a silver. Iran is currently standing at 16th place on the table of the competitions with 10 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze medals). China tops the table with 119 medals followed by Great Britain and ...

According to Iran's Football Federation, the Team Melli's squad is as the following picture: Team Melli are in Group A of the third stage of qualifiers along with South Korea, Iraq, Syria, UAE, and Lebanon.  The team will take on Syria in Azadi Stadium on September 2 before meeting...

The 'Ballad of a White Cow' directed by Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha won the Best Film award in the 34th "Der Neue Heimfilm" film festival in Austria. Der Neue Heimatfilm is an international 5-day film festival which takes place every year at the end of August in the town of Freistadt, Austria. The film is about...

Iran's national sitting volleyball team, which is one of the most hopefuls in this edition of Paralympics Games, played against the Brazilian national team on Monday afternoon and won in 3 straight sets. The Iranian side had a commanding lead over the match. This was Iran's second match after...

Recently after CCTV video footages of Evin Prison in the north of Tehran showing the misconduct of some prison guards and prison authorities inside the prison with inmates, the head of the judiciary Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei instructed Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri to investigate the matter immediately and report the findings to...

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In addition to its other major crimes committed in Afghanistan, the United States has also caused the same amount of destruction in the field of narcotics, Brigadier General Momeni added. He put the volume of narcotics produced in Afghanistan in recent years at 9,500 tons. According to a statistic released...

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A US drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday killed nine members of one family, according to local reports. The United States carried out a defensive airstrike in the Afghan capital, Kabul, targeting a suspected ISIL suicide bomber who posed an "imminent" threat to the airport, US Central Command said...

The Saudi coalition claimed that the Saudi Arabian Air Defense Force has managed to intercept and destroy a ballistic missile fired from Yemen against the Jazan region. Yemeni military officials have not yet commented on this claim. The Saudi aggressor coalition also claimed last night that it had confronted two Yemeni drones. Yesterday,...

The series of anti-terrorist operations of Iraqi army continue in different parts of the country. Iraqi forces launched a new and large-scale operation against ISIL Takfiri remnants in Kirkuk province, Alsumariah News reported. According to the report, Iraqi army forces, during a counter-terrorism operation in Kirkuk, succeeded in identifying...

The US military engaged its C-RAM missile defense system, but, according to ABC News, it is still unclear whether all of the rockets were successfully intercepted. Smoke is seen billowing near Kabul airport after several rockets were heard flying over the Afghan capital, a day after the US said...

The Committee for Palestinian Prisoners of War announced that the Zionist regime has arrested 130 Palestinian women from the beginning of the year till August, while most of the detainees are from occupied al-Quds. According to media reports, the committee added that since 1967, more than 17,000 Palestinian women...

August 29 is commemorated in Iran as the National Day of Fight Against Terrorism. On August 29, 1981 the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) detonated a bomb at the office of Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar in Pasteur street in downtown Tehran, martyring senior Iranian officials including the Prime Minister Bahonar,...

The Iranian minister held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over issues of mutual interest in Damascus on Sunday. At the meeting, Amir Abdollahian congratulated Assad on holding a successful presidential election. He also hailed the political, international and battlefield victories of Syria and extended top Iranian officials’ greetings...

Leading a high-ranking delegation, the minister had left for Baghdad to attend a regional conference aimed at de-escalating tensions in the region and supporting Iraq. Amir-Abdollahian also held separate talks with Iraqi officials and some of the foreign delegations in Baghdad.  He then departed for Syria and held...

Yesterday, the new Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian met with leaders of Palestinian militant groups in Damascus. During the meeting, which was attended by the Iranian Ambassador to Syria, Mehdi Sobhani, Hossein Amir Abdollahian reiterated Iran's support for the Palestinian people's struggle against the Zionist occupiers. Thanks to this support,...

Arman-e Melli: Baghdad summit a significant divergence against Iran Asia: Tehran-Kabul flight resumes Zionist PM achieves goals in meeting with sleepy Joe Ebtekar: US spent  $30mn a day in 20-year war in Afghanistan Iranian FM: Iran, Syria developing economic, trade coop. Mohammad Eslami appointed as new AEOI chief Etem'ad: Amir Abdollahian:...

Iran wheelchair basketball team suffered a narrow 56-53 defeat against Germany in Group B of the 2020 Paralympic Games on Monday.              Iran bid farewell to Paralympic Games with four losses and one victory. ZM/ 5292439...

With a jump of 7.21m, Khosravani finished first.  Leinier Savon Pineda of Greece claimed the silver medal with 7.16m while Azerbaijan’s Saeid Najafzadeh received the bronze with 7.03m. “I could have set a better record. Unfortunately, I suffered a heel injury 20 days before the Games,”...

Speaking in his weekly presser on Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman answered a question raised by reporters over prospects of JCPOA revival in Vienna talks, he reminded, "The Vienna talks are not aimed at reaching a new agreement." These talks are technical discussions and are not going to lead...

Upon his arrival, Eslami was welcomed by former Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi. During the meeting, the former AEOI chief expressed his pleasure that giant task of the Organization was delegated to a committed, experienced and expert person. He then pointed to the significance...

In other parts of the country, cakes called ‘Yazdi cakes’ are cooked and offered to people but Yazdi cakes which is cooked in this province are different from these cakes in terms of shape and taste. Cake Yazdi (Persian Cupcake) is one of the famous Persian cakes that, as...

TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – A ceremony was held on Sunday for honoring former Iran’s Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami and introducing new Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani.