News Archive - 25 September 2021

According to a statement from the French defence ministry, the soldier who was killed, Maxime Blasco, was part of a French unit deployed to a forested area near Mali's border with Burkina Faso, Reuters reported. Their mission was to track down a suspected militant group that had earlier been...

Deputies responded at 7:41 p.m. to a call of a possible attack at the station and found four people with apparent gunshot wounds, said Ramon Montenegro, a spokesman for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s Transit Services Bureau, Los Angeles Times reported. Initially, deputies listed three of the...

Iraqi media sources reported last night that rockets had hit a Turkish military base in the Bashiqa area of Nineveh province, but that the rocket attack had caused no casualties. Unidentified gunmen fired several rockets at a Turkish military base in Nineveh province, causing no damage, the Iraqi-based Dijlah news...

"Nobody was killed or injured in the collision, only the ships themselves were damaged. Coast Guard tow vessels were dispatched at the site," the agency said, TASS reported.  Before that, another incident involving a Russian ship happened in the Strait. "The Volzhsky-40 140-meter-long freighter en route from Tekirdag...

At the webinar held by Foundation of Dialogue and Solidarity of United Nations (FODASUN), Ms Clare Daly, Member of the European Parliament mentioned: For the last few weeks we have seen an acute form of hysteria from mainstream politicians and the establishment media. We have seen them discover a...

Afghan sources said that two Afghan security forces have been killed in the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province. The incident occurred after a vehicle belonging to intelligence forces collided with a roadside mine. Local Taliban officials in Nangarhar province also said an explosion took place this morning near...

A car bomb was exploded near the Somalian Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia on Saturday. Eyewitnesses told Somalin news sources that the mentioned car has been exploded at a checkpoint at Somalian Presidential Palace. At least 10 people were killed and more than a dozen were...

The senators who are from both major political parties in the United States Senate have told Antony Blinken in their letter to address the human rights abuses by the Bahraini Al-Khalifa regime and better understand the Biden administration's strategy for pressing the issue with their US important ally and partner. The...

According to the Iraqi news website "Almaalomah", the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in a statement said on Saturday afternoon that it was not aware of a pro-Zionism conference in Erbil. "This meeting was held without the knowledge, consent and participation of the regional government [Kurdistan] and in no way reflects...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the election to the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament) were held openly and in strict compliance with law, TASS said. Putin who was speaking at a meeting with leaders of the political parties that have won seats in...

During a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the Kyrgyz foreign minister congratulated  Amir-Abdollahian on his appointment as Iran’s top diplomat and proposed a direct flight between Bishkek and Tehran. Kazakbaev also expressed willingness to use the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas's capacity...

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"All counter-revolutionary elements and their supporters in the region should know that in case of disturbing security in the Islamic Republic of Iran, they will receive a crushing response from armed and security forces,” said Esmail Khatib during a visit to Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan province. He also warned American...

Directed by Maryam Bahrololumi and produced by Pegah Ahmadi, the film ‘Lady of the city’ has been selected to participate in the international competition section of the 18th Golden Apricot Yerevan international film festival (GAIFF). Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Behnaz Jafari, Galareh Abbasi, Saman Saffari, Mohammad Valizadegan, Ali Kian Arsi, Taranom Kazemi,...

Since the new administration under President Ebrahim Raeisi in Iran took office in early August, the vaccination campaign has accelerated to a considerable extent.  When Raeisi assumed office on 3 August 2021, only 5 million Iranians had received the Covid-19 vaccine, while with an accelerated vaccination, it was announced yesterday...

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The figures released by the Iranian Health Ministry on Saturday indicate that the coronavirus has taken the lives of 280 patients over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic in February 2020 to 119,072. According to the statistics, 10,843 new cases of...

Speaking among reporters in Baku on Sat., Iranian Envoy to the Republic of Azerbaijan Seyyed Abbas Mousavi emphasized that the relations between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan are so strong that no foreign country can disrupt the amicable relations between the two countries. Turning to the recent efforts...

Directed and produced by Mehdi Imani Shamiri, 'Parizad', which recently reached the final section of the Golden Tree International Documentary Festival in Germany, was introduced as the best documentary at the Festival del Cinema all’Aperto in Italy. This documentary, which was produced in 2019-2020, introduces one of the handicrafts...

According to the official website of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, the bereaved family of Ali Landi received a phone call from the office of the Leader, in which the condolences of Ayatollah Khamenei were conveyed and his sympathy was expressed with this bereaved family. Ali Landi from the southwestern...

Venezuela has agreed to a key contract to swap its heavy oil for Iranian condensate that it can use to improve the quality of its tar-like crude, with the first cargoes due this week, five people close to the deal told Reuters. As the South American country seeks to boost its...

The Iranian national women's football team defeated the Jordanian national women's football team on penalty shootouts to be able to take part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time.  The match was held in Group G of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, which was...

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the comments in a meeting with a group of researchers, academics, and fellows from prominent American think tanks in New York on Friday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian answered the questions put forward by attendees on various issues, including the foreign and regional...

Speaking to the Iranian state TV IRIB on Saturday afternoon, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, who is accompanying Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on the New York visit to attend the 76th UNGA meeting, said that the top Iranian diplomat will visit Lebanon at the earliest opportunity. Khatibzadeh said, "the new Lebanese government...

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – The Iraqi city of Karbala is preparing itself for hosting the Arbaeen with tens of thousands of pilgrims heading to the city ahead of the ceremony, the anniversary of the 40th day of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH).   ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – New academic year officially kicked off on Saturday morning in a ceremony held in the presence of Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Mohammad Ali Zolfigol in Sharif University of Technology.            ...