News Archive - 25 October 2021

Nangarhar local government officials confirmed that an explosion has taken place in Qasem Abad District in the eighth district of Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province, OFOGH News reported. Hospital officials in Nangarhar province also said that a Taliban member and a civilian were injured in the bomb blast and have...

Investigators say 28-year-old Kamal Daley was shot dead early Saturday morning, less than two hours before Donald Leroy (Smokey) Marson died of a gunshot wound, according to the Canadian Globalnews. A third man was shot and killed at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday in a plaza parking lot. Police say...

According to local US media on Monday, Crenshaw Police said that a mass shooting happened Sunday night at an apartment complex in Crenshaw, Mississippi, a tiny town of just a few hundred people about 50 miles south of Memphis. Crenshaw police are handling the investigation, and they confirmed that...

Masjedi congratulated the birthday anniversary of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in a post on his Twitter account and said, "I would like to inform my dear fellow Iranians that from today, they can travel to Iraq by plane without a visa and just with a valid passport while...

The Police Chief of Sistan and Baluchestan Second Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri said on Monday that following the intelligence activities of the anti-narcotics police officers of Iranshahr and Khash, an armed and organized drug-trafficking gang that intended to transfer a large consignment of narcotics from the mentioned cities to...

The new ambassadors of Switzerland, Kyrgyzstan, Belgium, Finland, Cyprus and the Azerbaijan Republic held separate meetings with President Raeisi on Monday and officially started their mission by submitting their credentials to the Iranian president. Finland, EU should not be influenced by US pressure, unilateralism In a meeting with the...

Due to covid-19 restrictions, International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has set the world ranking as a criterion for determining the participants in the new World Championships. Accordingly, Navid Shams, the best Iranian player in the world's junior ranking, has secured the berth to participate in the world championships. These...

Zamir Kabulov, the Permanent Representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan Affairs, confirmed Moscow's participation in the second round of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighboring countries in Tehran in an interview on Monday. Kabulov told Sputnik without mentioning either attending the event by going to Tehran or taking...

Both hospitalization and infection rates are continuing to decline in Iran as the rate of full vaccination goes up. The Iranian Health Ministry said in a statement Monday that the coronavirus pandemic took the lives of 140 Iranians, a sharp decline compared to August when the daily death was standing...

Ali Bagheri Kani wrote in a series of tweets on his Twitter account that he "Will meet JC Coordinator in Brussels on Wednesday to continue our talks on result-oriented negotiations." Bagheri Kani added, "Iran is determined to engage in negotiations that would remove unlawful and cruel sanctions in...

The 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualification is underway in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from Oct. 25 to 31. The Iranian U23 football team is in Group B against the hosts Tajikistan, and Nepal, Lebanon. Led by Mehdi Mahdavikia, the young Iranian players thrashed Nepal 4-0. They will play Lebanon and Tajikistan on Oct.

Shiraz Petrochemical Company announced the unaudited financial statements of the first 6 months of the year, according to the news service of the Iranian Oil Ministry Shana. In the first 6 months of this year, the company had an operating income of 53,000 billion rials compared to the same period...

Major General Bagheri made the remarks on a visit to Supreme National Defense University in Tehran on Monday. "Over the past four decades, utmost efforts have been made to implement the rules of Islam and religious laws," according to the senior Iranian general.  "Nearly 43 years have passed since...

Speaking to reporters in a speech after his trip to Europe and West Asian region on Monday, the top US envoy on Iran Robert Malley said on Monday efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were now in a ‘critical phase’. According to Reuters, Malley claimed Washington was increasingly...

The deputy commander of the Iranian Army for Training Affairs Brigadier General Alireza Sheikh said in a meeting with the Director of Naval Training Department of Pakistani Army Rear Admiral Abdul Basit Butt that "We seek to develop diplomatic relations and friendship with Pakistan through military training cooperation."  Brigadier...

The Iranian film, ‘Killing the Eunuch Khan,’ directed by Abed Abest, is the only Iranian film which will represent Iran in the competition section of the 25th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. This film festival is scheduled to be held from November 12 to 28, 2021, in Tallinn,...

The three countries intend to hold the second meeting of a trilateral working group to discuss the joint use of Chabahar port on Iran’s Makran coast for trade and transit, Uzbekistan’s deputy foreign minister Furkat Sidikov said on the sidelines of a roundtable here on foreign policy issues. He...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Tehran University of Medical Sciences and the Charité University of Berlin on the sidelines of the 13th session of the World Health Assembly. Expanding academic relations, exchange of professors and students, research projects, and joint training courses were among the issues included in the...

Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Islamic Republic of Iran to United Nations Zahra Ershadi told the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly focusing on "item 74: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran" that the Islamic Republic of Iran rejects...

"The casualties involved are very high ... we are counting 25 bodies," Ifeanyi Omano, a community leader, told Reuters, adding: "We aren't certain of their identities yet," he said, adding that the dead included some minors. Omano and local resident Chikwem Godwin said the explosion took place in the early...

The group said that some of its members detonated an explosive device in a bar where "members and spies of the Ugandan government were gathering" in Kampala, Reuters reported. The bomb, packed with nails and shrapnel, targeted a restaurant on the outskirts of the capital, police said on Sunday.

Security forces in Sudan have moved Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to an unknown location after he refused to issue a statement in support of an ongoing coup, the information ministry said, as soldiers also rounded up several members of the country’s civilian leadership. The ministry’s statement on Monday came hours...

The blast occurred Sunday afternoon at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Nanjing is a major center of higher education that attracts large numbers of foreign students. Officials were investigating the cause of the explosion at the university's School of Materials Science and Technology, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

With the insecurity that reigns in Port-au-Prince, the lives of many women of childbearing age and newborn babies are in danger because hospitals that should provide them life-saving care cannot operate normally because of a lack of fuel. They risk dying if the health services cannot provide them with...

Arman-e Melli: Iran sends Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’ to intl. Oscar race Leader: Islamic civilization to be realized by unity among Sunni, Shia Muslims Ebtekar: Shamkhani responds to Zionist regime's anti-Iran rhetoric Leader: Countries normalized relations with Zionists must compensate for their mistakes Etela'at: Forming a new Islamic civilization impossible without...

In a tweet on Sunday, Mikhail Ulyanov wrote, “I think it is subject to negotiations. This Iranian demand seems to be logical and justifiable, it corresponds not only to diplomatic practice but also to elementary common sense." His tweet came in response to a question about the reasons why the...

Written and produced by Hossein Tehrani, 'Daily Massacre in Tehran' is slated to be screened at the competintion section of the 31st edition of the Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival.  Hamidreza Karami, Mehran Atashzai, Roozbeh Sinaki, Mehrnoosh Salimi are among the film's cast members. 'Daily Massacre in Tehran' has been...

The closing ceremony of the 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival was held in Iran Mall Complex. Winners of International Cinema Completion are as follows:  -Best Experimental Film Award was received by Jean-François Comminges for "Identification" from France  -Best Animation Award was received by Ma Weijia for "Step Into the...

Speaking in a speech on Monday, Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib said that his country has established a strong relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran, adding that Lebanon is trying to improve and strengthen its ties with Iran in all areas. Turning to the relationship between Tehran...

Speaking in a meeting with economic activists on Monday, Alireza Peyman-Paak the head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization stated, “We have divided export target markets into first and second priorities. The first priority is 23 countries including neighboring countries of China, India, Russia, Kenya, Malaysia, et. while the second...

TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – During the ceremony of awarding the Pahlevan Armband of the year and praising the medallists of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the Iranian President awarded the title of "Pahlavan Bashi" to Jaber Sadeghzadeh.      ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – Gardeners in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province have started harvesting pomegranates as fall arrives.       ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – Rear Admiral Abdul Basit Butt, Director of Naval Training Department of Pakistani Army, and his accompanying delegation paid a visit to Imam Ali Officers' University in Tehran on Monday.   ...

KORDESTAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – The western province of Kordestan ranks second in the country after Fars province in terms of black grapes production. Balck grapes are one of the main agricultural products of the region.          ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – Located in the western Iranian province of Ilam just three kilometers in the outskirt of the city of Ilam, Ghalaghiran mount gives a special beauty to the city and is a landmark in the western province.     ...