News Archive - 27 October 2021

German pres. presents Angela Merkel with resignation papers

The outgoing Chancellor and her cabinet will continue to act as an interim government until the new cabinet is established, TASS reported. The presentation ceremony was aired by NTV. "A lot happened during the last four years. To say that the previous legislative period was difficult, considering the tasks that...

Sudan’s deposed PM released, remains under ‘tight security’

The release of Hamdok and his wife on Tuesday followed international condemnation of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s power grab. The United States had said it would suspend aid, while the European Union had threatened to do the same, Al Jazeera reported. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, had...

At least 7 killed in ISIL's second attack in Diyala (+VIDEO)

News sources reported on Wednesday that a number of gunmen attacked the Nahr al-Imam area near the village of al-Rashad. The attack came a few hours after a deadly attack, carried out by ISIL members on Tuesday evening, on the nearby village of al-Rashad that killed 13 people and wounded...

Iranian, Tajik FMs discuss mutual relations, cooperation

During the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian thanked Tajikistan for hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit with the presence of a high-level delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran chaired by President Ebrahim Raeisi, and the important agreements reached between the two presidents. He emphasized the need to expand cooperation in all...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on October 27

Ebtekar: Iran FM to Pakistan: Tehran in contact with all Afghan parties  Etemad: Regional effort to rescue Afghanistan Tehran to host meeting of Afghanistan neighbors, Russia Iran: Gathering of Afghanistan neighbors in Tehran Jomhouriy-e Eslami: Iran FM: Future of Afghanistan must be determined by Aghan's will Representatives of Iran, European Union...

Raeisi holds talks with Tajik, Uzbek, Turkmen, Pakistani FMs

Foreign Ministers of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Pakistan who have traveled to Tehran to participate in the second meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors, met with Iranian President on Tuesday. New chapter in Iran-Tajikistan ties begun Speaking in a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin on Tuesday night, President Ebrahim Raeisi...

Foreign policy of 13th revolutionary government of Iran

Forty-two years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, during which the governments that came to power generally based their foreign policy on pro-Western principles and foundations, for the first time, a government has been elected by popular vote that has based its foreign policy on the framework of...

Taliban have undeniable role in providing security: Iran FM

The second meeting of foreign ministers of 6 neighboring countries of Afghanistan plus Russia started with the presence of Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan foreign ministers, as well as the Chinese and Russian envoys at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.  The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers...

Police seize close to 1 tons of narcotics in Semnan province

The police commander of Semnan province, Brigadier General Abdullah Hosseini said that the police forces managed to identify a drug-trafficking gang in the province during intelligence operation. In the last 72 hours, anti-narcotics police officers of Semnan and Sistan, and Baluchestan provinces carried out four joint intelligence operations, and close to one...

Iran's air defense to respond any threat decisively

 In an interview with Mehr News agency, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Ghader Rahimzadeh pointed to the tenth air defense military drill entitled 'Modafean-e Aseman-e Velayat' and the role of air defense network in this maneuver said, "Air defense network has had a prominent role in all the tried maneuver." Stressing the...

Iranian Deputy FM meets EU's Mora in Brussels

 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani met with EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora in Brussels on Wednesday. The meeting is being held behind closed doors at the EU building in Brussels. Ali Bagheri Kani wrote in a series of tweets on his Twitter account...

Tactical exercise of Basij's Fatehin Special Unit kicks off

This tactical exercise will be held in an area of ​​322 square kilometers for three days with the presence of 1000 Special Personnel of this unit, the commander of the Fatehin Special Unit said. According to Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi, combat battalions,  night operations, ambush, and counter-ambush techniques, and shooting with...

Raeisi felicitates Austria on National Day

In this message, the President expressed hope that the existence of various capacities of cooperation would pave the way for the expansion and deepening of relations in bilateral, regional and international fields, and that the relations and cooperation between the two countries would increase. "I would like to offer...

Iran, Belgium discuss bilateral issues, JCPOA

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani met with the Director for European Affairs of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Theodora Gentzis on Wednesday. Referring to Bagher's meeting with Gentzis, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in a Wednesday tweet, "Open exchange of views on the...

Joint ministerial statement of Tehran meeting on Afghanistan

The Foreign Ministers of the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, People’s Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan + the Russian Federation, held a meeting in Tehran on Wednesday. At the end of the meeting, the foreign...

3 Iranian films to go on screen at Asian Film Fest Barcelona

Mordeh Khor directed by Sadegh Sadegh Daghighi, Reverse Path directed by Abolfazl Jalili, and Shahre Qesseh Cinema directed by Keyvan Alimohammadi and Aliakbar Heydari will take part in the Asian Film Festival Barcelona 2021. "Mordeh Khor" and "Reverse Path" will be screened in the main section and "Shahre Qesseh Cinema" will be...