News Archive - 28 October 2021

Four drown after boat capsized in Aegean Sea: Report

The incident on Tuesday occurred off the Greek island of Chios, in the Aegean Sea. There were strong winds at the time, the coastguard said in a statement. Twenty-two people – 14 men, seven women and one child – were rescued and one person is believed to be missing,...

Sudan army sacks six envoys as coup condemnation grows

The decision, announced late on Wednesday on state media, included Sudan’s ambassadors to the United States, the European Union, China, Qatar, France and the head of the country’s mission to the Swiss city of Geneva, apparently over their rejection of the military takeover, Al-Jazeera reported. It came as demands...

ISIL claims responsibility for deadly attack on Iraq’s Diyala

Eleven people, including a woman, were killed and several others were injured in a terrorist attack in the village of al-Hawash near the city of Meqdadiyah, eastern Iraq. Meanwhile, Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) forces, also known as Hashd al-Sha’bi, on Wednesday repelled an ISIL attack on Jurf al-Nasr...

Number of coronavirus fatalities worldwide surpasses 5mn

To date, 5,002,643 fatalities caused by COVID-19 have been documented worldwide which is comparable with the population of Rome and Paris put together. In all, since the beginning of the pandemic, the virus has been detected in more than 245mn people, TASS reported. The first death was reported on...

Uzbekistan calls for use of Chabahar port transit capacities

He made the remarks in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on Wed. and said that Uzbekistan wants to use transit capacities of Iran's Chabahar Port. During the meeting, the two sides discussed latest developments in Afghanistan, bilateral economic cooperation in the fields of transit...

Iran terms claims of US Special Rapporteur biased, worthless

In response to the controversial report of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh assessed the report submitted to the 76th session of UN General Assembly as selective and politically motivated and strongly condemned and rejected the worthless allegations raised...

Peace in Afghanistan to only obtain from inclusive govt.

In a tweet on Wed., Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote, “Iran is honored to have hosted a very constructive meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors.” Noting that the future of Afghanistan and the region is at stake, Amir-Abdollahian said that Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China, Turkmenistan, and Russia stand...

Nuclear talks for reviving JCPOA to be resumed by end of Nov.

In a tweet on Wed., Ali Bagheri Kani Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for the Political Affairs wrote, “I had a serious and constructive talk with Deputy EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora in Brussels about the essential elements of successful negotiations.” “We have agreed to restart nuclear talks...

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

Joint ministerial statement of Tehran meeting on Afghanistan In a joint statement of the Tehran meeting on Afghanistan, the foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighboring countries plus Russia expressed concern over political, economic, social and humanitarian situations in the country. The Foreign Ministers of the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan, including...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on October 28

Arman-e Melli Russia opposes any delay in nuclear talks: Official Message of neighbors to Taliban: Formation of inclusive govt. in Afghanistan Asia Japan donates six MRI devices to Iran in fight against COVID-19 Taliban have undeniable role in providing security: Iran FM Ebtekar Iran, Belgium discuss bilateral ties, JCPOA...

UNSC must compel Israel to end occupation of Syrian Golan

"I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, for his efforts particularly in the course of preparation of, and during, the sixth meeting of the Constitutional Committee," said Majid Takht-Ravanchi on Wednesday in New York before the UNSC meeting on “The situation in...

Groundwork has not yet been laid for US to return to JCPOA

Ali Bagheri Kani, who held a five-hour meeting with Deputy EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, called these talks serious and constructive.  "The lifting of oppressive sanctions against the Iranian people will be the main agenda of the talks," he said. He...

IRCS imports other 6mn doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Karim Hemmati broke the news on Thu. and said that six million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, ‘Sinopharm’ type, were imported into the country by the Iranian Red Crescent Society, a total of which was handed over to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. He went on to say that...

Psywar behind IAEA’s exposing details of Iran's nuclear work

The Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi made the remarks in an exclusive interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) News Agency on Wednesday. Kamalvandi said, going against its own Statute and jurisdiction as well as the concerned country, in this case, Iran’s...

Iran, Turkmenistan take giant stride in developing rail coop.

Accordingly, a joint MoU for developing railway cooperation was inked on Thu. in presence of Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Ghasemi and Azad Atamardovs the Director General of Railways Agency of Turkmenistan. Following the intensive talks held between heads of Iran and Turkmenistan railway companies on...

Outer space common heritage for all humans: Takht-Ravanchi

Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks at the UN in New York before the Special Political and Decolonization Committee on Wednesday.   Following is the full text of Takht Ravanchi's remarks:  "My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the distinguished Representatives of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Non-Aligned...

Total vaccine jabs in Iran hit 84.3m

32,468,800 people have been fully vaccinated while 52,059,237 others have already received the first dose. During the last 24 hours, 1,078,464 doses of the vaccines have been injected across the country.  Since Wednesday, 159 patients have succumbed to the disease, bringing the death toll to 125,875. Also, 11,409 new infections...

Iran eyes 1,100 ton/year odorant output by 2023

According to the National Iranian Gas Company, Majid Chegeni said Iran is the third producer of gas odorant in the first South Pars refinery. "Using the power of specialists, researchers and domestic companies through Iran Gas Engineering and Development Company, the company designed, supplied equipment and constructed a natural...

Iran's goods transit hits 81% growth in seven months: IRICA

Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) broke the news on Thu. and reiterated that 6,948,000 tons of various types of foreign goods were transited via Iranian borders from March 21 to Oct. 22, showing a significant 81 percent growth as compared to the...

Why did 1st step of reviving new unrest project in Iran fail?

1- Iran has been exposed to the advanced cyber warfare for many years and this imposed war, of course, has not been in vain and Iran has inevitably become one of the most advanced countries in the world in this field. From a few years ago, the country has...

Tehran hosts Intl. Unity Poster Workshop

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – International Workshop of "Unity" Poster, with a focus on “Palestine, Pivot of Islamic World”, was held at Enghelab Parsian Hotel on Wed. in the presence of Head of Islamic Development Organization Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Qomi. It should be noted that Nasser Abu Sharif representative of...

Pomegranate harvest in Alamut gardens

QAZVIN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – As Autumn nears its mid, the harvesting of pomegranates from gardens of the Alamut region in Qazvin province has been started.

Persepolis 2-1 Nassaji: IPL

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – Persepolis football team defeated Nassaji 2-1 on Matchday 2 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Wednesday.          ...

Leader receives functionaries of Zanjan Martyrs Congress

It should be noted that sublime statements of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was released at the venue of the Congress following meeting of functionaries of Zanjan Province Martyrs Congress with the Leader held on Oct. 16.

Aluminum Arak stuns Foolad in IPL

ARAK, Oct. 28 (MNA) – Aluminum Arak defeated Foolad 3-0 on Matchday 2 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Wednesday. Alireza Naghizadeh, Pouria Ariakia and Ali Fateh scored three goals in the second half.        ...