News Archive - 6 November 2021

Saudi sources claimed that Saudi Arabia's Air Defense Forces have intercepted and downed a Yemeni drone that has intended to target Khamis Mushait in the south of the country.  Yemeni sources have not yet issued a statement confirming or denying the operation. This is not the first time that...

The La Liga club received the green light on Friday to sign the 41-year-old after they paid the release clause in his contract with Qatari side Al-Sadd, Al-Jazeera reported. Xavi played for Barcelona for 17 years, making 767 appearances and winning 25 trophies, including four Champions League wins and...

Mohamed Lamrane Bah, director of communications for Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), told CNN that several people were also in critical condition following the explosion. Bah said the authorities have transferred injured people to hospitals and collected the bodies, adding that the rescue effort at the scene has...

Eight people are dead and 'hundreds' more injured during a crush and stampede on the opening night of rapper Travis Scott's sold-out Astroworld Festival in Texas on Friday night, officials said.   Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena told reporters the compression of the crowd toward the stage occurred while...

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Following the clashes between security forces and demonstrators who were in protest of the results of the recent Iraqi parliamentary elections, which led to the killing of one person and injuring of 125, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi ordered a comprehensive investigation into the clashes. According to Iraqi media, Al-Kadhimi ordered a...

A knife attack in a German train has left at least three people injured, out of which two are being reported to be in critical condition but do not have life-endangering injuries, German local media said. The local police has also reported that the alleged perpetrator has been arrested and...

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said his country has lodged a complaint against the United States over criticism of nuclear build-up, Sputnik has said. Earlier this week, the US Department of Defense issued a report on China's military development and claimed that Beijing has expanded its nuclear force at a high pace. "(The report) ignores facts...

India will host the Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in New Delhi on November 10. According to sources, the NSA-level meeting will be chaired by Ajit Doval. Two earlier meetings in this format have been held in Iran in September 2018 and December 2019. The third meeting in India...

In a note, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, the Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations to the United Nations, addressed Iran's proposed resolution on nuclear disarmament. Following is the full text of his note: Under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, all states in the possession of such weapons have...

According to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement today (Saturday) that Sergei Lavrov and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed the return of the JCPOA to its original format and the resumption of Vienna talks on reviving the JCPOA in a telephone call. According to a readout...

During the meeting held on Saturday in Tehran, the two sides discussed a joint tourism cooperation program between the two countries of Iran and Venezuela.  Emphasizing that Iran and Venezuela can enjoy the upcoming tourism opportunities, such as attending a tourism fair, exchanging information and consensus to overcome the global...

Speaking in an interview with Iranian media on Friday, Vika Mazwi Khumalo, South Africa's Ambassador to Iran said that lifting of sanctions imposed against Iran will be in the interest of the international community. It is in the interest of the international community to lift sanctions imposed on Iran...

Kambiz Derambakhsh passed away on Saturday afternoon in Atieh Hospital in Tehran after a short illness due to the infection of coronavirus. Born in 1942 in Shiraz, Derambakhsh was a cartoonist and graphic artist. His works are included in the collections of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran, and the...

Written and directed by Hossein Tehrani, the Iranian feature film "World Northern Hemisphere" has managed to take part in the main and competition section of the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF). The theme of "World Northern Hemisphere" is about racism and the film's synopsis reads, "Which race is superior ?!…" The 38th edition of this...

Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, Seyyed Reza Fatemi Amin made the remarks on Saturday at the end of the 9th meeting of the Iran-Pakistan Joint Trade Committee while talking to reporters. Fatemi Amin said that Iran and Pakistan are two big and important countries of the region that have...

The figures released by the Health Ministry of Iran indicate that 93,562,617 doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in the country as of Friday. 54,977,728 Iranians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while 38,435,297,149 people have received the second dosage, according to the ministry. During the last 24...

According to the statistics released by the Iran Airports Company (IAC) during the first 6 months of the Iranian year 1400 (Mar. 22-Sep. 22), 65,939 flight sorties have been registered crossing the Iranian sky. This is while during the same period in the last Iranian calendar year, 1399 (Mar. 22,...

According to Russian local media, Russia 24 TV, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stressed his country's abidance by the JCPOA agreement in its original format in a speech on Saturday. Negotiations in Vienna for the effective implementation of Iran nuclear deal or the JCPOA and the lifting of oppressive...

In the final of the 2021 Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup which was held in Dubai on Saturday, the Iranian National Beach Soccer team was defeated narrowly by Russia 3-2. The Russian took the lead 3-0 but Iran had a comeback after scoring 2 goals. Anyway, the Russian team managed to shut...

According to the official website of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has held talks with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhoun Bayramov on the phone over issues of mutual interest. Bayramov first asked how Amir Abdollahian was after the Iranian foreign minister tested positive for Covid.

Iranian short films, "Doubt" by Ali Tasdighi and "113" by Neda Assef will take part in the 14th Bali International Film Festival in Indonesia. Neda Assef's 8-minute short film is about soldier number 113 who is overtired and has fallen asleep in the military base conference room, in which the meeting sessions...

According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, at the start of the phone call, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wished a speedy from the Covid-19 for his Iranian counterpart. While expressing appreciation to the Chinese government's cooperation in sending 120 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Iran, Amir-Abdollahian expressed satisfaction...

Mehdi Mahmoudi, the Director-General of the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs of the Ministry of Interior met and held talks with the Finnish Director-General of Consular Services Pasi Tuominen in Tehran and the country's ambassador to Iran Kari Kahiluoto. During the meeting, Mahmoudi said that Iran has always supported...

Shahbakhsh claimed a bronze medal in the under-60kg of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men's World Boxing Championships, the Tehran Times reported on Saturday.  Shahbakhsh, who was supposed to meet Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan in the semifinals on Thursday, forfeited due to injury. Gold medal went to France's Sofiane...

Following a meeting on the human rights situation in Iran by MKO terrorist group in the Italian Senate, Kazem Gharibabadi, the Secretary of the Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council strongly condemned the event and criticized the Italian government and Senate for siding with terrorist groups. Gharibabadi called for an end to...

The 17-minute short film, “Nightly Whispers” by Omid Abdollahi has made it to the 22nd edition of the International Izmir Short Film Festival in Turkey. The short film will be screened at the short film panorama program of this festival which will be held from 22 November to 28, 2021.

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – The fishing season has just started in the Miankaleh peninsula of Behshahr County in Mazandaran province, northern Iran.

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – Tree leaves in Khansar turn yellow and drop when the autumn arrives and give special beauty to the small town located in the central province of Isfahan.      ...