News Archive - 21 December 2021

A large number of Kabulis protested in the capital on Tuesday to condemn the continued blockage of Afghanistan's foreign exchange reserves and the country's economic assets. The protestors called for the release of Afghan money by the US to save their country's economy. The protesters were holding placards in both Pashto and...

A security source announced on Tuesday that three people were killed and wounded as a result of an explosion in Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Almaloumah News reported. The cause of explosion, that took place in a blacksmith workshop in southwest of Erbil, is still unknown, the report added. One...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh offered condolences to the governments of South-Eastern countries Malaysian and Philippine over the loss of lives of their citizens in the recent Typhoon Rai.   Referring to the friendly relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and these two countries, Khatibzadeh expressed his sympathy with the...

Two Iranian women Atefeh Ahmadi and Forough Abbasi came in second and third place in the Slalom division of an international skiing competition in Turkey, which is being held at Palanduken in Erzerum of Turkey Meanwhile, in the same category, Hossein Saveh Shemshaki, Seyed Morteza Jafari and Nima Baha from Iran came...

Brigadier General Ali Akbar Javidan broke the news on Tuesday, saying that following comprehensive intelligence operations, anti-narcotic police managed to identify a smuggling gang and seize their vehicle in a surprise operation. He further noted that following the inspection of the vehicle, 507 kg of opium were seized which were...

The 2021 Asian Karate Championships in all age categories (cadets, juniors, U23 and seniors) in kata and kumite started on Saturday morning in Almaty, Kazakhstan.  At the end of the fourth day of event, the Iranian karate practitioners added 6 bronze medals to Iran's tally to help their...

Another American logistic convoy was targetted on Tuesday in Basrah city of Iraq, Baghdad Al-Youm reported. No group has claimed responsibility for targeting the convoy so far, according to the report. Recently, several roadside bombs have exploded in the path of US logistics convoys in the Dhi Qar and Anbar...

A submerged Russian submarine has successfully launched a Kalibr cruise missile from the Sea of Japan at a target more than 1,000km away, located at a Russian training ground onshore, the RIA news agency said on Tuesday. The drill also involved covert movement and support from military ships, aircraft...

At least 14 people have died and tens of thousands are displaced following one of the worst floods Malaysia has seen in decades, BBC reported. Three days of massive torrential rain over the weekend caused severe flooding in eight states, partially submerging towns and villages in water. The government...

The Russian top diplomat clarified that during the negotiations with the foreign ministers of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, no hypothetical scenarios were discussed, including those related to attempts to force Georgia into the North Atlantic Alliance, contrary to the will of a large part of its people, Russian Kavkaza reported Tuesday. ...

Iraqi media reported that the counter-terrorism operation was carried out in a joint effort by the Iraqi army and intelligence forces. Iraqi forces managed to seize a huge amount of weaponry belonging to the remnants of ISIL terrorists. Earlier, Iraqi forces imposed huge damages on the remnants of the ISIL in 2...

Shafaq News reported that Nechirvan Barzani, the head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government met with Iraj Masjedi, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Iraq in Erbil on Tuesday. The public relations department of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement that during the meeting, Baghdad,...

Saudi coalition fighter jets have repeatedly bombed Sanaa International Airport several times, Yemen's Civil Aviation & Meteorology Authority (CAMA) Deputy Chairman Raed Jabal said. After these attacks, Sanaa Airport was closed and the flights were suspended, Jabal told Yemeni Saba news agency in an interview. Meeting the usual international...

Martyr Irloo, who was also a chemical warfare veteran, contracted COVID-19 at his mission site in Yemen, Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Due to the late cooperation of some countries, he, unfortunately, returned to the country in unfavorable conditions, and despite using all the treatment measures to improve his condition, he was...

Addressing a UN Security Council session on the situation in Syria on Monday during which she strongly condemned “all aggressions of the Israeli regime against Syria", Ambassador and Chargé d’affaires ad Interim of Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi said that "for well...

The Spokesman for the Yemeni Ansarullah Movement Mohammed Abdul Salam condoled the demise of Hassan Irloo to the Iranian government and people.  Yemeni Deputy Foreign Minister has also expressed condolences over the passing of the Iranian envoy to the country to the leaders and people of Iran as well as his...

Speaking in his meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in Tehran on Tuesday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the crisis of influx of Afghan refugees to neighboring borders is increasing tremendously. He termed the number of international contributions for supporting Afghan refugees in the country ‘very negligible’...

Answering a question about ongoing Vienna talks and the possibility of imposing inevitable sanctions on Iran, the White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday in a press conference said, "Because of the way that the Iranians approached and participated in the last round of talks, we — the...

On Sunday, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation held an extraordinary session on Afghanistan at the request of Saudi Arabia. The meeting of the OIC Council of foreign ministers was held in Islamabad, Pakistan with the participation of Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.  The session was the latest...

Speaking in a session on exports promotion of Zanjan province, Mir-Hashem Seyyed-Ahmadi described the exports level of products from this province as ‘satisfactory and good’ and stated that 75 percent of provincial products has been exported to neighboring states. Neighboring countries accounted for 75% share of total exports of...

Speaking in his weekly press conference, US Department of State spokesperson Ned Price spoke about Tehran-Riyadh relations, saying, "We welcome direct talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran." "We hope this dialogue will contribute to a de-escalation of tensions. Both countries have a potential constructive role to play in helping to...

As the main founders of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the three countries of Iran, Turkey and Pakistan are set to resume the ECO freight train to promote trade and regional connectivity after the gap of ten years. The ECO freight train, called Tehran-Istanbul-Islamabad Railway Project, is set to start...

Unfortunately, some Arab countries ignore Iran's open arms for negotiation, dialogue, and respectful neighborly policy, and issue a statement in London against the great and powerful Iran, the Iranian Ambassador Mohsen Baharvand wrote on his Instagram account in reaction to the anti-Iran statement issued by the foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf...

Iranian Foreign Minister issued a message on the demise of the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Sanaa, saying that his death caused a lot of pain and grievances. " I offer my condolences on the demise of the hard-working Iranian diplomat to his esteemed family, especially his honorable wife...

In a ceremony attended by senior officials of Pakistani railway and the ministry of commerce, the ambassadors of Iran and Turkey, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and a representative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation (ECO), Pakistani railways minister  Azam Khan Swati said that the start of the container train move from Pakistan to...

Rear-Admiral Alireza Tangsiri on the sideline of the Payambar-e Azam 17 (The Great Prophet) drill of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday, “Today, we observed the outcome of the war games and the theoretically worked out plans on the field.” The IRGC ground, naval, and air forces...

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Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi Spokesman for IRICA said on Tuesday that Iran’s trade exchanged with EAEU’s member states from March 21 to Nov. 22 registered a 42 and 73% growth in weight and value, respectively as compared to the last year’s corresponding period. According to IRICA's statistics, 8,566,018 tons of...

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This is the first LegCo election since the central government reformed the HKSAR's electoral system and it is of milestone significance to the implementation of the principle of “patriots administering Hong Kong”. Over one million voters in Hong Kong crush campaigns of lies and smears. This Legco election is fair, equitable, open, secure and clean,...

An ancient Iranian festival that basically celebrates the coming of the winter solstice and the longest night of the year for centuries is Yalda Night (or Shab-e Yalda; also, Shab-e Chelleh). It refers to a time between the sunset of autumn’s last day (30th of Azar in Iranian calendar equal to 21st of...

In a ceremony on Tuesday in the presence of Iran's Army-Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani and Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari, the first large Iranian-made diesel marine engine entitled "Makran" and largest marine industry innovation factory in Bushehr in the south of Iran and some other naval achievements were unveiled...

KERMANSHAH, Dec. 21 (MNA) – The people in Kermanshah buy fruits and nuts in preparation for the longest night of the year known as Yalda in Iran to mark the arrival of winter. The photos show Toopkhune or Cannon House Bazar in the city.   ...

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