News Archive - 27 December 2021

In a meeting with a number of Afghan Shia representatives on Monday, he emphasized that all ethnic groups will participate in the future of government in Afghanistan. While appreciating Shias' support for the Taliban, Maulvi Abdul Kabeer said that Afghanistan is the common home of all ethnic groups and that...

At the end of the new round of Vienna talks, it was agreed that the talks would be pursued on the content of draft of agreement made between JCPOA parties in 2015 at various levels and formats. Prior to the meeting of JCPOA Joint Commission, Iran’s chief negotiator Ali...

Speaking on the sidelines of the 5th Conference of History of Iran’s Foreign Relations, Iranian Communities Abroad and Foreign Policy, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian opened the Exhibition of Iran’s Foreign Relations Documents. Subjects and contents of the documents include problems, issues, activities, trade challenges, travel of Iranians and their...

The eighth round of talks on removal the sanctions was held this evening within the framework of the Joint Commission chaired by Ali Bagheri, Senior Negotiator of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Enrique Mora, deputy EU foreign policy chief. In the meeting, which was held with the participation of...

The 18th international gastronomy festival was held in Turkey's Istanbul with the participation of representatives from 77 countries. At the end of the festival, the Iranian cooks and chiefs came in second place after winning 23 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals in the two categories of cooking and confectionery.

Naser Atabati said on Monday that following the joint operation of the Judiciary and intelligent forces of the province, a drug trafficking network was identified and dismantled. During the operation, 3 drug traffickers were detested, he noted. Atabati also stated that during the current year of 1400 in the...

The suspension of Roble's powers comes after he and Mohamed entered into a war of words on Sunday, accusing each other of holding up the country's ongoing parliamentary elections, DW reported. Somalian president said the prime minister's powers will remain suspended pending a probe over allegations of corruption and...

The former president has dismissed the House select committee investigation into the 6 January attack as a political sideshow and continuation of the alleged “witch hunt” against him by Democrats and ‘RINO’ (Republican in Name Only) lawmakers. The probe was launched in July after previous efforts to bar Trump...

The series of hostile actions of the Zionist regime’s military forces against Palestinian citizens are still ongoing in different parts of the occupied lands and territories, Al-Ahad News reported. According to the report, the Zionist regime's forces attacked “Qalqilya” in the West Bank on Monday morning. Following this brutal...

As the date for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq (Dec. 31) approaches, the US-led coalition has taken a stand in this regard, RT reported. According to the report, the coalition has claimed that all US combat troops have completely left Iraq on December 9, adding that...

Media sources reported that a large number of people have gathered in front of the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq to protest the results of the parliamentary elections. A large gathering of protesters has prompted the Iraqi army to deploy heavy military equipment on Al-Kindi Street, where the Federal Supreme Court is located. It...

Ansarullah Resistance Movement Spokesman Yahya Saree broke the news in a press conference on Monday in Yemen’s capital of Sana’a, Al-Quds Al-Arabiya News reported. Ansarullah carried out a large-scale military operation in the past few days called" Operation Fajr Sahra (Desert Dawn) against armed elements affiliated to Saudi-led coalition...

According to Al-Masirah, the Saudi coalition re-attacked inhabited neighborhoods in Al-Zubayri and Hael Streets in the center of Sanaa. Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that 2 explosions rocked Yemen's capital Sanaa, following raids by the Saudi coalition. Hours earlier, Saudi coalition warplanes had targeted, with 16 raids, the eastern al-Balaq mountain...

The United States and its Western allies continue to threaten Russia over the Ukraine issue and make accusations against this country. This time the Kamala Harris the Vice President of the United States commented on these issues speaking in an interview with CBS news. "Well, we are having direct conversations with...

Ryabkov added that Russia needs to put an end to NATO's expansion and prevent Ukraine from becoming a member of the alliance, SPUTNIK reported.  “We must put an end to the advancement of NATO, NATO infrastructure, and NATO capabilities further east. We must exclude Ukraine from joining NATO,”...

Russia's Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev said in a statement that the Turkish envoys in the Astana summit which was held a few days ago in the Nur-Sultan had said that the Turkish military would leave Syria at the earliest opportunity. Hürriyet Turkish newspaper referring to special sources...

Emergency services dispatched their personnel to the site of the crash after the pilot of the aircraft contacted them. "The rescuers received a message about the crash of a Mi-2 helicopter in the Yakshur-Bodinsky district of Udmurtia. There were two people inside the helicopter, who were examining an oil...

Lebanese Minister of Defense, Maurice Salim left Beirut for Baghdad on Monday, Lebanese Al Jadeed TV reported. Salim will meet and hold talks with his Iraqi counterpart Jumah Inad Sadun al-Jaburi on Tuesday.  Al Jadeed also reported that the two sides will sign an MoU on military cooperation.

Commenting on the question about the possibility of joining NATO on certain conditions on an equal footing, Lavrov told the Solovyov Live YouTube channel on Monday noted that he did not assume such an opportunity for Russia. "I do not consider this possible, as the whole process does not...

The Taliban Interior Ministry confirmed on Monday a vehicle belonging to the interim Taliban government was targeted in Kabul. The Tolo TV citing the Afghan Interior Ministry said in a report that a car bomb had targeted a Taliban military vehicle. Media reports say that two people were injured in the blast.

“We have taken many steps in terms of normalizing our relations with UAE, South Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt are among the countries with which held talks.” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said during a press conference on Monday on the occasion of the end of the year 2021 as reported by the TRT Wolrd Twitter...

"The bloc's military construction has been completely reorientated toward preparing for a large-scale, high-intensity armed conflict with Russia", Fomin said at a diplomatic briefing of 105 foreign military attaches, including representatives of 14 NATO countries, in Moscow on Monday, according to the Sputnik. Fomin pointed out that in recent...

In his message, Iranian First Vice President Mohmmad Mokhber congratulated the anniversary of the birthday of Jesus the son of Maryam (AS) and the beginning of 2022 AD to the government and people of the Christian countries. Mokhber remembered Jesus Christ (PBUH) as a prophet of peace and friendship and a backer of...

Iran, Oman hold 8th Joint Strategic Consultation Committee The 8h meeting of the Joint Strategic Consultation Committee of Iran and Oman was held in the presence of Iran deputy foreign minister for political affairs and Oman deputy foreign minister for diplomat affairs on Saturday. During the meeting, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister...

"We are playing a unique and constructive role on hotspot issues, such as Afghanistan, the Iranian nuclear issue, and the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, in order to safeguard regional peace and stability," said Le Yucheng in an interview with CGTN. Earlier on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian in...

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"Relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran have always been really good," said Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in an interview with Al Mayadeen. Maduro said he agreed on several new plans with President Ebrahim Raeisi, and the intergovernmental committee of both countries is working on these new projects which include networking...

Rostam Ghasemi said that he held meetings with his Iraqi counterpart and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and President Barham Salih on Sunday to discuss the Shalamcheh-Basra railway project According to the minister, finally, two sides signed an MoU on the implementation of the 32km Basra- Shalamcheh railway. He further said that according...

According to Iran’s Seismological Center affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the 5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 11:01 a.m. local time on Monday near Ghale Ghazi city in Hormozgan province at a depth of 15 kilometers. The epicentre of the quake was located at 56.27 degrees longitude and 27.58...

The latest round of talks was concluded more than a week ago with an agreement on some broad principles based on which the next round of the talks would proceed. The last round of talks faced many ups and downs due to Western refusal to take into consideration the...

The remaining parties to the US-abandoned 2015 agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are set to resume negotiations in Vienna with the aim of removing Washington’s sanctions against Tehran. The new round of the Vienna talks between Iran and the P4+1 group – Britain, France,...

Following the tragic terrorist attack in Burkina Faso, Saeed Khatibzadeh sympathized with the government, people and survivors of this terrorist attack. Khatibzadeh said that the most important factor in the growth of terrorist groups in the region is the interests of certain countries from the spread of insecurity and instability.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on Monday in his meeting with Omani Deputy Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalifa Al Harthy who has traveled to Tehran to participate in the meeting of the Joint Strategic Consultation Committee. During the meeting, the Iranian Foreign Minister said that the expansion of Iran’s relations with neighboring...

Speaking in his weekly press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh briefed on the latest Iranian foreign policy developments and answered a number of questions put forward by the journalists. General Soleimani 'hero' in fight against terrorism On the occasion of the second anniversary of the martyrdom of...

The Azeri FM noted that the development of relations between countries has been discussed at the meetings with his Iranian counterpart, APA reported. "It is not a secret that there has been tension, certain disagreements between two countries a while ago, but it has been removed within a short...

'Naji' won the Best Director Award (Hosein Torkjoosh), the Best Actor Award (Mahsa Ghoreyshi), and the Best Supporting Actor (Bita Alami) at the Jorjezian Film Festival. Earlier, the short film won the award of the best female actress at the Brussels capital film festival. The Jorjezian Film Festival is a...

"Rasa Technology and Innovation Center was opened as one of the newly established centers in the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the first specialized innovation center in the nuclear industry innovation ecosystem with the aim of facilitating the commercialization of the achievements of scientists in the field of...

Kazem Jalali, the Iranian ambassador to Russia made the comment on Monday in an interview with Iranian media during which he said that Iran-Russi trade have boosted, adding, during the first 10 months of the year 2021, Iran exported $775 m worth of products to Russia which is a new...

Sky News quoted Wang Qun, Chinese envoy to the Vienna talks said as saying that differences between the Iranian side and the three European countries were diminishing and that an agreement could be achieved before February 2020 (in less than a month). The news came hours after the head of the Iranian...

Heading a high-ranking delegation, Ali Bagheri Kani arrived in Vienna to hold talks with the remaining parties to the JCPOA on the removal of the illegal sanctions. Bagheri Kani is scheduled to attend the Coburg Hotel in the next few hours to hold diplomatic consultations before the resumption of the meeting...

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TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – Conference on the History of Iran's Foreign Relations was held on Monday in the presence of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at Center for Political and International Studies of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.