News Archive - 24 January 2022

Ashraf Ghani suffers stroke in Abu Dhabi

Ashraf Ghani had experienced a stroke, local Afghan media including Herat Online telegram channel said citing an informed source in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi.  The BBC also confirmed the news, quoting an informed source in Abu Dhabi saying that Mohammad Ashraf Ghani suffered a stroke a few hours...

Iraqi army arrests 7 ISIL Takfiri elements in Saladin

The series of anti-terrorist actions of the Iraqi army still continues in different parts of the country. Iraqi army troops targeted Takfiri positions in Saladin province on Monday, ALFORAT News reported. According to the report, security sources said that Iraqi army forces succeeded in identifying and arresting seven wanted...

US Embassy to UAE sounded alarm for security alert

The US Embassy reminds all US citizens in the United Arab Emirates to maintain a high level of security awareness,” CNBC reported. The embassy also urged US nationals in UAE to follow the news from the official media. Last week, the US embassy issued a similar security warning to its...

Sudan security forces fire tear gas at protestors, one killed

Hundreds of protesters marched to the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, amid chants against the military, Anadolu news agency reported. Demonstrators rejected UN mediation to solve the country’s political crisis, describing the effort as an attempt to save the military. “The Sudanese can solve their problems alone,” Abdul...

Shamkhani stresses need for balanced foreign policy

In a tweet on Monday, Ali Shamkhani Iran’s Secretary of Supreme National Security Council criticized the previous administration's foreign policy under former President Hassan Rouhani for being too much focused on relations with Europe and  wrote, “The strategy of balancing foreign relations will continue powerfully.” “Moscow, Beijing & Vienna play a complementary role...

Iran, Russia had successful coop. to ensure regional security

Speaking in a meeting with the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky on Monday, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee pointed to the successful history of bilateral cooperation between Tehran and Moscow and stated that Iran and Russia...

2 Iranian players test positive for Covid-19 before Iraq game

According to sports media reports, Sardar Azmoun and Ahmad Nourollahi will be barred from the match against Iraq for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Jan. 27, 2022 after they were reported to have tested positive for the Covid-19 on Monday. Two Iraqi players are also reported to have tested positive for...

How can you rent a car in Dubai? [Full guideline]

For traveling to Dubai, you have to manage many things before and during your trip. For example, your flight ticket, your accommodation, your meals and of course your transportation. Car rental services are one of the best ways for your transportation in this city. in this article we are...

Sanaa strikes UAE, Saudi Arabia with missiles, drones

Speaking in a press conference on Monday, Brigadier General Yahya Saree said that during “Operation Storm-2”, the Yemeni Army and the country's popular committees targetted sensitive positions in the UAE and Saudi Arabia with rockets and UAVs in response to recent Saudi and UAE aggression against the Yemenis. The Yemeni spokesman...

Burkina Faso President 'Kabore' ousted from power: report

The president announced his resignation following reports of a military coup in Burkina Faso, Al Jazeera reported. The announcement, signed on Monday by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba and read by another officer on state television, said that the takeover had been carried out without violence and those detained...

Daesh steps up attacks in Iraq, Syria

Eleven Iraqi soldiers were killed in the early hours of Friday in an attack carried out by Daesh. The attack took place in the Diyala governorate, eastern Iraq. It happened out of the blue. The Daesh terrorists raided an Iraqi Army barrack in the Al-Adhim county and killed all...

Maduro mocks failed US bid to impose its puppet on Venezuela

Addressing his supporters at an event on Sunday held to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the military dictatorship in 1958, the Venezuelan President said the White House intended to replace him with their “puppet”, an oblique reference to the West-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido, Press TV reported.

UK withdrawing some embassy staff from Kyiv

Officials said there have been no specific threats to British diplomats, but about half of the staff working in Kyiv will return to the UK, BBC reported. It comes as the US ordered the relatives of its embassy staff to leave Ukraine, saying a Russian invasion could come at...

4 Iraqi Federal police forces killed in Kirkuk blast

According to Al-Sumaria News, an explosion took place on Monday in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk. The cause of the incident was said the explosion of an explosive device on the path of a car carrying Iraqi police forces.  At least four Iraqi Federal police officers were killed...

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

Leader receives group of Ahl al-Bayt eulogists On the auspicious birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (PBUH), Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with a group of eulogists on Sunday. A group of Ahl al-Bayt eulogists met with Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday morning on the occasion of...

Multiple injuries reported at shooting in Germany

Multiple people have been injured after a gunman opened fire at a university campus in Heidelberg, Germany, medisa have reported. According to the British Mirror website, a single perpetrator injured several people in a lecture hall with a long gun - and is himself now dead, police said. Police...

Iran's Look to East policy to weaken enemies

Addressing the First National Conference of Iran and its Neighbors on Monday, Yahya Rahim Safavi stressed that neighborhood policy has become an undeniable regional necessity. He went on to say that achieving lasting peace, security, progress, and prosperity are the basic goals of neighborhood policy. Iran's regional policy in West Asia, Look to East...

Tehran attaches great importance to relations with Africa

In the meeting with the new ambassador of Algeria to Tehran, the Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said that the Islamic Republic of Iran attaches great importance to the development of relations with the North African country. Raeisi pointed to the glorious resistance of the Algerian people against French colonization during the...

Iranian President to deliver live speech Tue.

The President's speech will be broadcast on IRIB TV Channel One on Tuesday night. Recently, the Iranian President paid a visit to Moscow at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. During his visit to Moscow, Raeisi met with the President of Russia in the Kremlin and delivered a speech at...

Iran, Uzbekistan emphasize boosting customs cooperation

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Moghadasi and Uzbekistan Deputy Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Baxtiyor Rahimov in a meeting, held at the venue of IRICA Central Headquarter on Monday, discussed the promotion of level of customs cooperation and trade ties between the two...

Azerbaijani minister of defense due in Iran

Azerbaijan Ambassador to Iran Ali Alizadeh in a tweet announced that Zakir Hasanov will leave Azerbaijan for Iran on Tuesday. Earlier, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani met and held talks with Alizadeh on military cooperation. During the meeting, the sides emphasized Azerbaijani and Iranian presidents’ special attention to the bilateral...

Blocking Iranian assets in South Korea ‘illegal’: Ulyanov

Blocking Iranian assets in South Korea is illegal and in gross violation of international law, Mikhail Ulyanov Russia’s envoy at international organizations in Vienna said. Yesterday, South Korea's Finance Minister announced that his country has reimbursed $18 million of Iran’s blocked assets to the United Nations as dues of...

Iran pursues multilateral neighborliness policy: minister

 Ahmad Vahidi made the remarks at the National Conference of Iran and Neighbors in Tehran on Monday.  The interior minister said that although the neighborliness policy was basically a western concept, it needs to be redefined according to the Islamic Republic of Iran's perceptions. "It is not like that...

Syrian FM hopes Vienna talks on Iran's sanctions successful

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad made the comments in a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani in Damascus on Monday. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and the latest regional and international developments. Praising Iran's role in supporting the Syrian people and government in the fight...

Iranian women's futsal team thrashes Kyrgyzstan

Iranian women trounced Kyrgyzstan at the CAFA Women's Futsal Tournament. The Iranian side won the central Asian country 10-0 in a match that was held on Monday afternoon.  This was Iran's third win after two consecutive decisive victories against the women's futsal teams of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in their first and second matches.

Snooker player Vafaei becomes 1st Iranian to win tournament

Vafaei won the one-frame final with a break of 71 and dedicated the victory to his late grandmother. "That is for you grandma," the 27-year-old told Eurosport, according to the Eurosport. Vafaei produced a brilliant play at the Morningside Arena. He kicked off the event with a break of...

Iran handball qualifies for world cup

The Iranian national handball team in its second match at the second stage of the Asian Men's Handball Championship played against the Kuwaiti national team and won 27-26. With this win, Iran booked its place in the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, which is slated to be held jointly by Poland...

1st National Conference of Iran and Neighbors

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – The first National Conference of Iran and its Neighbors was held in the presence of Top Military Aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Yahya Rahim Safavi, and the Iranian interior minister Ahmad Vahidi on Monday.

Presser of Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh held a press conference with reporters on Monday morning.       ...

Migratory seagulls in Shiraz

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Every year, during winter flocks of seagulls come to Shiraz, southwestern Iranian province of Fars and are being fed by local people.          ...

Koohrang Ski Resort reopened

The Koohrang Ski Resort is located in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, 85 kilometers from Shahrekord city. The ski resort lies in the foothills of the Zagros mountains and it is one of the most famous ski resorts in the Zagros mountains, which was built in 1976 and is located...