News Archive - 4 March 2022

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Iran’s national ice hockey team defeated Singapore 5-2 on Friday at the IIHF World Championship Division IV.  The Iranian national team lost to the host country Kyrgyzstan 13-0 in its first match of the competitions.  The Iranian squad will face Kuwait and Malaysia on March 6 and 7, respectively. NM/5438546...

Heading a delegation and in accordance with the agreement reached to discuss with the officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the continuation of technical cooperation between Iran and the Agency, Grossi arrived in the Iranian capital on late Friday and was welcomed by Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization...

Spokesman for Iraqi Ministry of Electricity Ahmed Musa said on Friday that the three Iraqi ministers at the head of a high-ranking delegation will visit Tehran in the near future with the aim of resuming imports of Iranian gas and electricity. Supplying gas from Iran to Iraq is not...

Israeli regime's local media have reported that as many as 10 soldiers from Battalion 12 were injured, five of whom were evacuated in light condition when an APC (armored personnel carrier) rolled over during an exercise in southern occupied lands. The soldiers were evacuated to a nearby hospital, military sources reported,...

Ukraine's FM has warned that if the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear power plant 'blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called for a ceasefire at an emergency address. On Thursday, Russian and Ukrainian delegations held the second round of talks in Belarus which resulted in...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi arrived in Golestan province on Friday morning as part of his administration's regular visits to provinces to observe the implementation of big projects and listen to people's grievances. Raeisi visited Ashuradeh Island and Khazini Canal and was informed about the development problems of these areas in...

Ukraine's FM has warned that if the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear power plant 'blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called for a ceasefire at an emergency address. On Thursday, Russian and Ukrainian delegations held the second round of talks in Belarus which resulted in an...

Yet another US military logistics convoy was targeted in Iraq's Saladin province on Friday morning, Baghdad Today reported. According to the report, no group has so far claimed responsibility for targeting the US military logistics convoy in Saladin province in Iraq yet This is while several roadside bombs were...

The Yemeni army and popular committees continue their advance against aggressors and their affiliated elements on various fronts of Yemen, Almasirah reported. According to the report, Yemeni forces have recently gained a new achievement against elements affiliated with Saudi aggressor coalition. Yemeni army and popular committees were able to take...

A blast on Friday inside a mosque shook Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar, with hospital officials saying at least 30 bodies were brought to the Lady Reading Hospital, Pakistani media have reported. At least 50 people have been reported injured. According to Pakistani Dawn newspaper, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Peshawar...

President Raeisi arrived at Golestan Airport in the northern Province of Golestan on Friday morning and was welcomed by Leader’s representative in the province, governor-general and senior provincial officials. Visiting the plans and infrastructural projects of the province, meeting with elites, veterans, martyrs' families, and representatives of different groups...

25 drug dealers were also arrested and more than five tons of drugs including opium and some industrial illicit drugs, as well as eight weapons and 25 vehicles, were busted, Taheri added. Iran, which has a 900-kilometer common border with Afghanistan, has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs...

US to regret if Vienna talks fail: Shamkhani Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said that if the negotiations in Vienna fail, the US government will feel another failure as it has failed to seize the opportunity of using diplomacy. "Strategy of active resistance defeated...

Enrique Mora, who coordinates the JCPOA Joint Commission meetings as well as the Vienna talks between Iran and the P4+1 made the remarks in a tweet last night. "We are at the final stages of the #ViennaTalks on #JCPOA," Mora wrote, adding "Some relevant issues are still open and success is never guaranteed...

According to a statement by the White House, President Joe Biden on Saturday extended the national emergency with respect to Iran for another year. The US president's move comes as the eighth round of the Vienna talks has reached a final stage and awaits the political decisions on the part of...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency (MNA) on Friday, Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini said, “Until a few days ago, the negotiation process in Vienna was good and we managed to pursue our main demands in the talks.” Islamic Republic of Iran raised some demands in the process...

The EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell told the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian by phone on Friday that the bulk of Iran's requests has been considered in the possible future agreement. Borrell added that "As the coordinator of the Iran-P4 + 1 talks, we would like to say that the talks...

Saeed Khatibzadeh, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, lambasted earlier today's terrorist attack against worshippers in a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. In a statement released on Friday afternoon, the Iranian spokesman said such terrorist attacks are aimed at creating division among Muslims. Khatibzadeh further expressed his grief and...

The meeting with the E3 representatives came after the top Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani's yesterday's meeting with the EU envoy Enrique Mora who coordinates the talks. The meeting also comes Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian spoke over the phone with EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell to review the latest...

Hojjatoleslam Haj Ali Akbari said in a sermon of Friday prayers in Tehran and reiterated that United States has created a mafia in cultural, economic, media, security, and weapons fields in order to maintain its evil structure. There is no doubt that any kind of cultural, moral, economic and...

The Iranian national ice hockey team lost to the host country Kyrgyzstan 13-0 in its first match at the 2022 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship Division IV. The Iranian squad will face Singapore for its second match later today March 4th, followed by the match against Kuwait and Malaysia on March 6 and...

Foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahoan made the remarks in a meeting with the directors of Iranian media on Wednesday afternoon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Compound in Tehran. In an address to the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian said that "The issue of neutralization and removal of sanctions is actively pursued and efforts...

Ukraine's FM has warned that if the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear power plant 'blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called for a ceasefire in an emergency address. On Thursday, Russia and Ukraine held the second round of the talks in Belurus and agreed to hold the third...

"I am seeking your trust again. I am a candidate to invent with you, faced with the century's challenges, a French and European singular response,'' Macron said in a letter to the French people, according to Deutsche Welle. The letter published online by numerous news sites ended months of...

Yet another US military logistics convoy was targeted in Iraq's Saladin province on Friday morning, Baghdad Today reported. According to the report, no group has so far claimed responsibility for targeting the US military logistics convoy in Saladin province in Iraq yet This is while several roadside bombs were...

Enrique Mora, who coordinates the JCPOA Joint Commission meetings as well as the Vienna talks between Iran and the P4+1 made the remarks in a tweet last night. "We are at the final stages of the #ViennaTalks on #JCPOA," Mora wrote, adding "Some relevant issues are still open and success is never...