News Archive - 2 April 2022

Massive explosion rocks Baku, leaves at least 1 dead (+VIDEO)

Preliminary findings have suggested the incident was prompted by a gas leak, Sputnik reported.  According to reports, there are injured and dead as a result of the incident, but their number has not yet been officially established. Earlier figures stated that at least three individuals had been killed...

Floods and landslides kill eight, 13 missing in Brazil

Two days of heavy rain have battered a broad swath of the southeastern state’s Atlantic coast, the latest in a series of deadly storms in Brazil that experts have said are being aggravated by climate change, AlJazeera reported. The latest floods and landslides come six weeks after flash floods...

Saudis violate UN-declared ceasefire in its early hours

Minutes after the two-month ceasefire in Yemen was put into operation on late Saturday, Saudi missiles and artillery were fired into the Yemeni border areas, Almasirah reported. Three Yemeni civilians were killed in the Saudi attacks. Ansarullah Information Center also reported that the Saudi coalition fighter jets targeted an army base in...

Raeisi felicitates leaders of Islamic countries on Ramadan

In separate messages to the leaders of Islamic countries, Raeisi wrote, "The scent of Ramadan is coming again so that in this blessed month, the month of the revelation of the Qur'an, where human destinies are determined on a night like Qadr, it is an opportunity for Muslims and the...

Holy month of Ramadan rituals in Iran

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. ...

Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on April 3

Atrak: Dispute rises between US, Israeli regime over JCPOA Etela'at: Leader calls moving towards knowledge-based economy only solution for country's development  Ansarullah's deadly attacks forced Saudi Arabia to accept ceasefire Jame-E Jam: Kiyv not to join Nato World welcomes two-month ceasefire in Yemen Russia starts retreating from Ukraine Khorasan: JCPOA still awaiting US...

Schools in Iran to fully reopen tomorrow

The Spokesman for the Ministry of Education, Sadegh Sattarifard said on Saturday that all the schools across the country will re-open tomorrow as the Covid-19-related restrictions in Iran have been lifted. The spokesman said that all the schools will have to reopen on Sunday and every student that does...

US to provide more $300 m in security assistance to Ukraine

"This announcement represents the beginning of a contracting process to provide new capabilities to Ukraine’s Armed Forces," Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement, according to Reuters. The United States has now committed more than $2.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the...

Pakistan reports assassination attempt against PM Khan

The security agencies of Pakistan have reported an "assassination plan" to target Prime Minister Imran Khan, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said Friday. The minister informed in a Tweet that the government has decided to increase the security of the prime minister. "After these reports, the prime...

Turkish fighter jets bomb northern Iraq again

According to the Iraqi Almaalomah news website, the local sources said Turkish fighter jets had twice targeted the Korzar heights in the Shiladzi area in Dohuk province in the north of Iraq. The report also said that The "Mam Rasha" heights were also targeted in the same province on the shared...

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

World Cup 2022 draw: Iran to face England, US, one of Wales, Scotland or Ukraine Iran national football team learned their fate at the 2022 FIFA world Cup, Qatar. In the draw ceremony held in Doha Friday night, The 'Persian Leopards' are drawn in Group B along with England,...

Iran welcomes UN-brokered cessation of military ops in Yemen

In a statement on Saturday, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomed the initiative by the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Yemen Hans Grundberg over the cessation of military operations for two months and allow the entry of ships carrying food and...

Iran declares Sunday as first day of fasting Ramdan month

Observation teams across the country, including those of the Leader’s office, could not sight the new crescent moon on Friday night and declared Sunday, instead of Saturday, as the first day of Ramadan, Press TV cited other Iranian media as reporting. The beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan is...

US showed animosity after refusing entry to vocalist: spox

"The US government, which has an explicit record of breaching international treaties and human rights standards," the Iranian government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi wrote on his Twitter account. Meanwhile, the Iranian cabinet spokesman said that while Washington claims that it has acted in goodwill, it imposes new sanctions and prevents an Iranian singer from...

"Our commitment to a prosperous Africa remains unwavering"

"Wrapping up a very fruitful & inspiring African tour by visiting Ghana & Sierra Leone," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a post on his Twitter account on Saturday. "Africa is continent of golden opportunities. Proud of decades-long presence of Iran's Red Crescent & development projects there," Khatibzadeh...

Milan opens talks to hire Iranian Taremi to replace Zlatan

Milan continues to be linked with a number of different strikers as they look to inject some youth into a department that currently only has a 35-year-old Olivier Giroud and a 40-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with the latter out of contract at the end of the season, the website sempremilan.

Ansarullah welcomes two-month ceasefire in Yemen

Mohammad Abdul Salam, the spokesman of the Ansarullah resistance movement in Yemen, which leads the Sanna government, welcomed the two-month ceasefire in Yemen under UN supervision. Abdul Salam said, "According to the announced ceasefire, military operations will stop and Sanaa International Airport and Al-Hudaidah port will open to oil...

China says trade with Russia should continue as normal

Wang Lutong, director-general of European affairs at China's foreign ministry, told reporters that China is contributing to the global economy by conducting normal trade with Russia, Reuters reported. "China is not a related party on the crisis of Ukraine. We don't think our normal trade with any other country...

Iran welcomes UN-declared two-month ceasefire in Yemen

In a statement on Saturday, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomed the initiative by the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Yemen Hans Grundberg over the cessation of military operations for two months and allow the entry of ships carrying food and...

Nature Day in Tehran

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – Tehraners went out like many other Iranians across the country to celebrate Sizdah-Bedar (Out on 13th) or Nature Day on the 13th of the current month of Farvardin corresponding to April 2 to mark the end of Nowruz holidays.      ...

VIDEO: Day of Islamic Republic celebrated with parachuting

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – The anniversary of Day of the Islamic Republic of Iran was celebrated on Friday, April 1st at Tehran Milad Tower with different events including parachuting.     ...