News Archive - 17 May 2022

After about two months of uncertainty over the fate of the talks in Vienna over reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the visit by the European Union’s coordinator for the Vienna talk, Enrique Mora, to Tehran created new hopes for a breakthrough in the stalled talks. ...

"I am not going to detail what our understanding is. As you might gather, much of this, some of this may be derived from elements that we typically don’t speak to in public. But of course, we do share information routinely with our Israeli partners. We have a common...

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Dust storms have closed the schools and government bodies in Iran neighbors such as Kuwait and Iraq. Flights to and from Kuwait International Airport were temporarily halted on Monday due to a dust storm that reduced visibility throughout Kuwait, Kuwaiti media have reported. Meanwhile, according to Iraqi News Agency (INA), Baghdad provincial...

The 625 kilograms and 700 grams of confiscated narcotics include 576 kilograms of opium and 49 kilograms and 700 grams of heroin, Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri said. 3 drug smugglers were also arrested, he added. Iran is on the frontline of the fight against drug trafficking and thousands of Iranian forces have...

Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadegh met with Barham Saleh. the Iraqi President, in the presidential palace in Baghdad, to submit his credentials on Tuesday. In addition to the new Iranian ambassador, the new ambassadors of China and Canada also presented their credentials to the Iraqi president today. During a meeting with Iran's new...

Omar Khayyam was born on 18 May 1048 in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the First Crusade. A literal translation of the name Khayyam means 'tent maker' and this may...

The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Slovak Republic, who has traveled to Tehran to attend a meeting of political consultations between the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Slovakia, met on Tuesday afternoon with the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, to discuss issues...

In his speech. the Lebanese Hezbollah chief is expected to focus on the Sunday parliamentary elections in Lebanon and the 6th martyrdom anniversary of Lebanese resistance commander Mustafa Badruddeen. According to Lebanese media, Nasrallah's speech is scheduled to be delivered at 17:00 local time (18:30 Tehran time). MP/5492292...

Al-Forat News, quoting an informed source, wrote that the fire broke out in one of the carpet warehouses of the apron. No further details have been released on the extent of the damage or casualties.

The White House on Monday confirmed Biden’s decision, which was based on a request made by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Biden "approved a request from the Defense Department to reposition US forces in East Africa in order to reestablish a small persistent US military presence in Somalia," a...

In a statement on Monday, Akram al-Kaabi, the founder and secretary-general of the movement, warned about launching an offensive on the Israeli and American installations in an area controlled by Masoud Barzani-led Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Press TV reported. "By hosting the US military bases and the positions of the...

"This seems to be something big and serious, as if we have made up our mind about what best of all suits Sweden," the SVT broadcaster quoted the Swedish foreign minister as saying. Sweden will file its bid for NATO membership together with Finland’s application, she said. The Swedish...

Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to announce the results of the Sunday parliamentary elections. The minister said that results showed the Lebanese Forces (LF) won 20 seats, the Free National Movement 18 seats while Hezbollah and the Amal movement gained 31 seats out of...

The ministry underlined that the stability of CBSS is "deteriorating" and said that the member states of the council have abandoned dialogue and principles on which the assembly was created, according to Tele Trader. "Western states have monopolized the Council for their opportunistic purposes, and are organizing its work to...

Turkish forces will play a role in securing the Qatar World Cup, which is slated to be held from November 21st to December 18th, under a security agreement with Doha, Anadolu Agency reported. According to the report, Turkey will send a 3,000-security group consisting of anti-insurgency forces, special forces and bomb...

Javad Owji made the remarks in a meeting with the Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Gnel Sanosyan on Monday afternoon. Iranain oil minister, after meeting with Gnel Sanosyan on Monday, while emphasizing the positive and constructive talks between the two sides, told Shana, "Negotiations for gas swap from Turkmenistan to...

Benny Gantz claimed on Tuesday that Iran was working to finish the production and installation of 1,000 advanced centrifuges enriching uranium, including at a new underground site at the Natanz nuclear facility, the Times of Israeli reported. “Iran is making an effort to complete the manufacturing and installation of 1,000 additional advanced IR6...

Head of Iran's Veterinary Organization Seyed Mohammad Aghamiri said that the MoU has been signed with the aim of upgrading the system of care and monitoring of animal diseases, as well as facilitating the trade of goods contained in the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regulations. Pointing out the importance...

Adnan and Mohammad made friends at MAHAK Hospital. Adnan has recovered from cancer and just comes for his periodical checkups to MAHAK. Because of this, he had not seen Mohammad for a long time and when he met him in the hospital and asked how he was, Mohammad said, “I...

Javad Karimi Ghudusi, a member of the National Security Commission at the Iranian Parliament said that "Preliminary agreements have been achieved between Tehran and Riyadh, and in the near future, our Foreign Minister will meet with the Saudi Foreign Minister." "Bilateral issues, the reopening of embassies and the Yemeni...

Ali Mohammad Tahmasebi Birgani, Secretary of the National Iranian Taskforce Against Dust Storms said that "More than 90% of the dust that damages the environment comes from outside Iran." He said that the air pollution from the dust storms causes a lot of damage to the people's health in addition...

Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, who is visiting Tehran at the head of a delegation to attend the seventh meeting Iran-Ghana Permanent Cooperation Commission, held a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Tuesday. During the meeting, which was also attended by the Ghanian deputy foreign minister Thomas Mbomba, the two sides...

The protocol on ports cooperation between the two countries of Iran and Cuba was signed by CEO of Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba in Tehran on Tuesday in the course of Iran-Cuba Joint Economic Cooperation Commission. In the signing...

Iran’s Deputy Industry Minister and Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Alireza Peyman-Pak met with Omani Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology Saeed bin Hamoud bin Saeed al Maawali in the Omani capital of Muscat on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two sides emphasized the need...

On the second day of his visit to Tajikistan, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri met with Emomali Rahmon at the Presidential Palace of Tajikistan on Tuesday afternoon. Emphasizing that cultural commonalities still lay the most important ground for strengthening ties between the peoples of...

In addition to the agreement inked in the field of development of industrial, mining and trade cooperation, a roadmap was signed between the two countries in the field of bartering goods. The cooperation document was signed between Iran’s Deputy Minister of Industry for Commercial and Trade Affairs Mohammad Sadegh...

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Turkey has said it will not approve Sweden and Finland joining it as NATO members, hours after Stockholm followed Helsinki in a historic Nordic security policy shift by formally confirming that it intended to apply for membership of the alliance. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said diplomatic delegations from the two countries  should not...

A journalist in occupied lands wrote that the operators of these systems did not lock the missiles on the Israeli regime's planes. According to the Syrian news media, the country's air defense last Wednesday repealed an Israeli regime's attack above Damascus. A military source told SANA that the Israeli...

Al Thani and Blinken also discussed the situation in Afghanistan, the Ukrainian crisis, and US-Qatar bilateral ties. More details of the phone call and its results have not been released yet. As Doha officials continue consultations with Western countries on various issues, including the Iranian nuclear issue, Qatari sources reported that...

Monday’s arrest came two weeks after a woman suicide bomber blew herself up on a university campus in the southern port city of Karachi, killing three Chinese teachers and their Pakistani driver. Police arrested the woman in southwestern Balochistan province, the statement said, according to Al-Jazeera. She belongs to...

The bill was backed in the initial procedural vote by the required threshold of over 60 votes and is now set to be debated by the US Senate within a 30-hour period, which means that the majority of senators are expected on May 18 to pass it on for...

The CNN interviewer asked if Afghanistan still considers the US as an enemy as it has been painted on the walls of Kabul and other Afghan cities that Afghans have defeated the US and its allied forces, according to The News. Haqqani said that the Taliban are committed to the...

The test was conducted on Saturday off the coast of Southern California when a B-52 bomber released an Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), the Air Force said in a statement on Monday. “Following separation from the aircraft, the ARRW’s booster ignited and burned for expected duration, achieving hypersonic speeds...

“A new page was opened in the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the UAE,” the top Iranian foreign minister wrote in his Twitter account after meeting Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Monday. “We warmly shake hands with our neighbors. The warmth of...

Asia Iran pursuing goods bartering with Cuba: Safari Aftab-e-Eghtesadi Oil industry has high capacity for developing knowledge-based professions: Pres. Raeisi Abrar Vienna talks have not been halted: FM spox Iran waiting for Washington's political decision in Vienna Possibility of finalization of Iran nuclear deal in upcoming days: Russia US’s...

Concurrent with the announcement of closure of government departments and educational-training centers in Tehran province by Air Pollution Emergency Committee of Tehran Governor-Generalship due to severe air pollution, the Public Relations Department of 33rd Tehran International Book Fair announced that the Fair is close on Tuesday May 17 and enthusiasts...

"We want to discuss with them … Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as one team because the resources there are of common interest to both countries, this is what we’ve agreed to over the last two to three years and we and Kuwait, as one group, we are proceeding," Prince Abdulaziz...

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy pointed to Iran’s high capacities in the fields of energy, petrochemical and food industries, modern technologies and knowledge-based and voiced readiness of the country to enhance cooperation with Slovakia.   Mehdi safari made the remarks on Tuesday in his meeting with visiting...

In order to strengthen and develop joint defense and military cooperation between the two countries, this factory was inagurate3d in the presence of a group of Iranian and Tajik officials.

Reza Mohtashamipour made the remarks in his meeting with mining and mineral experts of Afghanistan in Kabul on Tuesday. Expanding activities of Iranian mining and mineral companies in Afghanistan was the main topic of discussion of visiting Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry to Afghanistan. With the coordination made in this...

Speaking in an interview with Russia’s news agency Sputnik on Tuesday, Saeed Khatibzadeh announced that relations between Iran and Russia is strategic and Iran will not allow any issue to disrupt these relations. The Iranian authorities intend to resume their efforts to act as a mediator between Moscow and Kyiv and...

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Wednesday, May 18.

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – On the occasion of World Telecommunications & Information Society Day (WTISD), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) inaugurated its projects in Tehran on Tuesday in presence of ICT Minister Issa Zarepour.     ...

TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei led the prayers at a Tuesday funeral for the Iranian Shia cleric Ayatollah Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia who passed away on Monday.     ...

Ayatollah Fateminia, Iranian Shiite cleric, professor of Islamic ethics, orator, Islamic historian, and bibliographer passed away at the age of 76 on Monday morning after a long struggle with illness. ...