News Archive - 4 September 2022

Asian black bear spotted in southern Iranian province

Shahmorad Jafari, the chairman of the Hajiabad environment department said that Hajiabad County is home to different species of leopards, wolves, bears, goats, pigs and sheep, and different kinds of indigenous and migratory birds and reptiles. Jafari added that recently the Asian black bears were spotted and photographed after local people in...

Israel’s Mossad increases coop. with US on Iran nuclear deal

An Israeli media outlet on Sunday evening wrote that Mossad Chief David Barnea will travel to Washington on Monday to meet with the US security and intelligence officials to discuss about Iran's nuclear deal. The Office of the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime has announced that this trip will...

Army Navy role in providing Hormuz Strait security strategic

Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri made the remarks on Sunday evening in the ceremony of joining the new equipment to the south fleet of the Army Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Bandar Abbas. Two surface-to-surface missile launchers, one logistic vessel and one Ghadir-class submarine added to the...

China large solar-powered, near-space UAV makes maiden flight

China's independently-developed QMX50, a large solar-powered near-space unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), made its successful maiden flight in Yulin, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Saturday, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) said Sunday. The QMX50 took off at 5:50 p.m. and landed safely after a 26-minute flight, according to...

Syrian army helicopter crashes in NE Hama, crew killed

The incident happened while the helicopter was carrying out a training mission. The cause of the incident was a technical fault, according to the reports. The reports added that the crew of the helicopter were martyred. Meanwhile, SANA reported that 3 Syrian children were martyred following the explosion of a mine...

Erdogan warns Greece of 'heavy price', tells it not to go far

"Greece, look at history, go back in time; if you go too far, the price will be heavy. We have one thing to say to Greece: Remember Izmir," Erdogan said at Turkey's largest technology event, Teknofest, in the province of Samsun on the Black Sea coast, Anadolu Agency. Izmir is...

N California wildfire destroys 100 homes, injured dozen

The fire that began Friday afternoon on or near a wood-products plant quickly blew into a neighborhood on the northern edge of Weed but then carried the flames away from the city of about 2,600. Evacuees described heavy smoke and chunks of ash raining down. Annie Peterson said she was...

Several injured in anti-Zionist op. in Jordan Valley (+VIDEO)

A bus carrying Zionist settlers was targeted with bullets, according to Hebrew-language media. At least 5 Zionists were injured following the operation, news sources quoted Zionist officials as saying, adding that two suspects who had weapons in their cars were arrested.

Islamic Jihad slams Israel crimes against Palestine prisoners

Islamic Jihad's statement came in reaction to the killing of Abu Mahameed, 40, who died as a result of deliberate medical negligence at an Israeli hospital.     The statement said that Israeli crimes against prisoners and detainees are intensifying and that Israel is systematically violating their legitimate rights to...

Forces of UK, Finland, Sweden take part in joint exercise

The British Ministry of Defence said the maneuvers, which offered a strengthening of "inter-operability" as both Sweden and Finland bid to join NATO, took place in Rovaniemi and Rovajarvi in northern Finland, Sky News reported. In July, it emerged the RAF had sent four Typhoons and two F-35Bs to Finland...

Zionist regime holding military exercise near Lebanese border

A spokesperson for the Zionist army announced the beginning of a military exercise near the Lebanese border on Sunday morning. The Zionist official said that the military exercise will continue until Tuesday evening. Holding this military exercise comes as the tension between Lebanese Hezbollah and the Tel Aviv regime has intensified...

Kremlin blames Western politicians for current energy crisis

Speaking on the Rossiya 1 TV Channel,  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov blamed the energy crisis in Europe on “absurd” decisions by European politicians, who have refused to service equipment sold by Western firms to Gazprom, Russia Today reported. The Russian state energy giant “spent decades” earning its reputation of a reliable natural gas supplier, and...

Flood claims 12 lives in Afghanistan's Paktika prov.

According to this report, Afghan sources announced that heavy rains and floods in Pakitka province killed 12 people. Based on these sources, 16,000 hectares of agricultural land has also been destroyed due to the heavy floods. This is while that about 10 days ago, Afghan news sources announced that 194...

US needs to listen to EU energy demands in Iran talks

"A senior western nuclear negotiator once said with satisfaction that "words matter." That's why Iran wants no ambiguities to remain in the text. There should be no loopholes that can be used to undermine a deal. There are problems with a few words and the US can easily fix...

Intensive campaign to prevent JCPOA revival continues

 Zionist Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that Tel Aviv's efforts to prevent the revival of the nuclear agreement (JCPOA) between Iran and world powers continue. Despite election campaigns and summer holidays, the government is working, he added, claiming he is working with the regime's minister of war Benny Gantz and prime...

Iran, Uzbekistan sign MoU on energy

OGTIP and the Uzbek holding company signed the deal on Saturday in Tehran in a ceremony held in the presence of Mohammad Ismail Kefayati, Head of OGTIP, and Mohammad Ali Satvaldeo, CEO of Oil and Gas Holding of Mr. Fish Fergana. The document is signed for launching Fergana Techno Park,...

Joint aerial drills discussed with Pakistani air force chief

"We have good relations and educational interactions with the Pakistanis in the sea, air and some land fields, and good relations are underway between the two countries," the  Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi on Sunday in a ceremony held to commemorate the start of the new academic...

Iranian short films, animation go to intl. film festivals

Directed by Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi, 'Eclipse' will participate in the competition section of the 18th edition of the Miskolc International Film Festival in Hungary. The festival will be held in person from October 5 to 9 in Miskolc, Hungary. The festival presents feature films, shorts, documentaries, and animated films. The...

Su-35 purchase on Iran Army agenda

Commander of Army Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran General Vahedi in an interview with Borna News said that the Iranian Air Force has no plans to buy Sukhoi Su-30 for the time being but the purchase of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia is on the agenda.

Kish Air starts flights to Afghanistan: Envoy

Deputy Ambassador of the Iranian Embassy in Kabul Seyyed Hassan Mortazavi said on Sunday that flights of Kish Air Airline will be made twice a week to the cities of Kabul and Kandahar. Referring to the volume of requests from both parties to travel to two countries, both Iranian and...

Iran has other options if West does not want agreement

Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini Spokesman for the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission made the comments in an interview with the Iranian media. "History shows that Westerners are not trustworthy in living up to their obligations, that is why the Islamic Republic seeks guarantees to reach an agreement," the lawmaker said, adding that the...

Yemen security has direct impact on stability in Persian Gulf

The top Iranian diplomat received the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg for a meeting on Sunday in Tehran. In the meeting, the latest developments in Yemen were discussed and two diplomats exchanged opinions in that regard. The foreign minister of Iran pointed out that the final decision-maker on the future of...

Iran stresses removing obstacles for dispatching aid to Yemen

Ali Asghar Khaji made the remarks in his meeting with the UN special representative for Yemen Affairs Hans Grundberg in Tehran on Sunday evening. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the latest developments with relation to the crisis in Yemen, existing obstacles and also solutions for the materialization of...

Iran ready for full support of UN-backed truce in Yemen

Head of Iran's Foreign Policy Strategic Council, Kamal Kharrazi held a meeting with the visiting Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Sunday. In the meeting, Kharrazi said that "Iran is ready to fully support the UN mission to preserve the ceasefire in Yemen. The final result of these efforts should be the start of...

Iranian Rower Rezaei wins gold at U23 world c'ships

He won the gold medal with a time of 23:30.40 minutes in the C1 Men 5000m U23 Final A, Tehran Times reported. Noel Dominguez from Spain won the silver medal, clocking 23:56.15 and the bronze medal went to Hungarian Kristof Kollar with 24:08.86. The competition is being...

Iranians win four medals at Karate 1-Premier League

In the Female Kumite under-50kg category, Yorgelis Salazar of Venezuela won the gold medal after beating her Iranian rival Sara Bahmanyar 5-0 in the final match, Tehran Times reported. Bahman Asgari Ghoncheh also seized a silver medal after being defeated by Nurkanat Azhikanov of Kazakhstan 3-2 in the final...

ISIL element arrested in Iraq’s Mosul

Iraq's Hashd al-Sha’abi Organization announced that the Deputy Intelligence of the organization, in coordination with the Command of the Hashd al-Sha’abi Operation Headquarters in Nineveh province, arrested an ISIL terrorist in the central part of Mosul. According to this report, this operation was carried out following the completion of special...

Three Syrian forces killed in terrorists' missile attack

"In Idlib province, three troops of the Syrian Armed Forces were killed and one Syrian soldier was wounded in a missile strike conducted by terrorists from Deir Sunbul against the government forces’ positions near Hantutin," Major General Oleg Yegorov added, according to TASS.  Russian sources in Syria also announced...

Finalizing peace agrmt. with Armenia possible within months

"Well, in our region, the situation is developing towards peace. I hope so. I came to Italy from Brussels where we had trilateral negotiations with the President of the European Council and the Prime Minister of Armenia and we agreed that within one month, the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and...

Trump criticizes FBI at first rally after Mar-a-Lago search

Addressing supporters at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Trump said the raid was an “egregious abuse of the law” that was going to produce “a backlash the likes of which nobody has ever seen”. “The FBI and the Justice Department have become vicious monsters, controlled by radical left...

Rocket hits Baghdad's Al Shuala neighborhood (+VIDEO)

The rocket which hit the market of Al Shuala neighborhood in the west of Baghdad led to the big fire.

Saudi-led coalition violates ceasefire in Yemen 199 times

The Saudi-led coalition violated the UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen by carrying out surveillance and reconnaissance flights over the provinces of Ma’rib, Ta’iz, Al Jawf, Sa’ada, Al Hudaydah, Dhale, Al-Bayda, Al Hajjah, and also other borders, Almasirah reported. The report adds that the armed reconnaissance planes of the Saudi-led coalition targeted...

Turkish army launches artillery attack on Iraq's Duhok

These sources added that the artillery of the Turkish army targeted some areas in Duhok on Saturday night which led to a power cut in a number of villages in this province. Iraqi officials and Resistance groups have repeatedly warned Turkey that it should leave the country and the resistance...

Bomb explosion leaves 5 Iraqi army forces martyred, injured

The bomb which exploded in the path of an Iraqi army convoy in Diyala province on Saturday killed an Iraqi soldier and injured 4 others. Meanwhile, Iraqi sources reported that Iraqi fighter jets have targeted ISIL positions in Kirkuk.  They also reported that fierce clashes broke out between PMU forces and...

404k smuggled fuel seized in Hormozgan Province

The Police Commander of Hormozgan Province Brigadier General Gholamreza Jafari announced on Saturday that police forces seized 404,000 liters of smuggled Diesel fuel in immediate operations in Hormozgan province, south of Iran. 83 vehicles carrying and operating in fuel smuggling were identified and seized during the police operations. 76 offenders have also...

E Azarbaijan governor calls for expanding ties with Armenia

Abedin Khorram, the provincial governor of East Azarbaijan made the comments at the Iran-Armenia trade conference in Yerevan on Saturday. Saying that the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the peace, stability, and security of the neighboring countries as its own, the governor said, "In line with h the developments in...

Over 1.3 tons of smuggled narcotics seized in SE Iran

Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri said that three weapons and a two-way radio were also seized during the operations.  Some 5 smugglers were detained by the police, he further noted. Iran is at the forefront of the fight against drug trafficking and thousands of Iranian forces have been so far...

Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni; Iranian genius of Islamic Golden Age

Little is known of the early life of the Iranian scholar and polymath Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni; however, as the name suggests he was born in Beruniy, a small city in Uzbekistan in Western Central Asia which was part of Iran in the past.  Historically, Beruniy was known as Kath and served as the...

Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on Sptember 4

Arman-e Emrooz: Leader: Iran not interfering in countries' affairs Reaching JCPOA agreement neither close nor far Arman-e Melli: Iran took out seven-headed dragon of arrogance Aftab: Leader says Iran took out seven-headed dragon of arrogance Ebtekar: Clarity Iran's condition for reaching agreement Etela'at: Leader: Highlighting unreal dividing lines in Islam plot...

High-ranking Iran oil ministry delegation to visit Uzbekistan

Headed by the Deputy Minister of Petroleum for International Affairs and Trade Ahmad Asadzadeh, representatives from the international affairs of the National Iranian Oil Company, the international affairs and production of the National Petrochemical Company, PetroIran, Tappico, Energy Gostar Sina and other private companies active in the field of energy will...

Start of new academic year for military students at DAVOS

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – A ceremony was held at AJA University of Command and Staff (DAVOS) in Tehran on Sunday with the participation of the Army commander General Mousavi to mark the new academic year for military students.     ...

Arbaeen pilgrims at Shalamcheh border

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – The number of pilgrims leaving Iran for Iraq is ever-increasing at the Shalamcheh border, while there are 13 days left to the Arbaeen ceremony; the largest religious gathering in the world. Arbaeen comes 40 days after Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia...

Closing ceremony of Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly Summit

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – The closing ceremony of the 7th Summit of Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly was held in Tehran with the participation of Shia thinkers and scientists from more than 110 countries.           ...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on September 4

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Sunday, September 4.