News Archive - 5 October 2022

“(EU) Ambassadors reached a political agreement on new sanctions against Russia, as a strong EU response to Putin's illegal annexation of Ukraine’s territories,” the Czech government, acting as the term president of the Council of the European Union, announced on Twitter, Anadolu Agency reported. The measures include a prohibition of...

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Speaking to Al-Jazeera on Wednesday, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russian representative in Vienna-based international organizations, said that Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is also scheduled to visit Moscow next week. The news by Ulyanov comes a day after Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s Foreign Minister for Political Affairs and lead...

Japan and Paraguay are in the group too, Tehran Times reported. Hosts UAE, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Spain are in Group A. The competition will be held in Dubai from Nov. 1 to 5. Russia is the most decorated team in the tournament with four titles, followed by Iran and...

The interim Taliban government said in a statement on Wednesday that a big fire that engulfed the Abbasin Zadran market in the Kote Sangi District in Kabul was put out by the firefighters after hours of burning. The Taliban defense ministry said it used helicopters in addition to firefighters to extinguish...

According to media reports, citing Afghan local media, the explosion occurred at the ministry’s mosque. Aljazeera has cited security sources as reporting that 25 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in the blast. No group has so far claimed responsibility for that attack. The blast comes a...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone conversation with his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, a statement by the the Foreign Ministry’s website reported. During the talks, the top Omani diplomat expressed gratitude and appreciation for Tehran’s trust in the Omani authorities and the humanitarian action of Iran in...

Heading a high-ranking political-economic delegation, Iranian First Vice President Mohmmad Mokhber left Tehran for Moscow on Wednesday afternoon to take part in the second Caspian Economic Forum at the invitation of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin. During this trip, in addition to delivering a speech at the Second Caspian Economic...

Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone conversation with Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday. In the phone conversation, the latest developments in bilateral relations, Vienna talks to remove sanctions, recent developments in Iran and foreign interventions in Iran's internal affairs during the recent...

On May 5, 2005, the Leader of the Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei considered border security one of the aspects of national security. Referring to the valiant and wholehearted defense that was put up by the Iranian nation and armed forces in the face of the military aggression waged by...

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The South Korean and United States (US) militaries fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul said on Wednesday (Oct 5) as tension on the Korean Peninsula escalates.  South Korea and the United States staged a drill...

Iranian foreign ministry summoned the UK Ambassador to Iran Simon Shercliff to convey protest to the British government over issuing an earlier meddlesome statement about the riots in Iran. The UK ambassador was received by the Director General of Western Europe at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The Islamic Republic of...

A 5.4 magnitude on the scale of Richter on Wednesday morning struck Khoi city in the north of West Azarbaijan at 3:51 a.m. Tehran Local Time. According to preliminary reports provided by the head of Crisis Management of Khoy County Salem Khoyei, there were no losses of lives in...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone conversation with his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, a statement by the the Foreign Ministry’s website reported. During the talks, the top Omani diplomat expressed gratitude and appreciation for Tehran’s trust in the Omani authorities and the humanitarian action of Iran in...

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President Raeisi made the comments in a recent interview with the CCTV television of China.  The president also referred to Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)  ad said "Iran's cooperation with Russia, China and other SCO members states can create new powers." This item is being...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone conversation with his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi on Tuesday evening.   During the phone conversation, the Omani foreign minister thanked Iran for handing over Bagheri Namazi, who was detained in Iran on espionage charges, to his country.

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Actors Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Isabelle Huppert and around 50 other French artists cut their hair in support of Iranian women engaged in mass protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for not wearing her hijab.Posted Wednesday on the Instagram account @soutienfemmesiran, which translates to...

Protests against the country’s strict dress code and “morality police” continue in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death.

In the protests for women’s rights sweeping Iran, which have now been underway for nearly three weeks, a new cohort of leaders have emerged: schoolgirls and women of younger generations.Wednesday marked the 19th day since demonstrators took to the streets of Iran, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini,...