News Archive - 21 December 2022

"$1.85 Billion in Additional US Military Assistance, Including the First Transfer of Patriot Air Defense System," Blinken said in a press release, according to Sputnik. Earlier in the day, the White House announced that US President Joe Biden authorized the drawdown of up to $1 billion in additional security...

In a speech at the yearly meeting with his defense chiefs, Putin said Moscow will meet all the goals of its military operation in Ukraine as he hailed the military leaders as “heroes”. The Russian president said the NATO military alliance was using its full capabilities against Russia and urged...

Speaking at a gathering of senior army commanders on Wednesday, Iranian army commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said "With the intensification of political differences and the emergence of a crisis of internal legitimacy on the one hand and the feeling of regional insecurity, on the other hand, the authorities of the...

Amir-Abdollahian who traveled to the Jordanian capital of Amman on Tuesday at the head of a delegation to take part in a second edition of the Baghdad Conference met with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan. The Saudi Foreign Minister voiced his country's readiness to continue talks with Iran, Amir-Abdollahian wrote...

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations, said according to his country's assessments the talks “can be completed in almost one or two days.” The remaining issues are “not complicated”, he stressed, adding that it seems the US is “not ready...

This indicates a 72% surge compared to their output in last year’s corresponding period when production stood at 305,274 tons, IMIDRO reported on its website. Tabas Parvadeh Coal Company’s output stood at 455,540 tons while that of Central Alborz Coal Company hit 70,681 tons, Finacial Tribune reported.  The subsidiaries...

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The military branch of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement Nablus Brigade in a statement also reported that its forces managed to shoot at Zionist troops at a military checkpoint in Bayt Furik. Meanwhile, on Tuesday evening, Palestinian sources reported that a Zionists' checkpoint in the north of the Occupied al-Quds was...

While the Western media is covering the news of the visit of the President of Ukraine to the US, a senior official of Moscow has met with the President of China in Beijing. Medvedev, who is now Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, on Wednesday posted a video on social...

"[Washington’s] arms deliveries are still underway and the range of weapons is broadening. This certainly leads to an escalation of the conflict and does not bode well for Ukraine," Peskov said, speaking to the press. According to TASS, Peskov also noted that there was no hope that Kyiv’s negotiating stance...

The Yemeni media reported on Wednesday afternoon that a delegation from the Sultan of Oman's "Haitham bin Tariq" office has arrived in Yemen to negotiate with the authorities in Sana'a government. According to the report of the "Yemen News" Arabic-language website, the plane of the Sultanate Air Force has landed...

The Gambian Armed Forces High Command arrested four soldiers linked to the alleged coup after a military operation on Tuesday, the government said on Wednesday in a statement. Coup attempts are not uncommon in the Gambia, a tiny West African country of 2.5 million almost entirely surrounded by Senegal,...

According to Daryoush Salempour, an Agriculture Ministry official, exports reached $915 million in the last Iranian year (March 2021-22). “The figure accounted for half of Iran’s horticultural exports’ value over the period,” he said, according to Finacial Tribune. “Pistachio orchards account for 20% of Iran’s total orchards and are mainly...

"In the field of oil production, we were able to achieve figures of 3 million barrels of oil per day," Javad Owji said on the sideline of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. "In addition, the production of light fractions of oil increased by 200,000 barrels per day," he added. According to the December report...

An ancient Iranian festival that basically celebrates the coming of the winter solstice and the longest night of the year for centuries is Yalda Night (or Shab-e Yalda; also, Shab-e Chelleh). It refers to a time between the sunset of autumn’s last day (the 30th of Azar in the Iranian...

The two countries are spending billions of dollars to speed up the delivery of cargos along rivers and railways linked by the Caspian Sea, Bloomberg wrote in a report. Ship–tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show dozens of Russian and Iranian vessels already plying the route. The emerging trade corridor would...

Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks on Wednesday morning at a conference at Imam Hossein University.  Referring to the history of Britain, Salami stated that there is no place where the UK has not carried out massacres.  Blaming the UK for the Goharshad mosque incident, Salami added...

Hassan Neshanzadeh Moghadam, PGPIC’s director of planning and business development, said on Sunday that PGPIC’s strategy under the new leadership is to reach Germany’s BASF, which is achievable due to the existence of huge feedstock resources and knowledge-based companies in Iran. Pointing out that Iranian knowledge-based companies are more than...

 At the end of his visit to Jordan and attending the Baghdad 2 conference, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told reporters, he and his deputy Ali Bagheri Kani held a meeting with Josep Borrell and Enrique Mora, the European Union's foreign policy officials, which lasted for two hours. "In the past...

"The opening of the Consulate General will strengthen people-to-people ties between the two countries of Iran and China because in the past, Chinese people used to travel to the southern cities of Iran for tourism," Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua said on Wednesday. The Chinese envoy pointed to the...

The attacks took place separately on Sunday night at Malagum 1 and Sokwong communities of Kagoro Chiefdom in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state. Although the police authorities are yet to confirm the incident, the Speaker of Kaura Local Government Legislative Council, Chairman of Kauru Local Government Area,...

"At President Biden's invitation, President Zelensky will be visiting Washington DC tomorrow," the official said during a special online briefing about the upcoming visit. According to the official, an extended meeting between Biden and Zelensky will take place in the White House. Apart from that, the Ukrainian leader will hold...

According to the report, the victim was the ship’s captain. Three of those injured are in critical condition. Overall, there were 17 people aboard the ship. "We were informed that the captain was dead. The crew was taken to the port of Sinop by boats," Sinop Governor Erol Karaomeroglu was...

US officials described details of the aid package on condition of anonymity on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Media organizations citing unnamed sources also reported on Wednesday that Zelenskyy could travel to Washington, DC to meet Biden and visit the US Congress. Zelenskyy’s spokesman did not respond to a...

"The American regime's alliance with the terrorists and killers of more than 17,000 Iranian citizens became [just] clearer," ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani wrote in a tweet. Kan'ani said, "The recent move of some politically-bankrupt American figures to try to 'whitewash terrorism' and reprehensibly sanctify the terrorist MKO ringleader and criminal...

"On the sidelines of the Baghdad conf. 2, FMs of Iran & France met. I considered France's interference in our internal affairs unacceptable. Discussed reconsideration of France's positions. Agreed that the path of dialogue & diplomacy is preferable. The I.R. of Iran stands strong," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote in a...

Ettela'at: Leader receives a group of Shah Cheragh martyrs' families 2nd edition of Baghdad conference held in Jordan  Jomhouri-e Eslami: Leader says pro-ISIL Americans share blame for Shah Cheragh terrorist incident Iran, EU agree on resuming JCPOA negotiations Shargh:  Baghdad 2 conference held in Jordan with participation of 12 countries...

In a statement on Tuesday, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Public Relations Office announced that the "commendable" operation had taken place earlier in the day, featuring agents hailing from the country's various intelligence agencies, including the IRGC's Intelligence Organization and the country's Intelligence Ministry. The operation took place following "round-the-clock...

"Meeting Omani Foreign Minister @badralbusaidi, I stressed the positive dynamics in our bilateral relations," Borrell wrote in a tweet, posting a picture of his meeting with the  Omani FM. "We also discussed developments in Iran and related to JCPOA," he added. Other regional challenges were also discussed between Borrell and Albusaidi, according to...

"There is large potential for cooperation in this," Shulginov told a meeting with his visiting Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Mehrabian. Under an agreement signed in October, Iran has committed to supply 40 turbines to Russia to help the country with its plans to build modern gas power plants.   However,...

Amir-Abdollahian who traveled to the Jordanian capital of Amman on Tuesday at the head of a delegation to take part in a second edition of the Baghdad Conference met with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan. The Saudi Foreign Minister voiced his country's readiness to continue negotiations with Iran, Amir-Abdollahian wrote...

Amir Saeed Iravani made the remarks in the Tuesday session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) during which he said the current condition of Afghanistan is challenging, despite UN efforts. Referring to the latest UN report concerning Afghanistan, Iravani said the report shows that the humanitarian aid requirements for...

TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – The ministers attending the cabinet meeting chaired by President Ebrahim Raeisi answered the questions put forward by the journalists on the sidelines of the meeting.         ...

Every year, on 30 Azar in the Iranian calendar that falls on December 20 this year, Iranians celebrate the arrival of winter, the renewal of the sun and the victory of light over darkness on Yalda Night.

TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Tuesday, December 21.       ...