News Archive - 7 January 2023

Local sources told the Syrian government official news agency SANA that terrorist groups positioning near the borders with Turkey fired artillery shells towards al-Fatesa village, vicinity of M4 highway and vicinity of Ayn Issa town in Raqqa far northern countryside. The sources pointed out that the daily bombardment by the...

Amir-Abdollahian made the comments in a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra on Saturday following the recent insulting cartoons published by the French magazine Charlie Hebdo and the visit by an Israeli far-right minister to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Al-Quds. The Algerian foreign minister, for his part,...

On Saturday's phone call with Yvan Gil Pinto, Amir-Abdollahian congratulated him on taking the top diplomatic post. The two foreign ministers also exchanged views on issues of mutual interest. The Iranian minister also expressed hope that ties between the two countries would further grow in the future. Pinto termed Iran and...

Syrian sources reported heavy artillery and rocket attacks but the number of possible casualties and damages were not released. The news comes as Turkish troops and their affiliated forces yesterday targeted several villages on the outskirts of Syria's Afrin with artillery and rocket attacks. Since 2016, Turkey has launched three...

Local sources told the Syrian government official news agency SANA that terrorist groups positioning near the borders with Turkey fired artillery shells towards al-Fatesa village, vicinity of M4 highway and vicinity of Ayn Issa town in Raqqa far northern countryside. The sources pointed out that the daily bombardment by the...

As many as 233 smugglers have been detained from the beginning of the Iranian year until now, Yahya Elahi said. Over seven tons of various narcotics have been confiscated in the operations in the said period, he added. He further noted that the figure marks a 38 percent hike compared...

Mojtaba Amani, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Beirut said in a tweet, "Today I met with Michel Aoun to congratulate him on the new year, and this was an opportunity to appreciate his courageous stance towards Resistance during his tenure as the president." According to...

In the Saturday evening meeting of the heads of the three branches, which was hosted by Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi in his office, they discussed the most important issues in the country. Raeisi, Ghalibaf and Ejei held a meeting on Saturday evening as part of their routine schedule to discuss the problems...

Major General Bagheri made the remarks on the third anniversary of Iran's missile attack on the biggest US troops' airfield in Iraq, namely Ain Al-Asad, which came a few days after the martyrdom of Iranian anti-terror commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the US troops. The Iranian missile attack on...

Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said on Saturday that the Army's Ground Force has managed to use new tactics and techniques, particularly in the fields of drones and aviation, during the Zolfaqar 1401 joint drills, which were held earlier this month in an area spanning from the country’s southern ports and...

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Brigadier General Mohammad Ghanbari said that the police forces have confiscated 1 ton and 621 kilograms of opium and 79 kilograms of hashish and heroin during the operations. Some eleven smugglers have been arrested during the operations in the province, he noted. Reportedly in early January, the police forces arrested...

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ceremony to introduce the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, as the Culture Capital in the Islamic World for 2023. Referring to the cultural and artistic capacities between Iran and Libya, particularly in the field of cinema, poetry, literature, and visual arts, Esmaeili described...

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Ali Alizadeh, Head of the Iranian Parliamentary Delegation in Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) told reporters on Saturday Turkey will host the next APA meeting and Iran will take part at the level of speaker. "The APA is one of the most important international institutions in Asia, which is highly effective, and...

"As part of ensuring the military security of the Union State, the build-up of the regional grouping of troops (forces) of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation continues. Today, another echelon with military equipment, which is part of the regional group of troops, has arrived in the Republic...

The reports added that severe clashes broke out between the Palestinian protestors and the Zionist troops in Bayt Dajan after the Friday prayers. Two Palestinian citizens were injured by war bullets in Qalqilya and dozens of others were injured due to gas inhalation caused by tear gas firing. In Kafr Qaddum, two...

Experts said a school shooting involving a 6-year-old is extremely rare, although not unheard of, while Virginia law limits the ways in which a child that age can be punished for such a crime. No students were injured in the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, police said, AP News reported.

"We take care of you. Take care of us," thousands of French medical workers protested in Paris for better working conditions and increased salaries.

The Interior Ministry, represented by border guards in the Eastern Province, and the Energy Ministry, represented by Saudi Aramco and Aramco Gulf Operations, participated in the drills, Asharq Al-Awsat reported.  The five-day drill aimed to protect maritime routes, address threats to petroleum installations, safeguard freedom of navigation, and promote joint...

The US is seeking Guzmán’s extradition for drug trafficking and has offered up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of the man they say is “a senior member of the Sinaloa Cartel.” On Thursday, Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed that there is an arrest warrant...

"Despite artillery fire by Ukrainian armed forces on settlements and Russian positions, the Russian group of forces will continue to observe the announced ceasefire until 24:00 of today," he said, TASS reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a ceasefire on Orthodox Christmas Eve and Christmas Day along the...

The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar has reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a message to Yemen's Ansarullah movement telling them, "Yemen is for you. Riyadh only wants security guarantees." The newspaper further claimed that "According to the information received from Sana'a, Riyadh has shown a lot of flexibility...

Alireza Shahrdari, therapist and keeper of Pirouz, published a video on his social page and said, "This is my 227th day of being with Pirouz and the 134th night that I have been sleeping outside beside  Pirouz in this cold weather without any heater, with only two blankets. Why? Because...

Javad Owji told a live televised interview on Friday that 8 billion dollars of half-finished projects will be completed in the current calendar year, adding the projects are aimed at addressing such priorities as enhancing oil and gas production, boosting gas refining capacity, gas transmission pipelines, petrochemical compounds and gathering...

Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili is in Mauritania to participate in the ceremony introducing Nouakchott as the cultural capital of the Islamic World. Leading a cultural delegation, the minister arrived in Nouakchott on Friday morning and was welcomed by the Mauritanian officials. In a meeting with the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani,...

Referring to the fake title used for the Arab cup hosted by Iraq in the city of Basra, FFIRI in a statement expressed the official objection of the Iranian football community and nation to FIFA. The statement further added that it is clear that the Persian Gulf is an original and...

In a decree issued on Saturday, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan as Iran's new police chief. The decree by Leader also commended the former commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari for his attempts during his tenure in the position. Ashtari has been working as the police...

Commander in Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) made the comments on Saturday during the inauguration ceremony of the 3,500 Basij projects in Tehran during which he said that "building a powerful Iran is our main goal." "A modern Iran with people who live in comfort and...

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The US military predicts that the 5,400-pound (2,450 kilograms) Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) will crash back to its home planet Sunday around 6:40 p.m. EST (2340 GMT), plus or minus 17 hours, NASA officials said, according to Space.com. "NASA expects most of the satellite to burn up...

The Iranian handball players defeated the Moroccan players 29-28. Moroccans succeeded in finishing 2022 with a bronze medal on the African continent. Earlier, the Iranian athletes lost to rivals from Poland and Belgium in the sporting event. AMK/5675315

Despite making numerous concessions to win over a bloc of far-right Republicans over the week, which narrowed his opposition from 20, a group of a half dozen holdouts either voted against McCarthy or voted “present,” denying him the majority he needed to win in the 14th vote, NBC reported. McCarthy...

The plane landed at Chubu Airport shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. It was heading from Narita Airport near Tokyo for Fukuoka Airport in southwestern Japan, NHK reported.  The carrier says 136 passengers and six crewmembers were on the plane. They escaped using emergency slides. Airport officials say...

"We inform the Venezuelan community in the United States, and the public in general, that the Venezuelan Embassy in the United States and all its officials formally ceased functions on Thursday, January 5, 2023," the statement read on Friday, Sputnik reported.  Guaido associates seized control of the embassy in...

What Dubai does not lack is the desert. Every side of those deserts is unique, which has given this city a pristine nature. These deserts made them earn money.  One of the ways to make money from them is through hotels and beautiful environments that are located in the...

"Some 15 minutes ago, air defenses shot down a UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] over the waters of the Northern mole," he stated on his Telegram channel on Saturday. "Even a holy celebration of Christmas cannot stop these inhuman beings from attacking out hero city." Sevastopol, where the Russian Black...

Iran’s exports stood at $2.71 billion, up 22.3% while imports grew by 9.58% to $2.21 billion. Bilateral trade stood at $437.93 million in November, down 14.38%, with Turkish exports at $225.59 million, up 3.08%, and Iranian exports at $212.33 million, registering...

General Esmaeil Ghaani said think tanks have corroborated his assessment.    “The United States will be plagued with the fate of the Soviet Union and think tanks have confirmed this,” the commander averred.  General Ghaani made the remarks in a commemorative ceremony in Kerman.  He also underlined the...

During the meeting in Seoul, Ahn and Iran's Ambassador to South Korea Saeed Shabestari discussed ways of expanding bilateral economic cooperation, including the exchanges of humanitarian items, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The two nations have discussed how to expand the trading of medicine, medical...

Kayhan: Amazon to fire 18,000 staff in coming days Tavanir: Iran one of world's top 5 Turbine manufacturers  Ghaani: US will shamefully leave the region, Israeli regime collapsing  1.1 bn Americans die of Covid-19 Ettela'at: Ukraine, West reject Putin's temporary ceasefire proposal Iran calls for establishing legal mechanism to stop insulting...

The US imposes new sanctions against Iran, this time targeting an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles manufacturer under the unsubstantiated and disproven pretext that the Islamic Republic has provided Russia with the UAVs to be used by Moscow against Ukraine. The United States Treasury Department slapped the sanctions on Friday against...

The Iranian diplomat roundly dismissed the Zionist regime's envoy Gilad Erdan’s anti-Iranian allegations, emphasizing, "The aim of such baseless accusations is to divert the world public opinion away from the continuing crimes and serious violations of international principles by the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people." He pointed to...

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – A ceremony was held in Basij Organization in the east of Tehran with the participation IRGC commanders-in-chief, and top Basij commander to inaugurate 3,500 Basij projects to fight poverty in the country.    ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Taq-e Bostan is a site with a series of large rock reliefs from the era of the Sassanid Empire of Persia, carved around the 4th century CE. The historical side is located 5 km from the city center of Kermanshah.        ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Saturday, January 7.         ...