News Archive - 3 April 2023

Iranian Foreign Minister’s Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji who has traveled to Moscow at the head of a delegation to attend the quadripartite meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria and Turkey earlier on Monday held a meeting with Burak Akçapar, the deputy foreign...

Mehdi Abbasian, the director general of Khosravi border crossing in Qasr-e Shriin County in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah said, "Out of the total foreign trade, there was $793 million worth of goods which weighed 1. 966,469 tons, showing an increase of 16% in value and 21% in weight...

The Iranian artist was awarded at the 22nd edition of «Competition Osaka International Music». Also, the company named Henle Verlag presented the special award of the competition to the Iranian musician. He competed with musicians from various counties such as Austria, the US, the UK, Turkey, Japan, China, and France.

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Iran’s international referee, Masoumeh Bagheri, won the attention of the executive committee of the competition. The World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series Final was held in Wuxi, China, April 2-3, 2023. The fourth edition of the Grand Slam was originally due to be held in 2022 only to be postponed...

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"In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities intercepted ten rockets of the HIMARS and Smerch multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, they destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Aleksandrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Naugolnoye and Staraya Krasnyanka in the Lugansk People’s Republic,"...

A small-engine plane has crashed in Russia's Volgograd region, the emergency services told Sputnik on Monday, adding that the pilot died. "Near the village of Standartnyi, a light aircraft crashed," the emergency services said, adding that " the pilot died.  The circumstances of the crash are yet to be...

Hamas's military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, announced in a statement that one of its Shehab (Meteor) drones, while on a training flight, was shot down by Israel's air force on Monday. It noted that the incident occurred as members of the al-Qassam Brigades were conducting training in the southern Gaza...

Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, plans to meet with the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wei, in continuation of Washington's plans to escalate tensions against Beijing. China, which considers the democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned US officials not to meet Tsai...

Grushko told RIA, "We will strengthen our military potential in the western and northwestern direction. In the event that the forces and resources of other NATO members are deployed in Finland, we will take additional steps to reliably ensure Russia's military security." Finland has a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with...

Local sources in Qamishli western countryside confirm to SANA reporter that the US occupation forces, which have been positioned on the side of Tell Mozan, south of Amuda, since 2014, have expanded the areas they consider prohibited military zones, in cooperation with SDF militia, and have subjected the area to...

"According to my information, this process has already been completed, i.e., the transfer of this first part. Of course, there will be talks about possible further support," said Przydacz, The Kyiv Independent reported. Przydacz didn't specify how many jets had been delivered. Polish President Andrzej Duda said on...

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Teachers have voted to hold fresh strikes this month and in May after a major union rejected the government's latest pay offer, the local media in the United Kingdom said on Monday. Members of the National Education Union (NEU) voted overwhelmingly against the offer, with 98 percent rejecting it. Out...

Syrian official news agency-SANA has reported an explosion on the highway between the Syrian capital of Damascus and the Jordanian capital of Amman. As a result of the explosion, 16 employees of the Duty-Free market at Nassib border center were injured while their bus was crossing at Saida bridge on Damascus-Amman international...

In an interview with Aljazeera, the Iraqi prime minister considered Iran as a neighboring country that supported Iraq's political process since 2003. He also rejected any intervention of Iranians in the stages of government formation in Iraq and its difficult negotiations. Referring to the presence of anti-Iran groups in Iraq,...

Miad Salehi, the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, has announced that Iran and Iraq have agreed to resume the construction of the Shalamcheh-Basra railroad and relaunch the Tehran-Karbala rail project. The news was shared on Salehi's Twitter account following the joint economic commission held between the two...

Motherless won the Best Film Award jointly with the Silver Bear Award-winning Indonesian film, Kamila Andini’s Before, Now & Then. Amir Aghaei, Mitra Hajjar, Pejman Jamshidi, Pardis Pour-Abedini, Ali Owji, Bita Aziz, Sara Mohammadi, and Fatemeh Mirzaei are the cast of Fatemi's film. The Bengaluru International Film Festival is an...

“The policy of the Ministry of Petroleum in the 13th government has been to make maximum use of the financing capacity from within the country. Hence, we have directed the capital of banks and large holdings of the country to the oil industry. For example, we opened the door to...

Taliban's Chief Prosecutor met and held talks with the Deputy of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul. The Iranian diplomat Hassan Mortazavi and Mawlawi Shamsuddin Pahlawan exchanged views on legal and judiciary issues. During the meeting, the Taliban's Chief Prosecutor praised the Islamic Republic's efforts to...

Keyvan Kashefi, a member of the board of directors of the Iranian chamber hailed the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume their diplomatic relations, adding that the Iranian private sector welcomes agreement as a constructive and positive move. Kashefi considered the return of calm to the financial markets,...

The note verbale sent by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan was received on April 3, Spokesman for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Aykhan Hajizada said, according to local Azeri media. “On the same day, Ambassador of the...

Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili made the remarks in a meeting with Mohammed Hamid, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Crafts of Niger in Tehran on the sidelines of 30th International Exhibition of the Holy Quran in Tehran. He hailed the exhibition as a good opportunity for expanding cooperation between Muslim countries. The event could...

Major General Bagheri made the remarks in a meeting with the personnel of the General Staff of the Armed Forces at the end of the Nowruz holidays. During an address to the meeting, the top Iranian general pointed to different achievements of the Iranian armed forces during the last Iranian...

Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili made the remarks in a session named reverence of the Holy Quran and holy books from the perspective of divine religions and international law held on the sidelines of the 30th International Exhibition of the Holy Quran. He described the Tehran-hosted exhibition as the largest and most...

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The head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen, Katrina Ritz said in an interview with Mehr News Agency that ICRC has about 10 offices across Yemen, where approximately 800 employees work. She pointed to the different activities that the ICRC offices do in Yemen,...

Aryan Salimi snatched a gold medal, followed by Mehran Barkhordari and Danial Bozorgi who received two silver medals, and finally, Reza Kalhor won a bronze medal in the event. In the qualification tournament, 10 male and 3 female taekwondokas from Iran qualified for the Grand Slam. The World Taekwondo Grand...

The Syrian State News Agency (SANA) released breaking news on Sunday evening, denying news in the media about the Zionist regime's airstrikes on Damascus and Almaza Airport. An informed source at the Syrian capital's police headquarters ruled out media hype, revealing that the sound of an explosion in Damascus was...

"[US President] Joe Biden's ambassador visits Kemal. Shame on you, think with your head. You are an ambassador. Your interlocutor here is the president. How will you stand up after that and ask for a rendezvous with the president? Our doors are closed for him, he can no longer come...

"According to the latest data, 32 people were injured in the St. Petersburg cafe incident and one person was killed," the ministry said in a statement said, according to TASS. Ten of those injured are in serious condition and 16 more, including a 14-year-old girl, are in a state of...

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported early Monday that the Zionist troops raided a house in Nablus and arrested two young Palestinian men. According to the reporter, the Zionists claim that they were behind last week's Huwara shooting operation. The correspondent also reported that a young man was martyred after succumbing to his injuries while...

"To appoint Murat Nurtleu as Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, releasing him from the post of Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan," the official statement said, Trend reported. Murat Nurtleu began his work experience as a referent and attache...

The three shootings took place in the city of Marseille, news channel BFMTV reported citing police sources. The first was in the Le Castellas neighborhood, resulting in two deaths; the second was in the Les Aygalades neighborhood; and the third was in the city's second arrondissement, killing one. Several injuries...

The suspect in Sunday’s deadly St. Petersburg cafe blast that killed Russian war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky has been detained, according to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Sputnik reported. “On suspicion of involvement in the explosion in a cafe in St. Petersburg, employees of the Russian Investigative Committee, together...

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The Syrian army units targeted the bases and headquarters of the terrorist elements of Al-Nusra in the areas of Al-Bara, Kansafra, Sufuhon, Al-Fatirah and Falifel on Sunday with artillery and rocket attacks. As a result, 15 terrorists were killed and a number of others were injured. The Syrian army also...

The fire on the third floor of the Klinikum am Urban in the German capital was extinguished early Monday morning, the fire service said. Three patients and a nurse were seriously injured, among them a patient who got stuck in an elevator and whose life was in danger after inhaling...

It follows the parliament of Turkey’s approval to ratify a protocol on Finland’s accession to NATO on Thursday, the last hurdle to its entrance to the alliance, the National reported.  NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed the news in a Monday press conference. "We will raise the Finnish flag for the...

Kayhan: Leader terms Iranian nation powerful, faithful, and on path of progress Shargh: Martyrdom of Ahmad Motevaselian confirmed after 40 years Etela'at: Iran vows to take revenge on martyrdom of IRGC advisors in Syria Eghtesad-e Mardom: Raeisi: Iranian nation committed to ideals of Islamic Revolution Abrar: 2 IRGC advisors martyred in Zionist...

Reza Fatemi Amin said on Sunday that Iran is racing against the time to overcome a shortage of cars in the domestic market which he said has been more than half a million units per year for the past four years. “In the Iranian market there has been a need...

In a post on his Twitter account on Sunday, government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi said the Tel Aviv regime is used to carry out acts of terror in a bid to divert the public from its internal crises. “The Zionist regime and other terrorist states have the habit of carrying...

Addressing Mahdi al-Mashat, Chairman of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen in a message on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the Iranian president Ebrahim Raeisi termed Ramadan as the month of worship, purification of the soul, self-education, and freedom away from worldly affairs. "I wish growth and development...

Headed by Ali Asghar Khaji, Senior Adviser to the Iranian Foreign Minister for Special Political Affairs, the Iranian delegation held talks with the Syrian delegation, headed by Assistant Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Ayman Sousan. The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Syrian Embassy in Moscow in the presence of...

"King Salman has invited the president, and there has been a positive response to this invitation, and hopefully good things will happen," said Mokhber on Monday. "The main strategies of Mr. Raeisi since the first day he was elected as the president have been to improve relations with the countries...

He said Russia invested $2.76 billion in the country's economy for the year, out of total revenues worth $4.18 billion. “We define our relations with Russia as strategic and we are working together in many aspects, especially economic relations,” the minister told the Financial Times. He emphasized that...

Heading an Iranian delegation, Ali Asghar Khaji who has traveled to the Russian capital to participate in the four-party meeting on settling relations between Ankara and Damascus (Russia, Iran, Syria and Turkey), met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the Russian President for the Middle East...

Following the resignation of Yusuf Nouri as the minister of education, President Ebrahim Raeisi accepted his resignation and appointed Reza Morad Sahraei, the former president of Farhangian (Teachers) University, as the acting minister. The 47-year-old Sahraei, has a PhD in linguistics from the Tehran-based Allameh Tabataba'i University has been serving as...

"Russia prioritizes financial and banking cooperation with Iran, given our common focus on ensuring the sustainability of the bilateral payment and settlement infrastructure, independent of intermediaries from third countries. Work on the creation of a sustainable payment and settlement infrastructure is continuing through relevant agencies," Dmitry Birichevsky, told RIA Novosti...

Iranian athletes, Peyman Maheripour and Reza Gheytasi attended the Siberian Power Show event. At the end of the competition in 6 items, Maheripour and Gheytasi stood in third and seventh place respectively. The Iranian team ranked second in the team division at the Russian tournament. AMK/IRN85072289

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – People in Iran’s Hamedan go to mosques and ḥosayniyas during the blessed month of Ramadan to recite verses of the Holy Quran.                       ...

The Kouhsangi park in Mashhad has “come to life”, thanks to the 40 light artworks that are on public display until April 6.  The festival will tell stories, provoke imagination and drive attention to the new trends in digital art.