News Archive - 15 May 2023

The Syrian delegation comprises Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Faisal Mekdad and Information Minister Butrus Halaq, according to SANA news agency. The Arab League has re-admitted Syria after an 11-year absence, the organization said Sunday, following an extraordinary meeting at the Arab League’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on May 7. Since...

The 6th Imam, Jafar Ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (AS) was born in Madinah on 17th Rabiul Awwal 83 Hijiri (23.4.702 AD) and his period of Imamate was 34 years, according to al-islam.org. Imam Jafar al Sadiq (AS) is his direct descendent through the lineage of Fatima al Zahra...

The aircraft crashed in the Tuba-Zangariyye town in the Galilee region. The pilot and co-pilot were seriously injured following the incident, according to reports.  Zionist media reported that the aircraft crashed while it was landing. The cause of the incident is not clear yet. Earlier on Monday, the Zionist regime's media...

The first round of voting ended with no candidate able to clear the required 50% threshold, but incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the lead, said Ahmet Yener, head of the Supreme Election Council, citing unofficial results, according to the Anadolu Agency.  Voter turnout in Sunday’s elections was...

The surprise announcement on Sunday reflects an attempt to close the gap between the official exchange rate and that on the black market, which has fueled high prices and caused anger, The National reported.  “The dinar is the national currency in Iraq,” the ministry said. “Your commitment to transact...

Protesters chanted slogans against Hindutva fascism, a right-wing political ideology based on Hindu nationalism aimed at establishing India as a Hindu nation -- rather than a secular state, as well as growing Islamophobia, media outlets in the country reported Monday, according to Press TV English website. According to the reports,...

Head of the Kermanshah Province Customs Supervision Department Ali Asghar Abbaszadeh said on Monday that Iran exported $445,325,054 worth of goods weighing 1,274,396 tons to Iraq in the first month of the current fiscal (March 21-April 20). From the total exports of Iran to Iraq in a month, Kermanshah province...

Ebrahim Raeisi made the remarks in a meeting with the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III and the accompanying delegation on Monday. The Iranian President considered faith and ethics as the central issue of human society and said, "If faith and ethics are explained well, especially...

"Preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon remains an absolute priority in UK foreign policy," Cleverly asserted. "We’ve worked very, very closely with the members of the Quad, France, Germany, the United States … in imposing sanctions, and obviously we know very closely what we're doing in conjunction with the...

The Islamic Development Bank Institute hosted its 17th Global Islamic Finance Forum on the sidelines of the 2023 IsDB Group Annual Meeting in Jeddah on 12 May. Speaking to reporters after attending the Jeddah finance forum, the Iranian Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi said, "Good agreements were achieved with the Islamic...

The international section of the 34th Tehran International Book Fair is independently present at this edition of the fair. This section was opened with the presence of the ministers of culture of Iran and Tajikistan and representatives from other countries. 25 countries from all over the world are present in...

Hassan Kazemi Qomi said that receiving a fair share of water from the Hirmand River in accordance with the 1973 Helmand Water Treaty has always been one of the Iranian diplomatic priorities. He also said that according to the 1973 treaty a volume of 820 million cubic meters of Hirmand River,...

Ali Alizadeh, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission at the Iranian Parliament, left Tehran for Manama, the capital of Bahrain, on Monday morning at the head of the parliamentary delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in order to participate in the meeting of Asian Parliamentary...

Mohammad Bagherr Ghalibaf received the visiting Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III in Tehran for a meeting on Monday afternoon. Patriarch Mar Awa III was in Tehran for the fourth round of the dialogue between Islam and the Assyrian Church of the East in order to...

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Neither Erdogan nor Kilicdaroglu cleared the 50% threshold needed to avoid a second round, to be held on May 28, in a Sunday election. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured 49.24% of the votes in the presidential election, while his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has obtained 45%, with...

Police in New Hampshire are investigating a shooting at a graduation party that wounded four people, police said. The victims who were injured in the shooting in Manchester reported just before 5 p.m. Saturday included two women and two men, all in their 20s, who are expected to survive,...

During a raid on the Askar refugee camp in eastern Nablus, Zionist troops martyred a Palestinian by shooting at him. Another Palestinian youth was also wounded after being shot by Zionists in the same area. Fierce armed clashes were also reported between the Palestinian Resistance forces and the Zionist troops in...

People's Alliance won 49.30 percent of the votes and Nation's Alliance won 35.22 percent of them, according to TRT. The polls opened at 8:00 AM (0500 GMT) and closed at 5:00 PM (1400 GMT). Media organizations were barred from reporting partial results until an embargo was lifted at 6:30...

Palestinians refer to it as "Al Nakba", which literally translates as "The Catastrophe". It refers to the mass exodus of at least 750,000 Arabs from Palestine. Although most believe this event began in 1948, in fact, Al Nakba began decades earlier and it is still going on, and the Nakba...

Feyenoord could emerge victorious over Go Ahead Eagles 3-0 and seal the Dutch Eredivisie title with its Iranian striker, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, late on Sunday. Jahanbakhsh is Feyenoord’s winger at the Dutch Eredivisie. Feyenoord moved to 79 points from 32 games, out of the reach of nearest challengers PSV Eindhoven. Feyenoord...

Press TV quoted Mohammed al-Hindi, head of the Islamic Jihad’s political bureau, as saying that the armed-to-the-teeth usurping regime failed to secure victory against the besieged Gaza. The Zionist regime waged the offensive “upon an imagination that it could restore its deterrence power by assassinating the Islamic Jihad leaders. However,...

A 78-year-old US citizen was sentenced on Monday by a Chinese court to life imprisonment for spying, DW reported. John Shing-wan Leung was a permanent resident of Hong Kong and also a United States passport holder. The court said in a statement that Leung "was found guilty of espionage, sentenced to life...

The incident occurred early Sunday morning at a Civil Police station in the city of Camocim, in the northeastern state of Ceara, the force said in an Instagram post, Baron's reported.  The suspect shooter, who was off duty at the time, fled in a police vehicle and later surrendered...

Rishi Sunak will host Zelensky on Monday at the prime minister’s countryside retreat Chequers north of London on the heels of similar visits by the Ukrainian leader to France, Germany and Italy. The pledge of additional military support from the UK comes as Kyiv’s forces prepare for a counteroffensive to...

AEK celebrated on Sunday its 13th league title, as its easy victory over Volos 4-0 sealed its triumph in the 2022-23 Super League championship. Ehsan Haj Safi is AEK Athens’ effective player with needed qualities in Greece Stoiximan Super League. The final table of the playoffs is as follows: AEK...

"Air defense systems intercepted seven HARM anti-radar missiles, one Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile, and ten HIMARS multiple rocket launchers during the day," the ministry said in a statement, Sputnik reported. The Russian side informed about intercepting the Storm Shadow missile for the first time. Earlier in the day, the...

Kayhan: Israel admits ceasefire Leader calls for producing children's books according to country's culture Funeral ceremony of security martyr held in Birjand Qods: Ayatollah Khamenei tours Tehran International Book Fair Aftab: Leader pays 3-hour visit to Tehran International Book Fair Ettela'at: Erdogan leading in Turkey's presidential election Leader visits Tehran International Book...

Iran’s trade with the OIC member states, excluding crude oil exports, reached 97.33 million tons worth $59.73 billion in fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 20), registering a 2.8% fall in terms of weight, but a 13.56% rise in value compared with the corresponding period of last year.

Ali Akbar Mehrabian said that the decisions will be finalized in a Monday meeting where key government departments responsible for water rights issue will be represented. “Some important decisions will be made in the meeting on how to solve the water problem in the east of the country,” said Mehrabian.

Pointing to the important role of Egypt and its historical and civilizational position in the region and the world, Fadahossein Maleki in an interview with Tasnim news agency confirmed that negotiations between Iran and Egypt are underway in Iraq. The relations between Tehran and Cairo will be restored in the near...

Turkish people's great participation in the presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday is a sign of the victory of democracy in this neighboring Muslim country, Kan'ani cited. "We congratulate the people, election organizers, leaders and political parties in Turkey on this victory and wish them the best fate," he added. Polling...

Geir Pedersen made the remarks in a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on Sunday. During the meeting, the top Iranian diplomat thanked the UN official for helping to establish peace and stability in Syria. The latest Syria-related regional and international developments, including the recent quadrilateral meeting...

Putin made the remarks in his greetings to participants of the 14th International Economic Forum "Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum". "The Islamic world is actively developing and has important accomplishments in trade, finance, innovations and applied scientific research. Russia is open to extensive business and cultural cooperation with Muslim countries.

Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash, is attending the 17th annual exhibition and conference of 'the Middle East Rail' in Abu Dhabi to expand transport and commercial ties with the UAE and regional countries.   The visit is at the invitation of The UAE's Minister of Energy...

According to the news headquarters of the 34th Tehran International Book Fair, a meaning of cultural diplomacy has been introduced as bargaining to reach goals that unite human societies. Achieving these goals is based on common cultural factors between societies. As a rule, countries with a richer culture will have...

Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash, met with Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of the Presidential Court, and also the Vice-President of the UAE on the sidelines of the 17th annual exhibition and conference of 'the Middle East Rail' in...

Iran’s Sajad Poorhosseini claimed a gold medal in the men’s 10-meter air pistol and Haniyeh Rostamiyan won a silver medal in 25m pistol women of the ISSF World Cup Baku 2023, Azerbaijan. China and India stood in first and second places respectively. Dozens of male and female sports shooters are...

Shahdab Yazd defeated their Afghan opponents in three straight sets ( 25-17, 25-21 and 25-18). The Iranian team, which has almost advanced from the group stage, will face Taiwanese Taichung Bank for first place in Gool B. Teams from Bahrain, South Korea, Australia, and Indonesia are in Gool B. The 23rd...

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TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Hujjat al-Islam (Mohammad) Qomi, head of the Islamic Development Organization (IDO), visited the 34th Tehran International Book Fair being held at Tehran Grand Mossala (Mosque) on Monday afternoon.   ...

TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Monday, May 15.         ...

Over the years, Tehran International Book Fair has turned into a landmark book fair in West Asia and Asia after holding 31 editions in a row. This year, nearly 100 foreign publishers, 200 booksellers, and 2,700 domestic publishers are active in the virtual and in-person section of the book fair.