News Archive - 19 May 2023

Speaking in a government meeting on Friday, Nikolay Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, warned that the destruction of depleted uranium shells in Ukraine produced a radioactive cloud that moved toward Europe. According to a Press Tv report, the destruction was reportedly made by the British-made Challenger tanks,...

 A week after the release and return to France of two French nationals imprisoned in Iran after being convicted of different charges in Iran, the head of Iranian diplomacy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian assured in an interview with Le Figaro on Thursday May 18 that the Islamic Republic would "make...

Different high-ranking Saudi officials welcomed Presided al-Assad upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, according to SANA news agency. Assad attendance marks the culmination of steady efforts to bring Syria back into the international stage much to the Western States and the Israeli regime's chagrin who sought...

The coercive measures, unveiled on Friday, include a ban on imports of aluminum, diamonds copper and nickel from Russia. Britain said it would introduce "a ban on Russian diamonds" and target more entities involved in "(Vladimir) Putin's military-industrial complex," according to AFP as cited by Press TV. London has also...

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is scheduled to appear in person at the Group of 7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, this weekend, several officials said, making an audacious trip halfway across the world as he tries to win commitments for continued arms and aid from the world’s wealthiest democracies, New...

According to New York Times, Zelensky said he had landed in Saudi Arabia and will meet with the kingdom’s leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and others. He wrote on Twitter that his trip aimed “to enhance bilateral relations and Ukraine’s ties with the Arab world.” Saudi Arabia invited...

People holding banners such as "Never allow US-Japanese aggressive war on China!" and "No G7! No imperialist summit! No nuclear war!" marched through the streets of Hiroshima in a tight police ring. The number of police officers on the streets seemed to outnumber the demonstrators, Sputnik reported. Police...

According to the Japanese Kyodo agency, the latest commitment in a G-7 statement was released in Hiroshima, a western Japanese city devastated by a US atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945. Thousands of protesters demonstrated against the summit in the landmark city. The G7 statement also came after it was reported...

"It is important that we act on the Global Security Initiative, and stand firm against external attempts to interfere in domestic affairs of regional countries or instigate color revolutions. We should remain zero-tolerant to the three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism, and strive to resolve security conundrums in the...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made his first address to the Arab League summit in 12 years, returning to the Arab League despite the vociferous opposition of the United States. Assad said that "we have a historic opportunity to rearrange our affairs with the least amount of foreign intervention," the...

Speaking at a gathering of people in the mostly Sunni-populated province on Thursday evening at the end of his visit on Thursday evening, President Raeisi praised the unity and integration that exists between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the vast province in the southeast. "In the current situation, the strategy...

Hossein Amir Abdollahian, who visited Chabahar in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast on the shared border with Afghanistan on Thursday night for following up on Iran's water rights in Hirmand, said in a tweet on Thursday night that despite frequent calls from Iran, the Taliban government in Afghanistan...

Gholamhossein Shafei, chairman of the Iran Chamber of Commerce (ICC) who has traveled to the Republic of Tatarstan at the head of an Iranian trade delegation to attend the "Kazan Forum 2023" participated in the meeting of the Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry where he said that Iran attaches...

Ayatollah Kazem Sediqi, this week's interim leader of Friday Prayers sermons in Tehran, which was held on the campus of the University of Tehran, said that the Iranian people have remained loyal and committed to the Islamic values after 44 years since the Islamic Revolution despite all enmity and ill-wishing...

In response to a statement by the Taliban government which was in turn made in response to Iran's repeated calls for taking practical action in fulfilling its commitments under the 1973 Hirmand Treaty, the Iranian foreign ministry issued a statement on Friday in which it called once again on Kabul to...

Pakistan cabinet held a meeting chaired by prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday a day after Iran's president and Pakistani premier met at the shared border to inaugurate border markets and an electricity transmission project. Pakistan's Prime Minister's Office issued a statement on the cabinet meeting earlier today and announced...

The commander-in-chief of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks at a ceremony in memory of IRGC ‘martyrs’ in the city of Golpayegan, in Isfahan Province on Friday. The IRGC chief said that the enemies led by the United States sought to cripple Iran with...

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TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – The third round of F-Calss shooting competition called Martyr Soleimani Cup was held at Imam Hossein University in the northeast of the Iranian capital of Tehran.    ...

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Little Iran park is located in Karaj,e the capital of Alborz Province next to Tehran.      ...

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Fans of Persepolis FC came to the streets in Tehran last night to celebrate after the giant Tehranian team defeated Nassaji 4-0 to clinch the title of Iranian Professional League (IPL) for the 17th time.     ...