News Archive - 23 May 2023

Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi,  who is on a two-day visit to Indonesia, made the remarks in the meeting with Speaker of People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Bambang Soesatyo on Tuesday.  "The progress of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the fields of science and technology has placed Iran among the countries with...

Sepaking in an interview with an Iranian media outlet in Tehran on Tuesday, interior minister Ahmad Vahidi gave his opinion about Islamic hijab, peacfull protests or authorized gatherings bill and Iran's share of the water in the shared Hirmand river with Afghanistan. "Western claims are not worth much to us," the...

According to a report by the public relations department of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), in the meeting with Governor of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina, the CBI chief Mohammad-Reza Farzin emphasized the need to increase banking and monetary exchanges between the two countries. Farzin also said...

The third of Khordad (May 24) marks the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr in the Iranian calendar. Iraqi imposed war against the Islamic Republic in 1980-1988, the second-longest war of the 20th century after the Vietnam War, is termed the Sacred Defense in Iranian history. The Iraqi-imposed war started...

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In the second week of the World Men's Tennis Tournament in Ethiopia, Iranian representative, Sina Moghimi advanced to the second round after gaining a victory over Leonardo Catani from Italy. Sina Moghimi defeated his Italian opponent with the result (2-6, 6-7, 3-6) and finally entered the second round of the...

Considering the fact that Iran's nuclear industry and nuclear capabilities are indigenously developed, any threat against our country's nuclear industry is completely meaningless," Kamalvandi said at the gathering of the heads of the Islamic Republic of Iran's missions outside the country held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' compound on Tuesday.

 "The driver may have intentionally struck the security barriers," Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the US Secret Service, said in a tweet. Some roads and pedestrian walkways around the park were closed, the Secret Service added, Reuters reported. He noted that the cause and manner of the crash are...

Police official Irfan Khan told Reuters the incident took place late on Monday and continued for some hours into Tuesday in the Hangu district near the Afghan border.  No group has yet claimed responsibility for this attack. RHM/PR

Stressing that Russia is deeply concerned over the dangerous developments in Sudan, Evstigneeva cited, "In order to respond effectively to the current crisis in Sudan, we need to understand its root causes and analyze the steps that triggered this outbreak of antagonism. We think that the conflict has been caused largely by...

Qassim Al-Araji is scheduled to visit Tehran soon in a bid to hold talks with Iranian officials on safeguarding common borders, Arab media reported. The visit aims to address controlling the common borders and countering the activities of some opposition grouplets. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and the authorities...

Erdoğan has put forward the proposal in a bid to win the support of the patriots and those who are opposed to receiving refugees in Turkey. Earlier in a speech, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu claimed that his rival, longtime President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has “deliberately allowed ten million refugees into Turkey,” saying...

Considering that employees spend at least 8 hours a day in the office, their working area should be designed in a manner that influences positivity on both personal and professional levels. Having a thoughtfully designed workspace makes employees more engaged, motivated, and productive in their work which will eventually lead...

Riots erupted in the Welsh capital of Cardiff on Monday night after two teenage boys were killed in a car crash, according to local police as cited by local media. Police officers faced ‘large scale disorder’ at the scene of a serious road traffic collision in Cardiff, according to the...

Western countries have recently been discussing the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv, TASS reported.  "It is clear that the supplies of various more advanced weapon systems and types of armaments to Ukraine are spiraling up. Obviously, the decision has been made to send aircraft, too. But, just...

The accident occurred at around 7:00 p.m. local time on Monday when the roof of a primary school sports arena in Phichit province collapsed in a heavy rainstorm, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), Xinhua reported.  Four boys, two parents and one member of...

The documents were signed between the Iranian ministers (and deputy ministers) and their Indonesian counterparts in the fields of preferential trade, cancellation of visas, cultural exchanges, pharmaceutical products, science, technology, and oil and gas. The signed cooperation documents were unveiled in the presence of the Iranian and Indonesian presidents. Iranian President...

Local Palestinian sources have reported that earlier today Israeli soldiers raided the Balata camp in Nablus for the second day in a row and surrounded a house in the camp when the Palestinian fighters engaged in an armed clash with them in the camp. Balata camp is located in the...

In his recent press conference on Tuesday, Miller leveled new claims against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Speaking about relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the appointment of Iran's ambassador to Riyadh, the senior American diplomat stressed, " I don’t have any comment on the appointment of a new ambassador.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, who is on a two-day visit to Jakarta, attended a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo in Merdeka Palace on Tuesday. In this presser, Raeisi hailed the good Iran-Indonesia interactions in various political, economic, commercial, regional, and international fields within the 70 years since the...

Referring to the recent meeting of the Sultan of Oman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, some informed diplomatic sources reported that the restoration of Tehran-Cairo relations was among the most important issues discussed in the meeting. Now, Cairo is once again prepared to raise the level of diplomatic relations with Tehran to...

"Derb" earlier won the grand prize at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). It has also participated in two other international film festivals in France and South Korea. The movie narrates the story of an electricity department technician who is to connect the electricity to a remote house. Hadi Mohaghegh...

Bahram Einollahi met and held talks with Hilal bin Ali Al-Sabti on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva on Tuesday. Referring to the need for regional cooperation to fight diseases, Einollahi noted that the COVID-19 pandemic crisis proved that no country alone can prevent contagious diseases...

Speaking in a news conference on the government’s short-term economic plan, the minister said the executive operations of the agreements reached between the two countries on financial, investment, and energy cooperation during President Ebrahim Raeisi’s visit to Beijing have started, SHANA reported. Iran-China Joint Economic Commission will meet in Summer...

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution received a group of Iranian Foreign Ministry officials and ambassadors on Saturday. Following the meeting, the Iranian officials sent a message to Ayatollah Khamenei to show gratitude for the opportunity provided to them. Expressing satisfaction over attending the meeting, the Iranian officials said that...

The VNL Week 3 will be held in Anaheim, California from July 4 to 9 but the US government has not granted visas to the three players.   Davarzani said that the country’s volleyball federation plans to voice its official protest to the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). Amin Esmaeilnezhad, Arman...

Mr. Raeisi's visit to Indonesia should be analyzed in the framework of the 13th government's approach of looking to the East, an approach that is also approved by the supreme leader of the revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei. Considering the lack of trust of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Western countries,...

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The Ministry of Intelligence said in an announcement that one of the foreign espionage organizations that was active in collecting information about Iranians who frequently go abroad was identified and its agents were arrested.  The Ministry noted that the network monitored people having responsibility in various positions or access to...

During an event held on Monday 22 May 2023, FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, granted certificates of recognition to 24 new GIAHS sites in 12 countries. Designated GIAHS in 2018, the sites are located in Brazil (1), China (4), Ecuador (2), Iran (2), Italy (2), Japan (2), Korea (2), Mexico (1),...

Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash, followed up on the advancement of the 'Shalamcheh-Basra Railway' project, particularly with regard to the initiations for land acquisition, with his Iraqi counterpart Razak Muhibis Al-Saadawi over the phone.  During the talks, Bazrpash pointed to the responsibility of Iran's Railways...

Speaking at Jakarta Islamic Center on Tuesday afternoon on the first day of the visit to Indonesia, the Iranian president said "Those who create division and shed blood in the Islamic society under the name of Islam and religion by no means have to do anything with Islam and the...

Bahram Einollahi made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva on Tuesday. Einollahi said that in his address to the assembly, he recalled the participants of the rights of the Iranian people that have been violated in the field of...

The Asian Clearing Union (ACU) Summit started its two-day meeting on Tuesday in Tehran as hosted by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI). Apart from the top baking officials of the member states, the governor of the Russian Central Bank is also attending the Tehran-hosted meeting.  They are scheduled...

Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi held a meeting with the Saudi Minister of Health Fahad bin Abdulrahman Al-Jalajel on the sidelines of the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. In the meeting, the two sides emphasized the promotion of regional health diplomacy with the participation of the two countries. They also discussed...

Turkish intelligence discovered a cell of 15 people who probably work for the Mossad, Israel's secret service, against Iranian targets in the country, "Daily Sabah" reported. Turkish intelligence (MIT) discovered the cell of spies during an operation that lasted 18 months. Eleven of the 15 alleged spies have been arrested...

Mr. Raeisi's visit to Indonesia should be analyzed in the framework of the 13th government's approach of looking to the East, an approach that is also approved by the supreme leader of the revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei. Considering the lack of trust of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Western countries,...

At 55kg weight category, Iran’s Sepideh Babaei quelled the Turkmen, Kazakh, and Mongolia representatives respectively then she overpowered her Uzbek alish practitioner to advance to the final stage of the tournament. Fighting at the 70kg weight category, Reyhaneh Gilani of Iran reached the finals by subduing the Uzbek, Mongolian, and...

Moscow’s forces are continuing to engage in operations against cross-border raiders who entered Russia from Ukraine in one of the most daring attacks on Russian territory since Russia's operation on Kyiv began 15 months ago, Aljazeera reported. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Tuesday that a...

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The US actions are aimed at constructing the second military base in Anbar province after the Ayn al Asad air base, the sources told local media outlets. According to the report, the Al Jazira area was chosen to construct a military base due to large oil and gas fields and...

President Raeisi has paid this visit at the official invitation of his Indonesian counterpart. The visit aims to expand and deepen economic and political interactions between Iran and Asian countries. Meeting with the President of Indonesia and signing important bilateral cooperation documents, as well as holding a meeting with the...

In reaction to the anti-Iran claims by Germany Foreign Minister, Nasser Kan'ani wrote on his Twitter account on Tuesday that it is unlikely that the German foreign minister is unaware of the Iranian’s mentality towards chemical gases and their relations with the German government. Criticizing German Foreign Minister, Kan'ani added...

Kayhan: Zionist afraid of new Hezbollah weapons  Raeisi pays official visit to Indonesia Asre Tose'e: Iran FM spox: G7 seeking to impose its unfair approaches on other states Etela'at: Ghalibaf: "We require new reforms in governing country" Abrar: Turkey to cause drought in NW Iran with dam construction  Asia: Gen.

The ministry's director general of international trade negotiations, Djatmiko Bris Witjaksono said that it will be the second agreement between Indonesia and the West Asian region as the first was signed with UAE on July 1, 2022, Vietnam Plus reported. According to Djatmiko, the PTA signing will be carried out...

During an open session of the Parliament on Tuesday morning, the MPs voted to choose members of the legislature’s presiding board. Parliament Speaker Mohammad  Bagher Ghalibaf remained in the post by garnering 210 votes. The Iranian parliament currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 272 seats since the February 18,...

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – The final stage of the Dragon Boat Iran's Men's Premier League was held on Tuesday evening at Azadi Sports Complex Lake in the west of Tehran.   ...

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – A funeral ceremony was held in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) in Mashhad for three Iranian border guards recently martyred in a terrorist attack in Saravan County, southeastern Iran.

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, who is on a two-day visit to Jakarta was officially welcomed by Joko Widodo President of the Republic of Indonesia in Merdeka palace on Tuesday morning.   ...

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – In an open session on Tuesday, the MPs in the Iranian parliament voted overwhelmingly to reflect Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as the speaker in an internal election.          ...

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TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – Martian Mountains (also known as Miniature Mountains) are one of the famous tourist attractions of the country, which are situated 50km from the port city of Chabahar, in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan province.                    ...

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Tuesday, May 23.