News Archive - 6 August 2023

Ayatollah Khamenei visited the exhibition of the Iranian Navy's 86th flotilla achievements in Tehran on Sunday after he held a meeting with the flotilla's commanders and crew as well as their families. The flotilla accomplished its round-the-world voyage and returned to the Iranian territorial waters in May. In an address to...

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The national U17 freestyle wrestling team clinched 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals to become the world champions in 2023 World Cadet Wrestling Championships. The national Iranian U17 freestyle wrestling team won the championship with 156 points followed by the USA and Japan teams who landed...

They were the crew of the SCA tugboat that sank after it collided with a Hong Kong-flagged tanker passing through the maritime artery, China Daily reported. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman Osama Rabie said the rescued individuals were taken to a nearby hospital and that their health conditions are stable.

The latest rallies took place on Saturday in around 150 locations throughout the occupied territories, local media outlets said. As was the case in previous weeks, the coastal city of Tel Aviv hosted the largest protest rally, where one of the protest leaders said, "Netanyahu ... [is] orchestrating the systematic dismantling...

The shooting was reported at about 8 p.m. Eastern time in the Southeast D.C. neighborhood, acting Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said in a late-night news briefing, CBS News reported. Officers responded to find two men and a woman dead at the scene, Smith said. They were not...

According to Xinhua, "Unfortunately, we found that a 10-month-old child and a teenager lost their lives in the flood in Bayanzurkh District, one of the two hardest-hit districts in Ulan Bator," the NEMA said in a statement. In addition, homes of at least 97 families, around 120 vehicles, hundreds of...

The participants in the peace conference hosted by Saudi Arabia decided to form working groups to discuss the points of "Volodymyr Zelensky's plan"  to resolve the crisis in this country, European sources reported. According to sources, a number of participants in this conference believe that "respect to the territorial integrity...

The terrorists had turned the positions into centers for carrying out sabotage and terrorist operations, attacks on Syrian army forces, and civilian residents of the region, according to Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria. Earlier on Saturday, Russian Air Force launched an airstrike on the positions of terrorists near Syria's Idlib. This air strike came...

"I will prevent World War Three," he said at a Republican fundraising event in South Carolina. "The weaponry is so powerful today that it's an obliteration of the world. I will make sure it doesn't happen. And I do believe I'm the only one that's going to be able to...

France announced that it strongly supports the efforts of West African countries to thwart the coup in Niger. Earlier, the coup leaders in Niger accused France of militarily intervening in this country and suspended the export of uranium to France. The coups have fanned the flames of popular anger against...

The Hazara Express was traveling from Karachi to Abbottabad, eight coaches have derailed," Mohsin Syal, a railway official said, NDTV reported.  At least 15 people were killed and more than 40 injured, Pakistan's state television channel reported, quoting railway officials. The derailment happened near Sahara railway station in the...

The Turkish drone bombed an area in the Chamchamal region in the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Sunday, according to Iraqi sources. Initial reports indicated that one civilian was killed and another one was injured following the drone attack. Under the pretext of fighting PKK, Turkey has deployed its troops in...

"A military intervention could ignite the whole Sahel region and Algeria will not use force with its neighbors," Tabboune said in an interview with local media, Reuters reported. The Algerian president's remarks come after the top French diplomat Catherine Colonna backed efforts to reverse a military coup in Niger on Saturday. France...

The drone was destroyed by air defense systems in the Podolsk district, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "Today at 11:27 a.m. an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with a drone on facilities in the Moscow Region was foiled," the ministry said. "There are...

The latest casualties were reported on Saturday night, with four remaining missing after heavy rains battered the city of Shulan in the Jilin province, Beijing-based Xinhua News reported. As of Saturday noon, nine reservoirs exceeding flood limits in the city maintained proper discharge. The current round of rainfall has now...

"[The meeting in Jeddah is] a reflection of the West's attempt to continue futile, doomed to failure efforts to mobilize the international community, or more precisely, the global South, even if not entirely, to support the so-called Zelensky formula, which is doomed and unworkable from the outset,"  Sergey Ryabkov said,...

The request came during a visit by a coup leader, Gen. Salifou Mody, to neighboring Mali, where he made contact with someone from Wagner, Wassim Nasr, a journalist and senior research fellow at the Soufan Center, told The Associated Press. He said three Malian sources and a French diplomat confirmed...

The clashes between the Syrian Army forces and the terrorists broke out after the terrorists attacked the northern suburbs of Latakia, according to the local Syrian media reports. Several terrorists were also killed in the battle. According to the 2017 agreement among Iran, Russia, and Turkey as the guarantor countries...

Head of the Kermanshah Province Customs Supervision Department Ali Asghar Abbaszadeh said on Sunday that the export from the Shoshme border crossing had witnessed an 18% hike in the first four months of this year. He added that $14,621,920 goods weighing 121,700 tons were exported from the Shoshme border crossing,...

In response to the US' plan to deploy guards on commercial ships passing through the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz,  Abolfazl Shekarchi, the spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces, made the remarks while speaking to reporters on Saturday, “What the security of the Persian Gulf, the Sea of...

Qadir is a new generation of cruise missiles capable of destroying marine targets with high precision and power. It can be fired from both coasts and vessels. Having high readiness and reaction speed, low flight altitude, high accuracy in navigation and hitting targets, the high ability of this missile to...

Abrar: Israeli regime should join NPT Abrar Eghtesadi: Disputes on Arash gas field should be resolved between Iran, Kuwait Akhbar-e San'at: Iran, Sri Lankan agree on prisoner swap Iran's foreign trade hits $33.5 mn Azarbaijan: Iran, Belarus MoDs sign cooperation MoU Africa market future of Iran's economy New tension...

Following Albania's increased pressure on the MKO terrorists residing at the Ashraf-3 camp in Tirana, the country's police have imposed new restrictions on them so that no one has the right to enter or leave the camp without the permission of the police. The news comes as earlier in August, informed...

"US is the only govt. with a dark history of using nukes as a WMD & aiding an illegitimate regime with the largest nuclear arsenal," Nasser Kan'ani wrote Sunday in a tweet on the anniversary of the Hiroshima nuclear bombing.  "Is it fit to be the flag bearer of...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received the commander, crew, and families of the 86th Naval flotilla of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army on Sunday morning. After 8 months of sailing around the globe, the 86th Flotilla of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Navy recently completed its...

Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi made the remarks in a meeting with the Sri Lankan foreign minister Ali Sabry in Tehran on Sunday.  Raesi stated that the relations between the two countries have always been constructive and developing since the victory of the Islamic Revolution.  He considered the various capacities in the...

"With the follow-ups, the Iranian trade center in Nigeria has started its activity," Mohammed AliBek, the Iran ambassador in Nigeria tweeted on Sunday. This center will be responsible for chairing Iran's pavilion at the Halal exhibition in Lagos from 29-31 August this year, he said, adding that  This exhibition is an...

Major General Khaled Al-Mahna said that the duration of permission to enter the country lasts only one month. According to Iraq's Interior Ministry, Iranian pilgrims who have no passports can use special passports to visit holy shrines in Iraq during the Arbaeen gathering which marks the 40-day period since the...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the comments in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday in reference to his meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry yesterday in Tehran. "I hosted Mr. Ali Sabry, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. We agreed on the issue of technical and engineering...

"I will be there (in Tehran ) on Monday and Tuesday. I will hold meetings with the leadership of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. The topic is field-specific: it is, of course, the situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear program. <...> Plus BRICS. And...

Mehdi Shirmohammadi, Abbas Rezaei, and Hadi Farahmand scored for Team Melli against Azerbaijan on Saturday, Tehran Times reported. Iran is drawn in Group B along with Belarus, the UAE, and Azerbaijan. Group A consists of Russia, Uzbekistan, Oman, and Egypt. Athletes from Russia and other member states of the Commonwealth...

The CBI chief Mohammad Reza Farzin held a meeting with the visiting Sri Lanka foreign minister Ali Sabry in Tehran on Sunday.  In the meeting, Farzin referred to the important role of the  Asian Clearing Union (ACU) in the development of trade relations between the two countries, adding that, "The...

Rear Admiral Shahram Irani made the remarks during the meeting of the commanders, crew, and families of the 86th Naval flotilla with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Sunday morning. Stating that the mission of the 86th Naval flotilla is a historic action, he added that the achievement was made thanks to...

On the second day of the competition on Sunday, Iran faced Philippines and lost the match 64-60.  Earlier on Saturday, Iran lost to South Korea 87-44. Chinese Taipei (the host), Japan and the team B of Chinese Taipei are the other teams Iran will face in the coming days,...

The third meeting of tourism ministers of the D-8 Organisation (Eight Islamic Developing Countries) was held in Pakistan. Ezzatollah Zarghami,  the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism headed Iranian delegations in the D-8 meeting in Islamabad, the capital of this Pakistan. Zarghami met with the Secretary General of the...

In their second match of the competition on Sunday, the Iranian team faced UAE and came from two goals behind and finally won the game 3-2. In their first match, Iran managed to win Azerbaijan 3-1. Iran will play its third match against host Belarus.  The 2023 CIS Games...

Morteza Narimani collected 17 points for Iran and Colombian Juan Felipe Velasco Valderruten scored 11 points. It was Team Melli’s third successive win in the competition. Iran will play Nigeria in Pool C on Sunday. The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship is being held in San Juan, Argentina...

Mirabian gained 3 gold medals in the 40-44 age category of the Men Springboard 3m, 1m, and platform diving with points of 401, 343.40, and 250.80 respectively. German and Canadian athletes stood in second and third places after Mirabian in the Men Springboard 3m. A total of 14 divers...

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – Iran's approach is to expand cooperation with the Balkan countries with the aim of strengthening stability, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs said Sunday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – The spokesman of the Iranain foreign ministry said that Mulsim governments need to prevent the abuse of human rights by Western states through maintaining unity and solidarity.

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – The commander, crew, and families of the 86th Naval flotilla of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army convened a meeting with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – The open session of the Iranian parliament was chaired by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday morning.                  ...