News Archive - 19 August 2023

Tolou-3 satellite, an imaging satellite commissioned by the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) and produced by Iran Electronics Industries was unveiled in February 2023 during a ceremony attended by a number of high-ranking Iranian officials in Tehran on the occasion of the country's National Day of Space. With a weight of 150 kilograms,...

Omid Qobadi, the vice president of ISOD, said Iran's organ donation rate increased from 0.2 per million population (PMP) in 2000, two years before organ donation officially started in the country, to 14.3 PMP in 2019, before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. This marked a 70-fold rise,...

The Islamic Republic dispatched a five-member student team to the event, which was held this year in Silesia, Poland, over a 10-day period starting on August 10. Amir-Mehdi Esmaeili Taheri, Mehdi Ostad-Mohammadi, and Arvin Rasoulzadeh bagged three gold medals for Iran, while Sarina Farzadnasab and Amir-Hossein Mousavifard won two silver...

Iranian President made the remarks in a meeting with Asadollah Asadi, the Iranian diplomat who has been released from European prisons recently. During the meeting which was held on Friday, the Iranian president noted that the countries which claim to be a defender of human rights have once again shown...

Lucy Letby, 33, was charged with murder in the deaths of five boys and two girls and the attempted murder of six other children when she worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between 2015 and 2016, CBS News reported.  She was accused of deliberately harming...

Mohammad Abu Asab, 19, was shot in the head and seriously injured during an army assault on Balata refugee camp in Nablus on Wednesday, WAFA reported.  An undercover Israeli regime army force infiltrated the camp and surrounded a house. As a result, violent confrontations broke out during which the...

The judge in the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba US military tribunals said that a confession by Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the 2000 attack against the USS Cole in Yemen which left 17 dead, was tainted by years of abuse at the hands of the CIA and FBI, a...

Lavrov made the remarks in an interview with the International Affairs magazine, TASS reported. When asked about the viability of a position taken by a number of politicians that it’s up to Russia and the US to agree on a way to end the conflict in Ukraine, Russia’s top diplomat pointed...

Today the world is in a state of turmoil and is waiting for the establishment of a new order, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said at the 24th meeting Supreme Assembly of Commanders of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Tehran. Highlighting the rejection of the Americans' unipolar world order by other countries...

According to Superintendent Medical College Purnia Varun Thakur, the incident took place near the ethanol factory of Purnia's Krityanand Nagar police station area, Devdiscourse reported.  Vijay Oraon, a relative of  one of the deceased said that all four who died were residents of the Bishanpur village Dhamdaha block in...

Speaking about relations between the EU and China, Borrell said in an interview with El Pais news outlet that Beijing is a “real geopolitical player” which should not be underestimated or isolated, Russia Today reported.  Russia, on the other hand, is too weak in economic terms due to its...

Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks at the 24th meeting Supreme Assembly of Commanders of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran on Saturday.  Salami stated that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who commands all Iranian armed forces, have guided Iran through...

Chang made the remakrs in a Saturday meeting with Governor of the northwestern Iranian province of West Azarbaijan Mohammad Sadeq Motamedian. He said there are ample opportunities for cooperation with West Azarbaijan Province in the areas of international trade with Europe, mining and the exchange of experience in the environmental...

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The friendly will take place in at the Peak Invitational International tournament in Jinjiang, China. Iran, headed by Hakan Demir, have recently played Lebanon, Russia, Montenegro and Georgia in several warm-up matches. Team Melli prepare for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where they are drawn in Group G along...

AC Milan are working on a new signing for the attack, and not just the centre-back position. According to what is reported by the German outlet BILD just recently, and cited by the Milan Reposts website, it seems that the Rossoneri club management have already an agreement in place with...

Iranian shooter ranked fifth in 10m Air Pistol at the 2023 ISSF World Championships underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. Amirani capped a superb first international competition with fifth place and a quota spot for Iran. Iran’s another shooter Hanieh Rostamian was the first woman who won the ticket for the forthcoming...

"During the night on August 19, the Kyiv regime attempted to carry out a terrorist attack using an S-200 surface-to-air missile re-equipped into a strike weapon on the Crimean territory. Russia’s air defense capabilities timely detected and intercepted it in the air," the ministry said, according to TASS news agency.

"The head of the state heard reports from Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and a number of military commanders," the Kremlin said, according to TASS news agency. Putin has repeatedly visited the command post of the Russian special military operation in Rostov-on-Don. In particular, he held a meeting...

Reuters reported citing a statement by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, which represents the firm in Kazakhstan, that efforts to contain the fire, which broke out on Thursday, and to restore normal ventilation are underway. ArcelorMittal Temirtau owns 15 coal and ore mines in Kazakhstan. AMK/PR

Highlighting the growing threat of a global nuclear catastrophe stemming from the prospect of a direct Russia-NATO clash in Ukraine, Lavrov in an interview with Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn, Russia’s leading international affairs journal emphasized that at its core, the risks stem from the Western alliance’s “gross violation” of the principles of...

Hezbollah identified the terrorist as Wissam Mazen Dallah, 23, from Al-Tall, who entered Lebanon illegally, Al Mayadeen reported on Saturday. The terrorist resided in the Hayy Al-Sellom area and chose the last floor in case of any raid. A security source said that the terrorist threw himself out of the window,...

"Trump is expected to surrender himself to the Fulton County jail at the end of next week - on Thursday or Friday," CNN reported citing a senior law enforcement official. Earlier, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis set an August 25 deadline for the surrender. Willis proposed earlier to set...

According to Anibal Perez-Linan, professor of political science and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame, Milei’s victory shows the voter’s skepticism toward politicians as well as their desperate search for new choices, Sputnik reported. Ignacio Arana Araya, assistant professor at the Institute for Politics and Strategy at Carnegie...

Zakharova's comments came on the heels of reports that the UK Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, was preparing a sabotage unit of Ukraine's fighters. A military-diplomatic source said earlier this week that MI6 was preparing a sabotage unit of 100 Ukrainian fighters to be sent to Africa to counter...

Beijing's drill came after a recent visit by Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai to the United States. The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command, which has responsibility for the area around Taiwan, said in a brief statement on Saturday morning that it was carrying out joint naval and air combat...

In yet another act of desecration of the Holy Qur’an, a Sweden-based serial blasphemer burned a copy of the sacred Muslim book in front of the Iranian embassy in Stockholm as the police arrested a woman who tried to stop him. Swedish media said Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, under the...

Heading a high-ranking delegation, Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Riyadh at the invitation of his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan on his first official visit to Saudi Arabia since the two regional powerhouses agreed to restore diplomatic ties in March.  In a statement released by Kuwait’s foreign ministry on Friday,...

During the festival, the Iranian films ‘Yadu’ by Mehdi Jafari, ‘Walnut Tree’ by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian, ‘The Situation of Mehdi’ by Hadi Hejazifar, and ‘The Miracle of Bonasan' by Habib Ahmadzadeh were screened in Tokyo and Hiroshima. ‘Yadu’ is about the first months of the Iraqi-imposed war on Iran. At...

On August 14, 1971, Bahrain gained its independence from Britain and separated from Iran with the treason of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who renounced Iran’s claims on Bahrain.  To know more about the issue, we reached out to Nader Entessar, professor emeritus of political science from the University of...

Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh made the remarks at the 24th meeting of the supreme assembly of the IRGC commanders and officials in Tehran on Friday. "Today, the superpowers, that once we couldn't talk to them even with mediators, are seeking to buy our advanced defense equipment," the senior commander said.

Addressing a gathering of high-profile commanders and officials of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran on Saturday, the Commander of the IRGC Navy said, "There was a time when NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member states did not comply with our maritime regulations. But they now conform to the...

On Friday and the second day of the tournament, Narges Shahbazi vied for the top podium in the girl's Changquan form of the Taolu competitions and registered a dazzling record to clinch the gold medal. Athletes from Japan and Macao were awarded the silver and bronze medals respectively. Changquan refers...

Iran had lost to Brazil 1-0 on Wednesday. Team Melli will face Morocco in Group D on Sunday. A record number of 228 players participate in the Blind Football World Championships. MNA/TT

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran's national archery team is holding a camp at the Azadi Sport Complex in Tehran.                              ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – A Ukrainian drone targeted a military airfield in Russia’s Novgorod region, the Russian defense ministry reported on Saturday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Referring to the empowerment of international organizations such as SCO and BRICS, the Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri said that the power of the United States is declining.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – An attempt by Ukraine to carry out a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) against facilities in Moscow and the Moscow Region was foiled on Saturday afternoon, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Two Zionists were reportedly shot, critically wounded in the south of Nablus in northern occupied West Bank.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was detained by police on Saturday.

Since the middle of August 2021 when President Raeisi assumed office, he has traveled to all the provinces across the country at least once and held face-to-face meetings with ordinary people to hear their demands in line with the motto "Reasi's popular government."

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian women’s basketball team lost to Indonesia in the final match of the Women's Asia Cup 2023 Division B in Thailand.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian woman Wushu fighter Diana Rahimi grabbed a gold medal at the 2023 SJM 11th Asian Junior Wushu Championships underway in Macao.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Burkinabe Defense Minister Kassoum Coulibaly said that his country is ready to back Niger if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches an intervention.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, Shi'a leader in Nigeria warned against the possible act of France and the US to create a crisis between Niger and Nigeria by using the Boko Haram terrorist group.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Burkina Faso and Mali have reportedly placed warplanes in Niger in solidarity with the country where a military coup took place last month, and to be ready to repel any aggression.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Saturday, August 19.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Saturday, August 19.               ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – The Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, in a meeting with Kazem Jalali, Iran's ambassador in Moscow stated that Russia is ready to help Iran in the field of water resources protection.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan'ani says that supporting the dictators is one of the recurring elements of the policies of the United States and the United Kingdom.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – The second round of the 27th edition of the Athletics Club Competitions for women was held in Tehran's Aftab-e Enghelab Sports Complex on August 17-18, 2023.                      ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Shoushtari and Iran's ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani met and held talks with Hezbollah chief Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.