News Archive - 5 September 2023

"Air defense systems intercepted 21 HIMARS and Uragan rockets," it said. Apart from that, according to the ministry, thirty-three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were jammed and destroyed by electronic warfare means near the settlements of Topolevka, Zaliman, and Krasnorechenskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Berestovoye, Petrovskoye, Semigorye, and Veseloye in...

"We noted announcements by a number of European weapons manufacturers, in particular plans by Germany’s Rheinmetall and a Swedish subsidiary of Britain’s BAE Systems to set up production of military hardware for Ukraine’s armed forces as well as operations for repair and maintenance work," Zakharova said at a news briefing,...

A month after the ruling junta denounced enduring military cooperation agreements between France and Niger, "discussions on the withdrawal of certain military elements have begun," French sources close to the matter confirmed to Le Monde. "It is normal to discuss this insofar as anti-terrorist cooperation has been suspended" since the...

Ning made the remarks on Monday commenting on the remarks of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol who said that China “seems to have considerable leverage” over Pyongyang, and said, “What really matters is whether Beijing will use its leverage, and if so, how much and in what way”. “If North Korea...

The Turkish troop was killed in a bomb explosion in the Operation Claw-Lock zone. Another Turkish troop was injured during the incident, the Turkish defense ministry said. Turkish troops in northern Iraq have long been violating the country's airspace and territory under the pretext of fighting PKK. These violations of...

A Border Police officer was lightly hurt during an exchange of fire with a Palestinian gunman who had attempted to carry out a shooting at a rest stop in the Jordan Valley on Tuesday afternoon, the Zionist Israelri regime military and police said, according to Times of Israel. According to...

"New meanings, challenges of the time clearly show that Nazism was defeated in 1945, but, unfortunately, it was not eliminated: it manifests itself again in the same Russophobia or Antisemitism. And the glorification of Nazi criminals, direct propaganda of Nazism in the Baltic states, an just in Ukraine, in general,...

In a meeting with the Chinese consul at the Embassy of China in Tehran, the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s department of passport and visa highlighted the need for the accelerated process of giving visas to the Iranian citizens. Referring to the increase in economic, commercial and student relations...

Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi, the former Saudi ambassador to Oman, arrived in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon as the Saudi new envoy to Iran. Also, Alireza Enayati, the new Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, arrived in Riyadh earlier today to mark that the level of the diplomatic missions of the Islamic...

Alireza Enayati, the new ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday He was welcomed by the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia and his colleagues at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in...

In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Amir-Abdollahian expressed gratitude to the Iraqi government and nation for their warm hospitality during Arbaeen procession. Touching on the significance of Arbaeen and hosting millions of pilgrims from various nations, the top diplomat said that holding the annual ceremony is indicative of the existing...

Closer relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are a positive step to strengthen security, stability, and peace, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid said on Tuesday. "We respect the efforts of China and Iraq to bring closer the relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia," he noted. "Iraq has suffered from terrorism...

The ceremony will begin at 6 am with a gathering at the University of Tehran Mosque in downtown Tehran and then the Arbaeen marchers will head on to Imam Khomeini's Husseinieh to mourn in the presence of the Leader. Last year, after two years of hiatus of not holding mourning...

Nasser Kan'ani, the spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the remarks on Tuesday when he was responding to the journalists' questions regarding the visit of the foreign minister of the Zionist Israeli regime to Bahrain and the official opening of the embassy of that regime in Manama.

Arbaeen is a Shia religious observance that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashura. It commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of Muhammad, who was martyred on the 10th day of the month of Muharram. Imam Hussein (AS) and his 72 companions were martyred in the...

The country’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan's visit to Tehran can be considered in line with Ankara’s efforts to materialize this goal.  Regarding bilateral relations, Turkey and Iran have always sought to develop and expand cooperation in different fields, especially in the energy and trade sectors. In this regard, the...

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In the team division, Iran’s women's poomsae ranked second after South Korea which became the champion. The Philippines finished third at the event. Iran’s men's poomsae ranked third while the teams of South Korea and Chinese Taipei finished first and second. Hossein Beheshti, who led Iran’s men’s poomsae at the...

The Emirates Hockey League (EHL) tournament is being held at Hili Fun City in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In its opening match, the Iranian sportswomen defeated the Philippines 7-2. Led by A'zam Sanaei, the Iranian girls are to meet the teams from Mexico and the Mexico on...

Commenting on the use of electric wheelchairs in the Arbaeen pilgrimage,  Hassan Karimi, the managing director of the Iranian knowledge-based company said that a lot of the elderly who are unable to walk naturally need to use a wheelchair. He added that their product can be really helpful during Arbaeen...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a recent video address at a think-tank conference hosted by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia in Jakarta that the Southeast Asian states must refrain from following in the footsteps of Ukraine and should not allow themselves to be used by “external forces.”...

Helicopters were sent to rescue people who had sought refuge on the roofs of their homes in the Toledo area some 50 km (31 miles) southwest of Madrid, emergency services said. The sudden downpour on Sunday and early Monday transformed streets into rivers of mud that swept away cars and...

Lucas Pecos, director of the Collective of Youth Solidarity Organizations in Congo-Kinshasa DRC (COJESKI-RDC), which accused the army of committing a massacre last Wednesday at a church in the city of Goma in North Kivu province, said it has counted 100 bodies so far, TRT World reported. Pecos told Anadolu...

The forces of the Israeli regime raided the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarm city in the West Bank on Tuesday morning and killed a Palestinian man by shooting him in the head. Another Palestinian was injured by being shot by the Zionist troops. Local sources reported that fierce clashes broke out...

Al Jazeera quoted Russia’s defense ministry as saying on Tuesday that air defense systems destroyed two drones over the Kaluga and Tver regions, which border the Moscow region. A third drone was shot down closer to the Russian capital, over the Istra district of the Moscow region, it added. Moscow’s...

About 114,400 people were moved from risky areas as the typhoon rolled in with a maximum wind speed of 20 meters (66 feet) per second. Several areas in Fujian recorded more than 300 mm (1 foot) of rainfall in just over 24 hours. In Fuzhou city, two firefighters were missing...

General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in front of a packed, boisterous room of government officials as well as military and local leaders in Gabon’s capital Libreville. Oligui, a cousin of the ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, served as a bodyguard to his late...

Police in Malmo said on Monday that they were pelted with rocks and dozens of cars were set on fire, including in an underground garage, and described the events that started Sunday and lasted overnight as “a violent riot”, ABC News reported. The clashes started after an anti-Islam activist, Salwan...

Al-Zubaidi described the developments in Kirkuk province as a political game, the purpose of which is to restore the influence and dominance of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to this province. Saying that there are several currents behind the developments of Kirkuk, he added that the cause of every political, economic, or security...

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"The Kyiv regime, despite their huge losses, has been trying to conduct the so-called counter-offensive for the third month already. The armed forces of Ukraine did not achieve their goals in any of the directions," the minister told senior defense officials, adding that the Russian troops are active "along the...

During the meeting, the sides discussed the situation in the region, as well as the opening of Aghdam-Khankendi and Lachin-Khankendi roads, Trend reported.  The head of state pointed out that despite the fact that the representatives of the Armenian population of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan were invited to...

The Zionist police alleged in a statement that the stabbing attempt occurred on Monday night in the Bab Hutta neighborhood, near the Lion’s Gate entrance to the Old City, as the woman from the Jenin area in the northern West Bank pulled out a knife and tried to stab an...

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Biden on Sunday expressed disappointment that Xi was not attending an upcoming summit of G20 leaders in India, but added that he was going to "get to see him". Biden did not elaborate but the next likely opportunity for Biden to hold talks with Xi, as the two countries seek...

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Western officials will this week visit the UAE, where they will raise concerns about the trade of items like computer chips and electronic devices with Russia. The report said that Western officials are worried about the increasing transit of goods from the...

"In the Krasnoyaruzhsky district, the enemy fired an artillery shell at the village of Staroselye and two mortar shells at the outskirts. No one was injured. As a result, a power line was damaged. It has been restored," the governor wrote on his Telegram channel. According to the governor, on...

Three senior ministers of the Iranian government traveled to the site of the deadly mine explosion in Damghan country on Monday to personally investigate the situation in the Tazareh coal mine a day after a deadly explosion happened there. Industry minister Abbas Aliabadai told reporters at the site of the...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a Monday phone call with his South Korean counterpart, Park Jin, during which the two sides discussed the most important issues of bilateral interest on regional and international levels. Referring to the transfer of Iran's funds from South Korean banks to Switzerland, Iran's top...

Park told his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in a phone conversation on Monday that involved countries were in close communications to resolve the issue, Reuters reported citing Seoul's foreign ministry statement on Tuesday. Park and the Iranian foreign minister agreed to expand cooperation between the two countries, it said. The...

Aftab: Saudi teams to come to Iran Abrar: Turkish FM says JCPOA revival talks in interest of Ankara Atrak: Kan'ani: September document nothing new Akhbar-e San'at: Raeisi stressed expanding Tehran-Riyadh ties Afkar: Raeisi says Tehran-Riyadh cooperation will limit foreign intervention Eghtesad-e Melli: Iranian president calls for developing Tehran-Riyadh relations Tejarat:...

A trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) on providing technical know-how and implementing a project of Iran’s Fanavaran Petro Olefin Company is inked by Navid Shahidinia, acting head of Fanavaran Petro Olefin Company, an affiliate of Fanavaran Petrochemical Company, and a Chinese consortium in the presence of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company...

Sowlat Mortazavi made the remarks in a meeting with Olivia Rouamba, visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso. The meeting was held aiming at the development of multilateral cooperation between the two countries in technical and industrial fields, engineering services, energy, professional training, infrastructure projects, transformation industries, chemical products, iron...

Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani made the announcement in a note published in the Arabic newspaper Al Wifaq.  Stating that all cruel arms embargoes on Iran will end in October, he said that therefore, the world will once again confirm the transparency, responsibility and fulfillment of the obligations by...

Owji made the remarks in a meeting with Olivia Rouamba, visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso on Monday afternoon. Referring to Iran's vast capacities in the field of energy, Owji said that in a meeting with Rouamba, it was decided that with the cooperation of engineers and specialists of...

Nasif al-Khatabi said that over 14 million pilgrims had arrived in Karbala by Saturday. He also predicted that the number of Arba’een pilgrims will increase by 50 percent from the 21 million recorded last year to more than 30 million people this year. Arba’een marks the end of a 40-day...

Stephanie Liechtenstein, a Vienna-based journalist covering diplomatic developments, said in a post on X social media that there will be no resolution against Iran on the part of the Western countries. "Vienna diplomatic sources say no resolution censuring Iran planned for next week's IAEA Board of Governors meeting. Instead, E3...

The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani who is in Iraq during Arbaeem pilgrimage days, paid a visit to a mural depicting Resistance Movement martyrs and most notablely the former IRGC Quds Force commander Martyr Lt. General Qassem Soleimani and Deputy Commander of the Iraqi...

On its fifth match of the tournament on Tuesday, Iran defeated Mongolia 3-0 (25–18, 25–12, 25- 20).  After suffering two defeats in the first stage of the competition against Japan and India, Iran failed to advance to the top eight teams in Asia. However, the Iranian women managed to achieve...

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On the first day of the World Deaf Wrestling Championships, the Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling team won 3 gold and 1 silver medals to stand in third place in the tournament. Mehdi Bezi (55kg), Ali Ghorbani (63 kg), and Hossein Hosseini (82 kg) each snatched gold medals, while Mehdi Alidadi (77...

Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi made the announcement in an interview with IRNA on Monday, saying that IRIAF has started to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and will unveil its achievements in the field of drone manufacturing soon. Vahedi added that the UAVs planned to be manufactured by the IRIAF will include Kaman-12...

While in Samarra, the "Bani Amer" tribesmen visited the "Askariyya Shrine" before marching towards Karbala on foot. They were white clothes which singled them out among the usually black-worn other pilgrims.

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – The holy shrines of Imam Hussein (AS) and Hazrat Abbas (AS) are nowadays filled with mourners on the occasion of Arbaeen. Arbaeen is the anniversary of the 40th day of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH) and his companions at the Battle of Karbala.

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Tuesday, September 5.

Arbaeen is a Shia religious observance that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashura. It commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who was martyred on the 10th day of the month of Muharram.