News Archive - 29 September 2023

Qatar's request was made in a statement read out by Abdulaziz Al-Jabri, Qatar National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons (NCPW) at the annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. Calling on all non-member states to join the NPT, the Qatar envoy said that the joining of...

Deputy Oil Minister Jalil Salari provided the information in an interview with Iranian media on Monday, as translated by Press TV website. The deal foresees the construction of "a new 140,000-barrel refinery," whose required oil would be provided jointly by the Islamic Republic and Venezuela, he said. "The [relevant] fundamental...

A ceremony was held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia to celebrate World Tourism Day, and Maryam Jalali, deputy Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, on behalf of Ezzatollah Zarghami, the minister, attended the ceremony. On the sidelines of this ceremony, the deputy Iranian tourism minister held...

The opening ceremony of the 5th edition of the Mustafa Prize was held in the presence of President Ebrahim Raeisi and 150 religious scholars from 40 countries at the Isfahan International Convention Center in the city of Isfahan in central Iran. The Mustafa Prize is a science and technology award, granted...

In the telephone conversation, the Iranian foreign minister congratulated the Tanzanian government and Muslim people on the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Further congratulating the appointment of the Foreign Minister of Tanzania to his post,  Amir-Abdollahian referred to the long-standing relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran...

President Ebrahim Raeisi made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 5th edition of the Mustafa Prize held in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday with the participation of 150 religious scholars from 40 countries. President Raeisi congratulated the birth anniversary of Holy Prophet Muhammad on the Islamic nations...

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During the Friday Prayers sermon here in the Iranian capital today, the provisional prayers leader Hujjat al-Islam Kazem Sediqi hailed President Ebrahim Raeisi for holding up a copy of holy Qur'an during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly address, saying "The Qur'an is a civilization-building, human-building [book], and a...

Earlier, the Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that this meeting will focus on the topic of inclusivity of the current Afghan government, counterterrorism, and drug-related crime. Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting foreign minister of the Taliban, who went to Russia to attend the meeting, met with various...

Local Pakistani media said that a powerful bomb was detonated at a rally celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan, killing at least 52 people and wounding dozens of others, local Pakistani officials and media reports say. According to the local English-language newspaper Dawn, District Health Officer (DHO) Abdul Razzaq...

Hangu District Police Officer Nisar Ahmed confirmed the casualties and injuries to Dawn English-language newspaper. He said the first blast took place at the entrance of the police station after which a number of people gathered at the site. “A few minutes later, another blast occurred inside a mosque situated in...

In his message, President Ebrahim Raeisi condemned the cowardly act of terrorism in Pakistan's Baluchistan region on Friday. Raeisi said, "This indiscriminate act has once again shown that the terrorists, with their ignorance and distance from the Islamic merciful teachings, have no goal but to create division among Muslims."...

Esmail Khatib made the remarks during a speech in the holy city of Mashhad on Thursday, according to the Press TV website. The plot, which had been devised for implementation "on September 30," had been hatched towards "fueling ethnic and religious differences" in the country, he said. "The enemies are...

The President visited the first phase of transferring water from the Sea of Oman to Isfahan and ordered the start of the second phase of the project on Friday morning. In the first phase, 70 million cubic meters of water will be transferred from the  Sea of Oman, while in...

Mohammad Bagheri Ghalibaf made the remarks while talking to reporters in Tehran on Friday after a two-day visit to South Africa to attend the BRICS Parliamentary Forum in Johannesburg. The speaker said that the visit to South Africa created "good opportunities" for Iran. He noted that membership in the BRICS...

In a statement on Friday, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Nasser Kan'ani reacted to an explosion in a gathering to celebrate an Eid-i-Miladun Nabi in one of the cities of Baluchistan province of Pakistan and strongly condemned the terrorist act. He expressed condolences to the...

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian president's special envoy for Afghanistan who is also the Iranian ambassador to Kabul, represented Iran in the Moscow Format meeting in Kazan. Addressing the format, Qomi said "Rich Afghanistan and its zealous people have suffered irreparable losses. Today, the occupying forces - the United States...

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Iran will play Bahrain and South Korea in the following days in Group I. Team Melli had defeated Mongolia, lost to Japan and shared the spoils in a draw with Saudi Arabia in Group D, according to the Tehran Times report.  Iran handball team won a bronze medal in...

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The first eidition of the Knowledge-Based Industry Event was held with the participation of Ruhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi, the Vice President of Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy and Seyed Ehsan Khandouzi, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohammad Ali Zolfigol, the Minister of Science, Research and Technology, and Abbas Aliabadi, the Minister...