News Archive - 20 December 2023

Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi made the remarks in a televised speech broadcast live from the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a on Wednesday evening. He underscored that Yemeni forces will start firing cruise missiles at US military vessels should the newly formed maritime task force in the Red Sea take a hostile...

The Swedish diplomat was summoned by the Director General of the Western Europe Department of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. In the meeting the Iranian diplomat strongly condemned the actions taken against this Iranian citizen former judicial official Hamid Nouri, saying, it is upsetting the Swedish counted...

 Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollhaian returned home on Wednesday night from Qatar where he held talks focusing on the Gaza war and aiming to find ways to prevent the deterioration of a humanitarian crisis there. During his one-day trip, Amir-Abdollahian held talks with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh...

Vahid Salimi, who leads IRCS’ organization of volunteers, said on Wednesday that cash donations by Iranians to the people of Gaza had exceeded 1.12 trillion rials since they began some 75 days ago. The announcement comes despite the fact that people in Iran are facing a cost of living...

The meeting on Wednesday saw Iran's Foreign Minister's Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji and Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz discussing the latest political and international issues related to Syria as well as the situation on the ground in the Arab country.  Khaji and Yildiz...

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia had a telephone conversation with President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi of Iran on Wednesday night. During this telephone conversation, president Raeisi congratulated the arrival of the birthday of Jesus Christ and the beginning of the new year and expressed his satisfaction with the process of expanding...

Citing informed sources, Iraqi media outlets on Wednesday morning reported that the US base which is located in the west of Anbar province was attacked. No reports regarding the possible causalities have been reported so far and no groups or casualties have yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Iraqi resistance...

According to Xinhua, Government Spokesman Isaac Mwaura told journalists in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on Tuesday that despite the stabilizing flood situation, the country witnessed six deaths in the past three days from flood-related landslides. "The National El Nino Emergency Center continues to closely monitor the flood situation in...

Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad al Sabah is succeeding his half-brother Sheikh Nawaf, who died on Saturday. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah died on Saturday aged 86, according to the royal court, just over three years after assuming power in the Persian Gulf state, according to Reuters. The cause of his...

The ICRC president said on Tuesday that civilians in Gaza were being forced to endure tremendous suffering and loss. “There is a lack of operational space for the humanitarian actors, but most importantly, there is an acute lack of safety and security for people anywhere in Gaza,” she said. “There...

American-based Bloomberg television news network, citing four people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified, reported on Wednesday that planning is underway for actions intended to cripple the Yemeni military’s ability to target commercial ships by hitting the forces at the source. The report comes only two...

The death toll was updated on Wednesday morning, and rescuers are still working to locate more survivors in the extreme cold, CGTN reported. Apart from the deceased, 198 people were injured in Qinghai, while 16 others remain missing. In Gansu, the number of injured has risen to 782; they were...

Elder called for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza, warning once more that without a truce disease-deaths could outnumber bombing-deaths in the besieged Palestinian territory. In a Tuesday posting on UNICEF's X platform, Elder announced, “Without sufficient safe water, food, and sanitation that only a humanitarian ceasefire can bring -...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim declared the prohibition of Israeli cargo ships from docking at Malaysian ports and restricted vessels bound for occupied Palestine from loading cargo in the Southeast Asian nation. The decision extends to all ships en route to occupied Palestine. Anwar explicitly targeted Israel's prominent shipping company, ZIM,...

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Hamas official Ghazi Hamad said that the group’s “priority” amid the ongoing negotiations is a stop to the war. “Our vision is very clear: We want to stop the aggression,” he said. “What is going on in the ground is a big catastrophe,” added...

Mohammad al-Hindi, deputy secretary general of the movement, made the remarks in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the Operation al-Aqsa Storm was a “lightning bolt” that struck all US arrangements aimed at ending the Palestine cause and establishing Israel’s dominance over the region. Hindi went on to say that...

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In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Sheikh Naim Qassem stressed that the result of the Gaza war would be a victory for the Resistance and a major defeat for the Zionist enemy.  Speaking about the possibility of the expansion of the level of war with the Zionist regime, the...

The Iranian foreign minister held a meeting with the deputy prime minister and minister of health of Libya, Ramadan Ahmed Abu Janah, in Tehran on Tuesday. In the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian expressed satisfaction with the improvement of relations between the two countries in the past two years and added, "We have...

Speaking to reporters, Nasser Kan'ani pointed to Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s meeting in the Qatari capital with the head of the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas’ Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh, describing Iran as the most important supporter of the Palestinian nation. He said that during their meeting, the two sides discussed...

New ambassadors of South Africa, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, Nicaragua, and Japan, respectively Francis Molloy, Michel Malherbe, Mohammadi Kaboureh, Muhammad Mudassir Tipu, Ramón Alberto Moncada Colindres, and Toskada Tamaki submitted copies of their credentials to Hossein Amir-Abdollahian here in Tehran on Wednesday. RHM/IRN

Reviewing the latest regional developments including the situation of Palestine with the Qatari officials is on the agenda of the Iranian foreign minister during his stay in Doha. Holding talks on finding ways to cease the crisis in Gaza is also among the plans of the Doha visit. Earlier on...

During the weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Ezzatullah Zarghami mentioned that despite expectations of a decrease in tourism after last year's protests, the number of tourists increased. He stated that in one of today's cabinet resolutions, 211 historical objects, related to periods before and after Islam, have been permitted to...

Iranian president Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi made the remarks in a telephone conversation with the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi on Wednesday. Pointing to the great capacities of Iran and Pakistan to expand cooperation, especially in the fields of energy, Raeisi expressed hope that the authorities of the two countries would work more...

In the press conference held on the second day of the 7th exhibition of transportation, logistics and related industries in Tehran, the managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, Miad Salehi, informed of the export of freight railroad cars manufactured in Iran. Reporting on the performance of Iran...

The match was held in the southern Iranian city of Bushehr to prepare for the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Team Melli is scheduled to play two more matches with Senegal. Iran will open the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup on February 15, 2024, with a match against...

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Photos depict people in Tehran Bazaar and Tajrish Bazar buying fruits and nuts for the ancient festivity occasion called "Yalda Night", which is a time when family members get together to celebrate the winter solstice.