News Archive - 29 January 2024

Some 113 million tons of goods, valued at $40.5 billion, were exported from the country between March 21, 2023, and January 22, 2024, with oil, luggage trade, electricity and technical-engineering services excluded, IRICA President Mohammad Rezvanifar added. He went on to say that Iran’s export of non-oil products showed...

Provincial interim information minister Jan Achakzai announced that security forces successfully foiled three coordinated attacks by terrorists in Balochistan's Mach area on Monday night, Hindustan Times reported. In a social media post on X, Achakzai said that no damage occurred to installations, and there were no casualties among security forces.

Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh accused Iran of enabling groups attacking the United States and claimed the latest attack carried the footprints of a Resistance group allegedly backed by Iran. “We certainly don’t seek a war and frankly we don’t see Iran wanting to seek a war with the United States,”...

The unconfirmed reports suggest that the explosion was caused due to an airstrike near the border of the two Arab countries. No official source has yet confirmed the media reports. Meanwhile, some media outlets reported that American reconnaissance aircraft were flying over the vicinity of the US bases in the...

The Armenian Prime Minister emphasized the importance of Kharrazi's visit to Armenia and expressed confidence that it will give a new impetus to the further development and strengthening of Armenia-Iran relations. According to the Armenian prime minister's website, Nikol Pashinyan noted that they agreed with the President of the Islamic...

"The White House knows very well that the solution to ending the war and genocide in Gaza and the current crisis in the region is political," the top Iranian diplomat wrote in an X post on Tuesday morning. "Diplomacy is active in this direction," Amir-Abdollahian stressed. The Iranian foreign minister...

"Initial results show promising neuron spike detection," Musk said in a post on the social media platform X on Monday. Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the brain and to the body.

On Tuesday morning, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) accused Iran of continuously destabilizing the West Asian region, leveling baseless accusations. "We see Iran continue to destabilize the region," Jens Stoltenberg claimed, adding "Iran also bears responsibility for backing terrorists who attack our ships in the Red...

Al Thani said that progress has been made in laying the groundwork for moving forward, especially on the prisoner swap, adding that the talks have improved compared to previous weeks. The intensity of the war has made the situation "more complicated," but the talks have moved to a place that...

Amir Saeed Iravani made the comments in a letter addressed to the UN Security Council's president on Monday. The letter came three days after his American counterpart, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, wrote a letter to the Council, alleging that "militia groups affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Armed Forces" were involved...

Beijing's goal is to put pressure on the Taipei administration in peacetime and prevent US ships from approaching the island in case a conflict breaks out in the region, Russian Tass news agency reported the Japanese Yomiuri newspaper as citing sources.  In addition, according to the newspaper’s information, another Chinese...

The diplomatic mission confirmed this information to TASS. "We confirm the fact of the incident that occurred late in the evening of January 28. It happened on the territory of South Korea and did not have a negative impact on the work of the Russian mission," Russian diplomats said. "The...

Al-Jazeera citing Syrian sources reported that the Syrian air defense countered the attack of the Zionist regime on the suburb of Damascus on Monday. Some other sources reported that explosions were heard in the suburbs of Zainabiyah district in the south of Damascus. Later, it was reported that 2 people...

According to CNN, the US official said on condition of anonymity that military personnel stationed at the Tower 22 base in Jordan near the Syrian border are not in appropriate condition. The official also said that commanders of the base decided to send eight soldiers to other countries after diagnosing...

According to Al Jazeera television channel, at least ten people were killed in the strike, TASS reported. The building was allegedly sheltering displaced persons who had fled the fighting in other sections of the embattled Gaza Strip. Tensions have been high across the West Bank since Israel launched its genocidal war...

Amir-Abdollahian and Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir held a meeting on Monday at Pakistani Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi in the Punjab province. In the meeting a group of Pakistani military officials and were also participating in addition to members of the high-ranking Iranian delegation, as well as Reza Amiri Moghadam, Iran's...

Al Mayadeen reported that the US forces in the al-Shaddadi base in Syria were targeted by drone strikes. According to Lebanese al-Mayadeen, the Iraqi group Islamic Resistance issued a statement to claim responsibility for the new attack on the al-Shadadi base in Syria's Hasaka Province. The statement of the Iraqi Islamic...

Citing medical sources, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported on Sunday that at least 24 of the killings were caused by the Israeli shelling of the city of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PCRS) also said that three of the Khan Yunis martyrs were buried inside...

Hezbollah military media-Al-Manar TV issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes on Monday. The first statement mentioned that Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Birket Risha site with Burkan missiles at 12:20 AM [midnight on Sunday] Monday, January 29, 2024, achieving a direct hit. Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Hadab...

The patrol vessel responded to a distress call from the Iranian fishing boat Iman, which had been boarded by pirates along the east coast of Somalia, a navy spokesperson said, adding that the crew were being held as hostages. Sumitra intercepted the fishing boat and “ensured the successful release of...

There was some confusion on the base when the US drone returned about whether the other incoming drone was friendly or not, officials said, according to The Wall Street Journal. Without giving evidence, President Joe Biden on Sunday blamed Iran-backed Resistance groups for the attack that killed three US Army...

Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks when asked to comment on the ICJ on Friday ordering Israel to take all possible measures to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Xinhua reported.  Wang said that the ruling, made by the majority of the judges, responds to...

Kazemi Qomi made the remarks at the first meeting of a regional contact committee working group entitled “Afghanistan’s Regional Cooperation Initiative” held in Kabul on Monday. Referring to the common interest and good neighborliness between Iran and Afghanistan over the past years, he said that neighboring countries can help Afghanistan...

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, fired about 10 heavy rockets at Tel Aviv and its surroundings on Monday, on the 115th day of Israel’s brutal aggression against Palestinians in Gaza. Israeli media said several explosions were heard in Tel Aviv and that the rockets had been fired from...

Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on Monday at the end of a one-day visit to Pakistan where he met senior Pakistani government and army officials. “The safe borders between Iran and Pakistan have no place for provocations of terrorists and their extra-regional supporters,” said the minister upon leaving Islamabad for Tehran.

In the meeting, which took place on Monday as part of Amir-abdollahian’s one-day visit to Pakistan, the two officials discussed bilateral issues including expansion of economic ties and giving a boost to trade exchanges at the joint borders. According to the Public Relations Office of the Pakistani prime minister, Kakar...

The exhibition is underway at the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah. Iranian domestic products are showcased in 40 booths in the exhibition. Domestic products, especially those developed in knowledge-based companies and production supply chains, were featured in the exhibition. The booth of knowledge-based companies in the field of mining and mineral industries,...

Following the recent armed conflict between the border guards and a terrorist group in the Jakigor border region, located in the Sistan and Baluchestan province, one of the members of this terrorist team was killed and 2 others were injured and fled the scene of the conflict, Goudarzi said. After...

Abrar: ICJ ruling can make US complicit in Israel's war crimes  Istanbul church comes under armed attack Etemad: Iran successfully launches 3 satellites into space Afkar: Iran envoy: Tehran-Ankara trade volume hits $8.5 bn in 9 months Javan: ICJ's temporary ruling made it difficult for West to defend Zionists...

The senior Iranian diplomat made the remarks speaking at his weekly press conference on Monday. "We used our maximum capacities regarding the issue of Palestine and ending the (Israeli) regime's war against Gaza. Iran's opinion is still clear; Stability in the region is in the interest of all parties. There...

Ali Asghar Abdollahi noted that 325,000 tons of non-oil products, valued at $155 million, were exported from this province between March 21, 2023, and January 22, 2024, showing a 115% growth in value compared to last year’s corresponding period. Highlighting the motto of the current year, which is “Inflation Control...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in joint a press conference with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani. He said that the two countries have offered many martyrs in the war against terrorism in recent years, adding that the terrorists on the borders of Iran and Pakistan are supported by third...

Mohammad Rezvanifar said on Monday that Iran exported 113 million tons of non-oil goods, valued at $40.5 billion, to foreign countries in ten months, registering a 9.4 percent hike in volume and an 11 percent decline in value compared to last year’s corresponding period. Iran imported 32.7...

The two countries have high capacities and potentials to enhance the mutual trade, so attaining $1 billion worth of trade between the two countries is possible, Iran’s minister of industry, mine and trade stated. Abbas Aliabadi, who has traveled to Uzbekistan at the head of a high-ranking trade-economic delegation, in...

Colonel Javad Khajepour said that 70,000 liters of smuggled fuel have been confiscated from three heavy-duty trucks. Five defendants have been detained in this regard, he added. Subsidized fuel in Iran is seen as an opportunity for smugglers to draw huge benefits. Iran, however, re-imposed using fuel cards and rationed...

Muhammad Mudassir Tipusaid in an interview with IRNA on Monday that Pakistan enjoys close, long-standing relations and historical cooperation with Iran, adding that the neighboring countries are well aware of the sensitivity of bilateral relations as well as the unfolding events in the region. Iran's Foreign Minister's visit to Pakistan...

Hossein Akbari said in a post on X that no advisory centers belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran were targeted during today's airstrikes of the Israeli regime on the southern suburbs of Damascus, the capital of Syria. He added that no Iranian civilians or advisors were martyred during the...

Three American servicemen were killed and 34 others were injured in a drone attack on an American military base near the Syria-Jordan border on Sunday night. US President Joe Biden described the attack as "very painful and sad" and claimed that the attack was carried out by Iranian-backed forces. He also...

“Considering the approach of the current administration for maximum utilization of political capacities for development of economic and commercial relations, this opportunity can be used in the best possible way,” Mohammad-Sadegh Ghanadzadeh said on Monday, referring to Aliabadi’s recent trip to Tashkent. Ghanadzadeh said the central banks of Iran and...

On the sidelines of the IRGC Intelligence Martyrs' Conference, Esmaeil Khatib stated that Ansarullah and Resistance actions in the region show the strong will of Muslims. "Just as the Holy Prophet (PBUH) faced enemies at the beginning of the era of Islam and in wars, today [Yemeni] Ansarullah and the Resistance stand...

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The three-day tournament, which is the most important league event in the world of Karate, ended in Paris, France, on Sunday. On her way to the final game, Iran’s Atousa Golshadnejad defeated all her rivals in the 61kg weight class. She also beat Anita Serogina, a powerful rival from Ukraine...

Jordan showed amazing resilience to come from behind to defeat Iraq 3-2 in their AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ Round of 16 tie at the Khalifa International Stadium on Monday. Down 2-1 after having taken the lead, stoppage time goals from Yazan Al Arab and Nizar Al Rashdan pushed Jordan...

During the 7th International Conference on Climate Change in Tehran, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and head of the Iran Meteorological Organization (IMO), Sahar Tajbakhsh, said moving toward sustainable development and building resilient cities against the risks of climate change is a necessity for adaptability to current conditions.

TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Tuesday, January 30.                   ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei visited an exhibition showcasing domestic capabilities to produce homegrown products on Monday.

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – Snowfall covered the tourist region of Tuskestan in Iran’s northern city of Gorgan, giving special beauty to the scenery of this region.                  ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – The 16th edition of the Fajr Visual Arts Festival kicked off in Tehran on Sunday evening.              ...