News Archive - 19 January 2020

Switzerland acts as an intermediary between the United States and Iran, through its offices. Recent tensions between Washington and Tehran have brought its messenger role into the spotlight. For more than a year and a half, Switzerland has also been working on a payment channel for Swiss companies and banks...

The route officially became operational on Sunday with the first plane carrying 103 tourists from Iraq’s Kurdistan Region landing on the Iranian island. The flight, launched by Mahan Air, will be operated every Sunday and Wednesday. Director-General of Kish Airports Ezzatollah Mohammadi told reporters that the flight was established after...

According to the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), as quoted by SHANA, the IMI-100 was held in Tehran on Sunday to rank the 100 top national companies in terms of production and exports. The CEO of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), Behzad Mohammadi, along with senior government and industrial officials attended...

According to Captain Alireza Ahmadi, the commander of IRGC's Imam Hassan fleet, the boats had illegally entered Iran’s territorial waters. He said that the boats were seized near Mahshahr oil platforms, adding that nine individuals have been arrested and handed over to the judiciary officials. IRGC is responsible for ensuring the...

According to the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), the plant’s output in the first 9 months of the year grew by 8.5% year-on-year, the company said in a statement of performance, Shana reported. According to the statement, growth was 8% at the ethane unit, 9% at the propane unit and...

After an intelligence operation, the anti-narcotics police of Gonabad identified a consignment of opiate which was destined to Mashhad from southern provinces of Iran, Second Brigadier General Mohammad Kazem Taghavi reportedly said on Sunday. 575 kg of morphine and 72 kg of heroin were seized and two offenders were also arrested...

He made the remarks in a meeting on the political and strategic dimensions of the assassination of Martyr Lt. Gen. Soleimani on Sunday in Iran's Foreign Ministry's School of International Relations.  Perhaps the history of the region can be changed after this event [the assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani], especially after...

Police Chief of Golestan Province Second Brigadier General Ruhol Amin Ghasemi broke the news on Sudnay, saying that following comprehensive intelligence activities, the police forces traced the haul of illegal consignment in Golestan province, which was coming for one of the eastern provinces of Iran. Four smugglers have been arrested...

He made the remarks on Sun. in an interview with IRNA and said, “in the current situation, the best decision for the Iranian teams is to withdraw from AFC Champions League but the Federation should follow up decisive measures and defend Iran’s right in this regard.” After the unjust...

The withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq’s Kurdistan region is a decision that Baghdad will make, said a member of Iraq’s Kurdistan Democratic Party on Sunday Mahdi Abdulkarim, according to Almaalomah. Abdulkarim said that Iraq’s Kurdistan Region does not reject the possibility of the withdrawal of foreign forces from its...

Inflight AIP which was prepared by Iran’s Army was unveiled on Sunday afternoon in the presence of the Commander of the Iranian Air Force Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh and Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari. The technology of manufacturing Inflight AIP was previously monopolized in the United...

Heading a high-ranking delegation, Arreaza, is scheduled to hold meetings with senior Iranian officials, including his counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. In October 2019, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Baku. In the gathering, the...

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“Saudis aimed to connect the issue to their political aims and as they are seeking the victory of their teams, in a competition which is designed to promote friendship, they deprived Iranian teams of a privilege.” He went on to highlight the need to stand against Saudi Arabia. The...

Hossein Naghavi Hosseini said the meeting will be attended by representatives of IRGC, the elite force’s Aerospace division and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force. He noted that the meeting will focus on the details of the crash to clarify different aspects of the incident. A Ukrainian plane...

The film is about a young woman, Yalda, who despite many disagreements with her husband, tries to maintain her marriage because of her worries about the future and fears of prejudice. But the differences are growing and there is no communication between the two. In the end, there is no...

He further noted to the activity of cooperatives in the country and said, “if cooperatives run their business activities traditionally, they will face serious problems ahead.” Sattari made the remarks on Sun. in a joint meeting with the members of agricultural and knowledge-based unions and also chairman of Iran...

The deputy director for airport operations at IKAC, Hassan Khoshkhoo, said the winter operations continue despite inclement weather conditions in the past days. To ensure that flight operations continue on the airport aprons, taxiways and runways at Imam Khomeini International Airport without interruptions, snowplows and snow removal machines have been...

He made the remarks on Sunday in a meeting on the political and strategic dimensions of the assassination of Martyr Lt. Gen. Soleimani in Iran's Foreign Ministry's School of International Relations.  “Today, instead of the Nile to the Euphrates, the Zionist regime is enclosed in a six-by-twelve-meter concrete wall in a...

The Public Relations department of the 35th Fajr International Music Festival announced that during a session on Sunday, the event's organizers have agreed to hold a special program to commemorate the victims of the flight 752 tragedy, which also included an Iranian musician, Roja Azadian. Carrying 167 passengers and nine...

The head of German diplomacy expressed his opinion on the "Iranian issue" in an interview with Bild am Sonntag, published on Sunday, January 19, according to DW. "In any case, the threats and the aggravation of military conflicts also did not bring anything. We want to prevent a large-scale fire...

The statement, which was signed by the majority of lawmakers on Sunday, warns the three European governments that if they continued their hostility against the Islamic Republic, Iran would downgrade the level of its diplomatic relations with them. The warning comes in response to a recent announcement by France, Britain,...

Representatives of the Iranian Parliament in a bylaw stipulated that the export of goods and services overseas or to the free trade-industrial zones are exempted from taxation. In today’s open session, members of the Parliament approved the Article 10 of the Value-Added Tax (VAT), based on which, exporters of goods...

“While the Iranians have just renewed their alliance with Islamic Revolution and the resistance movement’s ideals, the president has, unfortunately, announced that he cannot move along the nation and look into the domestic capacities for tackling the current problems,” Ahmad Alirezabeigi, a member of the Parliament’s Velayi faction told Mehr...

In an open session, Iranian lawmakers on Sunday signed a statement, calling for downgrading the country's relations with E3. The statement is as follows: The events of recent weeks showed the clear hostility of the enemies with the nation of Islamic Iran. The assassination of Lt. General Qasem Soleimani by the...

ASTARA, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaie met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Colonel-General Elchin Guliyev on Sunday at Astara border.

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Tehraners experienced their first serious winter snow on Sunday. The rather heavy snowfall forced officials to close schools and some universities in the province.

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaie met and held talks with the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Border Troops Commander Colonel-General Elchin Guliyev on Sunday in Astara border.

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) –With the new wave of frosty weather sweeping across the country, heavy snowfall has now blanketed the Iranian capital on Sunday.

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – The Zafar 1 and 2 satellites, which have been manufactured by Iranian scientists, were delivered to the Iran Space Agency during a ceremony held at University of Science and Technology on Sunday.

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – The Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade for Commercial Affairs Hossein Modaress Khiabani visited Mehr News Agency (MNA) Headquarters on Sat. and responded to the questions of correspondents.

CHABAHAR, Jan. 19 (MNA) – IRGC has established a well-equipped mobile hospital in rural areas near Chabahar to provide medical aid to flood-hit people of the southeastern Iranian province.

ARDABIL, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Heavy snowfall in the past days has covered the vast Heyran pass in the northwestern province of Ardabil giving a mesmerizing beauty to the region.