News Archive - 30 August 2020

New legislative mechanisms needed for post-coronavirus era: Ghalibaf In a message to the 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament the Speaker of the Iranian Parl. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf noted that new financial and legislative mechanisms are needed for the time after COVID-19 outburst. During his speech addressing the event...

“Many efforts and funds are being put in Lebanon to target Hezbollah,” Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday night on the 10th eve of the mourning month of Muharram. “If you look at the source of most of the accounts attacking Hezbollah, you will find that it is from Saudi...

"We condemn any call for peace with the Israeli regime," Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said during a live speech on the occasion of the Day of Ashura on Sunday noon. "An example on the Israeli supremacist attitude is how it dealt with some Emirati statements lately," he noted. "When the Emirates...

The day of Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. This day is significant for Shia due to what occurred in Karbala on this day in the year 61 AH (October 10, 680 CE). On that day, Imam Hussein (PBUH) and his true companions were...

Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim said the Jihad (struggle) against the normalization of ties with the Zionist regime is the continuation of the Jihad of Imam Hussein (PBUH). Speaking on the eve of Ashura on Saturday, he said that Imam Hussein refused to compromise with Yazid...

The Israeli military alleged in a statement on Sunday that the tank fire had hit positions belonging to the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas, AFP reported. There was no immediate report of casualties or confirmation from Hamas. The Israeli military claimed that the fire had come in response to balloon-borne...

According to the authorities, three people are still missing, while 300 others were left homeless and more than 50,000 houses were damaged by the explosion, the Sputnik reported. A powerful blast rocked the Beirut seaport area on August 4, sending a shockwave through residential neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital. The...

At least 40 Shia mourners in the Indian-controlled Kashmir were injured on Saturday when government forces used batons, burst tear smoke shells and fired pellets to break up mourning processions on the ninth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, Press TV reported. During the police crackdown in Srinagar, several...

In his live speech delivered on the occasion of Ashura, he said "Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the leaders of the hypocrisy camp. The Yemeni people have made their decision a long time and have no intention to join this hypocritical camp." "We will continue to confront the...

Iran's Ambassador to Austria Abbas Bagherpour Ardakani, in a tweet on Friday, said he had a “very useful” meeting with Wilhelm Sandrisser, a high-ranking security official from Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior. “In a very useful meeting with Head of Security Policy and International Affairs of Austria Ministry of...

"Aug. 29, the National Day of Fight Against Terrorism, is the time to remember Prz Rajai & PM Bahonar who, 39yrs ago today, were martyred in a bombing by the MEK terrorist group," the ministry tweeted. "Despite assassinating 1000s Iranians & fighting alongside Saddam, MEK is sheltered by the U.

"The move by the US is doomed to fail like similar American legal attempts that have ended in Iran’s favor in recent years," the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said. On Friday, Deutsche Boerse said that it would take steps to defeat the suit filed in a New York court seeking...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari said on Sunday that over the past 24 hours, 1,754 new cases of coronavirus were reported, increasing the total number of infections in Iran to 373,570. She added that 103 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll...

The attack caused damage to an empty building and there were no casualties. Sirens blasted inside the US Embassy and helicopters were hovering above as the rocket hit the heavily-fortified area. It was the second such attack in recent days after three rockets landed in the Green Zone on Thursday...

The day of Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. This day is significant for Shia due to what occurred in Karbala on this day in the year 61 AH (October 10, 680 CE). On that day, Imam Hussein (PBUH) and his true companions were...

Referring to the reports about the availability of the vaccine in some countries, the Iranian President ordered that the necessary measures should be taken to purchase the vaccines and to carry out the usual experimental and diagnostic steps in order to start using it in Iran as soon as possible.

The meeting will be chaired by Secretary-General of the European Union External Action Service Helga Schmid and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi. The event will be attended by representatives of France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia.     Thus, the meeting will be held at the level of deputy...

"All options on the table" has long been a staple of US foreign policy," Zarif tweeted. "It simply means the law of the jungle: disregard for a fundamental principle of int'l law: Non-Use of Force," he added. "Now, the Trump regime is using the same threat against Americans. A wake-up...

TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – People in various Iranian cities of Isfahan, Tehran, Gorgan, Kish Island, Qeshm Island, Shiraz and etc. held mourning rituals on the 10th day of Muharram, Ashura. The rituals were held respecting the Covid-19 protocols.   ...