News Archive - 28 January 2021

Pop's visiting program was announced by a senior Catholic cleric as he told AFP on Thursday. Louis Sako, the patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, said it would be a "private visit" between the two religious figures at Sistani's residence in the shrine city of Najaf, "without formalities." Sako...

The informed Kurdish source in Iraqi Kurdistan region has told the Iraqi al-Maloumeh news website that the Turkish army is preparing its troops in Duhok province to conduct a military operation against the elements of the Kurdistan Workers Party (the PKK) in the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar. Turkey is...

Making the remarks in the western Iranian province of Ilam, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said the enemies have never given up various conspiracies against the Islamic system, and if it were not for the might of the Iranian army and the IRGC, Iran would have awaited other military measures from the...

Joe Biden’s administration could potentially start to thaw the icy relations between Tehran and Washington, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told RT, but stressed he has never been close with the new US leader. In an interview with Oksana Boyko, host of RT’s Worlds Apart, the top Iranian diplomat...

The incident on Thursday morning took place at a branch of the French Pôle Emploi governmental agency which is in charge of registering the unemployed. An armed man has reportedly shot a woman who worked as an adviser for the Pôle Emploi agency in Valence. The same man is believed...

Qasim Mosleh, commander of Hashd al-Sha’abi forces in Al Anbar province, announced the destruction of a headquarters belonging to the ISIL terrorist group in the province. He added that during the operation, the new headquarters of ISIL in the western desert of Anbar, along with seven headquarters established by the terrorist group,...

Zahir al-Maghzavi, the secretary-general of the Tunisian "Al-Shaab" movement, has said that the occupying regime of Israel may have had a hand in the failed assassination of Tunisian president Kais Saied. Speaking to Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV, al-Maghzavi said, “We are waiting for the Tunisian presidency and the security apparatuses to...

In this conversation, between Iran's Zarif and Georgia's David Zalkaliani, the latest state of bilateral and regional relations was discussed. Zarif and his counterpart could not meet, for Zalkaliani has tested positive for Covid-also. Zarif wished good health for him in the phone talk. FM Zalkaliani wrote on Facebook that on January 23...

The Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi made the remarks while talking to reporters on the sidelines of Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf’s visit to Fordow plant on Thursday afternoon. Kamalvandi said that the AEOI is making great achievements in line with the guidelines of the Leader of...

Addressing Biden's Sec. of State Antony Blinken, Zarif wrote, "Reality check for @SecBlinken: The US violated JCPOA, blocked food/medicine to Iranians, punished adherence to UNSCR 2231. Throughout that sordid mess, Iran abided by JCPOA, only took foreseen remedial measures." "Now, who should take 1st step?" he added. "Never forget Trump's maximum failure,"...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Thursday, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,398,841 with the death toll standing at 57,736. According to Lari, 4,018 patients are in critical condition while 1,189,975 patients have recovered. So far, 9,125,076 tests...

Several agricultural projects were inaugurated by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the provinces of Ardabil, Khuzestan, and Golestan on Thursday, marking the days before the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in winter 1979. In a speech after the inauguration ceremony, President Rouhani hailed the Iranian people...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will pay a visit to Turkey on Friday, the Anadolu Agency website cited a statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday. During Zarif's visit, "all aspects of our bilateral relations will be discussed and views on regional and international issues will be exchanged," the statement...

The Asian Football Confederation announced the nominees for the AFC International Player of the Week. According to the published list, 10 players have been selected as nominees, including four Iranian football players.  Reza Ghoocheannejhad (PEC Zwolle), Alireza Beiranvand (Royal Antwerp), Milad Mohammadi (KAA Gent), and Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) are the four Iranian...

In this meeting, held in Tbilisi on Thursday, Zarif expressed gratitude to the government of Georgia for releasing a number of Iranian inmates in the past couple of months who will serve sentence at home, urging Tbilisi to work on the cases of the other Iranian prisoners held in the...

The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with the President of Georgian Salome Zourabichvili in Tbilisi on Thursday. During the meeting, Zarif congratulated the successful holding of the recent parliamentary elections in Georgia and referred to the historical relations between the two countries. The Iranian top diplomat renewed the...

Directed by Nasrin Gol-Reyhan, 'The Doll' will compete at California Independent Film Festival (CAIFF) in the US and the Cefalù Film Festival in Italy. Roza Beheshtian, Sahar Abdollahi, Mohammad-Javad Asadi and Nabi Minaee are the main cast of the film. Launched in 1997, the California Independent Film Festival (CAIFF) is one of the...

Kazem Gharibabadi's remarks came in response to the condition of the new US administration for returning to the JCPOA. In a tweet on Thursday, he wrote, "Cooperation and good-will are two-way streets NOT a one-way boulevard. The new law of the parliament has given also another chance to maintain the...

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks while talking to the USA TODAY.  "The party that needs to change course is the United States and not Iran," said Ambassador Ravanchi.  The Iranian parliament passed a bill, dubbed the Strategic Action Plan to Counter Sanctions...

The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Istanbul this evening (Thursday) as the last leg of his tour to Russia and the Caucasian region to meet with Turkish officials. Upon arrival in Istanbul, Zarif said "Our relations with Turkey are very important and we always need to consult...

Morteza Awlad Ali, the deputy commander of southern Hormozgan Province Border Police, said that a sergeant by the name of Hassan Vaezi Takhti was martyred by the smugglers in the littoral waters near Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf. Awlad Ali added that the smugglers were sailing a large number...

Local reports indicate an explosion has occurred in the Mashtal area of east Baghdad early Jan. 28. The cause of the blast is not immediately clear. There have been no initial reports of casualties. Emergency personnel are at the scene and are investigating the incident. The Saberin News channel also confirmed...

In a statement recently delivered to Newsweek, Iranian permanent mission to the United Nations spokesperson Alireza Miryousefi to Secretary of State Antony Blinken's first official remarks on President Joe Biden's approach to tensions between Tehran and Washington rooted in the latter's exit under the previous administration from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...

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“In their first call, FM HeikoMaas complimented his new US colleague SecBlinken on his appointment,” the German Foreign Ministry reported. “Both agreed on cooperating closely on a broad range of issues such as China’s global role, the JCPOA, our joint engagement in Afghanistan, and the fight against climate change.” Under...

Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Thursday as part of a recent tour to the Caucasian countries. The Iranian foreign minister has met with the President of Georgian Salome Zourabichvili. He had previously traveled to the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation, and Armenia to...

In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Seyyed Mahmoud Nabavian, who represents Tehran’s constituency in the Iranian Parliament, said that the JCPOA or the Iran nuclear deal was a "tool" to lift the banking sanctions on the country at the start of 2015 but that did not happen. He welcomed...

Mohammad Keshavarz-Zadeh in his remarks described the cooperation between Tehran and Beijing in various fields, including the fight against coronavirus, the One Belt One Road, trade exchanges, and friendly cooperation between the two countries. According to him, China is to give Iran access to the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, the Chinese satellite...

In continuation of a tour to Russia and the Caucasian region, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Tbilisi on Thursday. Upon his arrival, Zarif said that he had discussed bilateral relations and consultations on regional cooperation during the visits to the three other regional countries before his visit...

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Iran's southern Hormozgan province is an important economic gateway for the export and import of goods and foreign transit. About 60% of exports and imports of goods are done via Shahid Rajaee Port.        ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – A funeral procession was held on Thursday for the prominent Iranian soccer player Mehrdad Minavand who died at the age of 45 after briefly being hospitalized for contracting Covid-19 disease.       ...

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TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Thursday, January 28.     ...