News Archive - 12 February 2021

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was cited by Sputnik that Moscow is prepared to end the relationship with the European Union if the bloc introduces sanctions that put the Russian economy at risk. The foreign minister noted that Russia is completely self-sufficient in the military sphere, and it should strive...

According to Lebanese al-Mayadin TV, the Yemeni armed forces issued a statement Thursday evening announcing a missile attack on King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The statement said the ballistic missile was fired at the Khamis Mushait region in Saudi Arabia and that Saudi defense missile systems were unable...

The Syrian SANA news agency has cited Palestinian media to have reported that a settler deliberately drove his car over four Palestinians in Ayn al-Beida in al-Aghwar, martyring one of them and injuring the three others. A Palestinian was martyred on Thursday when he was run over by a settler in Salfit...

Under pressure as the variant hammers the jungle city of Manaus with a devastating second wave of infections, Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello sought to reassure legislators that the surge of recent months was unexpected but coming under control, Aljazeera reported. He also told a Senate hearing that Brazil would vaccinate...

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society says 80 percent of Ethiopia’s northern, conflict-torn Tigray region has been completely cut off from humanitarian aid, warning that tens of thousands could starve to death as a result of the alarming situation there, according to a report by the Press TV website. Abera Tola,...

In spite of the fact that the three European parties to the Iran nuclear deal, namely Germany, France, and Britain, have not abided by their own commitments under the accord after the illegal US withdrawal from the deal in May 2018 forcing Tehran to scale back on some of its commitments,...

Azadi Tower and Milad Tower, two symbolic landmarks of Tehran illuminated orange per the invitation of MAHAK – the Society to Support Children Suffering from Cancer in order to join the World Cancer Day campaign and raise awareness towards this disease. Per MAHAK’s invitation, these two well-known towers in Tehran...

Iran’s crude oil output averaged 2.08 million barrels per day last month, an increase of 62,000 bpd from December 2020, OPEC said in its monthly report. Global oil production in January rose by 430,000 bpd compared to the previous month to average 93.12 million bpd, although it reflected...

Hossein Dehghan who serves as a military adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Republic and who was the former Iranian defense minister made the comments in a recent interview with the Guardian newspaper.  According to the Guardian, Dehghan said Washington was not in a position to set preconditions for...

In a video message, a copy of which has appeared on the website of the Iranian Embassy in Rome, Elisabetta Belloni said Italy is eagerly awaiting the resumption of talks on the Iran nuclear deal, which is "an essential tool for securing and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons in...

Zarif warns of more reduction of JCPOA commitments Warning of more reduction of JCPOA commitments, Zarif talked of developing nuclear program and reducing cooperation with IAEA inspectors if US and E3 do not comply with their JCPOA commitments. In a message on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the...

In a tweet on Friday evening, Zarif wrote: “Have our E3 partners ever read para 36 of JCPOA & Iran's many letters on that basis? By what logic is the onus on IRAN to stop its remedial measures undertaken a full year after the US withdrew from—and continues to violate—the...

In a statement on Thursday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh expressed his condolences with the families of the victims of the heinous attack and condemned the growth of violence in Afghanistan. “Unfortunately, violence in Afghanistan has entered a very dangerous phase and if the international community, regional countries and all...

Behrouz Aghaei made the remarks on Thu. and reiterated that transit of goods and import of basic commodities through Iran’s largest oceanic port showed a 95 and 71 percent growth in the current year respectively. As one of the important ports in the southeast of the country, Chabahar Port has...

According to the seismological center of Tehran University’s Institute of Geophysics, the tremor hit at 1:40 a.m. local time on Friday (2210 GMT Thursday), and rattled an area close to Qasr-e Shirin city. The tremor was documented to have struck at a shallow depth of eight kilometers. No possible...

The IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri told MNA correspondent that the IRGC navy is constructing equipment and vessels on their own for their own use in line with the guidelines of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in naming this year as the “The Year of Boosting Production or a Leap in Production”, and...

The drill, codenamed “Payambar-e Azam 16 (The Great Prophet)”, came to an end early on Friday after the military exercises achieved all their purposes. The wargame involved various IRGC units such as the infantry, commandos, special forces, armored divisions, artillery, missile and drone units, and ground force airborne troops. According...

The Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has sent two separate messages to Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Wang Yang, the Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to congratulate them on the advent of the Chinese New Year. Ghalibaf referred to his previous talks with Mr. Li Zhanshu...

Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks on Friday on the sidelines of a war game, codenamed “Payambar-e Azam 16 (The Great Prophet)”, which was held by IRGC Ground Force in the southwestern province of Khuzestan. He said the Iranian armed forces have always kept their spirit of "authority, defense,...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Friday afternoon, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,503,753. She said that during the past 24 hours, as many as 58 new deaths have been recorded bringing the death toll to 58,809...

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – Head of IDO (Islamic Development Organization) Hojatoleslam Qomi paied a visit to some families of fighters and martyrs of Fatemiyoun who are Afghans who fought on the side of the Syrian government against terrorism.     ...