News Archive - 4 March 2021

US to lift some sanctions if Iran fulfill its obligations

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken outlined some of Biden administration's foreign policy approaches in an interview with the PBS. Referring to Iran’s reduction of its JCPOA commitments, he claimed that Iran is close to producing Nuclear weapons. “So, we have real interests in trying to put Iran back into...

Iran says 100% of villages now have access to electricity

Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, spokesman for Iran's electricity industry said on Thursday that un-electrified small seasonal villages became a priority for the electricity industry officials in the country, announcing that "by the end of the year 1400 (which ends on March 20, 2021), small codified villages, whose population are settled in certain...

US Congress cancels Thur. session amid security concerns

The US media have reported that the Capitol Police force is preparing for another assault on the Capitol building on Thursday after obtaining intelligence of a potential plot by a militia group, just two months after a mob of Trump loyalists and extremists attacked the building, leaving five dead and hundreds...

Ethiopia reports 1,161 new COVID-19 cases: report

The ministry said five new deaths from the coronavirus were reported across the country during the same period, bringing the national death toll to 2,391. The East African country reported 364 more recoveries, taking the national count of COVID-19 recoveries to 136,443, Xinhua's report added. Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, has...

Iraqi MP calls attack on US base near Erbil "fabricated"

According to the Iraqi website al-Maloomeh, Abdul Amir al-Taeiban, a member of the Sadeghoon parliamentary faction, said that the alleged attack on a US military near Erbil was a" fabricated" assault aimed at hitting the Resistance forces in Iraq. He added that "the United States is trying to strengthen its...

7 people killed in terrorist attack in Afghanistan

Afghan security forces reported that unknown gunmen have killed 7 people in an attack on a factory in Nangarhar province on Wednesday, TOLO News reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. It should be noted that three female employees of a local media outlet in Nangarhar province were...

Venezuela detects Brazilian COVID-19 variant

"We’ve detected the Brazilian COVID-19 variant, which is more contagious, in Venezuela," Maduro said on Twitter, Anadolu reported. He noted that the variant has been found in the states of Miranda and Bolivar as well as the capital Caracas. "Besides taking preventive measures, we are working with health authorities to...

Iran, Finland hold webinar on water resources management

A specialized webinar on water resources management was organized by the Iranian and Finnish Ministry of Agriculture as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran via videoconference on Wednesday. Iranian Minister of agriculture and his Finnish counterpart has recently signed an agreement in the field of water and...

Briefing on Iran's daily developments

Lifting illegal sanctions only way to advance JCPOA Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister said that Iran expects the remaining JCPOA signatories to resolve issues through political settlement. Army achieves important technologies in helicopter field The Commander of Iranian Army Ground Forces said that the force has gained salient achievements and important...

Western powers scrap plan for IAEA rebuke of Iran

Britain, France, and Germany have scrapped a US-backed plan for the UN nuclear watchdog’s board to criticize Iran for scaling back cooperation with the agency, diplomats said on Thursday, amid concerns about efforts to revive Iran’s nuclear deal, Reuters reported. The European powers, all parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, have...

Rouhani warns of politicizing Iran's nuclear issue at IAEA

"From the start, we were interested in cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the IAEA is well aware that the Islamic Republic has been cooperating well with them during this period, and the IAEA reports have shown that. The people whose minds do not think well and...

COVID-19 claims other 78 lives in past 24 hours in Iran

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 1,665,103 with the death toll standing at 60,431. According to Lari, 3,760 patients are in critical condition while 1,420,958 patients have recovered. So far, 11,092,900...

Russia praises E3 for scrapping Iran draft resolution at IAEA

"Germany, France and UK announced in the IAEA Board of Governors that they will not push for the adoption of a controversial resolution on Iran. Commendable. Wisdom prevailed. The resolution could have led to uncontrolled escalation. Now diplomacy has a real chance to succeed," Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of Russia Flag...

A technical meeting with Iran slated for next month: Grossi

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi said that as a result of the intensive consultations he had had with Iran, Tehran finally had welcomed his initiative and agreed to participate in a focused and systematic effort to clarify on some issues. He claimed that...

Iran-Uzbekistan trade relations to expand: official

The head of the Mining Industry and Trade Organization of Golestan Province Hossein Tolouian made the comments during a webinar on the markets of Iran and Uzbekistan, which was held via video-conferencing with the attendance of a group of economic agents from the selected provinces of Uzbekistan. Tolouian pointed to the cultural similarities between...

Inauguration of Iranian ethnic culture park in Alborz prov.

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – The "Little Iran Park" that represents the cultural diversity of various Iranian ethnic groups was inaugurated on Thursday by President Hassan Rouhani along with some other projects nationwide via video-conferencing.     ...

Band-e Alikhan wetland in south of Tehran

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Band-e Alikhan, a freshwater seasonal wetland in Varamin County, Tehran Province, is embracing the arrival of spring.     ...

Iran not to accept pressure, threat: AEOI spox

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