News Archive - 5 March 2021

This is the Pope's first foreign visit in 15 months and it comes as part of a move to preserve Iraq’s ancient Christian communities and support the return of the Christians who were driven out by ISIL terrorists. The pontiff will be welcomed in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace and...

The spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced on Friday on his Twitter account that drone attacks had been successfully carried out against Malik Khalid Air Base in southern Saudi Arabia. He wrote that important and sensitive targets were carefully targeted at Malik Khalid Air Base in the Khamis...

According to Sputnik, the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO) had earlier issued an alert regarding a potential upsurge in vaccine-related criminal activity. ​Approximately 400 ampoules - equivalent to around 2,400 doses - containing the fake vaccine were discovered at a warehouse in Germiston, Gauteng. As police officers also seized fake...

Brazil’s economy shrank last year by 4.1 percent amid the pandemic, data showed on Wednesday, the worst drop in decades, but not as much as originally expected due to cash transfers to the poor, the Al-Jazeera English website has reported. Latin America’s largest economy grew by 3.2 percent...

He made the remarks after planting two fruit saplings this morning to mark National Arbor Day. Leader annually plants saplings on March 6, which is the National Tree Planting Day (Arbor Day) and marks the start of the National Week of Natural Resources (March 6-13). Ayatollah Khamanei described plants as...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister on Economic Diplomacy Seyed Rasoul Mohajer said that "for example, in the past year, Iran's trade volume with Russia was standing at $ 350 million, about 90% of which was agricultural trade." Noting that Iran shares many trade advantages with Eurasian countries in many areas, Mohajer added...

 Osama Hamdan, one of the leaders of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, stressed that the movement has good relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. "The relationship with Iran has been deep and strong for 30 years, and we are participating in the resistance against Israel," Hamdan told Lebanese Al-Mayadeen...

The plot of hijacking an Iran Air’s Fokker 100 with flight number 334, that had left Ahwaz Airport at 22:10 (local time) on Thursday for Mashhad, was foiled with the vigilance of the security forces, reads the statement. The plane had an emergency landing at Isfahan Airport and the culprit...

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According to the Ministry’s spokesperson Sima Lari, the total number of infections in the country has hit 1,673,470 so far. 81 people have succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours, she said, putting to total death toll at 60,512. The spokeswoman added that 3,767 patients are experiencing critical...

The competition is underway at the Lusail Sports Arena in Qatar’s capital city, Doha. Alamian brothers failed to book their place at the final match, losing to Argentine pair Gaston Alto and Horacio Cifuentes 3-2 (11-8, 12-10, 12-10, 11-7, 15-13) in the Men’s Doubles Semi-Finals, Tehran Times reported. A WTT...

According to Ria Novosti, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the remarks in an interview with Russian "Russkaya Mysl /Thought" magazine. The top diplomat said that "The window of opportunity to save the nuclear deal has not yet been fully closed, adding that saving the JCPOA requires the full implementation of the 2015 comprehensive...

"This is a little girl who's paid the price for cruel & inhumane choices of politicians far away. Her situation isn't unique in Iran. Even amid COVID-19, US continues to exert Trump's failed "maximum pressure" on Iranians, " the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on his Twitter account...

According to India Express, the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made the remarks in his address on ‘Chabahar Day’ at Maritime India Summit. Jaishankar said that India has proposed the inclusion of Chabahar port in the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) route. He expressed hope that member-states involved with INSTC will...

"Iranian polity is vibrant & officials express diverse opinions But those opinions should NOT be confused with state policy As Iran's FM & chief nuclear negotiator, I will shortly present our constructive concrete plan of action—through proper diplomatic channels," the top Iranian diplomat has said in his latest tweet on...

The figures released by the Statistics Center of Iran on Friday showed that the economic growth rate stood at just above zero at 0.2% with oil revenues not being taken into account. Data showed the economic growth rate for the first 9 years of the year 1399 (beginning on...

"As arriving in Baghdad, Pope Francis was unable to do so w/safety & convinence, w/o sacrifice of al-Muhandis, M.J. Soleimani & counter-terror, -Daesh martyrs in #Iraq & across region," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs wrote in a post on his Twitter account after the Catholic...

“Yemeni Air Force targeted important posts at King Khalid base and Abha International Airport,” Almasirah quoted Brigadier General Yahya Saree as saying. Yemen's retaliatory attacks at dawn Friday were carried out with 3 drones, Sammad-3 and Qasef-2k, added the spokesman. The drone attack comes in response to continued US-Saudi aggression,...

"JCPOA cannot be renegotiated—period. If 2021 is not 2015, it's not 1945 either. So let's change UN Charter & remove the veto—so often abused by US. Let's stop posturing—which we both did 2003-2012 to no avail—& get down to implementing JCPOA—which we both actually signed on to," the top Iranian...

Here is the full statement by Iran’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi: In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful Madam Chairperson,  Director General, Excellencies, Dear Colleagues,   The Director General’s latest report has different aspects which need to be elaborated more, and I intend...

On Thursday afternoon it was revealed to the media that the three European power Germany, France and the United Kingdom scrapped their plan to adopt an anti-Iran resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors. In the joint statement issued after changing their decision, the E3 once again...

The Israeli military is updating plans to strike Iranian nuclear sites and is prepared to act independently, Gantz told Fox News. The regime has identified numerous targets inside Iran that would hurt its ability to develop an alledged nuclear bomb, claimed the official. "If the world stops them before, it's very...

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – This year's Ph.D university entrance exam started on Friday morning. The following photos show the students doing the test at Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran (SBU) while wearing a face mask amid the pandemic.      ...

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, planted two fruit saplings this morning to mark National Arbor Day.