News Archive - 12 March 2021

Officers responding to reports of an attempted armed robbery at an Oklahoma convenience store shot Stavian Rodriguez 13 times on Nov. 23, Nypost reported. During the encounter outside the store, Rodriguez could be seen on surveillance footage obtained by local media dropping his gun. He raises his hands, then drops...

According to Al-Quds Al-Arabi, the Popular Mobilization Organization known as Hashd al-Sha’abi issued a statement saying that its forces had succeeded in thwarting a large-scale terrorist operation planned for the holy month of Ramadan. According to the report, in their latest counter-terrorism operation, the popular mobilization forces managed to seize 86...

The incident happened on Thursday afternoon around 210 nautical miles (389 kilometres) south of Cotonou when pirates attacked the chemical tanker Davide B, the De Poli tanker company said, Barron's reported. "Fifteen crew members have been taken... while six other seafarers of the vessel are safe and unhurt," said the...

According to Tolo TV, two people were killed and eight others were injured when a mortar shell hit a residential area in the city of Shulgara in Balkh province, Afghanistan. The governor of "Shulgareh" told reporters that "in a mortar attack on 2 residential houses in the city, a woman...

Gunmen in northwest Nigeria kidnapped around 30 students overnight from a forestry college near a military academy, three students said on Friday, in the fourth mass school abduction since December, Reuters reported. The Federal College of Forestry Mechanization sits on the outskirts of Kaduna city, capital of Kaduna state, in...

The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic to La Paz Morteza Tafreshi and the Bolivian speaker of the House of Representatives Freddy Mamani Laura held a meeting on Friday. Both sides conferred on the expansion of bilateral cooperation in areas of common interest and agreed to establish parliamentary friendship groups in...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Friday, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,731,558 with the death toll standing at 61,069. According to Lari, 3,829 patients are in critical condition while over 1,477,588 patients have recovered. So...

"Today it was reported that the US Secretary of State has said that they will not release Iranian reserves in Korea until Iran returns to the nuclear deal," the CBI governor Abdolnasser Hemmati said. "It was clear from the beginning that the Korean government had no independent will to solve the problem...

"The Navy has been able to equip a collection of equipment, including smart missiles, with the unremitting efforts of its staff. Nevertheless, we are still at the beginning of the road, and with redoubled efforts, we can achieve the privileged and appropriate position of Islamic Iran in the international community," said...

Speaking in a ceremony in Mashhad to commemorate martyrs during the Iraqi-imposed war on Iran, the IRGC Quds Force Commander Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani hailed the role that martyrdom has played in keeping the Palestinians' struggle against Israeli occupation. "Palestine, which has undergone great changes today, has learned [lessons] from our...

Speaking on Thursday at the virtual meeting of the Disarmament Conference, Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh said, "In the opinion of the Islamic Republic of Iran, strengthening the role and position of the Disarmament Conference as the only multilateral negotiating body on disarmament is of...

Ali Ghiasian said on Friday that the terrorist attack was conducted on Wednesday in the Mediterranean sea in which a part of the Shahr-e Kord cargo ship was damaged. The spokesman added that the vessel, which belongs to the Islamic Republic Container Transportation Company, was on the way from Iran to...

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The President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Islamic Republic of Iran Reza Salehi Amiri said on Friday that the granting of hosting the qualifying matches of the Iranian national team for the 2022 World Cup to Bahrain is the result of the world football and Asian football collusion.

Iran's special aide to the speaker of the parliament on international affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote on his Twitter account on Friday that the US President Joe Biden "should learn lesson from history." Amir-Abdollahian added, "With the great nation of Iran, one must talk with power of reason, not with coercion,"...

Iranian Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Hassan Abqari and the Pakistani Minister of Finance and Revenue Abdul Hafeez Shaikh discussed strengthening bilateral economic relations in a meeting on Friday. The Pakistani Ministry of Finance said in a statement that both sides exchanged views on issues of mutual interest and...

The Governor of the Central Bank announced the positive economic growth in the third quarter of this year in the Iranian calendar ( last autumn) and the exit of the country's economy from the recession and announced that the details of the growth of various economic sectors will be published...

"Two suicide attackers staged a car bomb blast close to a special force base in Maidan Wardak," the Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday, according to Russian Sputnik news agency. The ministry added that a soldier was injured. The attack was followed by clashes between the special forces...

China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, and others are seeking support for a coalition to defend the United Nations Charter by pushing back against the use or threat of force and unilateral sanctions, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. The move by 16 countries and the Palestinians to...

The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia, Kazem Jalali, pointed to the 20-year "Treaty on the basis for mutual relations and the principles of cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation", which expires today, and said that "This agreement was automatically extended for another five years."  Jalali...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a statement on Friday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the "Treaty on the basis for mutual relations and the principles of cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation," which expires today. The statement reads "The twentieth anniversary...

The synopsis of 'Careless Crime' reads, "Forty years ago, during the uprising to overthrow the Shah’s regime in Iran, protestors set fire to movie theatres as a way of showing opposition to Western culture. Many cinemas were burned down. In one tragic case, a theatre was set on fire with four hundred...

On March 14, 12 p.m./ET, in the webinar on the pathology of researches into Islamic mysticism and philosophy, Nadia Maftoni and Dimitri Gutas deliver their lectures on the topic and discuss focusing on Avicenna and Farabi’s epistemology. Nadia Maftouni, a faculty of the University of Tehran and a...

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – The "Fatehabad" houseplants market in Mashhad is busier these days before the arrival of the Iranian new year Nowruz.   ...

SARI, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Paragliding competition was held in Sari, Mazandaran, northern province of Iran on Thursday.                  ...

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – In a match held on Thursday, the Esteghlal football team defeated Paykan 2-1 to book a place in Iran’s Hazfi Cup Round of 16.                                        ...