News Archive - 14 March 2021

According to Ghasem Mosleh, a senior PMU commander, the terrorist move was foiled on Sunday in the city of al-Qa’im in western Anbar Governate through vigilance of the resistance group’s fighters, Mawazin News Agency reported. He said in a statement, "After receiving confidential information that terrorists were preparing to carry...

Security forces killed at least 22 pro-democracy protesters in the Hlaingthaya suburb of Yangon on Sunday, an advocacy group said, Reuters reported. A further 16 protesters were killed in other places, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said, as well as one policeman, making it the bloodiest day since...

Rakhshandeh Etesami who is known as Parvin Etesami is the most famous female poet in Iran was born on March 17, 1907, in Tabriz. She was the daughter of Yousef Etesami Ashtiani (Etesam-al-Molk), a contemporary Iranian writer and translator and Akhtar al-Muluk Etesami. Parvin was the last child in the...

Rejecting any involvement by the Islamic Republic of Iran in recent attacks on US military bases in Iraq,  Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned recent US airstrikes against Iraqi forces as a violation of international law. Iraqi sources reported on March...

As reported, the clashes took place in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northwestern Iraq Sunday. Clashes between the two sides continued for hours. Iraqi army troops chased the ISIL terrorists, which led to their retreat into the Syrian territory. ISIL dormant cells have resumed their subversive activities after the Biden...

Russia this week said it was slowing down the speed of Twitter in retaliation for what it described as a failure to remove banned content. It threatened to block the US platform outright, a move which escalating a row between Moscow and US social media firms, Reuters reported. Twitter currently...

According to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, UK has decided to increase its capacity for cyber-attacks against its foreign enemies, Reuters reported. He went on to say that cyber power has changed the lifestyle and method of fighting. This is while that Boris Johnson plans to submit a report to...

"The Mejlis [parliament] has adopted a draft decree "On the ratification of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the joint exploration, development and exploitation of petroleum resources of the Dostluk field in the Caspian Sea," Sputnik reported on...

According to Al-Ahed News, the Zionists settlers continue their series of daily attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The latest news from the occupied lands indicates that Al-Aqsa Mosque has once again been attacked by dozens of Zionists. Palestinian media reported that the attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque has been done by the...

Two powerful explosions have taken place in the Afghan capital on Sunday which destroyed two vehicles, TOLO News reported. Authorities have not released any report on a possible number of casualties and no individual or group has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far. The country has been experiencing a...

Two people were killed and 10 others were injured in a shooting at a party in Chicago on Sunday, Associated Press reported. According to the report, Chicago police announced that they arrived at the scene of the incident at around 4:40 a.m. and investigated the case. Reports indicate that...

Directed by Mahsa Samani, 'Haboob' has been accepted to compete at the 28th edition of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) in Germany. The movie tells the story of a man and his daughter, who are accustomed to living in harmony and peace with nature, but some disruptions change...

Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the Istanbul meeting in a phone talk on Sunday. According to the Afghan Foreign Ministry, the two sides discussed the development of bilateral relations, strengthening contacts and multilateral cooperation, holding Consultative Meeting of Representatives of Organizations and...

The project was officially launched by President Hassan Rouhani via videoconference after the pipeline flew water into a 300,000-cubic-meter storage at Sarcheshmeh Copper Mine in Rafsanjan County, Kerman province. Piping the Persian Gulf water to Kerman is a national project to tackle the water shortage crisis which is a source...

Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Sat., saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,746,953 with the death toll standing at 61,230. According to Lari, 3,831 patients are in critical condition while over 1.49million patients have recovered.

“Today, we held a meeting with Sports Minister Masoud Soltanifar, President of Football Federation Azizi Khadem, deputy Sports Minister Alinejad and a representative from Foreign Ministry,” President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Islamic Republic of Iran Reza Salehi Amiri said on Sunday. “[The AFC’s] decision was political...

Written and directed by Keivan Alimohammadi and Aliakbar Heydari, "Shahre Qesseh Cinema" is about David, a movie-maker who loves filmmaking, falls in love with a girl whose father is a staunch opponent of cinema. "That Night’s Train” by Iranian director Hamidreza Qotbi, is about a writer who also works as a teacher. She narrates...

Ali Bagheri-Kani made the remarks in a meeting with ambassadors and diplomats residing in Tehran on Sunday. Referring to the sanctions imposed by western countries on the Islamic Republic, he maintained that the new US administration is adopting the same measures against Tehran. He further described sanctions on medicine and...

According to Iran’s Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the earthquake occurred at 16:24 local time on Sunday at the depth of 18 kilometers. The epicenter of the quake was located at 28.16 degrees longitude and 57.02 degrees latitude. Rescue teams were immediately dispatched...

On Friday, the AFC announced the chosen countries for hosting each group of qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup. The body had earlier said that the matches would be held in a centralized manner due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Iran had already requested...

“The upcoming election is a vital issue and a complex process in the current situation… So far, all the preliminary measures have been taken coordination has been done between the responsible entities to hold the presidential vote,” Rahmani-Fazli said on Sunday. The Interior Minister called on the Iranian people for...

The Iranian film will be screened at the 45th Atlanta Film Festival which will be held in Atlanta from April 22 to May 2. Spotted Yellow tells the story of Roya, a young girl with a yellow spot on her face. One day she feels the signs of a real...

Reacting to the recent decision adopted by the Asian Football Confederation to hand over the hosting of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers to Bahrain, Khatibzadeh said he had participated in a Sunday meeting to discuss the issue with Sports Minister Masoud Soltanifar, President of Football Federation Azizi Khadem, deputy Sports...

In this statement, Raab violated the UN Charter on the need to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of independent countries, and called the investigations on the Nazanin Zaghari case "unacceptable and unjustifiable", urging her immediate release! Raab, in this statement, said Nazanin Zaghari must be allowed to return to her family in...

Pakistan's Special Envoy to Afghanistan Sadiq Khan and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi voiced their concerns over the presence of the ISIL terrorist group in Afghanistan and its threats to peace and security of the region. Pakistan's special envoy to Afghanistan, who has traveled to...

Speaking in the inaugural ceremony of Exhibition of Achievements of Scientific Jihad Headquarters of AJA University of Command and Staff (DAFOOS) on Sunday, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari reiterated that if science and knowledge are put atop agenda, “we will definitely recognize threat well and we can also have multiple scenarios...

In the beginning of his mission in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ludmar González Aguilarento new Brazilian envoy to Tehran met and held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged their views on issues of mutual concerns and bilateral ties between Islamic...

Prague opened a Quds branch of its Israel embassy, which is located in Tel Aviv, on Thursday, Reuters reported. The inauguration was attended by Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, two weeks after the Israel regime sent 5,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Czech Republic under a “vaccine diplomacy” programme...

“Rumors and false news have recently increased about secret negotiations and discussions between Syria and the Zionist entity,” the source said in a statement to SANA, affirming that Syria’s stance has always been transparent and clear in dealing with this issue. The source added that Syria has never followed the...

The Iraqi Resistance group of "Ashab al-Kahf" officially claimed the responsibility for targeting a US military logistics convoy in the country by releasing a video on Saturday. Iraqi media reported Saturday afternoon that a convoy carrying US military equipment had been targeted in  Al-Diwaniyah province. In this video, taken from...

The consumers who filed the case as a class action alleged that even when they turn off data collection in Chrome, other Google tools used by websites end up amassing their personal information. A federal judge on Friday denied the Alphabet Inc. unit’s initial request to throw out the case,...

Saudi collation is concerned about the military advances made by the Yemeni Army in Marib. Sources reported that the Yemeni army has made military advances on several fronts in Marib. Saudi warplanes have reportedly targeted Marib province four times on Saturday. It should be noted that Yemeni army forces have...

Terrorists attacked a military convoy in Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region, killing 15 soldiers and four Joint Task Force members, Anadolu Agency reported. Army spokesman Mohammed Yerima said in a statement that several soldiers were also injured in the attack. On Thursday, Nigeria's National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno announced...

To increase pressures against political prisoners in this country, Saudi officials have recently resorted to new and inhumane, methods of torturing political prisoners in the country, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported. According to the report, the daily stated that Saudi Arabia has adopted special and new methods for punishing political prisoners and...

Ebtekar: Reviving JCPOA hits deadlock Guardian Council spox: Candidacy of those with military background in pres. election has no legal ban Etemad: Tehran’s decisive response to excessive demands: Zarif’s letter to Borrell Ettela’at: Ansarullah: US peace plan is a dangerous plot Javan: Ansarullah says no to American plan Jomhuri Eslami:...

The production of uranium at higher levels of enrichment "brings Iran closer to levels for which the development of military uses could not be excluded," IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi told Nikkei in an interview Friday. This is while Tehran has time and again highlighted that its nuclear program is peaceful...

Accordingly, $1.821 billion worth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) was made in mineral and industrial sector of the country in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar (from March 21, 2020 to Feb. 19, 2021), showing a significant 113.2 percent growth as compared to the same...

“Our nation has been obstructing the enemies’ evil plots in the past 42 years [since the victory of the Islamic Revolution] as today, we are the ones that set conditions [for talks] and decide for our own destiny,” Major General Hossein Salami said in a conference in Tehran on Sunday.

Richard Nephew who was the director for Iran at the National Security Council from 2011-13, joined the Biden administration as Deputy Special Envoy for Iran. He worked on developing sanctions for Iran and was later asked to be a part of the negotiations publicly as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...

Following Israeli anti-Iranian efforts to force Western countries to increase pressure on Iran, Israeli senior military sources reported that Aviv Kochavi, the Chief of Staff of the Zionist regime's army intends to discuss the issue of Iran with the leaders of European countries. Kochavi will join Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday on...

GORGAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Few days before the arrival of spring, heavy snowfall has surprised people in several parts of Iran, including the northern Golestan province.     ...

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The head of the Iranian Judiciary's High Council for Human Rights Ali Bagheri-Kani held a meeting with ambassadors and diplomats residing in Tehran on Sunday.    ...

RASHT, Mar. 14 (MNA) – With the end of the last winter snowfall in Gilan province, the blue sky gave a beautiful look to the city of Rasht in Gilan province.              ...