News Archive - 23 March 2021

A suicide explosion of a motorcycle driver in the al-Mashtal area east of Baghdad killed one person and injured four others. An Iraqi security source told Russia Today that security officers chased a motorcycle driver after he became suspicious, but the driver, who was a member of the ISIL terrorist...

The unidentified assailants struck in the afternoon, raiding three villages and other hamlets in the Tahoua region bordering Mali, the government said on Monday, revising the toll up from a previous estimate by local authorities of about 60 killed, Reuters reported. “By systematically targeting civilians, these armed bandits are reaching...

The event is designed to draw the attention of the world community to the tragic facts of the Yemeni conflict. There will be presented the exposition of photographs showing the consequences of the military conflict, which killed hundreds of thousands of people. The destroyed infrastructure and the blockade of the...

"On 23 March during the preparations for the Tu-22M3 flight at an airfield in the Kaluga region, the ejection system was accidentally activated. Because the accident happened at too low a height for parachutes to be used, three crew members sustained fatal injuries on landing", the ministry told the press,...

“It is massive, it is devastating,” said the UNHCR’s Johannes van der Klaauw, who joined a Geneva briefing virtually from Dhaka, Bangladesh. “We still have 400 people unaccounted for, maybe somewhere in the rubble,” he said, Reuters reported. He added that the UNHCR has reports of 560 people injured and...

“Thousands of children are now reliant on emergency water trucking and unprotected wells or are forced to leave their homes in search of water,” it said in its latest report, Anadolu Agency reported. Reduced rainfall and severe water shortages are also killing livestock, causing crop failures and diminishing household incomes,...

Wang Yi and Sergei Lavrov rejected outside sniping at their authoritarian political systems and said they were working to further global progress on issues from climate change to the coronavirus pandemic, ABC27 News reported. At their initial meeting in the southern Chinese city of Nanning on Monday, Wang and Lavrov...

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known as Hashd al-Sha'abi announced in a statement that the 27th Brigade of the PMU forces discovered a large number of weapons belonging to ISIL in the east of Al-Anbar province. According to the statement, this warehouse is one of the largest ISIL weapons depots in Iraq.

In a message sent on Tuesday, Rouhani wished a speedy recovery for Imran Khan after he tested positive for Covid-19. Referring to the difficult and complex situation created by the pandemic, he expressed the hope that this disease would be eradicated from human society as soon as possible.  Rouhani...

Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Tuesday, saying that 7,290 new infected cases have been detected since yesterday, increasing the total number of infections in Iran to 1,815,712. Over the last 24 hours, 74 people died due to the deadly virus, bringing the total death toll to 61,951, she added. Lari...

Adviser to the Deputy Minister of Justice Kamal Abdollahi made the announcement on Tuesday, saying that in this exchange, 15 Iranian convicts who were in Turkish prisons were transferred to the country in consultation with the Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Stating that 6...

Ahmad Mohammadi  stated that his company experienced a 30% increase in its oil production in the first half of the previous Iranian calendar year which began on March 21st 2020, adding, "According to plans, production will increase by another 10% by the end of the new calendar year of 1400...

The commander made the remarks in his visit to the southern Iranian islands of Farur, Siri, and Abu Musa. He noted that for forty years, the Islamic Republic has been dealing with the hostile behaviors of the enemies, including the most severely oppressive sanctions of the terrorist government of the United States...

"I am proud to congratulate you and your esteemed colleagues on the occasion of the arrival of Nowruz, the revival of nature," Muhriddin wrote. He named Nowruz as a ceremony that has gathered people since ancient times due to great humanitarian ideals such as friendship, cooperation, construction, humanity, benevolence, and gratitude for...

Javanmardi claimed the medal in the P4 women's 50m pistols with a score of 223.4. Athletes from India got gold and bronze medals. Also, in the mixed 50m pistol section, the Iranian team comprising Javanmardi and Mohammadreza Mirshafiei scored 1610 and finished first. Teams from India and Turkey finished...

During the meeting, the two sides stressed the need for close cooperation between all parties present in the JCPOA to ensure the sustainable implementation of this agreement in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2231. Russia's FM said on Monday that Washington's unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA proves the violation...

Reliable sources in Herat reported on Tuesday that around 6:30 am local time, three consecutive explosions took place in the city of "Injil", Ava Press reported. However, local and security officials have not yet commented. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the blasts. ZZ/5174513

Yemeni Ansarullah media say Saudi coalition fighters have attacked several points in Sana'a, including Sana'a International Airport. The news came hours after Saudi Arabia said Riyadh had prepared an initiative to end the war in Yemen. The attack on Sana'a airport comes as the Saudi foreign minister said the Saudi coalition...

The officer was identified late Monday as 51-year-old Officer Eric Talley, one of the first on the scene, American media reported on Tuesday. The shooting was reported just after 11:40 p.m. in the 900 block of Box Elder Street south of downtown Pueblo. The area is residential. A shirtless...

Nowruz (literally translated from Persian as ‘new day’), is celebrated on March 21 – when winter ends and spring begins. According to the solar calendar, it also marks a new year. The origins of Nowruz stem from ancient Iranian culture, signifying the time when the sun enters the Vernal Equinox. The...

In separate messages, the Iranian President congratulated Pakistani President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan on the occasion of Pakistan National Day and expressed hope that the joint efforts of the two countries' officials would lead to significant steps to improve bilateral relations in all dimensions. “I hope that...

Chinese FM to visit Iran in few days Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced on Mon. that the Chinese Foreign Minister is to pay a visit to Iran. As he said, by the invitation of Iranian FM Zarif, his counterpart Wang Yi will be...

Reacting to the recent remarks of UK defense secretary, Brigadier General Amir Hatami said, “Although Ben Wallace, the British Secretary of Defense, has reiterated the need to clear the payments of military agreements between the two sides and the need to pay the debt to the Islamic Republic of Iran...

The Russian President's message follows: Dear Mr. Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Accept sincere congratulations on the occasion of Nowruz. Iran-Russia relations are based on the traditions of warm friendship, good neighborliness, and mutual respect. I am confident that the expansion of constructive cooperation in all...

In a tweet on Tuesday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote, “Six years of US-Saudi aggression against #Yemen/ Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said in response to the protest in Jeddah: We will destroy the Houthis in 15 days.” He added: “War is not the solution, I said." "We are waiting...

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran expresses severe criticism and hatred about the continuation of this great crime against the innocent people of Yemen at the beginning of the seventh year of military aggression by Saudi Arabia and the so-called coalition countries. Six years have...

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TEHRAN, Mar. 23 (MNA) – Cinema Museum of Iran at the Ferdows Garden, north of the Iranian capital of Tehran features exhibits on Iranian cinema in a 19th-century building. Housed in the north of the city, in metropolitan Tehran, the cinema museum is a unique building of its type.