News Archive - 27 March 2021

Suicide bomber at Indonesia church wounds several (+VIDEO)

The congregation had been inside the church on the island of Sulawesi at the time of the explosion, South Sulawesi police spokesman E. Zulpan told Reuters. He said it was unclear whether body parts at the scene were only from the attacker, Reuters reported.

US-Saudi fighter jets attack al-Hudaydah airport

Local Yemeni sources reported on Sunday morning that an airstrike by the US-Saudi coalition on the port of Al-Hudaydah. The invading fighters of the US-Saudi coalition attacked the al-Luhayyah area [in al-Hudaydah], Al-Masirah reported. The spy fighters jets fired two missiles at [Al-Hudaydah'airport and two more at al-Fazah neighborhood in Al-Tahita area, it...

People of Kyrgyzstan cherish Nowruz traditions

Nowruz marks the first day of the first month in the Iranian calendar and it starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, which is the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The Persian holiday of Nowruz or “new day” Nowruz is celebrated by over 300 million people...

Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page

Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's page under the pretext of spreading misinformation about COVID-19. Facebook claims that Maduro in January described Carvativir, an oral solution derived from thyme, as a "miracle" medication that neutralizes the coronavirus with no side effects, a claim doctors say is not backed by...

France 'complicit' in Rwandan genocide: new report

A Rwandan report made public yesterday accuses senior French officials, including the then French president, of supporting Hutu elements in the Rwandan government responsible for months of killing in 1994 that left 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus dead. According to Politico website, the report, which was compiled by a special investigative...

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

Beijing says will safeguard Iran oil deal, defend mutual ties Following the news of Washington's warning to Beijing about continuing oil deals with Tehran, Chinese Minister of Commerce stressed that China will protect its oil agreements with Iran. Gao Feng Chinese Minister of Commerce announced on Thursday that his country...

"Trump gone, but his sinister traces remaining": Rouhani

Rouhani made the comments at a meeting of the specialized committees of the National Task Force Against Coronavirus on Saturday. The Iranian president said that the nation left behind the year [13]99 successfully although it faced some problems and ups and downs due to the sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic. Rouhani said that the...

Iran, China FMs open exhibition of diplomatic relations docs

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and China, an exhibition of documents on the relations between the two countries was opened this morning at the Center for Political and International Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran...

Relations with China are strategic, Rouhani tells Yi

In the meeting which took place on Saturday afternoon during the visit of China's foreign minister to Tehran, the Iranian president described the relations with China as "very good relations", hailing the shared stances of both nations on the international stage as evident to the good ties. Referring to the...

Sino-Iran agreement right move to balance foreign policy

Iranian and Chinese Foreign Ministers Mohammad Javad Zarif and Wang Yi signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement between the two countries on Saturday afternoon at the complex of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran. The two countries began consulting and work on the important cooperation agreement six years ago...

Iran COVID-19 update: 8,120 new cases, 85 deaths in 24 hours

The spokeswoman announced on Saturday that as many as 8,120 new infected cases have been detected since yesterday, increasing the total number of infections in Iran to 1,846,923. She also said that in the last 24 hours, 85 Covid-19 patients lost their lives, bringing the overall death toll from the disease to...

Pandemic slowed down country's economic growth: CBI chief

Speaking to state TV on Saturday, Hemmati said that "coronavirus pandemic caused the country's economic growth, which was on the verge of becoming positive, to become negative again, but the resilience of the Iranian economy helped it to overcome the recession after a while and the country's economic growth became positive...

Zarif tweets after signing 25-year Iran-China partnership

"Pleased to welcome my Chinese friend & counterpart, FM Wang Yi, to Tehran," tweeted the top Iranian diplomat on the visit of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to Tehran on Saturday. The FM Zarif further pointed to the signing of the historic cooperation agreement with China, saying "Excellent exchange on expansion...

Iran's enrichment capability has increased 10 times: Zonnour

Mojtaba Zonnour, the chairman of the Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, told the Mehr News Agency (MNA) correspondent that even during the Iranian new year eve (Nowruz) holidays, the Iranian nuclear scientists did not stop work and could successfully meet the demands of Parliament's law dubbed the Strategic Action Plan to Counter Sanctions...

Uzbeks celebrating Persian New Year

Nowruz (also spelled Navruz and Noruz), literally meaning new day, marks the beginning of spring across a vast geographical area and is celebrated as the first day of the New Year in several countries annually on March 21st, the spring equinox when daylight and darkness are of equal length. In...

Iran, China sign comprehensive cooperation agreement

Iranian and Chinese Foreign Ministers Mohammad Javad Zarif and Wang Yi signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement between the two countries on Saturday afternoon at the complex of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran. The two countries began consulting and work on the important cooperation agreement six years ago...

Yemeni forces' strength much more than 6 yrs ago: official

"Today, the strength of the Resistance forces of the country is far more than six years ago," Mahdi al-Mashat, President of the Supreme Political Council, according to Yemeni al-Maseera TV website. He added that today's power of Yemeni Resistance is not comparable to the year when the Saudi war started in...

N. Korea warns US of facing 'something not good'

Ri Pyong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, made the statement, a day after Biden said the North's launch of two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday was in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, the Yonhap news agency reported. "We express our deep apprehension over the US chief executive...

China FM meets with Iranian ex-speaker Larijani

In addition to meetings with Foreign Minister Zarif and President Hassan Rouhani, the Chinese top diplomat was scheduled to hold a meeting with the ex-speaker of Iranian parliament Ali Larijani who has taken the lead on coordinating the efforts to sign the Sino-Iran comprehensive cooperation agreement. In the meeting between Mr. Larijani and...

Syrian soccer team land in Tehran for friendly match

The Syrian national football team arrived at Imam Khomeini Airport in the suburb of the Iranian capital Tehran at 3 AM Tehran local time last night to face the Iranian national football team after holding training sessions. The friendly match between the national football teams of Iran and Syria will...

Pheasant farming in Mazandaran

TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) – A young Iranian man in Savadkouk, Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran is raising pheasants to make a living.    ...

Leader's tact, foresight produced Iran-China deal: official

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Suez Canal closure

TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – The Suez Canal is blocked by one of the world's largest container ships, the Ever Given, which is stuck sideways after it ran aground on 23 March. The incident has increased the price of crude oil.   Photos from world media ...

Iranian, Chinese FMs meeting

TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Building 1 in Tehran on Saturday afternoon.     ...