News Archive - 28 March 2021

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Guaido said on his Twitter account that he is in isolation, Reuters reported. “I want to express my solidarity with the thousands of Venezuelans suffering during the pandemic,” Guaido wrote on Twitter. “Today we all have a relative or acquaintance affected by COVID-19.” ZZ/PR

China announced new sanctions against US and Canadian officials in a growing political and economic feud over its policies in the region of Xinjiang, the AP reported. A statement from the Foreign Ministry on Saturday said the head of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Gayle Manchin, will be barred from visiting...

At least 18 people were killed and 24 injured when a Cairo apartment building collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported, according to Al-Jazeera TV English website. Rescue workers were searching for any survivors trapped under the rubble of the building in the el-Salam...

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This brings the total number of novel coronavirus cases to 1,855,674, according to the Ministry’s spokesperson Sima Lari. Speaking in her daily briefing on Sunday, Lari said that the disease has claimed 89 lives since Saturday which brings the death toll to 62,397. According to her, more than 1,593,219 people...

"Zarif will travel to Dushanbe on March 29 to meet with Tajik officials and attend the Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia initiative on Afghanistan," wrote Saeed Khatibzadeh in a tweet on Sunday.  "The common heritage of civilization, history and culture has formed an inseparable link between the...

"Fortunately, despite the embargos imposed on the country and obstacles caused by the coronavirus outbreak, growth and development did not stop in Iran and we continue to see an increasing gas output," Ahmad Kazemi said. Addressing a video conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday, Kazemi presented a brief report...

"Defining a 25-year roadmap for Iran-China relations means that both countries have reached the point of separating their strategic partnership from the day-to-day and occasional ups and downs," said Khatibzadeh in an interview with Phoneix. "The development of such a document is a roadmap for the continuation of cooperation between...

The Commander of Army Air Defense Force Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard made the remarks on Sunday while visiting the Fordow Airbase in Qom Province. During the visit, he congratulated the personnel of Fordow Air Defense Base on the occasion of the new Iranian year (Nowruz) and called for intensifying efforts on...

According to Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV, Chairman of the Yemeni Supreme Revolutionary Committee Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said the comprehensive agreement between Iran and China, which was signed by the foreign ministers of the two countries in Tehran on Saturday, will break the US sanctions. The Iran-China comprehensive deal has been described by Western...

In line with Pakistan's maritime tradition and to further strengthen the existing bilateral relations, a Pakistan Navy Flotilla comprising two navy ships will dock at Bandar Abbas, Iran from 3-6 April 2021 with the message of solidarity, peace and prosperity for the Iranian people and the region.  During the...

On the final day of the 46th regular session of the Human Rights Council on March 23, the UN body narrowly adopted the final report of the UN Special Rapporteur by a vote of 21 in favor, 12 against and 14 abstentions.  Deputy Judiciary Chief and Head of the Iranian Judiciary's...

The Head of Iran's Equestrian Federation Masoud Khalili said on Sunday that Iran is working with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and a number of other regional countries to establish a ground route for moving horses in a bid to increase chances of holding regional horse racing events. Given the high cost...

Every year, millions of people across the planet turn off the lights between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm on the last Saturday in March, this annual tradition is known as 'Earth Hour'. The goal of this activity is to spread awareness about sustainability and climate change. This year, the lights...

Rouhollah Estiri, the director-general of the international business development office, as part of the the Iranian Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, said the figures on the volume of exported products produced by Iranian knowledge-based companies last Iranian year 1399 (March 21, 2020-March 21, 2021) showed that due to the Covid-19 pandemic the exports declined...

TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) – The National Iranian Football Team or the Team Melli held a training session on Saturday afternoon in Azadi Stadium in preparation for a friendly match against the national football team of Syria on Tuesday, March 30.     ...