News Archive - 29 March 2021

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro posted a video in his Facebook account in January announcing that a Venezuelan medication called Carvativir would heal the COVID-19 disease. The president of Venezuela on Sunday denounced Facebook’s moderation policy, calling it “digital totalitarianism,” after the leading social media platform temporarily banned his personal account...

According to Maduro, Venezuela is taking legal and judicial measures to release funds frozen in public accounts abroad, to pay for vaccines under the international COVAX mechanism, the Russian Sputnik news agency has reported. However, according to the Venezuelan leader, this would only cover 20% of the required amount of vaccines.

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In a meeting with his Afghan counterpart, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday reviewed the latest developments with regard to bilateral relations and pointed to the attempts of some countries and parties to distort public opinion as a sign of their unhappiness with the close relations between Tehran and Kabul.

Iran, China sign comprehensive cooperation agreement The foreign ministers of Iran and China signed a previously-planned comprehensive cooperation agreement on Saturday afternoon in Tehran. 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...

"With operationalizing the Caspian Sea West Railway Corridor In parallel with the operationalizing the East Caspian Railway Corridor, all countries located along the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) will benefit from its economic benefits, especially in terms of saving time and cost of transporting goods and earning transit revenues," the Iranian envoy...

Mohammad Javad Zarif and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met in Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe on Monday afternoon. In the meeting, the Iranian and Indian top diplomats discussed the latest political situation in Afghanistan and ways to actively participate in the Afghan peace process. Expressing appreciation to  Iran's constructive and effective role in Afghanistan's political...

According to the official website of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Mohammad Javad Zarif made the comments upon arrival in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe where he is to participate in a ministerial meeting of the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process initiative and also hold talks with senior Tajik authorities. “I’m...

The former head of the canal has told CNN that the Ever Given container ship has been successfully refloated after being stranded in the Suez Canal for almost a week, following an around-the-clock international effort to dislodge the massive vessel and reopen the global shipping lane. Mohab Mamish, the former...

Saberin News reported that one of the convoys was targeted in Babil and the other in Diwaniyah. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks. The following videos have also been published by Saberin News of the alleged targeted convoys. There are no immediate reports of injury or fatalities.

A massive explosion at the Balongan oil refinery owned by the Pertamina company, an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation, occurred in Indonesia's Indramayu area in West Java province on early Monday,  Sputnik reported. Four people, who were nearby when the blast occured, were injured in a fire that erupted...

The Iranian top diplomat has held a meeting with Kairat Sarybay, the Executive Director of the Conference on Interaction & Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) on the sidelines of his 2-day trip to Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe to participate in a ministerial meeting of the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process initiative...

The man that thought it had the phenomenal power of reaching the moon and was pioneering in every field of science is now feeling incapable against a virus, especially a man defined by the Western thoughts; where there is no place for boosting spirituality and there is a trap in materiality. This...

According to Associated Press (AP), the Baltimore Sun reports that police in Baltimore County were investigating whether the deadly shooting Sunday at a Royal Farms store in Essex was related to a fire and another fatal shooting 15 minutes later at a nearby apartment complex. Police said the person shot...

According to a statement by the Public Relations Department of the Vali-e Asr IRGC Base in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, "At 1 AM in the morning of March 26 this year, a terrorist team affiliated with the separatist and terrorist group Harakat al-Nidal, who attacked and shot at military and law...

Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday agreed to pardon or reduce the sentences of 1,849 prisoners eligible for mitigating circumstances, including those found guilty in courts of common pleas and Islamic Revolution tribunals, the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces and the State Discretionary Punishment Organization, the Press TV English website has...

"Iran hopes that the claimers on human rights will seriously deal with the brutal crackdown on the protesters by UK police in Bristol," the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Khatibzadeh said on Sunday evening in response to a question on the Iranian government's stance on the recent incident in Bristol, UK. "We have...

“Signing the document on the roadmap of Iran-China strategic cooperation is part of the active resistance policy,” the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani tweeted in Persian on Monday. The world is not just the West and the West is not just the law-breaker America...

TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – People in northwestern city of Tabriz celebrated Mid-Shaban, a day on which the 12th and last Shia Imam, Imam Mahdi, was born.      ...

Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mojtaba Zonnour "One of the most important ways to neutralize US sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran is for us to have long-term relations with major powers and countries, as well as with neighboring...

The World Fencing Cup will be hosted by Russia in May, and if the event goes ahead as planned and the coronavirus pandemic restrictions do not postpone it, the Iranian national saber fencing team will go to Moscow to participate in the world competition. After a year away from overseas competitions, the Iranian...

According to the Ministry’s spokesperson Sima Lari, the total number of infections in the country has hit 1,864,984 so far. 81 people have succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours, she said, putting to total death toll at 62,478. The spokeswoman added that 3,940 patients are experiencing critical...

TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – Azadeh Namdari, an Iranian TV host, was laid to rest in Tehran Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery on Monday. She was found dead in her apartment in Tehran on Saturday.    ...