News Archive - 1 April 2021

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"As with the manufacturing of any complex biologic medication or vaccine, the start-up for a new process includes test runs and quality checks to ensure manufacturing is validated and the end product meets our high-quality standards", the company said on Wednesday, adding that "This quality control process identified one batch...

After a night punctuated by gunshots heard and reported by corroborating sources around the presidential palace, spokesman Zakaria Abdourahaman confirmed that a “coup attempt was foiled", Anadolu Agency reported. The “cowardly and retrograde act” wanted “to jeopardize democracy," he said, but assured that "the situation is totally under control" and that...

According to Iraq's Saberin News, the attack took place in the vicinity of the Abu Ghraib prison located 32 kilometers west of Baghdad on Thursday. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast yet. Anti-US sentiments have been running high in Iraq since Washington assassinated top Iranian commander Ghasem Soleimani and...

The World Health Organization (WHO) needs to address the possibility that the coronavirus leaked from a US military laboratory or another overseas facility, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a briefing on Wednesday, TASS reported. "As for the possibility that the virus leaked after a lab incident, members...

The confederation, which declared Iran unsafe and deprived our country of hosting privileges for detonating small firecrackers at Azadi Stadium, introduced Saudi Arabia as the host of the Asian sports tournament in a dubious and politically motivated decision. Saudi Arabia is the world's most notorious human rights regime after the...

According to the Shana correspondent, 23 OPEC Plus oil producers at today's meeting (Thursday, April 1) are scheduled to discuss the group’s output in the following months behind closed doors after the speeches of Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and OPEC Chairman and...

“The victory of the Islamic Revolution and the rise of the holy system of the Islamic Republic of Iran marked the fall of the dependent Pahlavi regime and it did not take long for the newly-established system to successfully pass through violent waves of counter-revolutionary, separatist, and terrorist movements, as...

The suspect and another person were injured and taken to a hospital, police Lt. Jennifer Amat said, adding that there was no ongoing threat to the public, NBC News reported. Police said officers arrived to an active shooting scene about 5:30 p.m. There was a shooting involving an officer,...

In a tweet on Thursday noon, Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that the Yemeni forces have managed to target several sensitive military centers in the Saudi capital of Riyadh using four drones. According to Saree, the drones have hit the target with precision. These operations are a legitimate response to...

"The Islamic Republic is the emergence of the will of the Iranian nation ended the disgraceful era of the kings who were proud to offer Iranian territory to foreigners", wrote the Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in his Twitter account on the occasion of Islamic Republic Day. Iranian youth have...

The bilateral ties are in the midst of a deep crisis, which has grown partly due to the reluctance of the US Joe Biden administration to solve problems with Moscow, Antonov said at a joint meeting of the international and defense committees of the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament,...

On Wednesday US State Department spokesman Ned Price reacted to the strategic document between Iran and China while speaking in a press briefing. "When it comes to our broad posture, our current Iran-related sanctions remain in effect unless and until they are lifted as part of a diplomatic process. We will...

Islamic Republic Day, was the beginning of the real life of the Islamic Revolution; the first step towards the establishment of a government based on the real votes of the people, and the day, when the efforts of the martyrs who raised their voice against the Pahlavi regime led to...

Here are the details provided by the minister in an Instagram post that he sent in Persian on Wednesday night: Objectives: Practical improvement of relations at the level of comprehensive strategic partnership based on the declaration of the two Presidents in February 2015. Roadmap and long-term relations in various fields...

Speaking on Thursday in the inauguration of several industrial projects, Rouhani pointed to the Biden Administration’s lack of practical actions regarding the nuclear deal. “The Leader of the Islamic Revolution explicitly said that if the US lifts sanctions, Iran will return to its commitments and this was a win-win deal...

“In Syria supporting ISIS (admitted by Gen. Flynn) & AlQaeda (admitted by Jake Sullivan); In Yemen aiding MBS's Starvation Siege; In Iraq invasion over lies& killing more than 1 million people”, Ali Beqeri Kani in a Twitter message reacted to US crimes in the West Asian region. “Worldwide gross violations of human...

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Thursday, saying that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,897,314 with the death toll standing at 62,759. According to Lari, 3,989 patients are in critical condition while over 1,626,144 patients have recovered. So...

QAZVIN, Apr. 01 (MNA) – Upon Nowruz's arrival, Hajji Firuz, who is a fictional character in Iranian folklore appears in the streets, entertaining passers-by via singing traditional songs, dancing, and playing his tambourine.

TUS, Apr. 01 (MNA) – The tomb of Ferdowsi in Mashhad, the famous poet of Iranian poetry and literature, is one of the tourist hubs in Iran.