News Archive - 3 April 2021

Iran-China Parl. Friendship Group members to convene April 4

Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani broke the news in an interview with FNA on Sat. and reiterated that members of Iran and China Parliamentary Friendship Group will hold a meeting at the venue of Parliament’s Presiding Board on April 04 in the presence of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Special Envoy...

Venezuela claims US, Colombia behind border raids: Report

Some sources have claimed a series of guerrilla attacks in western Venezuela's border region are work of dissident factions from Colombian FARC, which renounced armed struggle in 2016 and has ten deputies in Congress but Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López denounced "misinformation" by media and NGOs. Venezuela's defense minister has...

Yemen ready to implement ‘great pain’ strategy

"The options of the countries of the aggression are starting to narrow and our options are expanding. We have a strategy of ‘the great pain’ and we are ready to implement it as soon as instructions are issued from the leadership,” the minister told Almasirah on Saturday. He pointed out...

Russia warns NATO against deploying troops to Ukraine

Moscow’s comments came after NATO voiced concern on Thursday over what it said was a large Russian military build-up near eastern Ukraine, with leading member the United States pledging to stand by Ukraine in the event of any military conflict, Aljazeera reported. Renewed front-line clashes have gripped the region in...

2 killed in car bomb blast in Iraq's Nineveh

A security source in Iraq's Nineveh province reported that an explosive device had exploded in a personal car. The source told Baghdad Today that the package exploded in a village in the city of Hamam al-Alil in Nineveh province. The source added that two civilians were killed in the blast. After...

"Al Shabaab" attacks two army airbases in Somalia

Al Shabaab terrorist group attacked two military bases belonging to the Somali National Army early on Saturday morning, Reuters reported. Some local media also reported that two explosions took place at two army bases about 100 km southwest of Mogadishu, capital of Somalia. According to the report, a third explosion...

Imran Khan reacts to Pakistan exclusion from US climate conf.

“I am puzzled at the cacophony over Pak not being invited to a climate change conference!” tweeted PM Khan, The News reported. The premier said he was puzzled as his government’s “environment policies are driven solely” by its commitment to the future generations of a clean and green Pakistan...

US strengthening its troops' presence in Syria's gas field

Syria's official news agency (SANA) has announced the strengthening of the American presence in the largest natural gas field in the east of the country. "US forces last night transferred large quantities of military equipment, weapons and logistics to the Koniko gas field on the outskirts of Deir ez-Zor," the...

77 Taliban member killed in Afghanistan

The Afghan Ministry of Defense announced that 77 Taliban members were killed and several others were wounded in clashes and airstrikes in Kandahar, Baghlan, Laghman, Faryab, and Badakhshan provinces. Army forces targeted a Taliban rally in Arghandab, Kandahar province, killing 18 members of the group and destroying a car bomb,...

Wilmington mass shooting leaves seven people shot, three dead

Word of the shooting was received at around midnight Saturday and police learned there had been a house party at the location prior to the shooting, according to Lt. Irving, a Watch Commander with the Wilmington Police Department, CNN reported. Responding officers found seven victims at the scene, three of...

A mosque set on fire in Netherlands

Vice-President of Islamic Association of Maghreb in the Netherlands Farid Habibi announced that under-construction building at Masjid Al Salam in the city of Khawada was set on fire and damaged by a 40-year-old assailant, Anadolu news agency reported. While condemning the attack, he said that construction of this mosque was...

Iran planning to start power, gas exports to Oman

Referring to the development of Iran's trade program with neighboring Arab countries, Farzad Piltan said, "We are pursuing the exports of gas and electricity as two Iranian export projects to Oman." He also informed that Iran has plans to develop trade relations with Oman and Qatar. "As an example, next year we...

PIANC members elect Iran as intl. coop. commission head

The Deputy Head of Iran's Port and Marine Organization for Engineering and Development, Mohammadreza Allahyar, was appointed as the head of the Commission Cooperation for the PIANC during the 84th meeting of the association, which was held in the presence of representatives of all member states via video conferencing last week. Allahyar...

Moscow says no alternative to JCPOA

Making the remarks at a virtual multilateral meeting on the Iran nuclear program on Friday, the Russian officials noted that all parties involved should make every effort for the earliest possible return of the Iran nuclear deal to the originally established framework. Ryabkov underlined that the JCPOA is irreplaceable and called on...

Iran wrestling teams to participate in Bulgarian event

The event will be staged from April 8 to 11 in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. According to reports, teams from 20 countries including Russia, Kazakhstan, and Georgia will participate in the event. Iran’s freestyle team is comprised of Jamal Ebadi (74kg), Hamid Zarrinpeikar (79kg), Mojtaba Goleij (97kg), and Amin...

Blinken, Bahraini FM hold talk on regional developments, Iran

In a phone talk held on Friday night, Alzayani praised Manama-Washington relations in various fields.  Blinken, in return, stressed that Bahrain has been a key partner and ally of Washington for decades and also reiterated Washington's support for the Manama-Tel Aviv compromise agreement. During the phone call, various issues such as strengthening...

Pakistan Navy Flotilla docks at Bandar Abbas

With the message of solidarity, peace and prosperity for the Iranian people and the region, Pakistan Navy Flotilla will be present at Bandar Abbas from 3 to 6 April. The Pakistani fleet enters Bandar Abbas every April, which did not happen last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, said Chief of...

S. Korean PM Chung Sye-kyun may visit Tehran

The news was announced by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS). This will be the first foreign trip of Chung Sye-Kyun after his appointment as a South Korean PM. Back in early January, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has seized South Korean Hankuk Chemi vessel in the Persian Gulf for violating the environmental protocols. The...

Gov. focusing on overcoming COVID

Speaking in the meeting of the National Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Head Quarters on Saturday, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani referred to the events that the country has been through during the last year. According to President Rouhani, the Corona pandemic and economic terrorism against the country have been two unprecedented incidents...

Iran tech sector to expand footprint in foreign markets

The Director-General of Pardis Technology Park for Economic Affairs and Planning Office Mohsen Pilannejad told Mehr News Agency that the tech park is planning to boost its knowledge-based exports up to 65 million euro per annum within the next two years. He said such a goal will be pursued via...

Lifting sanctions needed for halting Iran's compensatory acts

In response to remarks of Deputy Spokesperson of the US Department of State Jalina Porter, Saeed Khatibzadeh said, "As has been made clear many times, there is no step-by-step plan, and the Islamic Republic of Iran's definitive policy is the lifting of all US sanctions, including both those imposed by...

Army able to detect any drone with any flight cross-section

Today, Army Air Defense Force moves in line with modern knowledge and technology in the world and uses the latest equipment and systems, the Commander of Army Air Defense Force Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard said. He went on to say, “While monitoring and guarding the country's sky, this force has...

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11,420 infections, 123 deaths in 24h

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Saturday, saying that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 1,920,394 with the death toll standing at 62,999. According to Lari, 4,024 patients are in critical condition while over 1,642,418 patients have recovered. So far,...

1 mn barrels of Iranian crude oil near Suez Canal

A million barrels of Iranian crude oil is approaching the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, TankerTrackers reported in its tweeter account. "It is part of a larger flotilla of tankers bound for Baniyas, Syria. We have visually identified all of them. The first one shall arrive in about 3 days...

Iran, Pakistan navies cooperating on maritime peace, security

Commander of the Iranian Navy's Frrst Zone Admiral Jafar Tazakkor made the remarks in a ceremony welcoming a Pakistani flotilla that took a berth at Bandar Abbas port on Saturday morning. He termed the level of relations between the Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Navy of...

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Iran rejects step-by-step return to JCPOA

He believes that the United States is responsible for the current crisis in the implementation of the obligations under the nuclear agreement, given that the country withdrew from the agreement in 2018 and violated UN Security Council Resolution 2231. Amouei told Al-Masirah network correspondent that the United States also prevented other...

No place for Americans in JCPOA Joint Commission meeting

The Joint Commission of the JCPOA will gather for an offline meeting in Vienna on April 6 to set tasks to the two working groups and begin to discuss matters of complete resumption of the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organization Mikhail...

Iron ore concentrate output exceeds 46mn tons in 11 months

Major mineral and industrial companies produced over 46 million tons of iron concentrate from March 21, 2020 to Feb. 19, 2021, showing about six percent hike as compared to the same period of last year. According to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), 10 large...

Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran has failed

At the threshold of Tuesday's Joint Commission meeting of JCPOA member states in the Austrian capital Vienna, the New York Times in a report quoted a senior official in US President Joe Biden’s administration as claiming that the US government was not seeking to maintain some of nuclear sanctions as...

Iran, Pakistan to stage combined naval drill in coming days

The Iran-Pakistan combined naval exercise will be held in the coming days in Bandar Abbas and Lark Island with the aim of exchanging educational and intelligence experiences, securing region's maritime trade lines, good neighborliness and deepening relations between the two countries of Iran and Pakistan. It should be noted that...

IRGC monitoring all movements on NW borders

Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour made the remarks paying a visit to Iranian borders in East Azarbaijan province. He informed of the full readiness of the border guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran to protect the borders and establish peace and security in society. "The forces and facilities are in full...

Iranian, Japanese envoys call for promoting friendly ties

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Japan tweeted a photo of the meeting on Saturday and wrote that Iranian Ambassador to Japan Rahmani Movahhed and his Japanese counterpart to Iran Kazu Tishi Ikawa were interested and committed to joint efforts to promote friendly relations between the two...

2 civilians killed, 7 wounded in Saudi attack on Maʼrib

The Saudi coalition continues its brutal military attacks in various parts of Yemen and bombed the southern part of Ma'rib province, Al-Masirah reported. According to the report, the "Rahabah" area in the south of Ma'rib province was targeted by Saudi coalition fighters and two Yemeni civilians were martyred and seven others...

Car attack against US Capitol kills an officer

Media outlets suggest that the US Congress building was closed due to a security threat. A motorist rammed a car into U.S. Capitol police on Friday and brandished a knife, killing one officer and injuring another and forcing the Capitol complex to lockdown in an attack that police said did...

Massive explosion hits Baghdad: report

According to local sources, the explosion was intense in the densely populated area of "Al Karada" area in Baghdad and felt in the surrounding buildings as well. The extent of the damage and possible casualties is not yet known. Baghdad has witnessed several terrorist suicide bombings in the past two months.

Four UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack: UN

The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said in a statement that the peacekeepers were killed after their camp, mostly home to Chadian peacekeepers, in Aguelhok came under a heavy attack by suspected Takfiri terrorists early on Friday, Aljazeera reported. The peacekeepers “bravely pushed back a complex attack...

Argentine president tests positive for COVID-19

"The antigen test I had today after having a fever of 37.3 and mild headache resulted positive," Fernandez said on Twitter, Anadolu Agency reported. He said he has gone under quarantine even before the result was known and added that people he came into contact within the last 48...

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

Russian Foreign Minister to visit Tehran on April 13 Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that on April 13 the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to Tehran at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. According to Khatibzadeh, the visit will be made...

FM Zarif to embark on a central Asian tour

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh announced on Friday that Zarif will pay visits to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan from April 5 to 8. “Expansion of ties with central Asia – the region of historic and cultural commonalities – has always been one the main priorities of Iran,” added Khatibzadeh...

Iran nuclear chief says JCPOA deadlock is breaking

Nuclear deal stand-still getting resolved "The emerged stand-still in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is being resolved," Ali-Akbar Salehi said in an interview with a number of journalists at the social network Club House on Friday. "Now the talks on the nuclear deal have entered the technical phase, having...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on April 3

Shahrvand Collective effort to return to JCPOA Shargh We do not trust US words regarding JCPOA commitments: Leader Different reactions to Iran-China 25-year roadmap Jomhoori Eslami Zarfi says deal with China won’t be implemented without joining FATF bills Possibility of US return to JCPOA to increase through lifting of sanctions...

Washington has to remove inconsistent sanctions with JCPOA

"It's been many years since the United States has had that kind of engagement with Iran. It's going to be indirect. But we have seen the product of several years in which the Trump administration had tried to impose maximum pressure on Iran, withdrawing from the deal, trying to get...

Renovation operations at Iran-Afghanistan border to go ahead

Deputies foreign ministries of Iran and Afghanistan agreed that road-construction and renovation operations of border crossing should continue rapidly without affecting border and legal issues. Deputy Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Legal and International Affairs Mohsen Baharvand and Afghan Deputy Foreign Ministry for the Political Affairs Mirwais Nab met and...

'Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse' to vie at US filmfest.

'Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse' narrates the story of a family who must move from their village. The film is a product of Iran, Germany and Canada, produced by Mehdi Koohzadeh. The cast includes Fariba Talebi, Saeed Ahmadi, Fariba Torkashvand, Farahnaz Manafizaher, Rhamat Sekar khand, Foujan Ahmadi, Mahshid Khosravi, Iman Saraf, Arezou...

China urges US to lift all illegal sanctions against Iran

"Iranian nuclear situation is at a critical stage," said Hua Chunying at her regular press conference. "China has all along taken a just position and played a constructive role on the issue. We will take an active part in the JCPOA video conference to consolidate the consensus on preserving the JCPOA and discuss a roadmap for...

Gen. Soleimani terror case sent to Iran-Iraq joint committee

“The process of investigating the case of the assassination of Martyr Soleimani is to be followed as seriously and quickly as possible in the form of a joint committee between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq,” Ali Bagheri-Kani told Mehr News Agency on Saturday. Noting that the Tehran International...

Last days of fishing season in Jooybar, Mazandaran prov.

Due to their seasonal work, provincial fishers are busy active fishing in first six months of the year and after that, these fishers are engaged in agriculture and horticulture in second six months of the year to make their living.

Covid lockdowns in Parks on Nature Day

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – In order to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus, it was forbidden to hold any gatherings in parks on the Natioal Nature Day.