News Archive - 5 April 2021

A security source in Afghanistan's Helmand province, on condition of anonymity, said on Monday that 20 Afghan soldiers has been killed in a Taliban attack in Helmand province in Afghanistan, Anadolu reported. Another 14 people were abducted and one escaped following an armed attack by Taliban forces on an Afghan...

After participating at the Indian Film Festival, this is the second international appearance of Dream about Sohrab. Moscow Festival is one of the prestigious festivals of the world that the 43rd edition of which will be held from  April 22 to 29, 2021. “Dream about Sohrab" depicts some aspects of the...

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"[Foreign Minister] Jorge Arreaza is directing a communication to the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to request immediate emergency help from the United Nations … so that they bring all the technology to deactivate the minefields left by these irregular groups of murderers and drug traffickers from Colombia," Maduro said in a...

According to Iraqi sources, Iraqi army forces continue their counter-terrorism operations in different parts of the country. In this regard, Iraqi forces launched a new operation in Al-Anbar province. According to the report, Iraqi forces launched the operation in the western parts of Al Anbar Governate. During the operation, Iraqi...

In the past 24 hours, 110 members of Taliban were killed and 81 others wounded in various parts of Afghanistan, Afghan Army Special Operations Division said in a statement, TOLO News reported. These individuals were killed or wounded in Ghazni, Nangarhar, Zabul, Herat, Kunduz, Baghlan and Kandahar provinces in Afghanistan,...

According to Shirzad, 28 antiquities belonging to the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid eras were handed over to the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Austria in July 2020, with the pursuit of the International Police of NAJA and the cooperation of Interpol in Vienna. These antiquities and historical...

"The Islamic Republic of Iran will not negotiate with the United States until the conditions of the Islamic Republic are met," MP Ali Aghazadeh said on Monday. Referring to the upcoming JCPOA Joint Commission meeting which is slated to be held on Tuesday in the Austrian capital of Vienna, he...

Speaking in his weekly press conference on Monday, Saeed Khatibzadeh answered questions on a wide range of topics. Iran-China coop. document "What is signed between Iran and China does not contain any contract, number or figure, granting exclusive rights and obligations to both parties," said Khatibzadeh "There were some concerns and...

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Coveney expressed regret over the US withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018, noting that the Donald Trump administration had decided to replace the nuclear deal with a policy of maximum pressure and tough sanctions and to put pressure on Iran for various reasons. Referring to...

The director-general of the East Azarbaijan intelligence department said on Monday that the intelligence forces of the northwestern province have arrested an Israeli spy and several others affiliated with the espionage services of other countries. He did not provide further details. The senior intelligence official stressed that the Iranian forces will not allow...

“The Chinese are a very good partner for the Islamic Republic, so the country sees cooperation with China as an opportunity”, the spokesman for the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said referring to the recent strategic document signed by Iran and China. "In this regard, we must use...

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In his article published on the CGTN, Thomas O. Falk says, "The fact that Washington has displayed its proclivity – albeit reluctantly – to return to the negotiating table with Iran has significant implications for the world, but especially for the Middle East. The latter makes it all the more pivotal for...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif paid a visit to the under-construction Islamic civilization center of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. In this visit, Zarif hailed the step taken by the Uzbek president to build such an Islamic center, saying that its establishment was aimed at familiarizing young people with their original history...

In a tweet on Monday, Baeedinejad wrote, “Upon termination of my assignment as the Ambassador of my beloved country in the UK, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all in the diplomatic, media and economic sectors for their cooperation.” “I wish them all success and health...

Iran's Ali Asghar Khaji made the remarks in his phone talks with Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the spokesman for Yemen's Ansarullah Movement and the chief negotiator of the National Salvation Government on Monday. During the talks, the two sides discussed the latest developments in the peace process in Yemen. The latest diplomatic efforts...

He made the remarks on the threshold of the upcoming JCPOA Joint Commission meeting. "Russia supported the idea of a European foreign policy to hold informal contacts between the JCPOA members and the United States, but Iran made another decision in this regard," he said, "Accordingly, Russia respects Iran's decision...

EU will play the role of coordinator of the Joint Commission at the Vienna Summit and EU External Service is expected to act as a contact point between JCPOA member states, Sputnik reported. The 19th round of joint commission meeting of JCPOA will be held in Austrian capital Vienna on...

According to Los Angeles Times, the current US administration is now at a crossroads, either it must move slowly and accept the dangers of ditching negotiations (with Iran) or it must quickly reach an agreement with Iran on JCPOA. It should be noted that the 19th joint meeting of the...

Saberin News reported that two US military logistics convoys were targeted in the two Governorates. No further detail has been released about the attacks.  On late Sunday a US military logistics convoy was targeted in Al-Diwaniyah. This is while earlier on Sunday, media sources reported a rocket attack on a...

The carrier group was spotted around 8 a.m. Saturday roughly 470 km southwest of Nagasaki Prefecture's Danjo Islands, the joint staff said. The convoy then passed through the Miyako Strait, the 250 km-wide waterway between Okinawa Island and Miyako Island, Nikkei Asia reported. This is the first time since...

The Saudi artillery attack on border areas in the northern Yemeni province of Sa'dah and on the border with Saudi Arabia killed several civilians. At least one Yemeni man and woman were killed and six others were wounded in an attack on the al-Raqo residential area in the border town of...

The Disaster Management Authority in Indonesia announced on Monday that the death toll from several natural disasters following monsoon rains in eastern Indonesia and East Timor has risen to 55, and the fate of more than 40 is still unknown. Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia have...

"No element of the global #COVID19 response is going as it should - from the vaccine production & distribution, to support for developing economies", said UN Secretary-General  António Guterres in his Twitter account, adding that "Only through bold, ambitious action will we put an end to this era of terrible loss...

The report comes just a day before Palestinian Children’s Day, which is celebrated annually on April 5 with cultural, educational and media activities aimed at raising awareness on the plight of Palestinian children, “who lack the most basic rights due to the Israeli occupation,” according to the official Palestinian news...

The London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (The New Arab) journal, citing sources that it has called "special", wrote that the Cairo government was very concerned about the deep ties of some former and current Egyptian officials with the United Arab Emirates. The report quoted sources as saying that the security office of President...

According to AL.com and WVTM, the incident occurred at about 7 p.m. at W.C. Patton Park in Birmingham. Birmingham police said hundreds of people were in the park when multiple males began shooting during a dispute, the news outlets reported. A 32-year-old woman was struck and killed,...

Parl. holding closed session to discuss JCPOA, Iran-China doc Iranian Parliament is holding a closed session on Sunday morning to discuss the recent developments around the nuclear deal and also Iran-China cooperation. The session is chaired by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and no government officials have been invited, Mohammad Hossein Farhangi,...

Judges have ordered Netanyahu to appear at the court for the prosecution's opening arguments in the case where he is charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust -- allegations he denies. Netanyahu was formally charged last year with accepting improper gifts and seeking to trade regulatory favors with media...

Kayhan Terrorists’ head in Idlib: We are no threat to the US US, Europe trying to return to JCPOA without sanctions removal Jomhoori Eslami Iran facing fourth wave of coronavirus Zarif urges E3 to make US lift illegal sanctions Javan American delegation in Vienna with Israeli agenda Iran People’s difficult...

In a meeting held in the capital city of Muscat, the Iranian ambassador and the Omani minister explored avenues to boost bilateral ties binding the Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to Omani media, cordial conversations were exchanged on several fields of joint cooperation and means...

On the subject of talks this coming week about the Iranian nuclear deal, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan said in an interview with France 24 that Riyadh had been given assurances that any new deal would be more demanding of Iran when it comes to its ballistic missile...

During the meeting, the two sides exchanged their views on the latest developments of bilateral ties in various political, economic and cultural fields. Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif, who is in Tashkent to meet with the officials of Republic of Uzbekistan, met and held talks with President of Uzbekistan to discuss...

China and Iran's Foreign Ministers have signed a 25- year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement recently. The agreement can strengthen Iran and China's long-standing economic and political alliance which both are under US sanctions. “Relations between the two countries have now reached the level of strategic partnership and China seeks to comprehensively improve relations with...

Speaking to reporters after his meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov on Monday, Zarif pointed to the common history between Islamic Republic of Iran and Uzbekistan and stated that historical commonalities between Iran and Uzbekistan will expand and enhance preliminaries of friendship between the two countries to a great extent.

Alireza Pakdel, a cartoonist, illustrator and designer, won a special award at the Russian festival. The International Cartoon Contest on Ecology and Global Warming "1.5 ° C" was held in Russia in 2021, and 600 cartoonists from 40 countries participated in the festival, submitting 2,000 works. Alireza Pakdel has...

The Persian Gulf Bidboland Gas Refining Company has signed the deals for the construction of 24 centrifugal compressors and a gas processing plant at Ragsefid Operational District. A signing ceremony was held at the Iranian Oil Ministry on Monday to sign the contracts in the presence of Oil Minister Bijan...

Holding joint meetings in order to exchange maritime information and technical knowhow conveys this message that security and peace in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and North Indian Ocean can only be achieved with the cooperation and interaction of regional countries. Second Rear Admiral Jafar Tazakor made the remarks on...

Speaking in her daily briefing, the Health Ministry’s spokesperson Sima Lari said that the pandemic has claimed 172 lives over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 63,332. She added that the total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 1,945,964 after...

According to the report, the Tajik Defense Minister is expected to meet with senior Iranian political and military officials during the visit. During the talks, a wide range of issues related to military-technical cooperation will be discussed. During this visit, coordination and exchange of information in the field of joint...

In his message Brigadier General Amir Hatami wrote: "During the eight years of the imposed war with Iraq, an area of about 42,000 square kilometers of Iranian territory were contaminated by 20 million types of mines and explosives made by countries who claim to be supporters of human rights." He noted that the enemies,...

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – The Center for the Intellectual Development of Child and Adolescent, known as, Kanoon Parvaresh Children Theater, inaugurated four mobile theaters in Tehran on Monday.    ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – The Spokesperson of the Iranian ministry of foreign affairs Saeed Khatibzadeh held a press conference on Monday, where he answered questions on a wide range of topics.        ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Monday, April 05.