News Archive - 15 April 2021

After the US announced it it would impose additional restrictions on Russia to punish the Kremlin for attempts to influence the US 2020 election, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said new sanctions “wouldn’t facilitate” the planned summit between the presidents of the two countries. The spokesman said that Russia would reciprocate for any new...

The former French prime minister Edouard Balladur made the comments during an interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI, during which he strongly rejected the recent findings of a historical commission investigating France's role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, according to which Paris bears “heavy and overwhelming responsibilities” in the chain of events that led to...

Iran and the remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal or the JCPOA held a meeting within the framework of the JCPOA Joint Commission on Thursday afternoon. The meeting lasted for an hour and a half, according to media reports. During the meeting, the Iranian representative, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbass...

Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan, former Iranian defense minister, who currently serves as a military adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Republic, made the remarks in a recent interview with Yemeni al-Masirah TV. "Any hostile move will be met with a tough and practical response at due time and place so that...

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Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Lari said during the daily COVID-19 briefing on Thursday that with the 321 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 65,680. Over the last 24 hours, 25,078 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been discovered, with 3,373 of them being hospitalized, she said. 1,749,041 patients have...

While Iran regards the Zionist regime responsible for the recent incident in Natanz, Olmert said in an interview with WABC that, "I am not sure that Israel did that, and I advise the Iranians to remain calm." Although Olmert apparently claimed that the Zionist regime was not afraid of the...

According to the Persian-language website of the Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council, Nano-based thermal insulation coating with excellent adhesion on metal surfaces prevents energy and heat losses, and due to its very low heat transfer coefficient, has high effectiveness in thermal insulation of surfaces. The nano-based thermal insulating coating works not only...

Following the inclusion of some of Iran's Law Enforcement commanders in the list of individuals sanctioned by the European Union on human rights charges, Brigadier General Mehdi Hajian condemned this illegal and unwise action, calling it in line with the so-called US strategy of Maximum Pressure against Iran. The spokesman said...

Iraqi Aletejah TV reported on Thursday morning that the US military base in north of Deir ez-Zur in Syria has been targeted by several missiles. Several American soldiers were wounded in the attack and a number of them were taken to hospital by ambulance.  The US military base has been hit several...

According to Yahya Saree, in its latest airstrikes, the Yemeni Army targetted Aramco, Patriot systems, and specific sensitive targets in Jizan, Saudi Arabia. As he said, after being precisely hit by seven missiles of "Sair" and "Badr", Aramco has been in a big fire this morning.  Saree added that...

The blast has reportedly taken place in Al-Sadr City, in the Al-Habibiya district. More than a dozen people were injured in the blast and three cars have been burnt. As reported, four people have lost their lives and 17 have been injured in the blast. Primary reports say that the bomb...

Leader reiterates Iran's final say on JCPOA Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei underlined the policy of the country regarding any return to JCPOA commitments. Speaking in a local ceremony held to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to several issues,...

Arman Melli: Leader: Time-consuming negotiations harmful for Iran Ebtekar: Salehi elaborates details of 60% uranium enrichment Ettela'at: Leader: Iran's policy toward JCPOA talks clear Iran: Leader: US must first lift sanctions Jam-e-Jam: Leader:  Time-consuming negotiations harmful for Iran Javan: Leader:  Time-consuming negotiations harmful for Iran Khorasan: Leader: Most US suggestions...

Leading an Iranian delegation, Aragchi arrived in Vienna two days ago to participate in a new round of talks with the P4 +1 and the EU representative within the framework of the JCPOA. The Joint Commission meeting of JCPOA is to be held on Thursday evening in Vienna. the Joint Commission meeting...

The 34th Almaty Asian Championship ended in Kazakhstan’s capital city with Iranian athletes 4 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals and gaining 194 points, making them the top winners of the latest Asian competitions quite mightily.  At the end of the games the Iranian athletes Pezhman Pashtam, Nasser...

Speaking during a ceremony to inaugurate four major petrochemical projects on Thursday via video-conferencing, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed the US and the three major European countries for expressing concerns after Iran's announcement of starting uranium enrichment to 60% level as "wrong." He blamed the other parties to the nuclear deal...

Al-Hajraf also wrote to the foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain, and Germany, claiming that the PGCC plays a key role in strengthening the security and stability of the region. He has reportedly said that the current talks in Vienna should not only focus on Iran's nuclear...

Abbas Araghchi noted that if the negotiations are constructive, they will naturally go on, otherwise they will be stopped. "During the last two days, we had intensive talks with various delegations," he said in Vienna, "Today, we start again in a more formal way. We hope that the working groups will meet...

"The Portuguese ambassador, whose country holds the presidency of the European Union, was invited to the headquarters today," Ali Bagheri-Kani wrote, "Not for diplomatic greetings, but for auditing Europe for violating the rights of Iranians." "I asked the ambassador that in which part of the European human rights regulations and...

Iranian Deputy FM Araghchi said before the beginning of Today's Joint Commission meeting of JCPOA underlined that Iran does not seek talks of attrition. Araghchi noted that if the negotiations are constructive, they will naturally go on, otherwise they will be stopped. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and head of Iran’s nuclear-negotiating...