News Archive - 24 April 2021

According to Baghdad Al-Yom, a security source in the Iraqi Kurdistan region said on Saturday that Turkish artillery and warplanes bombed areas in the northern Iraqi Province of Dohuk, followed by heliborne operations in the mountainous areas in Dohuk province. The source said, "Turkish fighters bombed the villages at the foothills of Mount...

None of the victims were believed to have suffered life-threatening wounds, NOLA.com reported. Two victims were transported to a hospital by ambulance, two arrived by private vehicle and one person was treated at the scene, according to the outlet. The shots were first reported to police around 2 a.

Iraqi forces have launched a large-scale operation to pursue ISIL members in the parks of nine villages in an area 25 km northeast of Baqubah, the capital of Diyala province, Baghdad Today reported. The operation came in response to a terrorist attack that took place around the village of Al-Jizani...

Despite the fact that his White House predecessors would avoid recognizing the alleged killing of Armenians as genocide for decades over concerns of alienating Turkey, President Joe Biden has now formally done so. According to the Associated Press (AP), with the acknowledgment, Biden followed through on a campaign promise he made...

Syria's oil ministry reports that a fire broke out on an oil tanker near the port of Banyas, saying it was apparently attacked by a drone. Syria's State news agency SANA quoted the oil ministry as saying the fire erupted after "what was believed to be an attack by a...

Turkish president, whose country’s military forces in Iraq and Syria runs contrary to the United Nations Charter and without the authorization of legal governments of the two countries of Iraq and Syria, claimed on Saturday that countering terrorists in southern part of Turkey and confronting threats waged by terrorists on...

On Saturday, the US President Biden formally recognized the killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians during the last years of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century as “genocide”. According to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency, in reaction, the Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu has said, "We entirely reject this statement based...

A spokesman for Kabul police Ferdows Faramarz announced to the media on Saturday that six people, including four soldiers, have been killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in the city, Anadolu news agency reported. He added that four security forces were killed in the attack by unidentified gunmen in...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Washington to abandon its ideological approach to foreign policy, arguing that it is wrong of the US to try to model the rest of the world in its own image, RT reported. Speaking with the US Council on Foreign Relations via video link...

India’s Border Roads Organization (BRO) personnel and General Reserve Engineer Force were rescued after a BRO camp came under avalanche during snowfall near the Sumna area in the Chamoli district of the Himalayan Uttarakhand state on Friday, according to the army, Anadolu Agency reported. “384 BRO persons moved to safety.

During a hearing session at the Italian House of Representatives, in Rome, Al-Mangoush added that the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbaiba noticed Ankara’s readiness to start talks and negotiations, Lybia Review reported. “But at the same time, we are firm in our intentions,...

"Sanctions are a major crime in the history of Iran," said President Rouani on Saturday at the session of the National Task Force Against Coronavirus. "Sanctions both create barriers and impose costs on us," he added, saying, "Sanctions affect all aspects of people's lives." "$1.5 billion is needed to...

Concurrent with April 22, the establishment anniversary of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ziaeddin Aghajanpour reiterated that all pillars of powers in the country should be prepared to counter threats of enemies waged against the Establishment. Speaking in his meeting with Hojjatoleslam Abdollah Haji Sadeghi Representative of...

In a statement on Saturday afternoon, Saeed Khatibzadeh praised the resistance of the Palestinian people, especially the residents and the young people of Jerusalem al-Quds, against the criminal Zionists, and stressed the need for the international community to stop Israeli human rights abuses against the defenseless Palestinian people and the aggression...

Mohammad al-Baldawi, from the Al-Fatah faction in the Iraqi parliament, said about the upcoming visit of Iran's top diplomat to his country that this trip has nothing to do with the Vienna nuclear talks between Tehran and the remaining parties to the JCPOA. According to al-Baldawi, Iran does not need the mediation...

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The fifth round of professors and students exchange program between Iranian Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM) and Austria's Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (FHJ) will be carried out based on the ERASMUS PLUS scholarship of FHJ. The student and professor exchange program will take place in accordance with a previous Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)...

On Friday, Spokeswoman of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Safa Msehli said, "Over the past three days, we have received reports that there were at least three boats" that have sunk "in the central Mediterranean.” She noted that the IOM was quoting tolls given by NGOs operating rescue...

The accident occurred on Friday night, while Meoni, 56, was driving alone to Junin, a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Sputnik reported. According to TN TV, Meoni lost control of his Ford Mondeo and his car overturned. The exact reasons behind the traffic accident are still under investigation. Earlier...

French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted an Islamophobic message Friday evening. "We will not give up in the fight against Islamic terrorism," he wrote in a Twitter message, referring to an attack on a female police officer in a city near Paris on Friday. The stabbing took place at the secure...

CIA Director William Burns made a recent unannounced visit to Kabul, a senior politician and a well-placed public figure said, the Associated Press reported. Separately, a senior former Afghan security official deeply familiar with the country’s counterterrorism program said two of six units trained and run by the CIA to...

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However, the Russian charge d'affaires rejected the accusations, the Russian Embassy in Washington said. "Today, the Russian Charge d'Affaires used the meeting in @StateDept to strongly reject groundless allegations against @Russia on destabilizing actions across the Euro-Atlantic area", the embassy said on Twitter, Sputnik reported. American Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan...

Civil aviation authority spokesman Mohammad Hassan Zibakhsh made the announcement on Sat. He noted that all routine flights between Iran and India or Pakistan have been canceled and a limited number of flights are being done currently but due to the spread of the mutated virus, Iran will ban all...

Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar attended a virtual meeting with his Turkish and Pakistani counterparts in Istanbul. He had been scheduled to hold a trilateral meeting with Foreign ministers of Pakistan and Turkey, however, the meeting was held virtually after he tested positive for the Covid-19. “Regretfully I tested positive...

According to the Saudi WikiLeaks website, the bulldozers of the Saudi government completely destroyed the mosque overnight under the pretext of widening the street.

 Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense in a statement on Saturday announced that 178 Taliban members were killed and more than 80 others wounded in the past 48 hours. According to the ministry, these people were killed and wounded in clashes and counterattacks in Ghazni, Nangarhar, Paktia, Balkh, Herat, Ghor, Helmand, Kandahar and...

Communication with the submarine was lost on Wednesday, as it was conducting a torpedo drill in waters north of the island of Bali. According to reports, the oxygen supply in the submarine was expected to run out this morning, the Russian Sputnik news agency said. A missing Indonesian Navy sub...

As a Turkish military convoy was passing through the northern province of Aleppo, a bomb exploded. The explosion overturned an armored vehicle, wounding a Turkish soldier. No group has yet officially claimed responsibility for the blast. Turkish commanders have blamed Syrian Kurdish militants for the attack. Thousands of Turkish troops are...

Qais Khazali in a statement reacted to the remarks of McKenzie, commander of the CENTCOM terrorist organization. "The recent remarks of McKenzie are a clear indication that the US government is not serious about withdrawing its troops from Iraq," Khazali said. He added that if the Iraqi government does not issue an urgent...

Two B-52 bombers and an aircraft carrier arrived in the region around Afghanistan Friday to bolster security as the US prepares to withdraw all 2,500 troops from the country by September, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said, Bloomberg reported. The bomber deployment was approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin along with an extension...

Russia's media announced on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin issued the decree to defend the country's interests and security and that the Russian government would soon make ready a list of hostile countries. According to the decree, measures will be taken to counter the actions of countries that have taken anti-Russia...

The Israeli KAN 11 television announced on Saturday morning the beginning of international efforts to prevent the escalation of tensions in the blockaded Gaza Strip. The TV did not point to any specific country to mediate to reduce the tensions. Sources, meanwhile, believe that Egypt, which is in charge of the Palestinian file, is acting...

Iran COVID-19 update: 22,904 cases, 380 deaths The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran during the last 24 hours has reached 22,904 as 380 more Iranians have died from the disease. Health Ministry informed of 380 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 68,746...

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"Westerners claiming human rights have the darkest record of human rights abuses in the world," said Ali Bagheri Kani in his meeting with the Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Aikawa Kazutoshi. Stating that the two nations of Iran and Japan are the biggest victims of weapons of mass destruction in the twentieth...

The Asian Weightlifting Championships and the Olympic Qualifiers in the 102kg-category were held on Saturday, during which Rasoul Motamedi and Reza Dehdar competed against their rivals. In the snatch, Reza Dehdar hoisted 166 kg above his head in the first attempt and lifted 172 kg in the second attempt. In...

The festival was held on April 15-23.  Directed by Masoud Bakhshi and produced by Ali Mosaffa, ‘Yalda’ is a joint production of Iran, Switzerland, Germany, France, and Luxembourg. The 89-minute movie tells the story of Maryam Komijani, a young woman who has been sentenced to death for the murder of...

Speaking in an interview with IRNA on Saturday, Mohsen Zarrabi said, “Given the suitable conditions for increasing diversity of Iranian export goods and existing infrastructures for re-export in Oman, the two countries of Iran and Oman enjoy high capacity to increase volume of bilateral trade up to $5 billion.”...

Regarding the importance of the Iranian Foreign Minister's upcoming visit to the Persian Gulf Arab country of Qatar, the Iranian Ambassador Hamidreza Dehghani said, "Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's visit to Doha after the recent developments is very promising." Dehghani also wrote in a message on his Twitter account on...

The 58th scientific meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) is underway in Vienna.  At this meeting, the Islamic Republic of Iran read its statement regarding the activities carried out to monitor Near Earth Objects (NEO). Officials of the Iranian Space Agency announced the discovery...

In a letter on Saturday to Rahmani Fazli, Interior Minister and head of the commander of the operational room of the country’s coronavirus taskforce, Namaki wrote “Due to the very dangerous mutation of the COVID-19 virus in India it is necessary to stop the transfer of passengers both directly and...

In a statement on Saturday, Quds HQ of IRGC Ground Forces announced that a terrorist team that had earlier entered Iran to conduct terrorist moves was eliminated in an ambush by the HQ’s forces early on Saturday. According to the statement, three members of the terror team were killed in...

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Providing the latest statistics on the coronavirus infection, Sima Lari said on Saturday that 18,230 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, 2,912 of whom were hospitalized. Some 374 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease over the past 24 hours bringing...

Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Ali Karimi Firoozjaei spoke about the Leader’s principled policy toward ongoing Vienna talks, stressing that the Iranian negotiating team has no right to enter into direct or indirect negotiations with the Americans in nuclear talks. He went on to say, “In this regard, the National...

Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday called on the Taliban to reaffirm its commitment to "achieving an inclusive negotiated settlement leading to lasting peace in Afghanistan," Yeni Safak reported. This came in a joint statement issued following the meeting between the foreign ministers of three countries. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut...

SHAHR-E KORD, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It lies in the southwestern part of the country. Its capital is Shahr-e Kord. Mount Zagros is an attractive range of mountains stretching from northwest to southwest of the province. As...

BABOLSAR, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Harvesting strawberries kicked off on fields of Bahnemir County, Babolsar, Mazandaran province. This provincial city enjoys the first rank in strawberry cultivation and production. Strawberry cultivation starts from November and December each year and it is harvested from the last days of Farvardin (April...

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – During Ramadan nights, MuslimTehraners perform practices like night vigil, recitations of the Quran, offering extra prayers, and repentance in the holy shrine of Imamzadeh Saleh.  ...