News Archive - 28 April 2021

At least 11 people were killed on Wednesday morning when a car bomb exploded at the entrance to Somalia's central prison west of the capital Mogadishu. Medical source said several people were also injured in the car bomb blast. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the blast yet, the takfiri-terrorist...

At 18:30 on Tuesday (local time), a 39-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman who were in their car in “Bronx” district were shot. Police announced that the bullet hit the man’s chest and he was killed after being taken to a medical center. The woman is now hospitalized and has...

Palestinians have held demonstrations near Rachel's Tomb, outside Bethlehem, as well as close to the Qalandiya checkpoint in north Quds, according to Alaraby news website cited Haaretz. The regime's police have now used drones armed with tear gas to disperse the protests despite only being authorized for use in rare cases. Such methods...

Three people were aboard a small plane Wednesday morning when it crashed shortly after takeoff near Jacksonville, Florida. According to FAA Media Relations Spokesperson Maria Njoku, the plane near Spencer’s Airpark in Middleburg, Florida, around 9 a.m. According to the Atlantic Journal Constitution (AJC), as of 11:30 a.m.

Speaking at the 43rd meeting of the UN General Assembly Information Committee which was held virtually on Wednesday, Saeed Khatibzadeh deplored the actions of some advanced countries in modern communication technologies in distorting, falsifying events and realities of other countries, especially in developing countries. “We recognize the importance of the...

The Central Bank of Iran has approved the payment for imports in authorized cryptocurrencies. The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran has agreed to use cryptocurrencies to pay for imports. According to a new central bank decree, only cryptocurrencies derived from miners authorized by the Ministry of Industry, Mines,...

In a tweet on Wed., Foreign Minister Zarif lashed out at the double-standard policy of the West in dealing with Iran's missile activities and wrote “What's good for the goose is apparently NOT good for the gander.” France Defense Ministry said it had successfully test-fired the M51.2...

According to Syrian news agency SANA the parliaments of Algeria, Oman, Mauritania, Russia, Iran, Armenia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Belarus, South Africa, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Bolivia were invited by the Syrian lawmakers to observe the presidential elections in the country. The date set for the elections for the Syrian citizens who...

Iran's Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali, met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin on Wednesday. The two diplomats in the meeting discussed bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments, including Syria, Syria's Constitutional Committee, the Astana peace talks, the Syrian presidential elections, the situation in Yemen...

An unspecified number of people had been injured in N'Djamena, which has been witnessing protests since Tuesday morning. Rally participants demand that the Transitional Military Council, led by the son of the late president, transfer authorities to civilians and dissolve, Sputnik news agency reported. ​The country's political opposition movement has...

Moscow alarmed Kyiv and Western capitals in recent weeks by building up forces along the border with Ukraine, though last week it ordered a withdrawal of some troops, Reuters reported. Russia’s Black Sea fleet said on Tuesday its Moskva cruiser would hold live-fire drills with other ships and military helicopters,...

Mohammed bin Salman made his comments in a television interview broadcast late on Tuesday. He reiterated the Saudi government's plan to end the Yemen conflict. He called on the Yemeni Ansarullah movement to get into negotiations with all Yemeni groups so as to ensure the rights of all Yemenis and...

The expelled diplomats are from Slovakia and the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, as reported amid a growing row over spying accusations made by the Czech Republic. The envoys have been given one week to leave. It is a retaliatory move from Russia after the four countries expelled a...

Brigadier General Abdul Ghani Salman, Commander of the Officers Affairs Department of the former president Hadi’s government was killed this morning (Wednesday) in a missile attack carried out by the Yemeni armed forces and allied fighters from Popular Committees. The Riyadh-backed Hadi government's senior commander was killed when the Yemeni Army struck pro-Hadi Defense Ministry...

Venezuela’s armed forces said Tuesday that they are deploying more troops to the state of Apure on the border with Colombia, which has seen heavy clashes between the army and Colombian irregular armed groups, Anadolu reported.  According to a statement issued by Operational Strategic Commander Remigio Ceballos, the incoming...

"There was a leak from one of those laboratories that they have opened around the world. It would be right if the government of the Russian Federation raises the issue (of responsibility for the COVID-19 outbreak)," Volodin told a session of the Council of Legislators. "The U.S. laboratories where...

For more than a year now, scientists have been racing to understand how the mysterious new virus that causes COVID-19 damages not only our bodies but also our brains, the Science News reported. Early in the pandemic, some infected people noticed a curious symptom: the loss of smell. Reports of...

Chinese media say the suspect has been arrested, while the injured have been taken to hospital, Sputnik reported. The man, currently unidentified, went on a stabbing rampage at the kindergarten in the Chinese city of Beiliu, injuring at least 16 children and two adults, CGTN reports. Local media also reported...

Investigating Erdogan's policy twist after nearly ten years in the region and his attempt to reconcile with Cairo and Riyadh, Abdel Bari Atwan predicted that the Turkish President will improve his ties with Syria and Basha al-Assad in his next step. He said Turkey will have to act more flexibly than before and...

The visiting Iranian foreign minister discussed about Iran’s relations with neighboring Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan region. During the meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif pointed to the key and prominent role of the late Talabani as one of the influential Kurdish and Iraqi figures, and presented Iran’s views in meetings with...

The lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of formally approving the deal with 660 votes in favor, 5 against, and 32 abstentions. While the move is largely symbolic with few real-world ramifications, it marks the end of the road. The vote concludes the years-long Brexit process and opens a new era...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Wed., Hassan Danaeifar stated that complexities of issues between Iran and Saudi Arabia are so high that Iraq cannot play a key role in this regard, so that negotiations must be held between officials of the two countries of Iran...

"The Persian Gulf is our home and we don’t let anybody jeopardize its security at any cost", Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Wednesday. "This region also is our home. It has a very wide range of capacities that can be used with boosting regional cooperation", he said, stressing, "Cooperation and interaction...

In an Instagram message in Persian, Zarif said that he has paid tribute to martyrs Soleimani and al-Muhandis at a site where is the symbol of Donald Trump’s criminal ‘despair’. “I felt proud of the heroes of this land.” “The honor of deep friendship and cooperation with Haj Ghasem...

Speaking in the cabinet session on Wednesday, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani congratulated the birth anniversary of 2nd Imam of Shia Muslims Imam Hassan (Peace Be Upon Him). In this meeting Rouhani spoke about the perpetrator of the assassination of Lt. General Qasem Soleimani, saying that Trump assassinated the General, however, he...

Speaking in an interview with IRNA on Wed., Mehrdad Sa’adat said that trade volume exchanged between Iran and Turkey in 2020 experienced a decline due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. He put Iran’s value of export to neighboring Turkey in 2020 at $2 billion, showing a significant...

Speaking in a meeting of Joint Commission of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), held in Vienna on Tuesday, as headed by the Deputy Director-General and Political Director of Europe External Action Service Enrique Mora as attended by representatives from China, France, Germany, Russia, UK and Iran, the Chinese representative...

The film by Tehran-based Afghan brothers Jamshid and Navid Mahmudi is about seven girls, who have never found love and are losing their control over their destinies through forced marriages. It competed in the competition section of the 6th Indie Meme Film Festival, in Texas, USA. The festival was held in...

Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi and Iranian ambassador to the country Ali Najafi welcomed the Iranian delegation at Muscat airport. Zarif is scheduled to hold meetings with his Omani counterpart as well as other officials of the country. According to Saeed Khatibzadeh, Foreign Ministry Spokesman, the minister will confer...

Health Ministry informed of 433 new victims; the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 70,966 on Wed. Over the last 24 hours, 21,713 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been discovered, with 3,467 of them being hospitalized. 1,923,081 patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals out of a total...

Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani was the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and vice-president under the previous President Ahmadinejad between 2011 and 2013.  He survived a car bombing in 2010 but was seriously injured. Abbassi is a senior lawmaker in the Iranian parliament and currently serves as the chairman of the Parliament's Energy Commission.

Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks addressing the UNSC on Tues. He noted that while the prohibition of war is a fundamental principle of international law, unfortunately, armed clashes are still underway across the globe, and at the same time, rules such as the protection of civilians are not being respected. He...

“The Olympics is a big event. Fortunately, Iran’s freestyle team has gained quotas in all weight categories and I hope that we can showcase good wrestling matches at the Olympics. Our aim is to win the gold medal and we will do our best to achieve this goal,” he told Sports...

The Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov made the remarks on Tuesday night at the end of a meeting of the Iran nuclear deal or the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Joint Commission between Iran and P4+1 that was held in the...

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has traveled to Oman as the last leg of his 3-nation tour to the neighboring countries in the region, met on Wednesday afternoon with his Omani counterpart Badr Hamood Albusaidi and the two sides discussed bilateral relations and developments in the region, according to...

Major General Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) made the comments during a ceremony to introduce the new IRGC Quds Force's deputy for coordination affairs attended by IRGC Quds Force Commander General Gha'ani and some other IRGC senior commanders in Tehran on Wednesday. The IRGC chief-in-command hailed the role...

Speaking in his meeting with Mohammed Abdul-Salam, Spokesman for Yemen's Ansarullah Movement and Chief Negotiator of the National Salvation Government of Yemen in Oman on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif reiterated that Islamic Republic of Iran backs restoration of ceasefire in Yemen and also Yemeni-Yemeni talks. During the meeting, Zarif...

“We always attach great importance to relations with our neighbor and brother Turkey, especially in the economic sector”, Mahmoud Vaezi stressed, adding “We should not let the problems caused by the Coronavirus and the sanctions affect our relations.” He described the joint commission as an economic roadmap between Iran and...

The text of order of Leader of the Islamic Revolution is read as follows, Given the commitment, merit and valuable experiences and at the proposal of the Chief Commander of Army Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, you are appointed as the Commander of the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense...

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Wednesday, April 28.      ...

During the holy month of Ramadan, the ceremony of recitation of the Holy Quran is held every day at Azadi Courtyard, Imam Khomeini (RA) Portico and Goharshad Mosque Courtyard in Imam Reza (PBUH) Shrine by fully observing of anti-coronavirus and social-distancing instructions.