News Archive - 20 May 2021

The US regularly dispatches military vessels to the region, which is experiencing territorial disputes between China and neighbouring countries. According to Sputnik, Beijing stressed that its ships and planes followed the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, adding that the actions of the American ship violated Chinese sovereignty and undermined regional peace and...

The commander-in-chief of Tehran Police Major General Hossein Rahimi said on Thursday that three teams that were involved in smuggling American-made firearms from the western borders inside the country were dismantled. More than 116 firearms, most of which pistols were discovered and confiscated from the smuggling teams by the...

People familiar with the matter have told the Tehran-based Press TV that the United States does not intend to completely lift any of the oil, banking, financial and energy sanctions against Tehran, but intends to temporarily suspend some of them in a long, step-by-step manner. The United States has not...

The Zionist regime of Israeli intensified its aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip from air and sea on Thursday as the new escalation of the conflict between Palestinian resistance forces enters its 11th day. The intensified bombardments and naval attacks by the Israeli regime on besieged Gaza increased the number...

The Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan made the remarks in an interview with Saudi Al-Arabiya television. In the interview, Faisal reiterated the claim that the Iranian nuclear issue threatens the stability of the region, adding that, "It is necessary to reach a comprehensive and strong agreement." Earlier, Ambassador...

The IRGC Quds Force commander-in-chief penned a letter to Mohammed Zeif, the commander of Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on Thursday, reiterating Iran's support for the Palestinian resistance. General Ghaani told commander Zeif that "Quds will win," thanking the Palestinian resistance group for sticking to their promise to liberate Palestine. The...

In his letter to the commander of al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the IRGC Quds Force commander-in-chief said that "You have been able to break the power of the Zionist army with your wise, courageous resistance, unity and command." Gen. Ghaani vowed to continue the...

Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Palestinian resistance movement, has penned a new letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday to brief him on the ongoing developments in occupied Palestine. The Hamas leader called for the mobilization of Arab, Islamic and international support in order to...

The UN nuclear watchdog is still in talks with Iran on extending a three-month monitoring deal that expires on Friday, it said on Thursday, according to a report by Reuters. The IAEA added that it will provide an update within days. "The Agency and Iran are currently in consultations regarding...

According to a statement by the Public Relations Department of the Hezbollah Nujaba, Nasr al-Shammari, the deputy secretary-general and the spokesman of Iraq's Al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance Movement said "We are ready to enter a direct confrontation with the Zionist regime in support of Palestine. We consider it our religious...

Zionists face endless defeat in face of missile attacks: IRGC chief commander Iran IRGC commander-in-chief Major General Hossein Salami said Wednesday that the Zionist regime's missile defense systems have failed in face of resistance forces attacks. Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks in a massive rally in downtown...

Deputy Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbass Araghchi, who leads the Iranian delegation in Vienna talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), made the remarks in an interview with Japanese NHK World TV after the 4th round of the nuclear talks...

According to the latest figures by the Iranian health officials on Thursday, 229 Iranians lost their lives due to coronavirus, bringing the total death toll to 77,994 people while 12,428 new cases were reported. As many as 2,804,632 cases have been detected with Covid-19, according to the Health Ministry statement...

The voting process of the presidential elections of the Syrian Arab Republic for Syrians residing abroad started on Thursday, according to a report by the SANA. The voting began at 7 am at Syrian embassies and consulates in Australia, Japan, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan and Iran and will continue until...

Joe Biden assumed the US Presidency on January 20, 2021, offering a chance to change the course of US-China relations that were deteriorated during his predecessor Donald Trump. But in Biden's first months so far no significant change has been seen in Washington's China policy and even in some cases, one can say...

Deputy Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbass Araghchi, who leads the Iranian delegation in Vienna talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) said that the talks will begin next week.  “Over the past two weeks, which were the fourth round...

"We have taken the big step and an agreement in principle has been achieved," President Rouhani said on Thursday during an inaugural ceremony of petrochemical projects via video conferencing on Thursday morning. However, the Iranian President said that there are still some issues remaining that are still being discussed...

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Speaking to reporters, the Director-General of Intelligence Office of West Azerbaijan Province said on Wednesday in Urmia that the security and intelligence forces in the northwestern province identified and dismantled the members of three espionage networks who were seeking to deal blow to the Islamic Republic and create insecurity and instability inside...

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Syrians expatriates residing in Iran cast their ballots in a polling station in the Syrian Embassy complex in Tehran on Thursday.   ...

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English-language dailies on Thursday, May 20.       ...