News Archive - 18 June 2021

Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Saturday that the Yemeni army's drone unit targeted the King Khalid airbase in Khamis Mushait. Al-Masirah quoted Saree as saying that the airbase in southern Saudi Arabia was targeted by a Qasef 2k drone. The spokesman highlighted that the...

False claimants of democracy with terrorist backgrounds and their affiliation with foreigners, brutally injured a respected woman who just wanted to vote, Mehdi Hosseini tweeted on Friday, noting that the Iranian embassy will pursue the assault.

On Friday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for the Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and lead negotiator at the talks in Vienna met and held talks with the Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi. "Deputy Minister Araghchi and @rafaelmgrossi discussed today the latest developments around the JCPOA...

Asia: Who will win election? Election Office spox.: Election results to be announced until noon today Aftab: Leader: Election day is the day of Iranian nation Ebtekar: Leader: Election day is the day of Iranian nation Iranian nation displays democracy to the world Araghchi says nuclear talks close...

In this trilateral meeting, the three countries of Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan will discuss latest developments on peace process in Afghanistan. In this regard, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohmmad Javad Zarif, who is in Turkey for participating in Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), met and held talk with his Afghan counterpart...

The series of hostile actions of Zionists against Palestinian citizens still continue in the occupied lands and territories. Zionist military forces raided various parts of the West Bank, Palestine Al-Youm reported. According to the report, a fierce clash broke out between Palestinians and civilians following a large-scale attack of...

Eric Cole, 42, was hit in Springfield late Sunday and died early the next morning with an autopsy showing blunt-force trauma, fractures and internal bleeding, WHIO TV reported.  There was some confusion about the address of the reported shooting, which may have contributed to the accident, Springfield Police...

Palestinian people demonstrated extensively in Al-Aqsa Mosque after performing Friday prayers. These demonstrations were held in protest of Zionists' insult to the holy site of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). According to the report, Palestinians participating in the demonstrations chanted slogans against Zionists and demanded an end to their hostile...

Speaking at a daily press conference on Friday, Sima Lari said the total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has surpassed 3,080,526 after the detection of 1-,100 new cases since yesterday. Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 1,357 patients have been...

Emphasizing lifting sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran and the impossibility of renegotiating the JCPOA, Zarif expressed hope that the JCPOA talk, which is ongoing in the Austrian capital of Vienna, will bear positive fruition. Zarif also expounded on the current situation in Afghanistan and stated that...

During the meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif discussed the latest situation of bilateral relations between Iran and Venezuela, regional and international issues and also issues of mutual interests.  Turning to illegal and illegitimate US sabotages in the implementation of Iran’s nuclear deal, JCPOA, Zarif briefed his Venezuelan counterpart...

In a tweet on late Thursday, Mikhail Ulyanov wrote, "I believe that the negotiators are not exhausted but they are a little bit tired." "It is obvious that the #ViennaTalks will require additional time to complete successfully this lengthy and rather complicated process," he added. The Russian diplomat...

He made the remarks in his meeting with the Prime Minister of Syria Hussein Arnous and ministers of Housing and Economy in Damascus on Friday. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged their views for enhancing and broadening trade-economic cooperation between the two countries of Iran and Syria. The Chairman...

The 13th presidential elections are held in the Islamic Republic of Iran on June 18. The incumbent President Hassan Rouhani does not participate in the elections, as he has held this post for two consecutive terms. Baku Tribune spoke with a political analyst and editor of the Mehr News...

The 24th Asian Championships was held from June 16 to 18 in Beirut, Lebanon with the participation of 189 taekwondo fighters from 21 countries. Iranian taekwondo team in women division ranked 2nd place at the competitions with gaining of one gold, one silver and four bronze medals. Fereshteh Khazaei (Women’s...

Iran’s export of dried nuts in the first two months of the current year (from March 21 to May 21) recorded a 36 and 25 percent hike in terms of value and weight respectively, Bazari added. According to the statistics, 96,000 tons of dried nuts, valued at $122 million,...

Iran defeated Kyrgyzstan 4-1 in the final match in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Uzbekistan defeated Tajikistan 7-1 and won the title due to superior goal difference.   Iran beat Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan in the tournament and shared the spoils with Uzbekistan. A total of five nations namely,...

Palestinian-based ‘Shahab’ news agency and Israeli TV Channel 13 reported that attacks have been conducted on the northern Gaza Strip. The Zionist regime first fired two missiles at one of the places belonging to the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, in the town...

Police said five teachers were also abducted and an officer killed in Thursday's attack, Reuters reported. Although the perpetrators of the recent attack have not been identified, Boko Haram terrorists have repeatedly abducted hundreds of students in various parts of Nigeria in recent years. Gunmen abducted 136 students from...

According to the Jerusalem Post, there are daily conversations between the former prime minister and party leaders of the opposition. In the upcoming days, dinner with all members of the opposition is expected to occur to discuss the next steps.  Additionally, Netanyahu's family has been packing up their...

Kim “stressed the need to get prepared for both dialogue and confrontation, especially to get fully prepared for confrontation” with the US during a ruling party meeting, Korean Central News Agency reported, according to The Associated Press. North Korea needs to “protect the dignity of our state and its interests...

Emphasizing the principle of least astonishment (POLA), aka the principle of least surprise, Lapid and Blinken conferred on Iran, Palestine and agreements of compromise. This is for the second time this week that the Israeli regime's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid held a telephone conversation with the US Secretary of State...

A number of members of the Iraqi Parliament called for an immediate response to the Turkish Army and a cease to its advancement into northern Iraq, stressing the need to maintain Iraqi sovereignty, Almaloumah reported. Fazel Jaber, a representative of the Iraqi Fatah Coalition lashed out at the Iraqi...

During the meeting which was held on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif emphasized the interest of his country in developing and broadening economic ties with Croatia. Zarif pointed to the US sanctions imposed against Iran which has created serious problems ahead of...

Saeed Khatibzadeh rejected the repeated and baseless accusations made in the final statement of the meeting of foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and described this approach of the Council as completely unconstructive. Considering the policy of some countries of the Council as a double standard in...

Abbasali Kadkhodaei broke the news late on Friday and reiterated, “According to the coordination made with the Ministry of Interior, time for getting people’s ballot was extended until 24:00 local time on Friday.” According to the Announcement No. 20 of Iranian Election Headquarters, all polling stations across the...

Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg news agency on Fri., Rafael Grossi the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency in response to a question about Iran's willingness to extend the technical agreement with IAEA said, “I have not received an offer up to the present time regarding...

The Asian Football Confederation announced the nominees for the Asian Qualifiers Player of the Month. According to the published list, 9 players have been selected as nominees, including Iranian football player Sardar Azmoun [3 games (226 minutes): 3 goals, 8 shots].   Mahmoud Al Mawas (Syria), Wu Lei (China PR), Harry Souttar (Australia), Sardar Azmoun...

Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Turkey to attend Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), met with the European Union's foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell on Friday.  Zarif arrived in Turkey on Thursday at the official invitation of his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to attend Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF). The Antalya...

With more than 59 million eligible to cast vote in the 2021 presidential election, the 13th Presidential Election in Iran kicked off at 7 am throughout the country on Friday, June 18 and will last until 12 pm. After the withdrawal of 3 presidential candidates [Mohsen Mehralizadeh, Saeed Jalili, and Alireza Zakani]...

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Presidential and city councils' elections was held on Friday and the vote-counting process is still going on across the country.

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Iranian people in Sari, Shiraz and Kis Island attended polling stations on Friday to cast their votes in the 13th presidential election (Iran 2021 Presidential Election). Election officially began at 7 a.m. across Iran with more than 59 million eligible to cast vote in...

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Voting for the 13th Presidential Election (Iran 2021 Presidential Election) kicked off across the country on Friday June 18 by massive turnout of people who reached themselves at the polling stations at early hours. It should be noted that the 13th Presidential Election, 6th...