News Archive - 19 June 2021

Iran volleyball team thrash United States in 2021 VNL Week 3 The national Iranian volleyball team defeated the United States in three straight sets in 2021 Volleyball Nations League’s Week 3 on Wednesday. Iran beat the powerful United States in three straight sets (25-19, 25-23, 25-23) in 2021 Volleyball...

Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in a statement on Sat. expressed its disgust of not designation of Zionist regime in its blacklist issued, Al-Mayadeen reported. Hamas blamed UN Secretary-General António Guterres for giving a green light to the Zionist regime in committing crimes against the oppressed Palestinian children, the...

Soheila Rasoulinejad broke the news on Sat. and reiterated that Islamic Republic of Iran’s export of non-oil products to the Arab Republic of Syria in the first two months of the current year (from March 21 to May 21) showed a 73 percent hike as compared to the same...

In a statement on Saturday, President-elect of Iran Ebrahim Raieisi thanked the people for their massive turnout which opened a new chapter in the country's modern history. Raeisi expressed his appreciation for the people's turnout in the Friday presidential elections, saying that he will form a hardworking, revolutionary and anti-corruption administration. The president-elect...

He made the remarks in a telephone conversation with Iranian president-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on Saturday and reiterated that his country is very interested in expanding and broadening relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Turning to the age-old and longstanding relations between the two countries of Iran and...

According to United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) figures, there have been close to 800,000 refugees residing in Iran up to October 2020; this number highlights the necessity of devoting special attention to the health and lives of refugees in Iran especially since many of them are living...

The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States is withdrawing its troops, aircraft, antimissile batteries from West Asia. According to this US media, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin informed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the changes. The Biden administration has decided to reduce missile defense in...

Speaking in the General Assembly hall, Guterres reflected on the "solemn moment," telling the member states he is "deeply grateful for the trust you have placed in me," Anadolu Agency reported. "We are truly at a crossroads with consequential choices before us, paradigms are shifting, old orthodoxies are being...

At least seven parachutists were killed and over a dozen injured after a twin-engine L-410 aircraft crashed in a forest in Russia’s Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia, Russian media reported on Saturday. It said the plane crashed into a nearby forest. It cited local prosecutor office as saying the...

The series of anti-terrorist operations of Iraqi army still continues in different parts of the country. Iraqi forces recently launched new operations against remnants of ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Saladin and Al Anbar provinces, Alforat News reported. Iraqi security sources announced that Iraqi forces managed to seize weapons belonging...

In an interview with the Qatari-based The New Arab, Egyptian sources revealed the topics of recent talks between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh. According to the sources, the Saudi Crown Prince asked the Egyptian President to agree...

"Congratulations to the President-elect. Now that it has not been officially announced yet, I will delay the official congratulations according to the law, but it is clear who got enough votes and is elected by the people," said Rouhani on Saturday.  He also appreciated the presence of the Iranian...

Maduro hopes that the US eases its policy of sanctions against Venezuela so that foreign investors can invest in Venezuela, which he said would create jobs and “reduce misery” in the country. “It’s time to make a deal … hopefully, we could find paths of reconciliation, of respect, paths...

According to the Communication and Media Affairs Centre of al-‎Nujaba in Iran‎, Hujjat ‎al-Islam Akram al-Kaabi, the secretary-general of the al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance ‎movement, offered his congratulations to Ayatollah Sayyed Ebrahim Raeisi on his ‌‎victory in the 13th Iranian presidential election.‎ In his statement in which he offered...

Directed by Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi, 'Eclipse' has been a joint product of Iran and France. The synopsis of 'Eclipse' reads, "Saaghi and her two friends have come to the largest park in Tehran to take pictures of the one-in-a-century total eclipse announced later in the afternoon. Mischievous and rebellious, they steal...

Foreign Minister Zarif arrived in Antalya, Turkey on Thursday for participating in Antalya Diplomacy Form (ADF) at the official invitation of his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. Earlier on Fri., the Iranian foreign minister met and held talks with the Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah...

According to Sarem Rezaei, director-general of Lorestan Red Crescent, the rescue chopper crashed in Lali mountainous area in Aligudarz. The official said that the helicopter belonged to the southwestern province of Khuzestan Red Crescent. He gave no immediate reports of any possible casualties.  Rezaei said that a preliminary investigation is underway to identify...

“High Representative @JosepBorrellF met with Foreign Minister @JZarif in the margins of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum”, European External Action Service announced in a Friday tweet. “Welcomed progress made over last weeks, but difficult decisions remain. It is important to seize the political opportunity, and for all to be flexible”,...

The ‘Times’ of England in its report on the Iraqi project for constructing eight nuclear power plants wrote that this Arab country holds 8.4 percent of the world's oil reserves, the fifth-largest oil reserves in the world, but dilapidated and worn-out infrastructures, corruption, mismanagement and high electricity consumption...

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Lari put the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran at 82,854, saying the disease has taken the lives of 108 patients over the past 24 hours. She said the total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19...

The Iranian national football team advanced to the next stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers as Group C winner last week in Manama while the team had only gained 6 points in the first leg of the event under the helm of Marc Wilmots. Iran’s poor run, though,...

In a message on Saturday after yesterday's presidential and city council elections, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has hailed people's participation in the votes as a great victory for the nation. The leader said that the huge western media anti-establishment campaign and the pandemic could not deter people from participating in the...

The Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov who represents his country in the talks between Iran and the P4+1 JCPOA talks on reviving the  Iran nuclear deal or the JCPOA wrote in a post on his Twitter account on Saturday that he hopes the...

On Saturday, a meeting was held between Iranian incumbent President Hassan Rouhani and Iranian president-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi. “Since August 3, Ayatollah Raeisi is the president of all Iranians and I have no doubt that the people will fully support him and his legitimate government”, said Rouhani after meeting. After 45 days all...

Addressing the Iranian nation in a message, the Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces appreciated the epic presence of the Iranian people in the Presidential election on Friday. The Iranian nation has always astonished enemies of the country in all sensitive historical moments, Major General Mohammad Bagheri said.

The Iranian Army 74th Naval Fleet that was in the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandeb Strait on a mission returned to the country after 91 days in the sea. Upon arrival at Chabahar port this morning, the fleet was welcomed by the commanders of the navy and their...

In a message issued on Saturday, Ghalibaf congratulated President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi for his victory in the 13th presidential election. He said that Parliament is ready to cooperate fully with the elected government of the nation. Ghalibaf also expressed hope that in light of the synergy of the Parliament and government, a new chapter...

Yesterday, on the day of Iran’s presidential election, a woman who wanted to vote was brutally injured by false claimants of democracy with terrorist backgrounds and their affiliation with foreigners in Birmingham, United Kingdom. In a tweet on Saturday, Iran’s High Council for Human rights reacted to the assault,...

Mohammad Javad Zarif and Poland Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau held a meeting on Saturday on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey. During the meeting, Zarif referred to the long-standing relations between the two countries of Iran and Poland and emphasized the continuation of fully-fledged economic, cultural and political relations between...

While expounding the latest result of Iranian Presidential Election, Foreign Minister Zarif expressed hope that the trend of cooperation between the two countries of Iran and Pakistan in bilateral and regional areas will go ahead rapidly in the new government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The latest situation...

British Ambassador to Tehran Rob Macaire was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday to receive an official protest of Iran against problems caused for Iranian voters in his country, said Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh. "Following the disruption of the 13th presidential election in some cities of the country, including...

Mehdi Hosseini said that the Iranian lady is still being threatened by the attackers but the Islamic republic is seriously pursuing the case.  Iranian embassy as he said is in contact with the lady and her family in London. False claimants of democracy with terrorist backgrounds and their...

In his congratulatory message Berri also felicitated the election of Ibrahim Raeisi as the new Iranian President. He named Iran as a great and strong country in terms of preserving stability and standing against the sanctions. Ibrahim Raeisi has won the elections gaining 17,926,345 votes in the 13th Presidential Election...

In a statement on Saturday afternoon, interior minister Rahmani Fazli announced the final result of the presidential election. As many as 59,310,307 were l eligible to vote and 28,933,004 people participated in the election which accounts for 48.8 percent of the total number of people who were eligible to vote. ...

On an Instagram post, Zarif congratulated Raeisi for attracting the majority of the Iranians' votes and named the nation's participation in the 2021 elections as a chance for securing stability and development in Iran. He hoped success for Raeisi in his new responsibility. In a congratulatory tweet, the Secretary of...

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The Iraqi official news agency reported on Sat. that the newly elected President of Iran Ibrahim Raeisi invited the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to pay a visit to Tehran. HJ/FNA...

According to the Live Science website, Dr. Ali Seifi, an associate professor of neurosurgery and the director of neurocritical care at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is the leader of the team that conducted the research to invent the device for hiccup strikes.  "Many...

According to this report, Russian Embassy to Tehran in the mentioned statement, a copy of which was provided to Mehr news agency, emphasized that the congratulatory message of Russian President Vladimir Putin was sent to Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, the president-elect of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on June 19, 2021.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Sirajuddin Mehradin, on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. During the meeting, Zarif expressed Iran’s willingness to develop good relations with Tajikistan. Saying that Tehran-Dushanbe cooperation in the fight against regional destabilization is...

Raisi dominated the election only after a panel under the watch of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei disqualified his strongest competition.