News Archive - 6 September 2021

In coma since 1982, former France and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender Jean-Pierre Adams died on Monday at the age of 73, Anadolu Agency said on Monday.  Adams, who played for Nimes Olympique, Nice and PSG, was operated under anesthesia on March 17, 1982 in a Lyon hospital but...

In the meeting, Hossein Taeb, the head of the Intelligence Organization of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC-IO), congratulated the appointment of Hujjat al-Islam Esmaeil Khatib to the post of the Iranian Intelligence Minister and stressed the need for deepened and broadened cooperation between the ministry and the IRGC Intelligence Organization.  Khatib, for his part, said...

"Our strategy should be based on the fact that if any enemy 3,000 km radius from Tehran wanted to move towards our country, we should destroy them at the beginning of their movement," Maj. Gen. Rahim Safavi said on Monday morning in Tehran in a meeting to discuss Operation Kaman 99...

"I hear it was a No from Iran to @iaeaorg @rafaelmgrossi to visit for talks and to give IAEA inspectors access to re-set the nuclear monitoring machinery. Which promises a big new clash between IAEA & Iran, with consequences for the JCPOA," Wall Street Journalist Laurence Norman has claimed on his Twitter...

The Judiciary head made the remarks in the Monday morning session of the High Judicial Council of the Judiciary. Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i dismissed the human rights accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran leveled by some western states as disgraceful while they themselves show no respect for human rights. He further...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Department of Environment (DOE), as the National Designated Authority (NDA) of Green Climate Fund (GCF), partnered to bring together local, national and international stakeholders in a three-day workshop, the last one in a series of iterative events...

Directed by Yousef Kargar, ‘Gabriel’ narrates the story of a father who has to decide under difficult conditions between love, faith, and conscience. The cast includes Yousef Yazdani, Shabnam Yousefi, Ali Mokaram, Sina Faramarz, Manzar Asghari, and Rasoul Omranifar. It has snatched the Best Short Film award at the 11th edition...

In a joint statement by the Austrian Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior and Health, which was issued on Monday, the European country will donate a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Iran. The statement said that a shipment of 500,00 vaccines is already on the way to Iran. The country has...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sent a message to the Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah on Monday to offer condolences on the demise of the head of Supreme Islamic Shia Council of Lebanon Ayatollah Sheikh Abdol-Amir Qabalan. The Leader offered his condolences to Ayatollah Sheikh Abdol-Amir Qabalan's revered family, his friends...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian hosted a meeting with the foreign ambassadors and the heads of the foreign missions in the country in Tehran in the Foreign Ministry's Institute for Political and International Studies on Monday during which he detailed the foreign policy of the new Iranian administration under President...

A former Marine sharpshooter who served in Afghanistan and Iraq fatally shot four people, including an infant, in two homes near Lakeland, Fla., early on Sunday morning and exchanged gunfire with sheriff’s deputies before he was taken into custody, the authorities said, New York Times reported. The gunman,...

Hecker, 54, a foreign policy adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, had just taken up his post on Aug. 24, the embassy in the Chinese capital said in a posting on its social media Wechat account. According to Reuters, the cause of death has yet to be confirmed. "It is...

Reports about Dashti’s death also appeared on a resistance Twitter account. "With the heavy heart we can report that Fahim Dushti, the spokesperson for the Resistance front has been killed by the Taliban," the tweet says, Tass reported. No further details were given. It is worth mentioning that Fahim Dashti,...

According to local media reports, sources close to "Sheikh Abu Obaidullah Mutawakel", one of the leaders of the ISIL, say that he was killed by Taliban forces in Kabul. Mutawakel is said to have been arrested by the Taliban in the last days of last month but was killed today.

According to the report and the senior leaders of the group, the Taliban nominated "Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund" as the new head of government. They made all the necessary preparations for the announcement of the government on Monday but it was postponed for inevitable reasons, according to the Taliban. The new government...

The six were believed to have dug a tunnel which they used to flee Gilboa Prison, located northwest of Beit She’an, near the Sea of Galilee, in Palestinian Occupied Lands. According to Zionist Regime's Channel 13 News, following the incident, the Zionist military forces were on the alert to monitor the situation and...

"We detained four Russian citizens who got in contact with Daesh members via the Internet in order to coordinate activities aimed at preparing and committing terrorist acts, including attacks on law enforcement agencies staffers with the use of improvised explosive devices and bladed weapons," the FSB said in a...

In a voice message, Afghanistan's National Resistance Front (NRF) leader Ahmad Masoud called on the people to rise up against the Taliban in all cities. Ahmad Massoud made the remarks in reaction to the Taliban advances in Panjshir province. "Welcoming the declaration of religious scholars, we called on the Taliban to stop the...

President Raeisi receives 2nd dose of Barakat vaccine President Ebrahim Raeisi received the second dose of locally manufactured vaccine Cov Iran Barakat on Sunday. The Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi received the first dose of the locally manufactured vaccine "Cov Iran Barakat" last month on Sunday, August 8. High-ranking Iranian officials such...

Arman-e Melli: Raeisi to Macron: Iran supporting fruitful talks Taliban faces heavy losses in Panjshir Aftab: Raeisi says Iran supporting fruitful talks Vague riddle of JCPOA revival Etemad: Raeisi to Macron: Iran has no problem with negotiation to lift sanctions Ahmad Masoud warns Taliban Etela'at: Raeisi says negotiations must lead...

The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship will be held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan from 12 to 19 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the AVC representatives. Behrouz Ataei, the head coach of the Iranian national volleyball...

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Speaking in his weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh answered questions on a wide range of topics.  Political use of IAEA technical platform to lead to Iran's different response  In response to a question about the possible visit of Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency to Iran, Khatibzadeh...

The Iranian short film ‘Aparat’ directed by Hassan Najmabadi has made it to the 16th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival in Georgia. The 16th edition of the festival will be held from September 18 to 24 in the port city of Batumi in Georgia. ‘Aparat’ tells the story of six...

"Indigenous design and production of various types of mechanized shower missiles, artillery equipped with active and passive fire control, various short and medium-range tactical missile systems and advanced long-range anti-cruise and anti-ballistic missile system 'Bavar-373', are the result of more than 4 decades of effort and self-confidence at defense and...

Following some new movements of armed terrorist groups in the northwestern border areas of the country, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour paid a visit to the border units and checkpoints of this region. Stating that despite repeated emphases and informing the officials of the northern Iraqi region about the movements of...

Al-Jazeera quoted a Taliban-affiliated source as saying that the group had invited six countries to attend a meeting to announce the formation of a new Afghan government. According to this informed source, the invited countries are Turkey, Iran, China, Russia, Pakistan, and Qatar. The source added that the Taliban...

Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced the new figure, adding that 3,973 of the newly-detected patients have been hospitalized since yesterday. Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 patients in the country is standing at 5,156,986. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 583 people since Sunday bringing the...

The Iran-Cuba joint vaccine Soberana02 vaccine has received an emergency use license in Cuba for the age group of 2 to 18 years,  Kianoush Jahanpour wrote in his Twitter account. The director of the clinical trial project of the third phase of the Cuban-Iranian joint vaccine had previously noted that...

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian hosted all high-ranking foreign political figures residing in Tehran in the Institute for Political and International Studies.

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Shahid Farjavani COVID-19 PCR testing center with the help of PHC of the East of Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzistan Province in southwest Iran, conducts lots of Covid-19 tests each day from early morning to midnight.    ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf held a meeting with the Iranian Para athletes who won medals at the recent para-Olympics games in Tokyo Japan on Monday.    ...