News Archive - 11 September 2021

According to Iraqi sources, three Iraqi security forces were killed and another wounded in an ISIL attack in Kirkuk province At least three security forces were killed by a hand grenade that exploded in the path of a military convoy in the ​​Daquq district of Kirkuk province, Sabereen News also reported.

Some Iraqi sources, including Sabrin News, reported that a terrible explosion was heard near Erbil airport and the US military base. A Kurdistan 24 correspondent quoted Erbil security sources as saying that at least three drones had attacked the US coalition base at Erbil airport. Saberin News then reported that...

Palestinian media reported that a Hamas base in the center of the Gaza Strip was targeted by Zionist drones. The Jerusalem Post also reported that the attack was carried out in retaliation for firing rockets from the Gaza Strip at the Zionist settlement of Sderot. On Saturday evening, a...

“During Grossi’s visit to Tehran, there will be no change in the IAEA’s access to the data at [Iran’s] nuclear facilities, and the agency will still have no access to the surveillance cameras’ footage,” the source told Press TV on Saturday night. The source explained that Grossi’s visit has...

It was the last known missile fired by the United States in its 20-year war in Afghanistan, and the military called it a “righteous strike” — a drone attack after hours of surveillance on Aug. 29 against a vehicle that American officials thought contained an ISIL bomb and posed...

The goal of the "Three Brothers – 2021" exercises is to improve cooperation between their special forces and to share knowledge and experience, the ministry said in a statement, Daily Sabah reported. In July, Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Pakistani parliament speakers accepted the Baku Declaration in a ceremony held at...

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According to the website of Yemeni Al-Masira TV,  Brigadier General Yahya Saree the spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces held a press conference to detail the third phase of "Al-Nasr Al-Mubin" operation on Saturday. Saree said that the Yemeni armed forces will continue military operations against the aggressors and their mercenaries...

Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister made the remarks on Saturday on the anniversary of 9/11 during the Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference in Ukraine which was hosted by the CNN presenter Fareed Zakaria.  Blair described the 9/11 terrorist attacks as an event that changed the world. He said...

According to the Anadolu Agency (AA), Pakistani media reported that terrorists attacked a military convoy in the Kach area of Balochistan province. Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and another wounded in the terrorist blast, according to the report. Also in the same province in Ghalat region, terrorists used an explosive...

Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced the new figure, adding that 2,704 of the newly-detected patients have been hospitalized since yesterday. Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 patients in the country is standing at 5,275,567. The outbreak has claimed the lives of 444 people since Friday bringing the...

Rear Admiral Shahram Iran, the newly-appointed commander of Iran’s Army Navy, made the remarks on Sat. and stated that ensuring the security of Iran's economic lifeline in depths of seas is the main mission of Navy Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Islamic Republic of Iran is the...

Kazem Jalali, the Iranian ambassador to Russia, made the comments on the sidelines of the Caspian Media Forum on Friday.  "We hope that with the support of all countries, we will become a full-fledged member of this organization at an early date," the Iranian envoy told TASS. Jalali...

Iranian president and head of the Supreme National Security Council Ebrahim Raeisi appointed Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian Minister of Interior as the Chairman of the country's Security Council. "In order to properly perform the duties and missions of the country's Security Council, I hereby appoint His Excellency as the chairman of the country's...

Dr. Ahmad Karimi said that "Fakhra" vaccine has entered its third clinical trial phase after it received permission from the Iranian Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following its successful phased 1 and 2 of clinical trials. He said that in the third phase of its clinical trial which began earlier...

The holding of competitions in Iran is approved by the Asian authorities, and in the coming days, the affiliated MoU will be signed by both parties. Five Asian teams from Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, India, and South Korea are to take part in this event. In 2019, Iran claimed the...

Directed by Turkish filmmaker Faysal Soysal and produced by Ali Nouri Oskooi, “Silence Tree” won an award for best film and best film editing at the Turin Film Festival in Italy. The award for best film editing went to Mustafa Kharqepoosh. The film is about Hayati, a writer whose talent as well...

“We attended Vienna Summit on Counter-Terrorism to announce that we are at the forefront of fighting against terrorism and we have offered great icons like martyr Qassem Soleimani,” Mojtaba Yousef wrote in a Twitter message on the anniversary of Ahwaz terrorist attack. Iran is a victim of terrorism by over 17000...

A report by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the US Treasury Department said that the Romanian First Bank has been fined $862,318. According to the OFAC report, First Bank processed 98 transactions totaling $3.5 million through US banks on behalf of individuals and...

'Parvar' received the award of the 8th Torino Underground Cinefest for her role in the Iranian film 'Botox' written and directed by Kaveh Mazaheri. The synopsis of the 'Botox' reads, "Akram and Azar two sisters lie about the disappearance of their brother by telling everyone he has fled to...

The second day of the online chess championship for Asian university students officially known as " 2021 Asian University Chess Championships" in the men's section ended with the Iranian team climbing to the top of the table of the virtual men's contest. On the second day of the competitions, the fourth to...

The São Paulo International Film Festival is a competitive festival with an emphasis on independent works. The festival features an international selection reflecting the diversity of contemporary filmmaking and revealing new talents. The festival is currently accepting applications for its 2021 edition. It will be held from October 22 to...

Accordingly, the Secretary-General of IAEA Rafael Grossi will visit Tehran on Sat. and will hold talks with senior Iranian officials on cooperation of Iran with this international body on Sunday. Wall Street Journal wrote in a report that the visit has been considered as the climax of extensive negotiations in...

Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani made the remarks in a meeting with the head of the Passive Defense Organization on Saturday. In the meeting, the head of Iran's Passive Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali noted the role of the Ministry of Defense in the development of indigenous passive defense industries, the growth of these...

Yeva is a 2017 Armenian drama film directed by Armenian-Iranian filmmaker Anahit Abad. The joint Iranian and Armenian produced film financed by the National Cinema Center of Armenia and Iran's Farabi Cinema Foundation is Anahid Abad's first long film feature. The film, set in the village of Dadivank, a few...

A New York City hospital was ablaze for an hour on Friday, with two people reported injured as firefighters battled the rooftop flames and huge black plumes of smoke billowed into the sky.  The two-alarm fire was reported at the 257-bed St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway,...

The Afghanistan Times quoted informed sources as saying that Panjshir Front forces had retaken three areas of Panjshir province from Taliban, Russia al-Youm reported. According to the Afghanistan Times, citing informed sources on the Panjshir Front, forces under Ahmad Massoud managed to retake the three districts of Dara, Abshar...

The Israeli drone crashed in the village of Nabi Salih, west of Ramallah, Palestine al-Youm reported. The Zionist military forces attacked the village of Nabi Salih after the drone crashed. The Zionist regime has used all its facilities from UAVs and a large number of its military and security...

News sources reported on Saturday morning that a bomb had exploded on a Turkish patrol route in northwestern Syria. According to the news website of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the blast took place on a road north of Idlib, killing or wounding six Turkish military forces. The...

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According to Feyenoord Club Website, the head coach of this team has agreed to Alireza Jahanbakhsh's request not to travel with team players, because Iranian athletes don’t play in matches against representatives of the occupying Israeli regime. Feyenoord will take on Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday night in the Occupied...

Abdullah Abdullah, Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation under Ashraf Ghani's government, rejected the news of his arrest by the Taliban, which was tweeted by an Indian journalist. Abdullah wrote on his Twitter account that the news that the Taliban had arrested and transferred him to an unknown...

On Saturday, several explosions were reported in Al-Makha (Mocha), a port city southwest of the capital Sanaa in Yemen. Media outlets affiliated with the UAE-backed Tareq Saleh's forces have accused the Yemeni army of carrying out the attack. According to Yemeni sources, several parts of the port were targeted by missiles, only a...

Qasim Mohammadi, a figure close to Ahmad Massoud, told Fars News Agency's correspondent in Afghanistan that the Taliban have entered Panjshir in recent days, and now 70 percent of the main streets and passages are under Taliban control, but the Panjshir valleys are still under the full control of the...

Twenty years have passed since September 11, 2001 event, and the ambiguities of this incident and its behind-the-scenes scenario remain as a question for public opinion. Since then, numerous security reports, articles and writings have been published about the ambiguities and involvement of some politicians in these incidents. In general,...

Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations Kazem Gharibabadi wrote in a tweet: "@rafaelmgrossi will travel to Tehran this afternoon. He will meet Vice-President and head of the AEOI (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran) tomorrow". Gharibabadi told the Iranian state TV on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is...

Asia: Grossi arrives in Tehran Iraqi PM due in Tehran on Sunday Aftab-e Yazd: Armed forces’ first-in-command issues message on completion of Naval Fleet 75 mission What does Al-Kadhemi seek in Tehran? Ebtekar: Tehran’s discontent over formation of Taliban gov. Leader congratulates authoritative return of Naval Fleet from important...

The Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade put the value of total foreign investment made in mining and industrial sector of the country in the first five months of the current year (from March 21 to August 21) at $388 million. A number of 68 projects were launched in...

Robert Malley announced the end of his official meetings with EU officials as well as the European Troika (Britain, France and Germany) in Paris in his Twitter account on late Friday. "Just finished a series of productive meetings in Paris with our EU and E3 colleagues about the future of...

It’s a wrap for the 2021 Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week, an independent and parallel section organized by the National Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) as an integral part of the Venice International Film Festival. This year’s edition saw the triumph of Arsalan Amiri’s debut feature Zalava, an...

This is subject to approval and getting a license from Iran Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Payam Tabarsi said on Saturday, adding that it seems that it will be approved based on the existing conditions. According to him, Sinogen Pharmaceutical Company has the capacity of producing 3 million doses of vaccine...

Addressing his Tajik counterpart, Sirojiddin Muhriddin in a message, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian cordially congratulated the friendly government and nation of Tajikistan on the Independence Day of this country. In this message, Amir Abdullahian expressed hope that the relations of the two countries will be developed in the political, economic,...

"Congratulations on the honorable return of the 75th Naval Fleet from its mission of more than 45,000 kilometers in the Atlantic Ocean to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and to each of the Army commanders," Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said. "This was a show of authority, self-sufficiency and progress of...

The Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will arrive in Tehran on Saturday at the head of a high-ranking delegation and will hold talks with the newly-appointed Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami on Sunday. In response to a question on the...

Speaking on Saturday, Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is very closely monitoring developments in Afghanistan. Political parties, ethnics, currents in Afghanistan must be able to decide their destiny in a completely free environment without any internal and external pressure, he said, reiterating that the Islamic...

In a tweet on Sat., Reza Zabib wrote that provision of appropriate coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine for individuals, aged between 12 and 18, and pregnant women is a priority. Turning to the import of new shipments of coronavirus vaccine, he reiterated that two new shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine...

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TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – The Afghan government collapsed after the Taliban entered Kabul on Aug. 15.       ...

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