News Archive - 22 September 2021

According to the official webiste of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a meeting with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis on Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, referred to the stable and good ties between the two countries, saying, "We want to expand bilateral...

Yemeni sources reported this afternoon (Wednesday) that the Yemeni army and popular committees have taken control of Harib city in the south of Marib province. Al-Mashhad al-Yemeni, which is close to the Saudi-backed ousted Hadi government forces, reported that the Sanaa army consisting of the Yemeni army and popular committees...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France it’s time to get over its anger about being brushed aside as the US and Britain cut a deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines. According to Bloomberg, he made the comments in a pooled television clip in Washington Wednesday following a...

The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Saeed Khatibzadeh said that the inappropriate and discriminatory behavior by the Georgian border guards towards Iranian citizens living in the Euroasian country was totally unacceptable and said that the Foreign Ministry is following up on the issue. "The issue is being seriously...

"Saudi Arabia's foreign policy is based on supporting dialogue for peace," the King of Saudi Arabia claimed on Wednesday in his pre-recorded address to the UNGA, according to Al Arabiya. King Salman added, "Peace is a strategic option in the Middle East." He went on to accuse the Yemeni army and...

At the meeting, the Iranian foreign minister said that the rebuilding of bilateral relations requires serious actions and stressed the need for the implementation of the repayment of Britain's debt to Iran. Amir-Abdollahian said Iran just had heard words from the other parties to the JCPOA and no actions, adding, "Unfortunately, Britain is...

A Saudi artillery attack on a residential house in the Alfa area of the northern Yemeni city of Rahbah on the border with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday evening killed a man and a woman and seriously injured another woman, Al-Masirah reported. Meanwhile, an artillery attack by Saudi border guards on the...

The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed on Wednesday an assassination attempt on First Presidential Assistant Sergey Shefir, noting that shots were fired at his car near Kyiv, leaving his driver wounded, Sputnik reported. "Today, at around 10:00 [07:00 GMT], shots were fired at the car of First Presidential...

According to Al-Jazeera, a blast rocked in Jalalabad on Wednesday and there was a shooting by unknown gunmen. Two Taliban members were killed and one civilian was wounded in the shooting. No further details were reported. HJ/5310775...

His death came less than a week after the death of the country's former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Presidency of the Republic said in a statement that the funeral of the late president will take place Thursday, Sept. 23. ZZ/5310962...

The quake's epicentre was near the rural town of Mansfield in the state of Victoria, about 200 km (124 miles) northeast of Melbourne, and was at a depth of 10 km (six miles). An aftershock was rated 4.0, Reuters reported. Images and video footage circulating on social media showed...

"The An-26 plane with six crew members on board disappeared from radars 38 kilometres [23 miles] south-west of Khabarovsk," a spokesman for emergency services said, Sputnik reported. The plane was conducting the flight to test its communication equipment. A Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency has...

The crash took place near Mardan district, some 47 kilometers (30 miles) from Peshawar, capital of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders neighboring Afghanistan. “A small PAF aircraft has crashed near Mardan during a routine training mission,” a PAF statement said. A spokesman later confirmed to Anadolu Agency...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held meetings with Finnish, German, Austrian, Swiss and Croatian foreign ministers on Tuesday evening in New York.  Finland ready to expand bilateral ties with Iran During the meeting, the Finnish Foreign Minister, Pekka Olavi Haavisto expressed readiness to expand bilateral relations in the political, economic, and environmental issues. He also expressed...

He made the remarks in Baghdad Multilateral Meeting in New York which was attended by foreign ministers and high representatives of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt, and France as well as the EU foreign policy chief, secretary-general of Arab League, secretary-general of Islamic Cooperation Organization, secretary-general of Persian...

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Irish top diplomat Simon Coveney made the comments in a meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation, the Iran nuclear deal, and the situation in Afghanistan. According to the official website of the Iranian...

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution attaches importance to the Iran Air Force due to its great potentials, Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army said on Wednesday,  Today, the experts in Iran Air Force have made significant progress in various fields, including the UAVs, Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi said. He went on to say that...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who is in New York to attend the 76th UNGA meeting, held a meeting with his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares on Wednesday. In the meeting, the Iranian foreign minister pointed to the 400-year history of Iran-Spain relations and stressed the need for serious efforts to improve...

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The figures released by the Iranian Health Ministry on Wednesday indicate that the coronavirus has taken the lives of 286 patients over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic in February 2020 to 118,191. According to the statistics, 17,433 new cases of...

The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification is hosted by Uzbekistan, Tashkent.  The first half of the match between the Iranian National Women's Football team and Bangladesh ended 3-0 for the Iranian side, while the Bangladeshi team received 2 more goals in the second half. This was Iran's first...

The meeting was one of the three planned get-togethers that would bring together US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, among other countries, for the first time since Washington and Paris, plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis last week. The row erupted after Australia canceled...

The movie is produced by the prominent Iranian actor Navid Mohammadzadeh. Established in 1985, the Warsaw Film Festival joined in 2009 the elite group of events recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (www.fiapf.org) as international film festivals – next to Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno,...

Female Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi won a bronze medal at the Women's Combined at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Championships. An Austrian climber won the gold medal followed by a Slovenian athlete's silver medal. The final stage of the 2021 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Championships commenced in Moscow, Russia, today, where 167 athletes (70  women and 97 men)...

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Harvesting season of dates has started in various villages of the southern province of Khuzestan.      ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – On the first day of Sacred Defense Week, a maritime parade was held by IRGC Navy forces in the waters of the Persian Gulf.

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Broom making is a way of making a living for people in Maneh and Samolghan County in North Khorasan Razavi in northeast Iran.   ...