News Archive - 13 October 2021

According to the reports, Yemeni army forces and popular committees took control of al-Juba city center and surrounding areas and forces affiliated with ousted and fugitive Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Saudi-affiliated Al-Islah Party fled the country. This is while that a member of Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement's Political...

The soldier, identified as non-commissioned officer Adrien Quélin, “died [on Tuesday] following an accident that occurred during a maintenance operation in Timbuktu", Parly wrote on Twitter, France 24 reported. The government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, told French TV an investigation was under way. MA/PR...

Unknown individuals threw two grenades at house of Haqi Abu Akbar, commander of 33rd of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi forces on Tuesday evening. The attack, which took place in al-Shola area northwest of Baghdad, injured several members of Hashd al-Sha’abi commander family. The attack comes as many Iraqi parliamentary candidates protested...

A training plane crashed off Lebanon coast into the Mediterranean sea, and two people on board are missing. Reuters cited a statement by the cabinet as saying that rescue workers were searching for the two people on board. Meanwhile, according to "elnashra" news website, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati also made...

The Sabereen News Telegram Channel reported on Wednesday afternoon that a US military logistics convoy was attacked in Basra province in southern Iraq. According to the report, the convoy was targeted near the Jerishan border crossing. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Meanwhile, Shafaq News quoted...

Iran FM: Iran to act as per other parties behavior in future talks Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tuesday Iran's action in the future talks will match the actions of other parties to the JCPOA. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the comments in a meeting with the visiting President...

Asia: Yekta Jamali becomes vice-champion in IWF Youth World C'ships Ebtekar: FM Amir-Abdollahian: Vienna talks to be finalized in near future Etela'at: To counter cyberattacks, 'Modafean-e Aseman-e Velayat 1400' military drills launched Iran to act in accordance with behaviors of other JCPOA sides Jumhori-e Eslami: Authority, power of Iran air...

It should be noted that this is the six shipments of humanitarian aid of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent to neighboring Afghanistan. On Friday, an explosion took place at Sayed Abad district of Kunduz city which led to the killing of more than 100 people and injuring 160 others.

Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Drive My Car” and Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero,” two films that debuted in Cannes, emerge as the strong favorites for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards after nominations were announced on Wednesday, Variety reported.  Both films are nominated for best film, best directing, best screenplay and best...

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In the continuation of the main phase of the joint specialized air defense exercise, codenamed 'Modafean-e Aseman-e Velayat 1400' (The Defenders of Velayat Skies 1400), domestically manufactured air defense systems of 'Joshan' and 'Khatam' successfully destroyed low-altitude targets, which were trying to infiltrate the specified region of the exercise. Brigadier General...

While reiterating Qatar’s support for Iran’s nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani Foreign Minister of Qatar said that return to nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is in favor of everyone, adding that Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC)’s member states...

Speaking on the sidelines of 'Modafean-e Aseman-e Velayat 1400' (The Defenders of Velayat Skies 1400) on Wed., Brigadier General Fereydoun Mohammadi Saghaei said that Army and IRGC have established very good cooperation and interaction to fulfill their mission in line with defending country's airspaces against external threats. In...

The Iranian health ministry said that 12,298 new cases of Covid-19 were detected across the country since yesterday, of which 1,699 people were admitted to the hospital. The total number of Covid 19 cases detected in the country so far has increased to 5, 742,083. In the last 24 hours since...

The head of Iran's Strategic Foreign Relations Council Seyed Kamal Kharrazi made the remarks in an interview during which he said that the main duty of any government is to ensure the rights of the people, including their security.  "Countering terrorism and preventing crimes such as the killing of...

After the follow-up of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Moscow, a consignment of the Russian vaccine "Sputnik V" containing 400,000 doses was delivered to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation and will be sent to Tehran tomorrow, Thursday, the embassy...

The Persepolis football club were  scheduled to leave Tehran for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from Mehrabad Airport Wednesday) at 11:00 AM. but after the permit for their flight was not issued by Saudi Arabia, the members of the team finally returned home after a five-hour waiting at the airport for the permit.

They are regarded today as a testimony to an organisation’s commitment to operational excellence. This holds even more so with the construction industry, where ISO certification has become a minimum entry requirement, especially with larger projects. Without it, contractors are doomed to only qualify for smaller jobs that are...

As reported by the festival’s news headquarters, after holding a voting session, the jury announced the nominees as follows:  Corona Diaries -"Home" by Hossein Zahedi -"Life Space" by Ilia Ramezai -” What Corona Did to Us and What We Did with It? By Iliad Mahshidi, Miad Mahshidi, Saedeh Kastvani...

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major-General Mohammad Bagheri met with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCSC) General Nadim Reza in Pakistan to exchange views and consult on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular, solidifying military-defense relations between the two countries and strengthening the security of the shared borders of the...

Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks on the sidelines of the 'Modafean-e Aseman-e Velayat 1400' (The Defenders of Velayat Skies 1400), a military drill jointly condcuted by the Army and IRGC Air Force in central Iran. "Today, we have made significant...

Upon his arrival in Yerevan, he pointed to the friendly and good neighborly relation of the two countries, saying that the general policy of Iran is to strengthen relations with neighboring countries, and Armenia has always been a good neighbor for Iran. The two countries have close relations and cooperation in...

According to the Pakistani Prime Minister office, in the meeting, Imran Khan recalled his meeting with the Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in Dushanbe on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, which had imparted further impetus to bilateral cooperation. Khan described the Pakistan-Iran border as a border of ‘peace and friendship’, and underlined...

Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Ghader Rahimzadeh said on Wednesday that the 'Modafean-e Aseman-e Velayat 1400' (The Defenders of Velayat Skies 1400), a military drill jointly condcuted by the Army and IRGC Air Force in central Iran wrapped up on Wednesday successfully. This military exercise ended its work...

While reports earlier today, particularly by Bloomberg, said that the Republic of Azerbaijan had freed the 2 Iranian drivers that had been detained a few weeks ago by Azeri forces on the transit road in Azeri territories in Karabakh, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that the Republic of...

According to previous arrangements, the visit of Deputy EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora will take place on Thursday, said Khatibzadeh.  The visit follows consultations between the two sides on issues of mutual interest, including Iran-Union relations, Afghanistan and the JCPOA, he added. Al-Jazeera reported on Tuesday that Enrique Mora who...

In the visit, Iranian foreign minister was accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister for the Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani, Vice-President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami and AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi and also a number of senior managers of the organization. It should be noted...

“The visit comes at an important time, as the Vienna talks on a full return to the JCPoA have now been suspended for almost four months,” the diplomats from Britain, Germany and France said in a note on Wednesday, referring to Thursday’s visit by EU coordinator Enrique Mora, Reuter...

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – A commemoration ceremony was held in Tehran on Tuesday on the occasion of World Maritime Day in the presence of the Coordinating Deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army Forces Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari.          ...

RASHT, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Fishermen in Gilan province start cast-net fishing on the first day of fishing season to make living.          ...