News Archive - 20 November 2021

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian "agreed to meet in Brussels to discuss the regional situation and ways of overcoming tensions for a prosperous and stable South Caucasus, which the EU supports," read a statement, Daily Sabah reported. The breakthrough came after Charles Michel, president...

Sabereen News reported that a bomb exploded on the route of a convoy belonging to the US military in Nasiriyah, Iraq. News sources have not yet released any information on the number of people killed or injured in the blast. Over the past few weeks, a large number of military...

The Saudi coalition claimed on late Friday that it has intercepted and destroyed three Yemeni armed drones that they were flying to the southern regions of Saudi Arabia. Yemeni military officials have not yet commented on this claim.  Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and with the...

Hezbollah Secretary-General, Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi said in a statement that efforts have been done to dismantle Hashd al-Sha’abi. He underlined that trying to eliminate an influential group in Iraq will face failure, AL-FORAT News reported. Turning to the early results of the parliament election he said that some countries were...

Al-Mayadeen reported quoting Yemeni sources that Yemeni army drones targeted three cities in Najran, Jazan and Abha in southern Saudi Arabia. According to the report, the flights were suspended in three southern cities of Saudi Arabia. The news comes as the Spokesman for Yemen Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree recently announced...

A large number of Yemenis demonstrated in condemnation of Saudi-led coalition forces’ crimes committed against Yemenis prisoners of war and popular committees, Almasirah reported. Earlier, the Foreign Ministry of Yemen’s National Salvation Government, based in capital Sana’a, reacted to the execution of 10 Yemeni prisoners of war by Saudi-backed...

The accident occurred on the runaway around 10 a.m. and involved two T-38C Talon trainer aircraft, officials said in a Facebook post, CNN reported. One of the surviving pilots was taken to Val Verde Regional Medical Center where they were treated and released. The second pilot is in...

Sudan Doctors Committee said in a statement on Saturday that as many as 16 people were killed on Wednesday as security forces dispersed protests in Khartoum and other cities with gunfire and teargas. According to the committee, 40 people have been killed in Sudan since the beginning of the...

Joint Iraqi forces have launched a military and security operation today morning for hunting remnants of ISIL terrorists in eastern parts of Al Anbar Province.  PMU declared in a statement that it has launched the military and security operation with the participation of the 2nd and 7th PMU brigades to clear ISIL...

Hassan al-Rifa'i, secretary of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party- Daraa branch in the southern Syrian province of Daraa, said an explosion had occurred at the shared Nasib border crossing with Jordan. The Syrian official told Al-Watan newspaper that the explosion was caused by an explosive device and targeted a...

The explosion occurred in a busy market in the town of Berdale, located some 310 kilometers (192 miles) from the capital Mogadishu, a police official told Anadolu Agency (AA) over the phone. "Communications are cut off in the area, but we can confirm that at least eight people, mostly...

According to al-Masirah, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, on Saturday detailed the 8th Detterence Operation which was launched in response to intensified Saudi coalition airstrikes and the continuation of blockade of Saudi-led Yemen and the crimes of the aggressors. King Khalid's base in Riyadh was targeted by...

More than 20 million people will vote in 23 governorship and 335 mayorship contests, a report by the Anadolu Agency said on Saturday.  Meanwhile, Venezuela's opposition will contest regional elections on Sunday for the first time in nearly four years. Led by former National Assembly head Juan Guaido,...

The Society in Defense of the Palestinian Nation condemned the British government's decision in designating Hamas as a terrorist organization, saying that support for this corrupted and violent virus has existed all the years since its establishment by the British government. The recent action is in the same direction.

Asia: Chabahar Iran's maritime capital Etela'at: President Raeisi: Restoring people's trust needs hard work, efforts Ardeshir Zahedi dies at 93 Jomhuriy-e Eslami: President Raeisi stresses using noticeable potentials of Zanjan province UN: Afghanistan on verge of human crisis after Taliban take office Kayhan: US allies step up hostility ahead...

Kazemi Qomi said he was looking for new coordination between countries on Afghanistan. He also stressed that some countries are seeking to start a proxy war in Afghanistan in the name of fighting terrorism. Regarding Iran's position on recognizing the Taliban government, the Iranian special envoy said: "Iran respects...

"Very constructive phone call with DFM Ryabkov and VFM Ma this morning. Our three countries are in strong agreement on the need for a return to full compliance with the JCPOA," he wrote in a tweet on Friday.  "We are working together to achieve it by aligning our...

Commander of 412th Zolfaghar Parsian Fotilla in Parsian town Colonel Ahmad Hajian said that after monitoring data in an integrated operation a foreign ship with 11 crew was sized in Iran’s water. He added that after inspecting the ship, 150,000 liters of smuggled fuel was seized and all the 11 members of...

Speaking in his regular weekly press briefing on Friday, Zhao Lijian Spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated that upholding and maintaining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is the only effective way to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue. “I have noted relevant reports. China hopes that the IAEA and...

"I would single out positively from this Statement the message that there is the need for a negotiated solution on JCPOA as well as enhanced regional dialogue", Russia's Permanent Representative for Vienna-based International Organization said in his Twitter account. "Other elements of this statement can cause mixed feelings", Mikhail Ulyanov added.

Directed by Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi, 'Eclipse' will take part in the competition section of the Foyle Film Festival.  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...

Siavash Amir Makri Chief Executive of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company broke the news in an interview with FNA on Sat. and reiterated that international flights passing from Iranian airspace in the last Iranian month of Mehr (From Sep. 23 to Oct. 22) registered a 36 percent growth...

Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan  Seyed Abbas Mousavi wrote in his tweeter account that in a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev, the latest developments in bilateral political and economic relations specifically joint projects were examined. Mousavi further stated that holding joint economic commissions, removing obstacles, enhancing trade...

In a tweet on late Friday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian condemned the UK's move to term the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas as "terrorist". "We condemn the UK's decision to declare the popular resistance movement of HAMAS a terrorist organization," he wrote. "The rights of Palestinians cannot be trampled on by distorting facts.

The commander of Sistan and Baluchestan police Second Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri made the announcement on Saturday saying that following the intelligence activities of the police forces of the province in Iranshahr and Zahedan cities, an organized drug trafficking band dismantled in southeastern Iran. He added that with timely action of police...

Speaking in the meeting, Iran's ambassador to Brazil Hosein Gharibi expressed satisfaction with the inauguration of such an institution for Iranian and Brazilian private sectors. Stating that the volume of trade relations between the two countries hit billions of dollars, Gharibi called for the preservation, expansion, stabilization, and diversification of bilateral...

The Iranian health ministry said in a statement on Friday that 56,383,179 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 44,051,743 people have been injected with the second dose and 705,196 people have received the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine known as the booster. The total number...

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According to Iran’s Seismological Center affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the earthquake occurred at 4:15 p.m. local time on Saturday at a depth of 10 kilometers. The epicentre of the quake was located at 49.44 degrees longitude and 41.62 degrees latitude. Parsabad, Bileh Savar and Tazeh...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Saturday, Abolfazl Amouei, a member of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said that a temporary agreement is not a serious issue for the time being in the Vienna talks. "What has been published in the American media as...

Muhammad Sualeh Ahmad Faruqi, Commerce Secretary of Pakistan said that an agreement was reached with Iran regarding barter trade, Dawn reported. Sualeh said due to the lack of banking channels with Iran, some issues existed in trading with Tehran. The barter trade issues with Iran have been resolved, the Pakistani...

Germany's Bild newspaper has reported that unknown individuals attacked Iran's consulate in the northern German city of Hamburg last night with firebombs. According to the report, a passing car had noticed that two unknown individuals were escaping from the scene after throwing firebombs at the front door of the consulate last night. The report...

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Esteghlal football team shared the spoils with Nassaji in a 0-0 draw at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Friday in the 5th week of the Iran Professional League (IPL).           ...