News Archive - 24 November 2021

State TV last night reported that Moscow's anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles could destroy 32 Nato satellites and 'blind all their missiles, planes and ships, not to mention the ground forces.' The ASAT technology was tested on a defunct Soviet satellite last week. ZZ/PR...

One of Malcolm X's six daughters, Malikah Shabazz, 56, was found deceased around 4:40 p.m. EST on Monday in her Brooklyn apartment by her daughter, a New York Police Department spokesperson confirmed. While the police said that the death is not deemed suspicious, her death comes two days after Muhammad...

The Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber will deliver a speech via video conferencing at the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation(SCO) head of states (council of prime ministers) on Thursday to explain the Islamic Republic of Iran's stances and approaches in various economic, security and cultural fields. The SCO Council of Prime...

Speaking on Tuesday in a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) Khosro Nazeri, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi considered identifying and removing obstacles and problems to increase the level of relations and cooperation between member countries necessary, saying, "Any kind of obstacles and problems in the...

According to Iran Road Maintenance & Transportation Organization's website, the Director-General of the Transit Office of the organization Javad Hedayati said about two-day joint meetings held between Iran and Georgia to discuss transportation and trade in November on a visit to Georgia, saying that "It is important to hold joint transportation...

The 13th government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to expand and develop trade, diplomacy and economic ties with other countries. Speaking at a meeting with Christoph Grabmayr Commercial Counselor of Austrian Embassy to Iran on Tuesday, Director-General of Ministry of Labor Hamed Forouzan reiterated that the...

On his visit to Bileh Savar Border gate on Tuesday, Kalimollah Vosoughi the director-general of Iran Road Maintenance & Transportation Organization in norther Ardabil Province said that in the first 8 months since the beginning of the current Iranian year of 1400 (starting at March 21, 2021) more than 332.000 tons...

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), met on Tuesday evening with Hossein Amir-Abdullahian, Foreign Minister of Iran in Tehran. During the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian emphasized the serious will of the Islamic Republic of Iran to have constructive relations with the Agency within the framework of the Safeguards Agreement...

Saeid Jafari Kahroudi said Monday 550 sqm of the high-quality handwoven carpets were woven and exported in the province since the start of the Iranian year of 1400 (beginning on March 21, 2021). He further said that major destinations for the handwoven carpets woven in Markazi Province include Canada as the...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has posted a part video of his press conference yesterday in which he talks about the US special envoy for Iran Robert Malley's remarks on Bahrain visit during which he posed for a photo. "Orchestrating photo op to sell fake narrative about the...

The Prosecutor of Kangan County in Bushehr Province in the south of Iran Akbar Ahmadi told reporters on Monday night that a big shipment of narcotics, that was planned to be transferred to the central cities in Iran was identified and seized by intelligence and judicial forces in Kangan. The prosecutor...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Don Pramudwinai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand held a phone call on Tuesday evening to discuss bilateral economic and political relations and Vienna talks between Iran on the removal of the US sanctions on Iran,...

There are reports on Tuesday that the location of Vienna talks has changed and this time the negotiations between Iran and the P4+1 will be held in a different hotel. The reports said that the upcoming Vienna talks on the removal of the US sanctions on Iran will be...

Speaking in a meeting of Students’ Basij of universities and academic centers of the country in the holy city of Mashhad on Tueday, Major General Hossein Salami IRGC Chief Commander emphasized Iran’s unparalleled power in the international arena despite oppressive and cruel sanctions imposed by foreign countries against the country. Turning...

As the second phase of Operation Thunder by the Iraqi army continues on Tuesday across the country,  the Iraqi security forces identified and seized a large amount of weaponry from the ISIL terrorists in Al-Anbar Province. According to the latest report, the intense fighting between Iraq security forces and the remnants...

Local sources reporter that the army checkpoint in the vicinity of Akoula village in Qamishli southeastern countryside has intercepted a convoy of five military vehicles for the US which attempted to get through the village, forcing it to return and leave from where it has come, SANA reported. Yesterday,...

In the past 24 hours, Saudi fighter jets have intensified their airstrikes on various parts of the city of Marib, according to Almasirah. According to the report, Yemeni Media have reported that Saudi fighter jets had repeatedly bombed the city of Marib in the past 24 hours. This is...

Speaking to the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) provincial heads at a meeting at party headquarters in Ankara, Erdoğan said it is "primitive" to hold elections every 15 to 20 months. “As the People’s Alliance, we will win the presidency and have a majority in Parliament and...

Australia listed all of Hezbollah as a "terrorist organization," extending a ban on armed factions to the entire movement, which wields considerable power in Lebanon. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews made some baseless remarks on Wednesday against Hezbollah, accusing the movement to continue to threaten terrorist attacks and provide support to terrorist organizations. For...

Saudi brutal attacks on residential areas of Yemen are still continuing, Almasirah reported. According to the report, Saudi fighter jets have heavily bombed the Al-Anab area in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Residential buildings and civilian areas were targeted during the attack, said the eyewitnesses. According to Yemeni media, two civilians...

Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is scheduled to deliver a speech on Friday night, Al-Manar reported. According to the report, Nasrallah's speech will be delivered at 20:30 Beirut time (22:00 Tehran time). Lebanese Media reported that during the above-mentioned speech, Nasrallah will speak about developments in Lebanon and the region. MP/5359657...

A zionist source said that Syria fired an anti-aircraft missile at the Zionist regime's fighter last night. The source also said that the missile was intercepted, but the regime's defense systems failed to target it. A spokesman for the Zionist regime's army has not yet commented on the issue. Early on Wednesday...

"The S-550 system will not replace S-500, because it is not more advanced than its predecessor. In fact, it is a slightly lighter version. The new system’s combat goals will differ from those of Prometei," the source told TASS. In his words, S-550 and S-500 Prometei will form the...

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Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Dakar Mohammad Reza Dehshiri met and held talks with Foreign Minister of Senegal Aïssata Tall Sall on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual interests In a tweet on Tuesday, the Iranian envoy to Senegal wrote, “During the meeting,...

Directed by Mojtaba Ghasemi, 'Khoonab', as the only representative of Iranian cinema among more than 2,830 films from around the world, reached the final level of the festival and managed to win the Best Director Award of the festival in its competition with films from the United States, France, Italy and...

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Iraqi National Intelligence Service announced that under the command and supervision of Iraqi joint operations headquarters, Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out three airstrikes on ISIL positions in Tuz Khurma which led to the destruction of a cave and a tunnel belonging...

Iran, Thailand FMs hold phone call on bilateral relations Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Don Pramudwinai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand held a phone call on Tuesday evening to discuss bilateral relations. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Don Pramudwinai...

Arman-e Melli: Iran, IAEA reach agreement to continue negotiations Asia: Iran freestyle runner-up at World Military Wrestling C'ship Etemad: Over 20 million doses of Coviran Barekat produced in country IAEA chief Grossi meets with AEOI head Eslami in Tehran Etela'at: US base in Syria targeted by rockets IAEA chief:...

Addressing the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly for the Appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons in New York on Tuesday, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the deliberations at the meeting would be “instrumental” in addressing...

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei issued a message to congratulate the Basij Week, which marks the anniversary of the Basij force’s creation nearly a year after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution under the direction of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini.

The Director-General of Transit and International Transportation Bureau at Iran’s Road Maintenance & Transportation Organization (RMTO) Javad Hedayati confirmed the launch of a new transit corridor through Iran between the UAE and Turkey, saying that a senior Emirati official who is following the Emirati talks with Turkey is scheduled to come...

Although the date is a tropical crop with no possibility of planting in East Azarbaijan Province, it has managed to export more than 20,000 tons of date-related products, head of East Azarbaijan Agricultural Jihad Organization Akbar Fathi told journalists. He added that date is imported to East Azarbaijan from other...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr News Agency, ‪Mohammad Sadegh Koushki‬ , the faculty member of the University of Tehran spoke about Iran's talks with the IAEA chief in Iran. Koushki‬ pointed out that during the negotiations with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Iranian negotiators must not feel indebted...

Deputy President of Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said that Iran and Germany have similarities in terms of population, total number of people infected with coronavirus, COVID-19, disease, so that the two countries have taken giant strides in containing COVID-19 disease. Speaking in his meeting with the deputy Ministry...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi will pay an official visit to Ashgabat, the Capital of Turkmenistan. He is scheduled to attend the sixth summit of the Caspian Littoral States and the ECO summit which will be kicked off on Saturday. RHM/TSN2613794...

The purpose of the Iranian delegation's visit to Baghdad is to follow up on the assassination case of Martyr Lt. Gen. Soleimani and Iraq’s Second-in-Command of Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi. Upon the arrival of the Iranian delegation to the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Chairman...

According to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), steelmakers in the world produced 1,607,100,000 tons of crude steel from Jan. to Oct. 2021, showing a 5.9 percent growth as compared to the same period of last year. In the mentioned period, Islamic Republic...

Mohammad Ali Hosseini, ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan, Ehsan Khazaei, Iran's Cultural Attaché and Major General Muhammad Jaffar head of Pakistan's National University of Modern Languages (NUML) hosted Pakistani students and professors of Urdu and Persian literature in 2nd Iqbal Conference on Nov 24 and 25,...

An unexpected surge in Covid-19 infections in Europe has sparked angry protests in a handful of European cities, with the angst descending into violent clashes with police in a number of nations. The surge sent several senior European officials, including the prime ministers of France and Belgium, into quarantine.

In the meeting, Seyed-Reza Salehi Amiri said that Iran and Iraq share many similarities and voiced the readiness of Iran to expand bilateral cooperation in sports, especially in the field of fencing. Kaikavous Saeedi, the Secretary-General of Iran's National Olympic Committee, who was also present in the meeting pointed to...

The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili made the remarks in a meeting with the Ambassador of Pakistan to Tehran Rahim Qureshi on Wednesday in the Iranian capital. In the meeting, the Iranian culture minister pointed to the cultural similarities between Iran and Pakistan and...

“We’ve been having a long day of discussions, talks, and negotiations” with Iranian officials, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi told Press TV on Tuesday. The United Nations nuclear watchdog’s chief met with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran...

 As reported by Iran National Innovation Fund (INIF), a permanent exhibition and export base for Iranian knowledge-based products is to be set up in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The report added that this exhibition is a one-year opportunity for Iranian companies to showcase and market their products in Kyrgyzstan and Eurasia...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) state news agency WAM reported Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani met with senior Emirati officials in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. WAM said Bagheri Kani, who is Iran’s deputy foreign minister, met with the diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, Anwar Gargash, and Emirati minister...

 Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi IRICA’s Spokesman said on Wednesday that 20.3 million tons of goods, valued at $9.233 billion, were exchanged between Iran and ECO member states in the first seven months of the current year (from March 21 to Oct. 22), showing a 43 and 48.5...

Peyman Saadat, Director-General for European Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran met and held talks with his Irish counterpart, Sonja Hyland, Political Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Dublin and discussed bilateral, regional and international issues. During the meeting, different ways to expand...

Less than a week before world powers resume negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the top US terrorist forces’ commander in the Middle East says his forces stand ready with a potential military option should talks fail, General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) told the TIME. Iran...

The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a meeting online to discuss expansion of bilateral relations, developments in Afghanistan, and the upcoming Vienna talks to lift illegal US sanctions against the Iranian nation. Expressing satisfaction with the positive developments...

Mehr News Agency, Tehran Times and the Russian Sputnik News Agency held their second joint webinar on Wednesday. The topic of today’s webinar was “Psychological and information warfare and spreading fake news by Western media against Iran and Russia.” The session was held in Farsi language. At the start...

Štambuk made the remarks in his meeting with the governor of Hamedan Province in the west of Iran.  During his meeting, the ambassador said that his country seeks to expand its relations with Iran in cultural and economic and touristic fields.  According to the envoy, Croatia is determined...

TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a meeting with Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), at the Foreign Ministry compound in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon.    ...