News Archive - 28 November 2021

The British government on November 19 joined the United States, Canada, and the European Union in fully banning the Gaza-based Palestinian Resistance group, which plays a significant role in defending Palestinian rights against frequent Israeli regime aggression. London has since 2001 banned the group’s military wing, known as the Izz...

"Bolivia respects Iran's nuclear program and recognizes Iran's right to have peaceful nuclear activities," said Romina Guadalupe in an interview with MNA correspondent, adding that Iran plays a very important role in countering US hegemony in the region. Iran's cooperation with its friendly countries against US policies plays a decisive role in...

On the last day of the World Taekwondo Women's Open Championships on Saturday, Zahra Sheidaei of Iran in the final of under-57kg division defeated Russia's Margarita Blizniakova to bag the gold medal for her country. Accordingly, the Iranian women ended the World Taekwondo Women's Open Championships with a gold medal and two bronze medals...

The Iranian students won 2 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze medals and an honorary diploma in the 2021 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA). The scientific competitions were hosted by Colombia and were held online from November 14-19 with the participation of students from countries. Sepehr Mizanian and...

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani said on Saturday that the 10th International Conference on Women's Health will be held in Shiraz on Dec 1-2, 2021. He added that, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this conference will be held virtually for the second consecutive year. Lankarani, the former Minister of Health and...

Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Hasan Shahmohammadi and  Shakouri-Rad have been selected as jury members in the 2nd edition of Kidz CINEMA 2021 in Animation – SHORT part of this festival. Kidz Cinema 2021 is the second edition of this International Children’s Film Festival, KidzCINEMA, which will be attempted to be delivered in...

Deputy of planning and resource management of Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said that 28,000,000 tons of non-oil products and the rest 14,000,000 tons of oil-products were loaded or unloaded at the Iranian ports during the first 3 months after the 13th Iranian government took the office in August. According to...

The Director-General of Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare for International Affairs in a meeting with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe David Musabayana on Saturday emphasized the expansion of relations between the two countries in trade and economic fields with the focus on neutralizing...

Amir-Abdollahian who accompanies Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in his visit to Turkmenistan met and held talks with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Ashgabat. During the meeting, the two ministers discussed issues of mutual interest. Iranian foreign minister called the cooperation of the two countries in various political, economic, cultural and media...

The 5-day exhibition, which is organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran as well as the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade of Syria, will be attended by dozens of Iranian companies in addition to one 150 investors and industry owners from Iran. The Iranian companies will...

Speaking in his meeting with Kazakhstan's First Deputy Foreign Minister Shakhrat Nuryshev in Ashgabat on Sunday on the sidelines of the 15th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit, the Iranian foreign minister stressed the acceleration of holding Iran-Kazakhstan Joint Economic Cooperation to strengthen bilateral relations in the economic field. During...

Iraqi media sources reported that two US military logistics convoys were targeted in Iraq last night. One of the two military convoys was targeted in Babil province and the other in Nasiriyah province in southern Iraq. Over the past few weeks, a large number of military convoys belonging to...

On the sidelines of the 15th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Ashgabat, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, who has traveled to Turkmenistan on Saturday, met and held talks with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon, Pakistani President Arif Alvi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. During the meeting, the Presidents of Iran and Pakistan...

Although many countries acknowledge that the US policy of maximum pressure and sanction has been failed, Washington continues to insist on this approach. In an interview with the BBC, Robert Mally, the US special envoy for Iran affairs, threatened that the United States and its partners are likely to exert pressure on...

Immediately after concluding a regional tour, Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy foreign minister of Iran who will lead the Iranian negotiating team in Vienna, landed in the Austrian capital amid a charged atmosphere characterized by Israeli military threats against Iran.  Diplomats from Iran and the P4+1 group of...

In an open session of the Parliament held on Sunday with the agenda of reviewing the plans and competence of “Yousef Nouri” the proposed Minister of Education, which was held in the presence of First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, chaired by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lawmakers picked...

Speaking in a meeting with businesspersons and the private sector activists in Turkmenistan on Sunday morning, Ebrahim Raeisi called for transformation in all areas, especially the economic, trade and commerce sectors, as one of the government's economic priorities and said, "Increasing exports means that the current situation is well...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and held talks with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov on Saturday on the sidelines of the 15th ECO Summit in Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan. During the talk, the two sides explored avenues for enhancing bilateral relations and also discussed the issues of mutual...

Heading a high-ranking delegation, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and top negotiator, top negotiator arrived in Vienna yesterday, Mohammad Reza Ghaebi, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the International Organizations in Vienna said. Ghaebi also added that the Iranian delegation will hold bilateral and trilateral meetings with the Chinese and...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, attention to regional convergence increased, and the ECO, as a convergent organization, played a greater role in the economic development of member countries and was even able to establish contacts with similar organizations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in...

Speaking at the 15th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Ashgabat on Sunday,  Iranian President Raeisi said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers a special priority for economic cooperation and partnership with Asian countries, especially its neighbours in South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus." The President emphasised,...

A 3-day conference of Iranian and Iraqi activists in the tourism industry was held in Mashad with the participation of 60 Iraqi companies active in the tourism industry and representatives of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts.  On the sidelines of the conference, Iran...

The last Solar Eclipse of 2021 will occur on December 4 and it can also be seen in India, the New 18 website reported. The upcoming Surya Grahan will have an impact on different zodiac signs. As per Hindu astrology, Surya Grahan is considered an important astronomical event along...

There were no immediate reports of injury or damage from the quake, which was felt as far away as the capital, Lima, Reuters reported.  The quake struck at a depth of more than 100 km (60 miles), limiting the shaking level. The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said in a...

The Syrian SANA reported that a car bomb blast in the city of Manbij, 80 km northeast of Aleppo, killed two children and two women, wounding four others. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast in Manbij. The Syrian city of Manbij, which is part of the territory controlled by...

The UK local media reported on Sunday that emergency services were called to the house at 9.37am this morning after concerns were raised for the welfare of the occupant. Cops and London Ambulance Service paramedics found a man and a woman who had been stabbed and they were...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi met and held talks with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the 15th ECO Summit in Ashgabat. President Raeisi and his accompanying delegation left Tehran for Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on Saturday evening in order to participate in...

"A US Navy vessel rescued two Iranian mariners (on Saturday) from a fishing vessel after it was adrift for eight days in the Sea of Oman," the US Naval Forces Central Command, or NAVCENT, said in a statement cited by France 24. Navy cargo ship Charles Drew arrived at the...

The EU observers came to Venezuela to commit espionage, not to monitor the regional elections, which took place on November 21, President Nicolas Maduro told Venezolana de Television channel, TASS reported. "The delegation of the EU spies did not find a single reason to castigate the electoral system. <...

Six members of a family were shot, two fatally, Friday night at an apartment in Nashville, Tennessee, police said, NBC News reported. A third person, believed to be one of two intruders, was also shot to death, Nashville police said. The two family members who were killed were brothers,...

Tehran prosecutor's office has put on its agenda the adjudication of the cases of the nuclear scientists' assassination, said Kazem Gharibabadi on Sunday on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh martyrdom. He also praised martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's achievements in nuclear science and experience. Gharibabadi...

"The Iranian team arrived on Saturday in Vienna and started meetings which continued on Sunday at an expert level with the heads of the Russian and Chinese negotiating teams, as well as the EU Coordinator Enrique Mora," the acting head of Iran's Mission in the IAEA Board of Governors Mohammad Reza Ghaebithe said. Russia's Permanent...

‘When the Moon Was Full’, directed by Narges Abyar will compete in the12th edition of the International Sama Film Festival which is slated to be held on the 25 - 28 November 2021 in Stockholm. The film narrates the true story of Abdul-Hamid Rigi, the younger brother of Abdul-Malik...

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President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) and Deputy Economy Minister Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi made the remarks on Sunday, saying that Iran’s foreign trade in this period hit $63 billion, showing a 42 percent hike as compared to the same period of last year. In this period, Iran...

In his message on Sunday, the Iranian president expressed his hope that in the light of the great capacities and capabilities of both countries, there will be an increasing expansion of cooperation. "I sincerely congratulate you and the people of your country on the occasion of the National Day of...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi met and held talks with Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president of Uzbekistan on Sunday. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 15th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Ashgabat. He also held talks with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon, Pakistani President Arif Alvi, and Turkish President...

Russia's Permanent Representative for Vienna-based International Organizations Mikhail Ulyanov has told Ria Novosti that there is an atmosphere in Vienna ahead of talks between Iran and P4+1 on the removal of sanctions. Ulyanov also said that there is still a chance that an agreement will be reached and the utmost effort is needed...

Gholamali Rasti said various groups of products including petrochemicals and petroleum base, carpets and handicrafts, agriculture and food industry, mining and mineral industries are major Iran’s exporting groups of products. He also named Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, UAE, Turkmenistan, Russia, India and China as the major destinations...

Bahram Einollahi, the minister of health of Iran made the remarks on Sunday while talking to reporters on the newly identified coronavirus variant Omicron. "Fortunately, no case of newly identified coronavirus variant has been reported in Iran to date, and yesterday the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus announced a travel ban for...

The tripartite gas swap agreement was signed in the presence of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Ilham Aliyev President of Republic of Azerbaijan. Under the agreement, which was signed by the oil ministers of the Iran and Azerbaijan on Sunday evening after the end...

After delivering lecture at 15th meeting of leaders of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Iranian President left Ashgabat for Tehran on Sunday evening. During his visit to Turkmenistan, Iranian President Raeisi met and held talks with the presidents of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan on the sidelines...

Azizollah Habibi, president of Kharazmi university held a virtual meeting with the head of Iraqi Kurdistan's Halabja University and signed an agreement. Also, the managers of the international affairs of the two universities were among the attendees of the meeting.  Habibi said that the Iranian university is willing...

This meeting is held every year with the aim of constructive interaction of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran with friend and allied countries. These 32 foreign military attaches residing in the Islamic Republic of Iran were from three continents of America, Europe and Asia including...

Iranian director Nushin Meraji’s debut movie “The Son” won the best young cinema award at the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad in Belarus. The film is about forty-year-old Farid, who lives with his mother. He is very vulnerable and escapes loneliness, but in the meantime tries to prove himself...

Colonel Naser Farshid broke the news on Monday, saying that following the intelligence activities of the police forces, a truck carrying narcotics that intended to transport illicit drugs to the central part of the country has been identified. Some 772 kilograms of Morphine has been seized during the operation, he added.

Ali Bagheri Kani made the remarks in an article published by the Financial Times on Sunday in which the Iranian diplomat slammed Western countries, especially the United States, for using talks as a tool to restrict Iran’s peaceful nuclear program. “Western countries, in particular the US, work tirelessly to portray...

"As friends and brothers, we have exchanged views on Iranian-Azerbaijani relations. We have decided that from now on, Iranian-Azerbaijani relations will develop in all areas. Our peoples are fraternal peoples, our countries are fraternal countries, and the issues discussed today show again that Iranian-Azerbaijani relations are at a very high...

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Referring to the long-standing relationship between Iran and Turkey, Amir-Abdollahian in a tweet on Sunday wrote that the Iranian and Turkish presidents agreed to convene a High Commission meeting during Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Tehran. He also said that the meeting of Ebrahim Raeis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Turkmen...

"The makeup of the Islamic Republic's negotiating delegation reflects this resolve and seriousness for taking serious steps towards the removal of the US' sanctions against the Iranian people," Ali Bagheri Kani told reporters. "The issue of removal of the sanctions form the focus and principle priority of this round...

Fatemi Amin is scheduled to meet and hold talks with the Syrian Prime Minister, as well as some other Syrian ministers. The inauguration of Iran's second special exhibition in Syria is part of his trip to Syria. 164 Iranian companies are going to showcase their products in the exhibition. The exhibition...

YAZD, Nov. 28 (MNA) – The fifth Umbrella of Life National Street Theater Festival was held in the central province of Yazd with the participation of more than 100 artists from all over the country.

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – The first anniversary of the martyrdom of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was held at the defense ministry with the participation of the defense minister Ashtiani, AEOI head Eslami and the army chief commander Mousavi.     ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – The naval forces of the Iranian army visited Imam Khomeni’s Mausoleum in southern Tehran to renew their allegiance to the ideals of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini on Sunday.    ...