News Archive - 2 December 2021

The documentary portraits are as follows: "Before the Dying of the Light” by Moroccan Ali Essafi from Morocco  “Django & Django” by Italian filmmaker Luca Rea  “To the Moon” by Irish director Tadhg O’Sullivan  “Mau”, a co-production between Austria and the US by  Benjamin Bergmann and Jono Bergmann Presided...

In a letter to the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili, Alireza Zakani announced that Tehran Municipality is ready to host the 10th World Tourism Conference. During the meeting held a meeting on Tuesday with UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili in Spain’s capital of Madrid,  which is hosting the 24th...

The Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi Amin in his visit to Syria met and held talks on the industrial cooperations between the two countries with the Syrian minister of economy and foreign trades, said the Deputy of the Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Alireza Peyman-Pak on...

In a statement at the Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 and China in New York on Monday, Iran's permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said, "As we commemorate the 55th anniversary of the adoption of the Charter of Algiers, we should...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his French, British and German counterparts in Riga, the capital of Latvia to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, and Iran's nuclear program. According to the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, Blinken and his counterparts discussed concerns about the difficulty of...

Diplomats from Iran the P4+1 group of countries -China, Russia, France, and the UK plus Germany – gathered at the Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna amid global fanfare. It marked the resumption of the talks after a break of more than five months.  Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy...

A group of Republican and Democratic representatives in the US House of Representatives presented a bill to stop the activities of Iranian drones. The Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Gregory Meeks, claimed that US sanctions on Iran's arms program under CAATSA also include the supply, sale, or...

A member of the US House of Representatives called on Republican leaders to work diligently to combat hatred speech spread against Muslims. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota in the US House of Representatives, by playing a threatening voice message sent to her, called on Republican leaders to strive for...

The Saudi-led coalition claimed on Wednesday that it has targeted a boat belonging to Yemen’s Ansarullah in the south of the Red Sea, Turki al-Maliki Spokesman for the Coalition said. Saudi-led Coalition also intercepted and downed a drone after taking off from Sanaa International Airport, he added. Concurrent with the...

"[In this case], I will propose to Putin to return nuclear weapons in Belarus," Lukashenko said, Sputnik reported.  The Belarusian president said that Minsk and Moscow will come to an agreement on what kind of systems to deploy. Earlier in November, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance may...

An explosion took place on Wednesday in the Al-Malikiyah area in Al-Hasakah Governorate, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) reported.  According to the report, two trucks belonging to the US Army caught fire following the explosion. Meanwhile, some sources stated that a logistics convoy belonging to the US Army was targeted in northeastern...

 Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Wednesday that Yemeni forces have shot down a Saudi drone in northwestern Yemen. CH4 drone belonging to Saudi-led coalition was overthrown by Yemeni forces, said, adding that the Yemeni missile used to shoot down the Saudi drone has not...

"We have recovered 29 bodies... and rescued seven passengers. The search for the remaining 13 bodies is ongoing," Saminu Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer Kano State Fire Service, told AFP on Wednesday. “There were 49 passengers in the boat who were heading to Bagwai town from Badau Village when...

The fire has reportedly forced the lawmakers at the parliament to evacuate.  Meanwhile, firefighters have arrived in the area to put out the fire.

Reports suggest the incident at a busy train station construction site involved a WWII bomb. Russian Today has cited local media as saying that three people are said to be injured. Police have ruled out it being terror-related. Meanwhile, Reuters, quoting the German police on Twitter, said that an...

After the logical insistence of the Iranian diplomatic delegation to put the issue of the removal of the sanctions atop the agenda of the Vienna talks, the working group formed exclusively to deal with the removal of US sanctions against Iran held a meeting at the expert level on Tuesday. In the meeting, the Iranian delegation insisted on the...

If Washington fails to compromise on the issue of Russian diplomats, another group of US diplomats will have to leave Russia by 1 July, the ministry warned, Sputnik reported.  Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has stressed that Washington still has time to stop the ouster of American...

A spokesman for the Kabul Police Command told the Afghan "Etellaat" newspaper that the blast took place at the Salim Karwan intersection located in the Security District 4 of Kabul, Tolo reported. The police commander said that the accident was caused by a roadside bomb. There have been no immediate reports...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet separately with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts on Thursday on the margins of a meeting in Stockholm Sweden amid the Ukraine tensions. A State Department official confirmed the meetings, which will happen on the sidelines of a minister-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Blinken...

In the message, Raeisi expressed his hope that through the joint efforts of the high-ranking officials of the two countries, the two nations will withness increasing expansion of relations in all areas of mutual interest. "I sincerely congratulate you and the people of your country on the occasion of the...

French President will travel to Riyadh in the upcoming days, a source in the French presidency said, adding that the purpose of his visit is to hold talks on the latest developments in the region, Iran's nuclear program and the situation in Iraq and Yemen. Noting that Saudi Arabia...

The Iranian top negotiator who traveled to the Austrian capital of Vienna to attend the 7th round of JCPOA talks on removing the imposed sanctions on Iran held a meeting with the country's Foreign Minister on Wednesday to discuss bilateral issues, international relations, as well as the Vienna talks.  "Good...

“The Islamic Republic has come to Vienna with full seriousness and is negotiating with transparent demands and proposals,” the source told Press TV on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday. The country, the source added, “stands prepared to continue intensive talks as long as needed, [but] it will not be...

A source told the Iranian Tasnim News Agency that European parties in Vienna talks have called for an immediate end to the newly started round of Vienna talks. Another source close to the Iranian negotiating team told Tasnim that "the Iranian team prefers to continue the talks as long...

In continuation of intensive diplomatic consultations by the Iranian negotiating team in the Austrian capital, the top Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani held a meeting with Enrique Mora, the EU representative at the Vienna talks. Apart from that meeting, Bagheri Kani also held a meeting with the Austrian Foreign Minister Michael on issues of mutual...

“Syrian-Iranian Foundation Investment Forum” was held at Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus on Tuesday in the presence of representatives of the industrial and commercial sectors in Syria and Iran, the ministries of economy, foreign trade, and industry, in cooperation with the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade, SANA reported. The...

Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh dismissed reports that a Saudi-led coalition's attack on Yemen and the alleged targeting of an alleged secret base belonging to Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) experts in Sanaa as baseless. Khatibzadeh also ruled out any military ties between the Islamic Republic and Iran. "Such baseless allegations...

According to the local people in the areas located between Iran and Afghanistan, clashes have recently taken place between Iranian border guards and the unknown armed men in Sikhsar region in Iran's Sistan and Balochistan Province on the border with Nimruz province of Afghanistan. According to local people, the clashes came after the unknown armed...

Amir Jafari Arangeh, Para powerlifter from Iran finished in second place after lifting 192kg weight. An Algerian athlete Hocine Bettir won the gold medal when he managed to lift the 194kg. The bronze medal went to Thomas Kure of Nigeria who lifted a weight of 190kg. The 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships...

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday has reportedly said that Islamic Republic of Iran has started using advanced IR-6 centrifuges to enrich uranium at Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant by 20 percent, Al Jazeera TV Network reported. According to the report, IAEA claimed that the move was aimed at enriching...

The visiting deputy minister of foreign affairs and international trade at the government of Zimbabwe David Musabayana met with the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Wed. to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest.  During the visit of Zimbabwean Deputy Foreign Minister and International Trade, Iran-Zimbabwe Economic Cooperation Meeting was held in...

US government officials claimed on Wednesday that seventh round of nuclear talks on the removal of US sanctions imposed against Iran will end on Thursday or Friday, a Zionist media reported. According to the report, US officials added that the exact timing of this issue depends on progress of...

After the logical insistence of the Iranian diplomatic delegation to put the issue of the removal of the sanctions atop the agenda of the Vienna talks, the working group was formed exclusively to deal with the removal of US sanctions against Iran held a meeting at the expert level on Tuesday. In the meeting, the Iranian delegation insisted on...

“To Die in the Pure Water” is about a young Afghan man who is faced with the dilemma of choosing between converting to Christianity to obtain a European visa or continuing to live as a Muslim with all his problems. SAMA International Film Festival was held from November 25...

After the IAEA said on Wednesday,  Iran has started producing enriched uranium with more efficient advanced centrifuges at its Fordow plant dug into a mountain,  Mohammad Reza Ghaebi, who serves as the acting head of Iran's mission in the Austrian capital and Tehran's charge d'affaires there, commented that the report is nothing new...

"ViennaTalks proceeding with seriousness and sanctions removal as fundamental priority," Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian posted on his Twitter account 3 days after the new talks between Iran and the remaining JCPOA participants known as the P4+1 in Vienna on Monday. The top Iranian diplomats also referred to the expert-level...

The Taliban said that the skirmishes at the shared border between Iran and Afghanistan on Wednesday ended as a result of mutual understanding. "There was a misunderstanding between the Afghan and Iranian border guards in the border area of Kong city in Nimroz province, and with mutual understanding, the incident was...

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The following is the full text of the speech delivered on November 21, 2021, by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with the officials in charge of conducting the Martyrs of Ilam Commemoration Ceremony. In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful Praise God,...

"We tell Americans that you still have time to leave the geography around us in humiliation, otherwise you will be expelled from all this geography worse than what you experienced in Afghanistan," IRGC Quds Force commander Esmaeil Gha'ani said during a ceremony held to commemorate the martyrdom of one of IRGC...

A new round of talks between Iran and the P4+1 group (Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China) to remove the US illegal and oppressive sanctions against the Iranian people started in Vienna on Monday, December 29th. Following the recent consultations in Vienna, the Iranian delegation handed over two documents to...

 Latifi said that as normalcy returned to the area where skirmishes between Iranian border guards and the Afghani side took place yesterday, the border trade at the Milak border crossing on the shared border between Iran and Afghanistan resumed on Thursday. "Yesterday afternoon, there were skirmishes in a limited area around the...

The Iranian intelligence ministry said in a statement on Thursday that an arms trafficking network whose members were trying to smuggle weapons through the southwestern borders of the province of Khuzestan in southwest Iran was identified and dismantled. The statement added that the illegal network was trying to infiltrate into Khuzestan through the southwestern...

"Israeli regime whose existence relies on tension is at it again, trumpeting lies to poison Vienna talks," Saeed Kahtibzadeh, the Iranian Foreign Ministry, wrote in a post on his Twitter account on Wednesday. The Iranian spokesman further said in his tweet that, "All parties in the room now face a...

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Mehdi Safari, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy, who is accompanying the Iranian negotiating team in Vienna, held a meeting with Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs in Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria on Thursday.  Explaining his bilateral meetings in Vienna, Safari stressed the need for agreements...

TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – FC Tractor shared the spoils with the Foolad football team in a 0-0 draw on Tuesday in the 7th week of the Iran Professional League (IPL).        ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Tasuj city in East Azarbaijan Province of Iran, enjoys many beautiful tourist attractions historical places such as Tasuj Grand Mosque.