News Archive - 18 December 2021

Iraq's Security Media Cell said that the US-installed C-RAM defense system was activated to intercept the rockets launched late on Saturday night. According to local media reports, the rockets targeted the US embassy in Baghdad. One rocket landed in the vicinity of the embassy, while the second one fell...

Arab media outlets reported on Sunday morning that the Yemeni Armed Forces had launched a drone operation against the Saudi coalition. Al-Arabiya quoted Turki Al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Saudi coalition as saying that Yemeni forces have fired a drone from the Sanaa Airport towards southern Saudi Arabia. However, as usual, the...

A dent occurred in the coal mine of Polyak Eynez Enerji Üretim Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. in Kınık, around 21:30, FOX-24 reported. The dent in the mine occurred when many workers were working in the newly opened gallery between 16.00 and 00.00, known as the...

Abdullah bin Khalid Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the United Nations in Vienna made some interfering remarks against Iran's negotiations with western countries. The Saudi official claimed that Iran has to stop procrastination since it is not in its interest.  Following the interfering statement, he also called on...

The official website of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a report on Saturday that Peter Semneby, Sweden’s special envoy for Yemen, on Saturday met and held talks with Ali Asghar Khaji, the Iranian foreign minister’s senior advisor for special political affairs.  In the meeting, Yemen’s latest domestic...

Nabiullah Ghaedi said on Saturday that the head of Pol-e Dokhtar's department of environment managed to observe and photograph a 'black-winged kite' in this city for the first time.  The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite, is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae...

Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi broke the news on Saturday, saying that the border guards of Sistan and Baluchestan province were informed about the activities of a drug trafficking gang in the province. They gathered intelligence on the activities of this drug trafficking band and found out that the smugglers...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who arrived in the Pakistan capital of Islamabad on Saturday night was welcomed by the Pakistani Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan. "Welcomed the delegation from Islamic Republic of Iran coming to attend 17th extraordinary session of @OIC_OCI held in Islamabad. The delegation was led by Foreign Minister of...

The seizure of Afghanistan's national assets in the United States on the pretext of not recognizing the Taliban and imposing heavy economic sanctions on Kabul was apparently not enough to harass the Afghan people, and with the US sabotage, the World Bank refused to release $ 500 million. World...

Arman-e Melli  Tehran has upper hand in thawing relations with UAE Iran’s trade with neighbors at $33bn in eight months Official reveals revival of Silk Road Abrar E3: Salient progress obtained in Vienna talks AEOI shows reaction to IAEA chief’s claim Data of camera to be provided to IAEA...

On Sunday ceremony in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, two SH3D-316 helicopters and two F27 Friendship and Hovercraft aircraft have joined the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy in the presence of Coordinating Deputy of Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army Forces Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari and Iran’s Army Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani. The...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan on Saturday night in order to attend the 17th edition of the Extraordinary Session of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)’s Council of Foreign Ministers started in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Sunday. Upon his arrival at Islamabad Airport, Amir-Abdollahian said...

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Mohammad Taghi Joghataei said that based on the study and assessment carried out by international organizations, Iran ranks first in neuroscience and cognitive neurology in the region. He also added that Iran currently ranks 19th in the world in the field of neuroscience, 13th in behavioral neuroscience, 17th in...

The injured include women and a child, sources told the Pakistani Geo News. The police said that cars and motorcycles on Shahrah-e-Iqbal were damaged as a result of the blast. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo condemned the incident, vowing that the government would ensure the best possible...

On June 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law to quit the Treaty on Open Skies. Russia notified all related parties of its pullout on June 18 and the decision came into force six months later, CGTN reported. The treaty, which became effective in 2002, allows state parties...

Three people were killed and four others injured after a section of an expressway bridge in Ezhou City, central China's Hubei Province, tilted on one side on Saturday, CGTN reported. The accident took place at around 3:36 p.m. BJT. The cause of the accident remains unknown. ZZ/PR...

Chadian soldiers make up nearly 1,400 of the United Nations' 13,000-troop peacekeeping forces in the north and central Mali, Reuters reported. The upcoming deployment will reinforce those and other Chadian troops as former colonial ruler France scales back its 5,000-strong regional counter-terrorism mission known as Barkhane, Mali's foreign affairs...

A man was killed and three others were injured in two separate shootings in Brooklyn and Manhattan on Friday night, police said, according to New York Post. Officers responded to a 911 call of shots fired at Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Avenue in Canarsie around 10:13 pm and found...

Afghanistan TOLO news agency said in a report minutes ago that an explosion occurred at the Barki intersection in Kabul. TOLO cited eyewitnesses as saying that the blast took place near Rana University. According to the latest reports by TOLO, the Taliban officials have confirmed the explosion in Kabul, saying...

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Foreign ministers of OIC member states to discuss Afghanistan's humanitarian situation in Islamabad on Sunday.  Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian left Tehran for Islamabad on Saturday afternoon to attend the meeting. In addition to the Foreign Ministers of the OIC member states, representatives of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, international organizations...

E3 agreed to accept Tehran viewpoints as serious talks basis As another round of discussions in Vienna comes to a close, Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani says the E3 intimately agreed to accept Tehran’s viewpoint as a basis for “serious, result-oriented” talks. He said the pace of reaching...

In a series of tweets on Saturday, Enrique Mora wrote, "Round 7 had its own logic and purpose in three phases: incorporate the new IR delegation into an ongoing, rather mature in terms of procedures, negotiation; discuss potential new ideas from a new government; see whether other delegations keen...

In his message to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, Iranian President Raeisi congratulated the country's National Day. "I offer my sincerest congratulations to Your Excellency and Qatari people on the occasion of the Qatar National Day," president Raeisi said.  Expressing satisfaction with the relations between the two friendly and...

The European Union’s External Action Service announced Friday that the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will convene again in a physical format in Vienna. The meeting was held on Friday evening.  JCPOA Joint Commissions are usually held at the start and end of...

Iranian short film 'Orthodontics' directed, written, and produced by Mohammadreza Mayghani, will compete with 16 films from different countries in the main competition section of the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to be held in person from January 20 to 30, 2022, in the United States.

Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi, the IRICA spokesman said on Saturday that of 110,284,000 tons of trade of Iran valued at $63.132 b in the first 8 months of the Iranian calendar year 1400 (March 21, Nov 21, 2021), 68 m tons that is worth $33 b has been the...

If the Israeli regime attacks Iran, Iran will hit targets in occupied lands by using 100 drones in a short period of time crippling the Iron Dome, said Faiz Doweri in an interview with Russia al-Youm.  The Israeli regime will face a full-scale war from Iran, he added. According to the...

On December 17, the Joint Commission of the JCPOA member states ended the seventh round of Vienna talks aimed at reviving the full implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal, said the statement. Significant progress has been made that will allow further efforts and cooperation to enter a new phase,...

The interim Taliban government foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi made the comments in a meeting with the deputy ambassador of Iran to Kabul Seyed Hassan Mortazavi in Afghanistan's capital.  In the meeting, the economic agreements which were agreed upon between Iran and the Taliban interim government in Afghanistan during the recent...

On the first day of the 19th edition of the Asian Karate Championships 2021 hosted by Kazakhstan, Iranian Karate practitioners bagged 6 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals for their country. The Iranian representatives won 3 medals including one gold, one silver and one bronze medal on the...

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Speaking during an interview with the Italian "Il Sole 24 Ore" newspaper in Brussels, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that oil and gas will play an important role for his economy for many decades ahead.  He added that his government is transforming Azerbaijan into Eurasia’s transportation hub, while expressing...

"We are convinced that neither Iran nor the United States is interested in escalating tensions. Therefore, we call on all parties to show maximum flexibility and contribute to the search for mutually acceptable solutions for the soonest JCPOA revival," he said in an interview with Newsweek magazine published on...

Female Iranian weightlifter Fatemeh Yousefi in the +87 kg broke Iran's record at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships underway in Uzbekistan after lifting the 219 kg weight.  In the women’s +87 kg category, Mousavi lifted 85kg in her first attempt in the snatch and 89kg in the second attempt in the...

Agni-P is a new generation advanced variant of the Agni class of nuclear-capable missiles. It is a two-stage canisterised missile with a range capability between 1,000 and 2,000 km.  This was the second test of the Agni Prime missile. The test was conducted at 11 am off the...

BANDARABBAS, Dec. 16 (MNA) – The the joint naval exercise of the Iranian and Omani navies was held in the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.    ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – The slalom auto racing championship in six men's and women's classes was held in Arak, Markazi province, Iran with the participation of 57 drivers.          ...