News Archive - 28 December 2021

Official sources in Iraqi Kurdistan say Turkish fighter jets bombed border areas on Tuesday close to the shared border with Iran. The bombardment came shortly after it was reported that a Turkish military base in northern Iraqi Nineveh province was targeted with rockets on Monday night. KI/FNA14001007000836...

A vehicle carrying Taliban forces was targeted near the town of Arya in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, the BBC reported. Local sources said the blast took place near the town of Arya in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and that the vehicle was carrying Taliban members. Taliban authorities...

Major General Gholam-Ali Rashid, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned on Tuesday of a well-calculated response at the right time and place should the enemy make the slightest mistake. The enemy should know that “we are always watching them, we are ready, and we will surely impose...

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organizations Mikhail Ulyanov said on Tuesday a day after the 8th round of Vienna talks on the removal of sanctions on Iran on Monday that "Today in the course of #ViennaTalks on #JCPOA the working group on nuclear issues held a useful meeting.

Pakistan's Federal Minister of Religious Affairs, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said that Tehran-Islamabad relations are too strong that cannot be affected by internal and external saboteurs.  Noor-ul-Haq Qadri made the comments in a meeting with the visiting Hojjatoleslam Hamid Shahriari, Secretary-General of the Iranian World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought,...

Speaking in his meeting with the Head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali on Tuesday, Amir-Abdollahian reiterated that Foreign Ministry will strictly follow up the issue of enemies’ launching of cyberattacks against country’s infrastructures in international forums legally. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged their...

The chairman of the Iranian Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mahdi Imanipour made the remarks in a meeting with the Chinese envoy to Iran Ambassador Chang Hua and the Chinese cultural attache at the Chinese Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday.  Imanipour pointed to the existence of cultural commonalities...

In brief, we believe that political and social systems are not merely established based on different cultures but rather based around common origins that enable cultures to unite. Dialogue based on this logic can include the entire world, as this issue is based on deep and fundamental human logic...

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Oman national handball team and Zob Ahan Isfahan team competed against each other last night in the Iranian city of Isfahan. Zob Ahan defeated Oman national handball team 27-26 while the Iranian side missed its key players, who play for the national men's handball team of Iran, and also two other injured...

The website "19fortyfive" has cited an earlier report by another website the "aviacionline" as saying that Iran and Russia will sign a 20-year, $10 billion security and defense cooperation agreement in January 2022, which would include the purchase of Su-35 fighters, S-400 missiles and a satellite. According to information gathered a defense...

Peskov stressed that contacts between Iranians and Russians are being prepared at the highest level. Peskov did not elaborate more but he was probably referring to the upcoming visit of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi to Moscow. Speaking in a press conference on Tuesday, Bahadori Jahromi the Iranian government spokesman also...

The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported the "missile attack" on early Tuesday. It is not clear yet whether the attack resulted in any human losses, but the report said "a large number of containers" resting in the port caught fire as a result of the strike. Last...

Two rockets were fired at a Turkish military base in Nineveh province on Monday night, a local official told Rudaw, adding that no casualties or material damage has been reported. The rockets landed between Jubran village and the Turkish military base in the Zelkan sub-district that the distance between both places...

Home to about 15 million people, weeks of intermittent flooding have intensified in Bahia state in the last two days after a pair of dams collapsed, sending residents scrambling, Al-Jazeera reported. “Unfortunately, we’re living through the worst disaster that has ever occurred in the history of Bahia,” the state’s...

Authorities say the suspect, who they have not yet publicly identified, is among the dead. Police believe the suspect fired a firearm in at least seven different locations across Denver and Lakewood, Colorado, Monday evening, US Today reported. Denver Police Department Chief Paul Pazen said the shooting spree began...

The series of anti-terrorist actions of Iraqi army forces continue in different parts of the country. Iraqi forces launched a new operation against ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Kirkuk province, Al-FORAT News reported. According to the report, Iraqi army forces pounded the positions of Takfiri terrorists during the operation. The...

A small jet has crashed in a residential area in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, with its wreckage catching fire and knocking down power lines in the area. It is unclear yet if there were any casualties. The incident, which took place at around 7 pm local time...

An explosion was heard on Tuesday morning in Syria’s capital of Damascus, a Reuters witness reported. The sources said that cause of the blast was not immediately known. The report comes as the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported the Zionist regime attacked Syria's Latakia, the Arab country's biggest port city,...

Zionist forces raided some areas of the West Bank and Al-Quds on Tuesday and arrested many Palestinians, Palestine al-Youm news agency reported. The attacks took place in areas of Tubas, Tayasir, Beit Ummar, Ramallah, and Beita. Local sources said the attacks sparked clashes between Palestinian civilians and Zionists forces. Many...

Lebanese sources reported on Tuesday afternoon that a loud explosion was heard in the Nabi Chit area in eastern Baalbek in eastern Lebanon. Although sources close to Saudi Arabia, including Al-Arabiya, claimed that the blast was heard following an attack by Israeli fighter jets, a Sky News reporter reported that...

Arman-e Melli Khatibzadeh confirms Tehran's indirect talks with Washington Asia: Zahra Nemati among top female Para athletes in 2021 Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul train starts operation Ebtekar: Iranian teams ready to remain in Vienna until reaching agreement Etela'at: Sanandaj picked as Iran's 2022 Book Capital Venezuelan President adores Ayatollah Khamenei  New document basis...

According to Al-Manar, Nasrallah is scheduled to deliver a speech next Monday at 18:00 Beirut time (19:30 Tehran time). Lebanese Media reported that during the above-mentioned speech, Nasrallah will also speak about recent developments in Lebanon and the region. Former Iran’s IRGC Quds Force Commander Martyr Lt. Gen. Soleimani and...

With the Vienna talks kinking in again, Iran has moved to voice its expectations from other parties, especially the European trio – France, Germany and Britain (E3). During the last round, the E3, particularly France, played an unconstructive role in the talks, preventing the negotiators, at least in one...

Speaking in a press conference on Tuesday, Bahadori Jahromi said that President Raeisi will travel to the Russian capital of Moscow in early 2022 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Iranian president may visit Russia at the beginning of next year, according to Sputnik...

"On the Iran nuclear issue and related nuclear non-proliferation issues, 'pragmatism' and double standards should not be adopted in pursuit of selfish interests," said Wang Qun, the Chinese envoy to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna, according to the Chinese CGTN TV. "Sanctions should also not...

Iranian weightlifter Reza Reyhani in the +74 kg won silver medal in squats, presses, lifts and total. Asian Classic & Equipped Bench Press and Powerlifting Championships started on Monday and powerlifting athletes from 20 countries are participating in this edition of the competition. JB/IRN84593111...

The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to London wrote on his Instagram account that Tehran does not welcome being hostile to any country with which it has diplomatic relations. Mohsen Baharavand made the remarks in reaction to the baseless remarks of the Britain Minister of State for Security and Borders Damian Hinds...

Morteza Ashrafi broke the news on Tuesday, saying that the specialized exhibition will be organized by Mashhad International Exhibition Company after winning a license from the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) and Iranian Embassy to Tajikistan will follow up pertinent issues. Mashhad International Exhibition Company held Iran’s Solo...

In the new round of Vienna talks, participants involved in negotiations have announced their serious determination to accelerate preparing the texts of all drafts. "At this stage, everyone is determined to intensify efforts to develop general texts related to the package of future agreement documents in order to reach mutually...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on the sidelines of the memorial ceremony of the former Iranian envoy to Yemen Hasan Irloo on Tuesday. "The negotiations are on the right track. The important thing is that we now have a common, unified text that our negotiating team is focused on. The...

Moghadasi announced that during the first 9 months of the year 1400 (Mar. 21-Dec. 21), 122,500,000 tons of goods worth more than $72 billion were exchanged between Iran and other countries, showing an increase of 11% in weight and 38% in value compared to the corresponding period last year.

International Paralympic Committee has chosen Iranian Para archer Zahra Nemati as one of the top performers in 2021. Nemati won gold in women's individual recurve open in Tokyo, the 3rd successive gold medal in Paralympic Games. The reigning World Champion was dominant throughout the competition and kept her opponents at...

TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) – The Iranian parliament held an open session chaired by Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Tuesday with the participation of the Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare Hojjat Abdolmaleki.            ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) – The commemoration ceremony of Martyr Hassan Irloo, the former Iranian envoy to Yemen, was held in the presence of the Iranian Foreign Minister, Major General Qaani, and a number of foreign ambassadors residing in Tehran.