News Archive - 9 February 2022

Amir-Abdollahian visited the First Foreign Ministry’s Passive Defense Exhibition on Wednesday evening. In the unveiling ceremony of Foreign Ministry’s Passive Defense Comprehensive Document, he assessed the initiative of holding the exhibition as 'useful and effective' in raising awareness of staff and personnel of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomats...

“Our updated report indicates that 35 people were injured, 14 lost their lives and one remains missing,” the UNGRD (National Unit for Disaster Risk Management) said on Twitter. The early morning landslide in Dosquebredas followed torrential rain in the surrounding coffee-growing province of Risalda, Al-Jazeera reported. Rescue teams were...

Authorities in India's southern Karnataka State have ordered schools and colleges to shut as protests intensified over a ban on Islamic headscarves that has outraged Muslim students, a report by Press TV has said. The state's chief minister Basavaraj Bommai announced on Tuesday that all high schools in the state would...

Iraqi sources reported on Wednesday that a bomb exploded in the path of a car carrying Iraqi army forces at the Iraqi police recruiting center at Al Anbar province. According to the report, the incident took place in Ar-Rutba District. It is reported that three forces were killed following the explosion that...

On Monday, a diplomatic source told TASS that Kiev had asked Washington to deploy THAAD systems near Kharkov in Ukraine. "Everything that is happening in this field from the standpoint of supplying Ukraine with military equipment, ammunition and weapons, including lethal weapons, is an attempt to exert extra pressure,...

The shooting happened around 7 a.m. Wednesday on the 1300 block of Liberty Street. Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said officers were in the area serving an unrelated search warrant when a young girl approached them. Chardo said the girl had blood on her and directed officers...

The ground attack of Saudi army on northern border areas of Yemen again killed civilians. Saudi-led coalition army forces also bombarded “al-Raqo” area in border town of “Manbeh” in Saada province this evening, killing at least two Yemeni citizens, Almasirah reported. Saudi Arabia, at the head of an Arab...

The homegrown 'Kheibar-Shekan' missile was unveiled in the presence of Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major-General Mohammad Bagheri and IRGC Commander of the Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh. The strategic missile is one of the long-range missiles of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which enjoys unique features. ...

The Deputy Minister of Petroleum for Petrochemical Affairs announced the supply of 12.5 billion dollars from the export of petrochemical products by the end of the current calendar year, which began on March 21, and said, "Export revenue is expected to reach 14 billion dollars by the end of...

Speaking in the unveiling ceremony of the homegrown 'Kheibar-Shekan' missile on Wed., Major General Bagheri emphasized that Iran will continue the path towards the development of its missile power with utmost strength. He seized this opportunity to congratulate the 43rd glorious victory anniversary of the Islamic revolution in 1979 and said...

"The voices heard from the #US's governing bodies show that there is no coherence in this country to make political decisions in advancing Vienna Talks," wrote Shamkhani in a Wednesday tweet. "The United States must not violate the legal rights of the Iranian nation for sake of the internal disputes of this country," he...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, who commands all armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, appointed the former defense minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami to the new post of the Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Army Affairs. Prior to this, in addition...

In the course of holding the 3rd Iran National Steel Festival and Exhibition, a number of 12 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed and sealed between the CEO of mining and steel companies as well as domestic suppliers of steel products in the presence of Vajihollh Jafari, Deputy Minister of...

The inauguration ceremony and the beginning of the executive operations of gas supply and petrochemical projects in different regions around the country with a credit of 40 trillion Tomans were held in the presence of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi. Inaugurated gas supply and petrochemical projects in the provinces of...

In the congratulatory message to his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Armenian-Iranian diplomatic relations, Mirzoyan particularly mentioned that the two countries' relations are based on close and unbreakable cooperation, which is based on mutual respect and has been seasoned by the...

The Iraqi website Shafaq has said the third meeting of the Iraqi-Iranian Joint Judicial Committee to investigate the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi PMU commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandes, who were martyred in a US assault in Baghdad in January 2020 wrapped up on Wednesday.  According to a...

At the start of the phone conversation, President Raieis told the Japanese PM that strengthening Tehran-Tokyo relations would benefit the other nations. "Given the capacities of the two countries, it is possible to take big steps towards strengthening Tehran-Tokyo relations," he added. The president further pointed to the Vienna talks...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Wednesday, Fada-Hossein Maleki emphasized that all anti-Iranian sanctions imposed by the United States must be removed and offering sanctions waivers do not meet the expectations. The lawmaker stated that the United States and some Western countries usually adopt illogical positions in...

Speaking in a Conference of Introducing Opportunities of Trade-Economic Cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in Alborz province on Wednesday, Tordogan Sedigov, Ambassador of Republic of Kyrgyzstan to Iran said that his country is ready to enhance cooperation in all fields especially in economic area. With the agreement made in this regard,...

The transit route connecting the Persian Gulf with the Black Sea can create major opportunities not only for Iran and Armenia, but also for the other countries through which it will pass, Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri told reporters on Wednesday, according to News Armenia website. He explained that...

“In an intelligence operation on Wednesday, the members of the drugs trafficking group were identified,” Salami added. The Jiroft prosecutor stated that more than 930 kg of various illegal drugs were confiscated, adding a trafficker was also arrested during the operation. Furthermore, a residential unit was shut down along with...

Speaking among participating foreign delegations in 15th Intl. IranPlast Exhibition on Wed., Morteza Shah-Mirzaei said that Iran’s petrochemical industry is prepared to export technical and engineering services to other countries in the related field.   He drew a comparison of Iran’s petrochemical industry before and after the Islamic...

The 24-year-old football player Uzbek Azizbek Amanov signed a 2.5-year contract with Esteghlal-e Tehran. Amonov, who plays for the Uzbekistan national football team too, moved from Lokomotiv Tashkent to his new team. He won two Uzbekistan League titles with former club. According to Tehran Times, he is Esteghlal’s third foreign player after...

 This prestigious event is held annually on the victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran with the participation of prominent filmmakers and cineastes from Iran and overseas. ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – The spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi paid a visit to Mehr New Agency on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi visited the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Tehran and met with the country's visual artists on Wednesday morning.   ...