News Archive - 16 February 2022

Of the total amount of narcotics seized, about 12 tons were discovered by the anti-narcotics police officers of Alborz province, and the rest were obtained in joint operations with other provinces of the country, Ali Salimpour said. Some 709 smugglers and 5,923 distributors and retailers were arrested during the...

Alireza Peyman-Pak said on Wednesday, “With the coordination made, we will dispatch commercial and economic envoys to 30 countries of the world including the United Arab Emirates.” He pointed to the key role of the private sector in materializing most objectives of economic activities of the country and...

Keeseekoose First Nation said the graves were found near Fort Pelly and St Phillip's residential schools, BBC reported. It is the latest finding amid a wave that has triggered a national debate over the residential school system. Indigenous investigations across the country have found evidence of more than 1,100...

Chaired by the Iranian Minister of Agriculture, the summit will be held in the framework of economic cooperation between Iran and Kazakhstan in different fields such as trade, commerce, agriculture, transportation, investment, technology, culture and energy on March 2-3, 2022.  Heading a 54-member high-level delegation from the public and private sectors,...

Decision on salvaging Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, JCPOA, with world powers was just days away. Speaking among French legislators in French parliament on Wednesday, Le Drian reiterated that deciding on reviving Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world’s major power was just days away. Without mentioning the irresponsible withdrawal of...

Following the intelligence activities of the police forces of the province in Zahedan, Saravan and Mehrestan cities, a drug trafficking gang was dismantled in southeastern Iran, said Brigadier General Ahmad Taheri on Wednesday.  During the operation, 2 vehicles belonging to smugglers were seized in addition to the confiscation...

In response to a reporter's question about some media reports about the visit of a delegation from Islamic Republic of Iran to South Korea, Saeed Khatibzadeh announced that expert-level delegation of Iran consisting of oil and banking experts held talks with South Korean companies and officials in Seoul this...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Wednesday, Jabbar Kouchakinejad pointed to the law of 'Strategic Action Plan to Remove US Sanctions and Protect Rights of Iranian People' passed by parliamentarians a couple of months ago and said that lawmakers at the Parliament emphasize that the law...

Concurrent with the resumption of Vienna talks last Tuesday, Wang Qun, China's representative to the Vienna-based International Organizations and envoy in Vienna talks had said that negotiating parties should listen more to Iran's views on the final package and pay due attention to the legitimate rights and logical demands...

Hürriyet Newspaper wrote that Ankara has been holding secret talks with a number of countries in the region for about a year and a half, perhaps with the aim of finding a new residence for Hamas members. Ankara has informed Hamas that the movement members' who hold military positions will...

Addressing the ceremony of the martyrdom anniversary of the Resistance leaders Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Hezbollah Secretary-GeneralSayyed Abbas Al-Mousawi and Hajj Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah congratulated people from the entire religious spectrum on the Birth of Imam Ali who represents all free spirits. Nasrallah said that 38 years passed on the...

City streets were flooded by downpours, while landslides also resulted in fatalities, according to Reuters.  President Jair Bolsonaro, who is traveling to Russia, said on Twitter he had asked ministers to help the city and the victims of the storm. Rio de Janeiro's Governor Claudio Castro went to...

"We are seriously concerned over the current situation on territories that are not controlled by [Syrian legitimate] authorities, in particular in Idlib, on the Euphrates eastern bank, and in al-Tanf, where the Americans continue their illegal presence. The United States’ recent operation to neutralize ISIL leader Abu Ibrahim [al-Hashimi]...

In a tweet on Tuesday, Ali Shamkhani Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) wrote, "The United States and Europe failed in fulfilling their obligations under the JCPOA." "Now JCPOA has become an empty shell for #Iran in the economic field and the removal of sanctions," Shamkhani said. Iran will...

Seyed Mohammad Marandi said that some issues have been resolved in the talks, but others remain. The Iranian delegation hopes to reach an agreement soon, but there are still important differences, Marandi told in an interview with Al Mayadeen. Reaching an agreement is not possible unless the Europeans and the Americans accept...

Iranian ambassador to neighboring Qatar Hamid Reza Dehghani wrote in his Twitter account on Wednesday that President Raeisi will pay an official visit to the Qatari capital of Doha next week. In addition to holding bilateral talks with Qatari officials, President is set to take part in the Sixth Gas...

In an interview with the Qatari Channel, Al Araby, Ulyanov said that negotiations can lead to success by the end of February, adding that negotiations still need time; but not a long time. Speaking about his meeting with the Tel Aviv delegation yesterday, Ulyanov said that he had not discussed the Vienna talks with them, according to the...

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The closing ceremony of the 40th edition of Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival is underway at Tehran Milad Tower venue on Friday, February 11, which marks the the 43rd glorious victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The closing ceremony is attended by the Iranian actors, actors and film directors. At the...

"Our stance has been clearly defined by the Russian leader: we, on our part, will do everything to prevent a war with Ukraine, to make sure that it never starts - not today, not tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow," the speaker of the Russian parliament’s upper house said...

The series of crimes committed by the Saudi coalition against civilians in Yemen are still ongoing. Saudi-led coalition fighter jets bombarded various areas of Sanaa, capital of Yemen on Wednesday morning, Almasirah reported. According to the report, areas of “Hadhramaut” province were also heavily targeted by Saudi fighter jets...

"So far, 18 deaths caused by landslides and floods have been confirmed" in recent hours, the Rio de Janeiro Fire Department said in a statement, France 24 reported.  It said more than 180 firefighters and other rescue workers were at the scene in the picturesque hill town of...

He claimed, "The United States is prepared no matter what happens, to engage in diplomacy with Russia and our allies and partners to improve security and stability in Europe," adding, "we are ready to respond decisively to a Russian attack on Ukraine. It is still very much a possibility". "This...

Presumably, the meeting of G7 top diplomats will be held on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), TASS reported quoting Kyodo news agency. According to the news agency’s sources in the government, the situation around Ukraine will be the main subject of this meeting. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi...

The number of new infections decreased by 19%, while the number of fatalities grew by 4% compared to the previous seven-day period, TASS reported. According to the WHO COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, a total of 16,097,642 new cases and 74,494 deaths were reported to the global organization on February...

Addressing the UN’s Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations on Tuesday, Takht-Ravanchi reiterated Iran’s strong commitment and support to the UN peacekeeping missions as the flagship activity of the United Nations. “In this regard, my Government stands ready to increase its contribution to the peacekeeping operations logistically and militarily by deploying troops, military...

Iran has proposed that the US Congress makes a “political statement” of its commitment to a nuclear accord with Tehran as talks in Vienna to revive the deal reaches a critical juncture. In an exclusive interview with the Financial Times, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Washington had failed to...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett landed in Bahrain on Monday for a two-day visit and was received by Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani.   The Israeli prime minister met with several Bahraini officials with whom he discussed “deepening cooperation, as well as various ideas, in innovation, the...

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will deliver a live televised speech on Thursday at 10:30 local time on the occasion of the uprising of the people of Tabriz on Feb. 18, 1978, (29th of Bahman in 1356) against the Pahlavi regime. Every year, Ayatollah Khamenei receives thousands of people from...

Tereza Cristina will visit Iran for a period of four days at the head of a delegation consisting of public and private sectors at the official invitation of the Iranian Minister of Agriculture Seyyed Javad Sadatinejad. In addition to holding high-profile talks between Iranian and Brazilian ministers of agriculture,...

During his visit to Iraq, Alireza Peyman-Pak inaugurated the 16,000-seat Al-Zawraa Stadium, which represents the knowledge of Iranian engineers and the result of increasing the exports of technical engineering services, and visited various parts of it. Peyman-Pak's visit is aimed at increasing trade between the two countries of Iran and...

Speaking on Wednesday in the inaugural ceremony of the 2nd Indigenizing Electronic and Microelectronic Parts Exhibition and unveiling ceremony of two automated external defibrillators (AED) and knee joint prostheses made by experts of SAIran Electronics Company, he said, “Currently, nine companies in the world are producing this device and...

As an outstanding building in Gorgan historic texture, Baqeri house is almost 150 years old, which is considered a valuable exemplar of local residential architecture. The house is located between Nalbandan and Sarcheshmeh neighborhoods, lying to the south of an old thoroughfare in current Gorgan – a passageway running...

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The island is in the shape of an elongated oval with a length of about 23 km and a width of 5 km, which is known as one of the largest islands in the Persian Gulf. The island has one of the four major terminals for the export of...