News Archive - 20 March 2022

March 21, 2022, may not mean much to most people in the world, but it is a very special day for people in Iran, and a few other countries, as well. It’s the start of a 13-day long, 3000-year tradition called Nowruz, and I’m going to tell you what...

Oman FM voices hope final steps will be taken in Vienna talks  In the phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Omani Foreign Minister bin Hamad Al-Busaidi expressed hope that the final stapes will be taken in the Vienna talks as soon as possible. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and...

The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grandberg met and held talks with Mohammad Abdul Salam, chairman of the negotiating team of the Houthi-led government in the Omani capital. In the meeting which was also attended by a number of Omani officials, the two sides discussed ongoing UN consultations and...

The following is the full text of the message issued on March 20, 2022, by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on the occasion of Nowruz, the start of the Iranian New Year: In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful Praise be to God, Lord...

He made the remarks in his New Year message aired live from the Grand Mosque of the southwestern Iranian port city of Khorramshahr on Sunday evening. “My first Nowruz message as the servant of the public is the message of round-the-clock and incessant work to build a powerful and advanced...

Speaking at an IPU meeting in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta on Saturday, the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, Marzouq al-Ghanim, said that Kuwait is opposed to any kind of occupation, citing the fact that the Iraqi military invaded his oil-rich Persian Gulf kingdom more than thirty years ago, and...

“The Algerian authorities were very surprised by the surprising statements of the highest authorities in Spain on the issue of Western Sahara," the Algerian foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The statement condemned the “abrupt about-turn” by Madrid, which had previously maintained neutrality in the decades-old conflict...

Media reports say at least four people were killed when a car drove into the crowd who were gathered at dawn Sunday for celebrations in Strépy-Bracquegnies, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Brussels. "A car drove from the back at high speed. And we have a few dozen...

Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi made the remarks commenting on the telephone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden, TASS reported. "China will continue objectively and fairly providing independent judgments based on the root of the matter," he was...

Dumas Police Chief Keith Finch provided the increased number of casualties but said it wasn't immediately clear how many kids had been hurt, ABC News reported. One person was in custody, although there may have been multiple shooters, Finch told reporters. State troopers were dispatched at around 7:25 p.

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Speaking with Fars News Agency, Owji said as soon as the Raiesi administration took office, “we mobilized all our capacities to sell Iranian oil, and I would like to thank the Counter-Sanctions Headquarters and the leaders of the three branches, and especially the President himself.” “We used different capacities,...

In separate messages, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, congratulated the arrival of the Iranian New Year and Nowruz celebrations to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and President Raieisi. "I sincerely congratulate you and the sincere nation of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the arrival...

Directed by Mohammadreza Mayghani, the short film will be screened at the 28th edition of the German event. ‘Orthodontics’ focuses on the life of a teenager and the way her appearance influences her relationship with her friends, family, and society. Maryam Hosseini, Yas Farkhondeh, Arezou Ali, Mehdi Sadr and...

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Al-Arabiya quoted a spokesman for the Saudi coalition as saying that a drone had been dropped by Yemeni forces on Khamis Mushait. The Saudi coalition, of course, as usual with false claims, claimed that it had intercepted the drone before it hit the ground. According to Al-Jazeera, Aramco facilities...

According to the National Iranian Oil Company, Mohsen Khojastehmehr announced on Thursday, "With the efforts of local experts, after intensive construction, commissioning, pre-startup and receiving sour gas from the offshore sector of the phase, the first refining train of the phase came online." Referring to the arrival of sour...