News Archive - 28 March 2022

Kashan; historical city of carpets and pottery

Kashan is known for manufacturing carpets, silk, and other textiles. Today, Kashan houses most of Iran's mechanized carpet-weaving factories and has an active marble and copper mining industry. Kashan and its suburbs have a population of 400,000. Maranjab Desert...

UAE minister says energy market needs Russian oil

United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail al Mazrouei said on Monday that Russia, with its 10 million barrels of oil a day, is an important member of the global OPEC+ energy alliance. “And leaving the politics aside, that volume is needed today,” al Mazrouei said, according to Reuters. “Unless...

Fire reported at new Kuwait airport project (+VIDEO)

Firefighters still were trying to control the blaze in Kuwait City, Interior Ministry spokesman Tawheed al-Kandari told The Associated Press, ABC News reported. Al-Kandari said a cause for the blaze was not immediately known. It wasn't immediately clear if anyone had been injured.

No major progress made in Russian-Ukrainian talks: Peskov

"While we cannot and will not speak about progress at the talks, the fact that they continue to take place in person is important, of course," Peskov told reporters on a conference call, Reuters reported. "We are adhering to a policy of not disclosing any information about the talks, which...

Aggressors will regret if they miss ceasefire opportunity

"The eighth year of the aggression against Yemen began with Operation "Breach of Siege 3", which echoed throughout the entire world," Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said, Almasirah reported. Al-Houthi added that Yemen will spare no efforts to confront the aggression and the siege against the country and it will never accept the continuation of the...

Kharrazi calls for guarantees, lifting of bans before deal

The head of Iran's Strategic Foreign Relations Council Seyed Kamal Kharrazi made the comments in a meeting with Lebanese prime Minister Najib Mikati on the sidelines of the Doha Forum 2022 in the Qatari capital on Monday. Kharrazi, who was the former Iranian foreign minister and currently an advisor to Iran's...

Iran, Armenia discuss expanding coop. in energy field

 Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji received the Advisor to the Prime Minister of Armenia for a meeting in Tehran on Monday to discuss cooperation in the field of energy. According to the news service of the Iranian oil ministry SHANA, Armenia has low hydrocarbon reserves and relies on imports of...

French FM stresses urgent need for revival of JCPOA

The French foreign minister made the comments on Sunday night in an interview with the Qatari Al Jazeera channel. The French FM said that a few simple issues are preventing a deal from being reached with Iran. Le Drian claimed that the Europeans had maintained the nuclear deal despite the US withdrawal, adding...

Any act of mischief to receive IRGC harsh response

Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks on an inspection visit to Khorramshahr in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan on Monday accompanying the Rahian-e Noor 'The passengers of light') rallies, which are groups of religious and political caravans travel travel between visiting zones in south and southwestern in Iran to...

Iran junior beach handball team win Asian C'ships

In the last game of the second round of the Asian Junior Beach Handball Championship which was hosted by Iran, the Iranian junior beach handball team on Monday managed to defeat Pakistan 2-0 and win the gold medal of the competition. The Iranian handball team had previously won against the national...

US logistics convoy targeted in southern Iraq

An Iraqi security source said that a bomb was detonated in the way of a US military logistics convoy in the Nasiriyah district of the Iraqi Dhi Qar province on Sunday. No further details have been released so far and no groups or individuals claimed responsibility for the attack. In...

2 Israeli security forces killed, several injured in Haifa

Several Zionists were killed and wounded in a shooting by two gunmen in Haifa, Elnashra reported. News sources reported that some of the injured are in critical condition. The two attacker were killed during the operation. MP/5454706...

Saudis violate ceasefire in Yemen 185 times in one day

Saudi coalition fighterjets have bombed several areas of Yemen over the past hours, even though Yemen has announced a unilateral 3-day cessation of attacks on Saudi aggressors. This is while the President of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen Mahdi al-Mashat on Sunday said that all ground, air and naval operations...

Next round of Russian-Ukrainian talks to be held in Turkey

The next round of face-to-face talks between Ukraine and Russia will take place in Turkey on March 28-30, Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia said on social media on Sunday, according to al-Arabiya. The Russian delegation confirmed the resumption of talks with Ukraine and announced that the talks would be held...

Iran, Qatar stress expanding Tehran-Doha relations

During the meeting, the two sides discussed and exchanged views on the latest regional developments and bilateral ties. Kharrazi stressed the need for strengthening Tehran-Doha bilateral ties. Qatari foreign minister, for his part, emphasized the need to expand and strengthen Iran-Qatar relations, as well as the need for resolving regional issues...

CODA wins best picture at 2022 Oscars

Apple TV's Coda, about a teenager who is the only hearing member of a deaf family, has become the first streaming film to win best picture at the Oscars, Yahoo reported on Monday. Once considered the underdog, Coda beat the presumed frontrunner, the Netflix western The Power of the...

Team Melli training session before match vs Lebanon

TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – The national Iranian men's football team known as Team Melli held its last training session before the match against Lebanon in WC Asian qualifiers was held Mon. at Imam Reza (AS) Stadium in Mashhad.   ...

Falakol Aflak Castle in Khorramabad

Shapur Khast or Falak-ol-Aflak is situated on the top of a large hill with the same name within the city of Khorramabad, the provincial capital of Lorestan, in west Iran. This gigantic structure was built during the Sassanid era.