News Archive - 19 April 2022

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a four-day humanitarian pause in fighting in Ukraine to allow for the opening of humanitarian aid corridors during the Orthodox Christian Holy Week. "Today, I am calling for a four-day Holy Week humanitarian pause beginning on Holy Thursday and running through...

The Iranian embassy in Kabul also, in a message, while condemning the terrorist attack, offered condolences to the families of the martyred and wished a speedy recovery for the injured. Earlier,  Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned the terrorist attacks in the Afghan capital’s Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood and called on the...

The Russian foreign minister stressed that the Ukrainian people should decide their fate for themselves, Sputnik said. The diplomat stressed that Russia had no other choice but to start the operation, as Ukrainian forces had intensified attacks in Donbass, prompting mass evacuations of civilians from the region and forcing...

"The naval strike and mine-sweeping groups made up of the missile corvettes Sovetsk, Odintsovo, Zelyony Dol and Geizer, the missile boats Morshansk and Dimitrovgrad, the minesweepers Alexander Obukhov, Leonid Sobolev and Viktor Sigalov, small anti-submarine warfare ships, amphibious assault boats and various support vessels are holding a series of...

Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of the Luhansk region, told that the Russians have entered Kreminna and the city is under their control. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a significant part of the Russian military was now focused on controlling eastern Ukraine. MP/PR...

The tanker is held at an anchorage in the bay of Karystos on the decision of port authorities, according to the report. The order was given by the Authority Against Legalizing Income from Criminal Activities, in compliance with the sanctions imposed on ships owned by Russian interests by the...

Palestinians were severely wounded today by Zionist occupiers in Burqa village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent announced that 32 Palestinians were injured in the clashes and taken to hospital. Zionist regime forces and settlers have intensified attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinian...

The Iraqi foreign ministry called in the Ambassador to Baghdad, Ali Riza Guney on Tuesday to lodge a strong condemnation of the invasion of northern Iraq and the recently-laucnhed military operation in the north in the Kurdistan region. "We conveyed strong condemnation to the Turkish ambassador to call on Turkey...

According to Iraqi News Agency (INA), the spokesman for the Iraqi president said, "The presidency is following with great concern the ongoing Turkish military operations inside Iraq within the borders of Iraq in the Kurdistan Region, considering it a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and a threat to Iraqi national...

The Turkish attacks caused heavy damage to the civilian's houses and properties, SANA reported. Dozens of families were forced to flee their homes and relocated to their farms and gardens, for fear of being attacked again. Earlier on Tuesday, a military vehicle belonging to the SDF was targeted by a bomb in...

Cabinet members of Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have taken their oaths in a ceremony, Al-Jazeera cited the state TV as reporting. The new cabinet, made up of allied political parties, was sworn in on Tuesday – more than a week after parliament elected Sharif to replace Imran...

The admission to Obama is the latest indication that Biden is likely to run for a second term, something the president has spoken about publicly.   During a press conference in Brussels last month, he told reporters he’d be “very fortunate” to run against his rival in the 2020 election, former President Trump.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) corrected Iran's economic growth in 2021 and put it at 4%. Meanwhile, the IMF has predicted that Iran’s economic growth rate will be 3% this year. Also, Iran's inflation rate last year in 2021 was 40.1% and it is predicted that this figure will...

In a tweet on Tuesday, Khatibzadeh condemned the terrorist attacks in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood in the Afghan capital of Kabul which led to the killing of more than 20 students. He also called on the Afghan authorities to identify and punish the perpetrators of this terrorist act. More than 20 people including...

Major General Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, met with Iranian Army Commander Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi a day after the Nationa Army Day was commemorated in Iran on Tuesday. In the meeting, the IRGC top commander hailed the expertise in the army as deep-rooted and long-standing.

The foolad football team of Iran edged past Turkmenistan’s Ahal on Matchday Four of the 2022 AFC Champions League Group C while the other Iranian team Sepahan was held to a 1-1 draw by Saudi Arabia’s Al Taawoun. After the draw, Sepahan is in third place with four points in...

Naser Ghasem Alizadeh won a gold medal in the 87kg after defeating Jalgasbay Berdimuratov from Uzbekistan 3-1, Tehran Times reported on Tuesday. Iman Mohammadi also won a bronze medal in the 63kg after withdrawal of Syrian wrestler Ahmad Al Nakdali. In the 77kg weight class, Aref Habibollahi seized a...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — During its 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran embraced the protest cry of “neither East nor West,” rejecting both the U.S. and the Soviet Union, then locked in the Cold War. The phrase to this day hangs over the doors of Iran’s Foreign Ministry.Russia’s war on...

In an interview with Russia Today, Mohammad Marandi spoke about Western sanctions against Russia following the Ukraine conflict. Referring to the West's sanctions on Russia, Marandi said, "They should have known from the experience from Iran that sanctions basically target women and children and it is not going to make...

Some sources claimed that at least 26 students were killed and 10 others were injured in the blast. Official sources have not yet commented on the death toll. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The explosion hits the Afghan capital just two weeks after another powerful...

According to the report, the Zionist regime’s military forces first targeted Palestinians in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in continuation of their brutal attacks. They paved suitable ways for settlers and allowed them to attack Al-Aqsa Mosque. This is while that Zionist military forces attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque and beat Palestinians who had...

Arab media reported on Tuesday morning that an explosion had been heard in the southern Gaza Strip, following the widespread flight of Israeli fighter jets and drones over the area. Palestinian Shahab news agency reported that Israeli fighter jets targeted the al-Qadisiyah base belonging to Palestinian Resistance groups west of...

According to Yemen's Al-Mayadeen, the head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council posted a video on his Twitter account showing him driving an armored vehicle. "Look at the Yemeni armored vehicles," al-Houthi tweeted. According to the Yemeni Ministry of Defense in Sanaa, the armored vehicles were produced in the country.  MNA/FNA14010130000464...

"There were four planes that arrived, of military assistance, over the course of the weekend. Another one is supposed to arrive today if it hasn’t already," she said adding that this is the assistance from the $800 million package President Biden had announced earlier. "So just to give you...

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"This is necessary in order to convince those who have not yet broken. This is needed today, now, this is every second idea that has appeared, which is not supported by either law or facts, no one talks about facts at all, this is necessary today for Washington's information...

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev began their nearly seven-hour spacewalk at 11:01 a.m. ET and it ended at 5:37 p.m. ET, lasting for six hours and 37 minutes, CBS 58 reported. It was the first of two spacewalks that Artemyev and Matveev are conducting to...

Aftab: Is Vienna talks going to cross  finishing line? Ebtekar: Khatibzadeh: Atomosphre in Viennna not "negetive" Raeisi: Iran's Armed Forces to respond slightest mistake Etemad: Iranian president warns Zionist regime  Etela'at: Khatibzadeh says situation in Vienna suitable to revive JCPOA Raeisi: Zionists not to be safe in front of...

FM Amir-Abdollahain sent a message to his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor on Tuesday. He offered condolences to the nation and the government of South Africa and the families of the victims of the recent floods in the country.  At least 443 people have died in floods that have devastated...

The phone talk came after some people attacked Iran's Embassy in the capital of Kabul and its consulate general in the western Afghan city of Herat. Muttaqi expressed deep regret over the incidents and assured Iranian FM that the Taliban would completely secure the diplomatic facilities, diplomats and staff...

Referring to the phone talk held between the Iranian Foreign Minister and the Taliban's acting Foreign Minister, Samangani in a tweet on Tuesday wrote, "During the phone call, the general problems of Afghan travelers and migrants in Iran, bilateral relations, diplomatic missions and the good security of diplomats, as well as...

The US State Department spokesman in his daily press conference on Tuesday morning reacted to remarks by his Iranian counterpart Saeed Khatibzadeh that the United States is behind the holdup in coming to a revival of the JCPOA, re-entry of the United States into the JCPOA. "We have said this...

Speaking in his weekly press briefing on Tuesday regarding the recent developments in Occupied Lands, Ali Bahadori Jahromi said that the Foreign Ministry of Iran has held talks with Hamas officials and the foreign ministers of some Islamic countries to discuss recent brutalities of the Zionist regime against Palestinians. Iranian Foreign...

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – The IRGC Tehran branch distributed 110,000 aid packages to the needy people in the Iranian capital on Tuesday in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan.     ...

Qasr-e Qand is one of the most amazing cities in Southeastern Iran which is popular for its various agricultural products. Paddy fields, waterfalls, tropical fruit trees, rivers and Marsh crocodiles are some of the spectacular attractions of this city.

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Chaired by Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian parliament held an open session on Tuesday.          ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Tuesday, April 19.         ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – The historical house in Tehran belongs to Mirza Hasan Ashtiani, commonly known by the bestowed title Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, an Iranian politician, who served as Prime Minister on six occasions from 1910 to 1927.