News Archive - 10 June 2022

11 military policemen killed in northern Burkina Faso

The attack took place on Thursday evening at a security post in Seytenga, in the province of Seno, the army statement on Friday said. The gendarmes fought back but were outnumbered, it said, AlJazeera reported. Four military police were also killed on Thursday in an attack in the western province...

Mine explosions in Yemen leave 21 killed, injured in a week

Quoting a Yemeni source, Almasira reported that the explosions occurred in the first week of June, in several Yemeni provinces including Taiz, Al Hudaydah, and Sa'dah. News sources also reported that the Saudi coalition had violated the Yemeni ceasefire 47 times during the past day. The ceasefire violation included rocket attacks, artillery...

Congratulations to Muslims on birthday anniv. of Imam Reza

Every year, Shia Muslims from Iran and many other countries celebrate the birthday anniversary of their Eighth Imam, Ali bin Mousa al-Reza (PBUH), in his Holy Shrine in Mashhad and other parts of the world. Imam Reza’s (PBUH) birthday anniversary falls on the 11th day of the lunar Hijri month...

Iran condemns Zionist regime strike on Damascus airport

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone talk with his Syrian counterpart Faisal al-Mekdad on Friday, hours after an Israeli airstrike targeted the vicinity of the Damascus International Airport in the Syrian capital. Iran has always stood by the Syrian government and people and would continue to do so...

Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on June 11

Arman-e Melli: Three crucial months for JCPOA revival No war or conflict can replace JCPOA Aftab: E3 says ready for JCPOA revival Ebtekar: Police arrested Burglars of Iran's Melli Bank  Iran: Western countries say ready for reaching an agreement Greece overturns decision on US seizure of Iranian oil cargo Javan: Greece...

Iran, Venezuela planning 20-year cooperation map

In an interview with HispanTV, Maduro recalled that Venezuela and Iran have maintained diplomatic relations since the 1950s. However, the process of rapprochement between these countries began to accelerate and strengthen from 2001 under the impulse of Commander Hugo Chavez's presidency. "The relationship between Venezuela and Iran is a model...

Uzbek president offers condolences to Iran on train accident

According to the Twitter account of the news service of the Uzbekistan presidency, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent a message to his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raeisi to offer condolences over the losses of lives and injury of a large number of people in a passenger train derailment incident in South...

On India visit, FM Amir-Abdollahian arrives in Hyderabad Fri.

Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in India for 3 day visit on Wednesday, June 8. He has already visited Mumbai after holding talks with the high-ranking Indian officials including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi. Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday afternoon arrived in the Indian...

Venezuela President arrives in Tehran for state visit

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Tehran on Friday afternoon at the head of a high-level political and economic delegation. Meetings and holding talks with the Iranian President and holding a joint meeting of the two countries' high-level delegations are among the plans of the Venezuelan President during the visit...

Iran loses to S Korea at Asian Women’s U18 Volleyball C'ship

South Korea earned a comfortable straight-set 25-8, 25-12, 25-16 win over Iran in the 14th Asian Women’s U18 Volleyball Championship at Nakhon Pathom Sports Center Gymnasium on Thursday, Tehran Times reported. With unchallenged 9 points from three straight victories, both Korea and Thailand unofficially secured their semifinals berths aside from...

Gymnasts in US sue FBI for inaction on doctor's abuse

Local media in the United States have reported that more than 90 women, including Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, filed lawsuits against the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday for failing to investigate former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar when it first received allegations, allowing the doctor to continue sexually abusing...

Iran starts injecting gas into advanced centrifuges: AEOI

In an interview with the national Iranian TV last night (Thursday night), the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami pointed to the anti-Iran resolution that was passed at the IAEA Board of Governors on Wednesday and said that "In the last 20 years, all the methods, behaviors, psychological...

Israeli regime carries out new aggression in Syria

According to the official Syrian News Agency, SANA, the air defense of the Syrian army at the early hours of Friday morning confronted the latest Israeli military aggression on the suburbs of the capital, Damascus. A Syrian military source said that at 4:20 a.m. on Friday, the Israeli regime...

3 killed, 2 wounded in new US shooting in Maryland

Three people were killed and two injured, including a state trooper, in a shooting at a machine plant in Smithsburg, Maryland, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said, accoridng to the CBS News. The suspect, an employee, was also wounded and is in custody.  Authorities responded to a reported shooting at...

Turkish base in northern Iraq targeted by rockets again

A security source told local Iraqi media "al-Sumaria TV" that two Katyusha rockets were fired at the Zelikan base, where Turkish forces are stationed, in Bashiqa region in south of ​​Mosul County in Nineveh province. The source added that "The attack has not come with any material damage or human casualties...

Police capture 13 burglars behind major bank robbery

The Law Enforcement Force or the Police in Iran said in a statement on Friday that the thieves who broke into the Tehran University Branch of Bank Melli in downtown Tehran were arrested. The statement said that the Greater Tehran Police forces could identify and arrest the burglars of more...

MKO terrorists attack exhibition on their crimes in Stockholm

The MKO terrorists slashed the banners with knives and splashed paint on them to hide their brutal crimes, while pelting the organizers with stones and eggs, in what was decried as a blatant affront to democracy and free speech, according to a report by Press TV, whose staff covering the...

Azeri pres. Aliyev condoles with Iran over recent train crash

"We were deeply saddened by the news of the loss of lives and injuries as a passenger train derailed on the Mashad-Yazd railroad track. Due to this tragedy, on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan, I offer my deep condolences to you, the families, and...

Disconnecting cameras came after resolution, more to follow

Speaking during this week's Tehran Friday Prayers sermon in Tehran,  Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said that the Wednesday anti-Iran resolution at the IAEA Board of Governors was aimed at making the Islamic Republic to make concession in negotiations.  Meanwhile, Khatami said that the Islamic Republic will not give in to the Western...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on June 11

TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Saturday, June 11.

Palangan village

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – Palangan village in Kurdistan Province attracts lots of tourists each year. The village is situated on the banks of Sirwan River and its unique architecture adds to its beauties.   ...