News Archive - 19 June 2022

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a phone call on late Sunday held talks with his Turkmen counterpart Raşit Meredow on several regional and international issues, as well as the Tehran-Ashgabat ties. He discussed the implementation of bilateral agreements and some regional issues, especially the forthcoming summit of Caspian littoral...

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“More than 50 generals and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed,” the statement said, according to RT. The strike took place near the village of Shirokaya Dacha in the Dnepropetrovsk Region. The strike hit the compound where commanders of several Ukrainian units had gathered for a meeting, Moscow...

According to the statistics released by Turkiye’s Statistics Office, Iran’s trade exchanges with Turkiye in the first four months of the current year registered a 38% hike. The two countries of Iran and Turkiye exchanged $2.175 billion worth of products in that period. Statistics showed that Iran and Turkiye...

Deputy Ministry of Agriculture for Planning and Economic Affairs said that facilitating and accelerating issuance of guarantees and visas for investment projects could remove trade barriers between Iran and Kazakhstan. Speaking in a meeting of Iran and Kazakhstan Trade Conference held in Tehran on Sunday in the presence of Minister...

Mahmoud Shalouei, Adviser to the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance made the remarks in a meeting with the Azeri Ambassador to Tehran Ali Alizadeh, stressing that the mutual cooperation agreement between the two countries is being pursued by the Tehran-based Organization of Islamic Culture and Communications. Shalouei voiced hope...

Commander of Iran's Army Air Defense Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard made the remarks on Sunday, saying that Iranian air defense radars enjoy the most advanced and indigenous technologies which are constantly being upgraded. Today, army radars and air defense systems constantly monitor all movements of foreign powers in the region, General Sabahifard stressed. The might of...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, Public Radio of Armenia reported. The Prime Minister highlighted the continuous development and expansion of the Yerevan-Washington relations, noting that Mrs. Donfried’s visit is another opportunity to discuss issues on the bilateral...

Nabil Ahmad Salim Ghanem, a Palestinian youth, was shot dead in Qalqilya city near the village of Jaljulia in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported. Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli troops while trying to cross separation wall near Qalqilya in West Bank...

Local sources in Syria have reported that the ISIL Takfiri terrorists escaped from a prisoner in Raqqa city in the east of Aleppo in areas controlled by US-affiliated forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), among them an ISIL chieftain. The sources said three ISIL among them, a chieftain,...

Speaking to reporters on Sunday and in answer to a question about the recognition of the Taliban on the international stage, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the policies of the current Afghan rulers have not prevented its recognition and foreign countries have a role to play. "When it comes to recognition...

"We, the children of the 1970s, all waited for the onset of communism. Alas, it did not happen. The Soviet Union collapsed, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was liquidated," Medvedev, who joined the party in university and left in 1991, wrote on his Telegram page on Sunday, according...

The 39-year-old ignored orders to stop at a police checkpoint near the Vatican City, prompting a brief car chase, Il Messaggero daily reported, according to Sputnik. The BMW was fired at and stopped after hitting a police vehicle. The driver was eventually surrounded and restrained by officers who used a...

Local sources have now said that an explosion was heard on Sunday afternoon in the Khairkhana district in the Afghan capital. The Telegram channels Herat Online and Arian have confirmed the blast in Kabul while there are no reports of any casualties so far. Herat Online telegram channel has cited...

The Zionist Israeli regime's local media said on Sunday that the regime's foreign minister Yair Lapid said that necessary preparations and consultations had been made for his visit to Turkiye.  The timing of the trip was announced Thursday this week. The topic of the trip will be security issues, the media...

In a statement on Sunday, Hamas denounced a new Zionist settlement plan in occupied Palestine aimed at segregating the al-Masarah neighborhood from Bab al-Amoud and the rest of the neighborhoods of the holy city. The move is in line with Judaism and blatant aggression against Bayt al-Maqdis and holy Islamic...

The Iranian energy minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian and the Pakistani envoy to Tehran welcomed Khurram Dastagir Khan upon his arrival at Imam Khomeini airport. The Pakistani minister is set to discuss increasing cooperation between his country and Iran in the field of energy. He will also discuss the plan of transferring electricity...

The Iranian top diplomat stated that Iran is determined to expand relations with Turkiye, expressing hope that consultations on this matter continue. Turkish foreign minister, for his part, expressed hope that the continuation of relations between the officials of the two countries would improve bilateral relations and increase mutual cooperation.

"Memorandum of Understanding between the Centre for Political Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Foreign Policy Research Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan", "Cultural Exchange Program between the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran and the...

A group of ministers and vice presidents, along with members of the high-ranking political and economic delegations held a meeting chaired by the Presidents of the two countries Ebrahim Raeisi and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to discuss the ways to expand areas of cooperation and bilateral interaction in the political, and economic, energy,...

President Alberto Fernández said Saturday that a cargo plane with Iranian and Venezuelan crew members had been grounded due only to fuelling difficulties, not because of its Iranian crew. There is "no irregularity" with the Venezuelan plane, Fernández told Radio 10, adding that the sole problem was refuelling difficulties linked...

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and his entourage met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. In the meeting, the Leader pointed to the deep historical and cultural ties between Iran and Kazakhstan and stressed the need to further expand cooperation between the two countries in various fields,...

President Ebrahim Raeisi made the comments in a cabinet meeting on Sunday afternoon which was also attended by the visiting Kazkhistan president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. "One of the priorities for the Iranian government is to play an effective role in increasing regional integration by expanding trade through Iranian lands as a secure...

In its twitter account, the Embassy of Iran to Kabul wrote, “June 20 is named after the World Refugee Day. Iran is one of the largest refugee-accepting countries in the world with its generous reception of refugees and despite oppressive and cruel US sanctions, it has been a good host...

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An analysis published on the American website "19fortyfive" by Maya Carlin, who is a Middle East Defense Editor, recently read that "Many experts have asked the question if Russia or China could sink a US Navy aircraft carrier in a war and if that means those warships are now obsolete.

The Taliban's interim government's ministry of water and energy on Sunday, June 19, issued a statement on a recent visit of a Taliban delegation to Iran to discuss the shared Hirmand/Helmand river water shares.  According to the Taliban's energy ministry, a ministry's delegation attended the 25th meeting of the...

The two Iranian par cyclists, Mehdi Mohammadi and Behrouz Farzad entered the final of the 4000 meters Team Pursuit category race as the Asian Track Cycling Championship continued in India on Sunday. Mehdi Mohammadi won the gold medal for Iran while Behrouz Farzad came second in the 4000 meters Team...

On an affiliated Telegram channel, the local branch of ISIL said the attack was carried out by them.  The group said a suicide attacker stormed the temple on Saturday morning armed with a machine gun and hand grenades after killing its guard. Grey smoke billowed over the area in...

The Zionist sources announced on Sunday that Russia plans to take international action against Tel Aviv in the wake of recent Israeli attacks on Damascus International Airport, which have led to the suspension of operations there. Accordingly, Russia is preparing a draft resolution to submit to the Security Council condemning the...

Militant sources told AFP that gunmen suspected of links to ISIL had killed 10 people in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. According to the sources, the 10 victims, including 9 men and a woman, were attacked by gunmen near the city of Bama. However, the Nigerian army has not yet...

"We must prepare for the fact that it could take years. We must not let up in supporting Ukraine," Stoltenberg told the German weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag. "Even if the costs are high, not only for military support, also because of rising energy and food prices." A NATO...

Al-Sumaria quoted a security source as saying that two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploded near the security fences of the Iraqi Intelligence Service building in Baghdad. The Iraqi security official said the bomb blasts did not cause any casualties but caused financial damage. The source did not elaborate on the...

The terrorists of "Jabhat al-Shamiyah” and "Ahrar al-Sham" engaged in deadly clashes in the al-Bab area in the eastern suburbs of Syria's Aleppo on Saturday. In the wake of these clashes, seven people were killed and 15 others were wounded, the local media reported. A source in the area said...

“We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy, and everything that everybody else cares about then goes out the window,” Clinton said in an interview with the Financial Times published Friday. “Look, the most important thing is to win the next election,” she said. “The alternative is so frightening...

Huge crowds flooded into the British capital for the rally to demand that the government do more to help people faced with bills and other expenses that are rising more quickly than their wages. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been criticized for being slow to respond to the cost-of-living crisis.

According to the newspaper, the plane that crashed was a K-8W Karakorum light jet. At the time of the accident there were two pilots on board, the newspaper added. Venezuelan government and military have not made any statement about the incident yet. MP/PR

Bangladesh envoy made the remarks in a meeting with the officials of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture in North Khorasan province on Saturday. Bangladesh's construction and textile sector are developing very fast, Gousal Azam Sarker said, adding that the areas need to supply raw materials and mining...

"The flood situation has worsened, severely marooning thousands of people on Friday. The civil administration began an evacuation drive through rescue boats," State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr. Enamur Rahman said at an emergency press conference on Saturday, as quoted by the daily newspaper. "As many as 90,000...

Speaking in a telephone conversation on Saturday night, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed bilateral, regional, and international issues with his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Amir-Abdollahian called for increasing the meetings and bilateral consultations between the officials of the two countries and described it as...

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Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting Croatian delegation, adding that the two countries' parliaments have a key role to play in supporting mutual ties. Referring to the talks and exchange of views between the states over the past months, he voiced hope that the fifth round...

Upon his arrival, the Kazakh president was welcomed by the Iranian Minister of Agriculture Jihad Seyyed Javad Sadati Nejad. Tokayev is visiting Iran at the invitation of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi.

The incumbent government of Iran has applied active diplomacy in dealing with the countries. The officials have prioritized the neighborhood policy to speed up diplomatic relations. On June 16, 2022, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a telephone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein exchanged views on a couple...

Stating that international organizations should not abuse their power, Mohammad Eslami in an interview with Tasnim News Agency said that Iran has 3 percent of the world's nuclear capacity, but more than 25 percent of inspections have been carried out in Iran. Referring to the propaganda made against Iran's nuclear program...

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TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and his entourage met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.   ...

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