News Archive - 30 June 2022

West not adhere to serious, real talks

Speaking in response to a phone call from Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, on Thursday, Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi referred to numerous and official reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency that the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear program is completely transparent and has never deviated...

Dozens injured after Zionists raided Prophet Joseph tomb

Zionist Israeli regime's security forces attacked the Palestinians using tear gas and bullets, the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency reported on Thursday. Fierce clashes broke out between the Palestinian people and the Israeli regime aggressor forces following the attack. 3 Zionist settlers were also injured during the clashes, according to Hebrew sources. MP/5527184/IRN84806837

China calls on US to makeup for mistakes toward Iran

As the initiator of the Iranian nuclear crisis, Washington should correct its mistakes and respond to Tehran's concerns, Al Jazeera quoted the Chinese foreign ministry as saying. Beijing has repeatedly blamed the United States for the current situation over Iran's nuclear program and called on Washington to make the necessary...

US hypersonic missile test fails: report

An American hypersonic missile test flight ended in a failure in Hawaii on Wednesday, Bloomberg has reported citing the Pentagon, according to Russia Today. The US Department of Defense offered few details of what happened, stating only that “an anomaly occurred following ignition of the test asset.” “While the...

Explosion, sound of gunfires heard in Afghan capital (+VIDEO)

Clashes with light and heavy weapons began around a place where Afghan scholars were gathering for a meeting in Kabul on Thursday afternoon, according to the reports. Local sources in Kabul also confirmed clashes and shootings in the area.

Israeli regime to hold 5th votes in 3 years on Novemebr 1

On Friday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will take over as caretaker prime minister under the terms of a coalition agreement made between outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Lapid last year, the CNN reported. The Knesset dissolution bill was passed in a final reading on Thursday. Bennett will hand power...

Massive fire engulfs refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan

The incident occurred in Zakho city in Dohuk province, according to the reports. The camp is home to Yezidi refugees displaced by attacks by the ISIL terrorist group from 2014 to 2017. According to reports, the fire was huge and has so far burned 22 tents. The Kurdish authorities have not yet...

Iran cannot stand any insecurity on borders: senior diplomat

Offering his condolences over the martyrdom of an Iranian border guard named Mohammad Sayad, Hassan Kazemi Ghomi in a tweet wrote, "No insecurity on our borders is tolerable." Iran expects the authorities of the caretaker government of Afghanistan to identify the perpetrators of this crime and take serious measures to prevent...

Iran assessment of Doha talks positive: FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday evening held a phone talk with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. "We are serious about reaching a good, strong, and lasting agreement, and if the United States is realistic, an agreement can be reached," the Iranian top diplomat...

Israel jailed in its own made concrete walls: IRGC chief

"When the enemy is unable to complete its state-building project, and when the Zionist regime fails in its strategy to build a fake entity from the Nile to the Euphrates while it is trapped in the huge concrete walls around it, this means that the balance of power has changed...

Raeisi stresses necessity of drawing baselines in Caspian Sea

After visiting Turkmenistan and attending the 6th Caspian Sea littoral countries summit in Turkmenistan, President Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi spoke about the achievements of the trip. "The trip was aimed at attending the Caspian littoral summit and for bilateral meetings with the presidents participating in the summit in Turkmenistan," Raeisi...

Russia condemns Israeli regime attacks on Syria

Saying that the West has blocked a Russian-prepared statement by the UN Security Council condemning the recent Israeli regime's airstrike on Damascus airport (on June 10th), Dmitry Polyansky said, "We regret that due to the politicized and biased position of the Western delegations, the draft Security Council statement prepared by...

Iran spearheads global campaign against narcotics

The Islamic Republic of Iran remains as one of the major transit routes for drug trafficking from Afghanistan to European countries and has had “a leading role” at the global level in drug control campaign, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported. Although Iran has been fighting in...

Unconfirmed explosion reported in southwest Saudi Arabia

Erem News on Thursday, quoting social media accounts, reported that plumes of smoke could be seen in the sky of the Khamis Mushait region at the same time as the sound of the explosion was heard. The cause of the blast is yet unknown. Saudi officials have not commented on...

Iranian, Qatari FMs discuss ties, intl. issues

The two sides discussed Tehran-Doha bilateral ties, as well as several regional and international issues including the nuclear deal, according to Qatari sources. No further details have been published yet. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani also held a meeting with the Qatari foreign minister yesterday and appreciated Qatar's constructive...

Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on June 30

Arman-e Melli: Raeisi: Iran ready to increase volume of swapped Turkmen gas to Azerbaijan through country Etemad: Leader calls for destroying corruptive structures President Raeisi attends 6th Caspian Sea summit Iran: Iran to host next Caspian Sea summit Jomhoury-e Eslami: Iran says ready to coop. with Caspian Sea countries in transit...

Mora says keeps working with greater urgency to revive deal

"Two intense days of proximity talks in Doha on #JCPOA, Unfortunately, not yet the progress the EU team as coordinator had hoped for," Enrique Mora wrote in a tweet on Wednesday. "We will keep working with even greater urgency to bring back on track a key deal for non-proliferation and...

Iran rejects US allegation over failing Doha talks

Saying that the negotiations were not expected to end in only 2 days, Marandi told Al Mayadeen, "We do not take US media statements as serious." "The Americans must provide the guarantees that Iran wants to make sure that they do not stab us in the back like in...

Iran supports cross-border aid delivery in Syria

Majid Takht Ravanchi’s speech on “The situation in the Middle East: (Syria)” at the United Nations Security Council is as follows: Mr. President, I thank the UN Special Envoy for his briefings. As we have frequently stated, there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis. The resolution of this...

Raeisi, Putin agree to increase coop. in energy field

The Presidents of Iran and Russia Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi and Vladimir Putin met and held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 6th Caspian Summit in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Wednesday afternoon. According a readout of the meeting published on the official website of the Iranian presidency, Raeisi said, "After my...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on June 30

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Thursday, June 30.         ...