News Archive - 2 July 2022

Turkiye operations in Syria to cause regional insecurity

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Damascus on Saturday to meet and hold talks with high-ranking Syrian officials. Upon his arrival at Damascus Airport, Amir-Abdollahian was welcomed by his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad. During this visit to neighboring Syria, Amir-Abdollahian attended a joint presser with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad...

Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on July 3

Ebtekar: 6 magnitude earthquake in Hormozgan leaves 5 dead Iran: Iranian FM meets Syrian President  Jomhoury-e Eslami: 209 industrial, mining projects inaugurated Kayhan: IRICA: Trade volume with neighboring countries tops $12 bn  5 killed, 84 injured in Hormozgan quake MP

3 police officers killed in shootout in US Kentucky

Prestonsburg Police Capt. Ralph Frasure and Deputy William Petry were identified among the deceased, as well as K9 Drago and Canine Handler Jacob Chaffins, Kentucky State Police said, according to Fox News. Lance Storz, 49, was taken into custody following a shootout at his home, as two officers arrived to...

3 dead, 7 injured in Taliban helicopter crash in Jawzjan

Taliban has confirmed the report that was published on Hasht-e Subh English news website that on Thursday evening, a Taliban-owned helicopter with 10 people on board crashed due to technical complications in the Misrabad area of ​​Sheberghan city, the center of Jawzjan, as a result of which 3 people have...

UN condemns protesters' storming of Libya's parliament

A senior UN official for Libya on Saturday condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by angry demonstrators as part of protests in several cities against the political class and deteriorating economic conditions, the Associated Press reported. Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of the capital Tripoli and other...

Iran's embassy in Baku rejects claims on border closure

In response to public and media questions, the press service of Iran's Embassy in Azerbaijan reported that news of the closure of land borders by Iran is false, Trend reported. According to the statement, the land, air, and sea borders of Iran have been open to foreign tourists and citizens...

Yet another rocket attack reported on Turkish base in Iraq

Social media pages and channels close to Iraqi Resistance groups say a Resistance group called "Kurdish Popular Resistance" has targeted the Turkish base in the Shiladze district in Dohuk Province in the Kurdistan in the north of Iraq. The casualties or possible material damage to the base in the attack...

Russian security services thwart bomb attack in Kherson

"Officers from Russian security services thwarted a major terrorist attack in Kherson yesterday, detecting a condenser exploder," the statement reads, according to TASS. According to the authorities, members of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group led by former Mayor of the Staraya Zbruyevka settlement Viktor Marunyak plotted to carry out...

Iran opposes military operations to solve problems in Syria

In the meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian appreciated the efforts of the Syrian government and president in strengthening and preserving the national unity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country, and pointed out that those who oppose Syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty are trying to bring chaos to the country. Amir-Abdollahian...

Western states have to account for Sardasht chemical attack

"The Islamic Republic of Iran is a victim of weapons of mass destruction, more than 13,000 people have been martyred and more than 100,000 injured as a result of the use of chemical weapons against the people of our country, and some of our war veterans which were affected by...

Hezbollah to crush Israeli enemy in any future war: official

Head of Hezbollah's Political Council, Ibrahim al- Amine al-Sayyid, made the comments on Today (Saturday) as he was addressing a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the movement's founding at the Janta camp in Bekaa Valley, "al-Ahed News" reported. "War will not break the resistance, but any future war will...

Iran ramps up neighborhood diplomacy

President Raeisi had a busy weekend in terms of holding meetings with foreign leaders. He left Tehran on Wednesday for Ashgabat to attend an important regional summit held in Turkmenistan’s capital. He met with a number of foreign leaders on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Caspian Sea...

Death toll in in India's landslide increases to 27 people

The landslide on Thursday hit Tupul yard railway construction camp in Noney district, where some Territorial Army (TA) men were guarding a major railway line construction site, the "Chine.org" website quoted state-run broadcaster All India Radio as saying. "In Manipur, with six more bodies of army personnel found this morning...

Turkiye, Armenia to open borders for third-country nationals

Envoys for the normalization process between Ankara and Yerevan “agreed to enable the crossing of the land border between Türkiye and Armenia by third-country citizens visiting Türkiye and Armenia respectively at the earliest date possible and decided to initiate the necessary process to that end,” the ministry said in a...

Trump plans to announce WH bid as Jan. 6 scrutiny intensifies

Republicans are bracing for Donald J. Trump to announce an unusually early bid for the White House, a move designed in part to shield the former president from a stream of damaging revelations emerging from investigations into his attempts to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, New York...

US sending Ukraine two surface-to-air missile systems

The US will also provide Ukraine with four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition, Reuters reported. The assistance package, worth about $820 million, was broadly announced by US President Joe Biden on Thursday in Madrid following a gathering of NATO leaders that was focused on...

Powerful earthquakes hit Southern Iran, leaving 5 killed

According to state media reports, more than 20 earthquakes with various magnitudes shook different parts of Hormozgan, three of which were above 6 on the Richter scale and the rest between three and four. At least five people were killed by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit the west...

Iran seeking to resolve Syria-Turkiye misunderstandings

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Damascus on Saturday to meet and hold talks with high-ranking Syrian officials. Upon his arrival at Damascus Airport, Amir-Abdollahian was welcomed by his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad. This visit is extremely important, and it comes after many local, regional and international developments, Mekdad said Iranian Foreign...

Iran to export $3b of construction materials to Russia

Mehdi Safari made the remarks in a meeting with the General governor of North Khorasan Province Mohammadreza Hossein nejad, adding that the province enjoys rich capacity of construction materials such as cement. The government will support on goods transit and exports of construction materials, he underlined. Russia imports 400-500 million...

Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece tugged to Piraeus Port

An Iranian-flagged tanker seized by Greece in April, part of whose cargo was confiscated by the United States, was being towed to the port of Piraeus on Saturday, Greek coast guard officials said, after Greek authorities approved its release, according to Reuters.  "It left Karystos at 0630 am (0330 GMT)...

Iranian FM meets Syrian President in Damascus

No further details about the meeting have been published so far. Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Damascus on Saturday to meet and hold talks with high-ranking Syrian officials. Upon his arrival at Damascus Airport, Amir-Abdollahian was welcomed by his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad. This is the fourth visit of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to...

Azeri FM to visit Tehran over next few days

In addition to meeting his Iranian counterpart, Bayramov is scheduled to meet with other Iranian high-ranking officials including Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. This will be the first trip of the Azeri top diplomat to Tehran since Raeisi took office. Amir-Abdollahian and Bayramov last month...

4th intl. conf. on American human rights to be held tomorrow

The conference will be held with the participation of prominent domestic and foreign officials and young people of more than 50 nationalities, according to the Secretary-General of the Youth Organization for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The event will be held on the occasion of the American...

Iran taekwondoka wins bronze in Asian champs

The Iranian athlete, who is from Qazvin province, fought in the weight category of -80kg in the event. He overpowered the rivals from China and Mongolia but was defeated by a South Korean opponent in the tournament. The Asian Taekwondo Championships started in Hoban Gym in Chuncheon, South Korea, on...

Excluding Russia from UNSC possible only if UN disbanded

Commenting on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s calls to strip Russia of its permanent UNSC member status, Polyansky said those remarks "do not stand up to scrutiny." "Naturally, all normal people realize that this scenario will be possible only if the UN is disbanded and created anew," he told the...

NATO claims on its defensive nature "Joke of the century"

Reacting to the claims of NATO officials about the defensive nature of this military organization, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Lijian Zhao, mocked this claim by publishing a graphic design on his Twitter account. "NATO is a defense pact? This is the joke of the century," he wrote on his Twitter account.

Fire breaks out in Zionists army barracks

The fire broke out in an Israeli regime's army barracks near the city of Al-Ram, according to the reports. According to local Palestinian media reports, the fire flamed on early Saturday and has not yet been contained. No further details have been published yet. MP/5528304

Israeli regime's jets target Syria's Tartus

The strikes were carried out in Al Hamidiyah city located in Tartus province. SANA, quoting an informed military source reported that the Zionist regime, with several rockets from above the Mediterranean Sea in the west of Tripoli, targeted several chicken farms in the area. The attack led to the death of...

Protests on Zionist settlement expansion leave dozens injured

According to Palestine sources, at least 92 Palestinians were injured during the protests against the Zionist occupation and settlement expansion in the West Bank. It is said that during these protests, the Zionist troops used tear gas against Palestinians and opened fire on these protesters. The Zionist regime’s brutal raids took place...

Hamas terms West Bank as strategic reserve of Resistance

Commenting on the recent battle between Resistance combatants and the Zionists' armed forces in Ramallah, Fawzi Barhum said that "we can count on the West Bank for an inclusive battle with the Zionists." The spirit of revolutionism is well observed in the West Bank's combatants, he noted. The residents...

Protests erupt in US over fatal Police shooting of Black man

Jayland Walker, 25, was shot and killed Monday after officers tried to stop his car over a traffic violation, the police department in the city of Akron, Ohio said, NDTV reported. But Walker drove off and fired a shot as police engaged in a car chase, which lasted several minutes.

Several explosions reported in US base in Baghdad

Media sources reported on Saturday that several explosions occured at the US Victoria base near Baghdad International Airport which is considered one of the centers of deployment of American occupying forces in Iraq. According to Iraqi sources, alarm systems sounded in Victoria base following these explosions. No further details about...

Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on July 2

Iran: Reaching deal awaiting for US guarantees Jam-e Jam: Zionist regime to hold 5th election in 4 years Jomhoury-e Eslami: Spox.: Iran's defense power no threat to neighboring countries UN stresses lifting sanctions on Iran Tehran-Riyadh diplomatic talks to be held in Baghdad Kayhan: Inflation in 37 countries of the...

Powerful earthquakes hit Southern Iran, leaving 44 injured

According to state media reports, more than 20 earthquakes with various magnitudes shook different parts of Hormozgan, three of which were above 6 on the Richter scale and the rest between three and four. At least five people were killed by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit the west...

Bagheri , Russian counterpart discuss JCPOA in Moscow

"It was a very professional exchange of views on the current situation around the #JCPOA and prospects of the #ViennaTalks. My assessment: despite all the difficulties, the nuclear deal still can be restored. For this to happen the US should demonstrate greater flexibility," Russia's Permanent Representative in Vienna-based International Organizations Mikhail...

Iran FM off to Syria

Amir-Abdollahian is to hold talks with Syria’s senior officials on bilateral, regional, and international issues during the trip. This is the fourth visit of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to Damascus after taking office last August. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Friday evening announced that Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will visit the Syrian...

Iran to finalize National Urban Policy

The Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) took place in Katowice, Poland from 26 to 30 June. Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Rostam Ghasemi, and his accompanying delegation participated in this forum as the head of the National Habitat Committee (NHC). On the sidelines of the...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on July 3

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Sunday, July 3.

Russia quits several Council of Europe agreements

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Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on July 2

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Saturday, July 2.