News Archive - 31 July 2022

The seven men were executed by firing squad in Buula Fulay in the Bay region, as witnessed by many bystanders, according to the terror group's propaganda website, which also shared a picture of the execution, Anadolu Agency reported. A so-called “judge” linked to the terror group accused six men of...

Notably, the presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the Member States' names, ANI news reported. The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members and...

''The overall security situation in the northern municipalities of Kosovo is tense. The NATO-led KFOR mission is closely monitoring and is prepared to intervene if stability is threatened, in accordance with its mandate, which emerges from UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 1999,'' said the statement, Anadolu reported. KFOR has...

Hezbollah Resistance Movement Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks on Sunday night amid a maritime dispute that escalated in early July after the Israeli regime moved vessels into the Karish Gas Field, which lies in Lebanon’s territorial waters. Given the entrance of Israeli vessels into the waters, he said,...

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti became the first European female spacewalker on July 21, when she completed a seven-hour spacewalk outside of the International Space Station along with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. The event was also the first time in nearly 25 years that any European participated in a...

"The first ship with grain may leave the port of Ukraine on Monday morning," he said as quoted by the NTV channel. According to him, the loading of the ships has been completed. "There are one or two small issues left, if they are resolved before the evening, there is...

He said OPEC is not in competition with Russia, calling it “a big, main and highly influential player in the world energy map”, Alrai reported. OPEC+ is an alliance of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia. According to Reuters, Al-Ghais, Kuwait’s former OPEC...

Arman-e Emrooz: Tehran ready to return to JCPOA talks table in Vienna Asia: Hirmand border witnesses conflict between Iran, Taliban guards Iran: Bagheri Kani: Iran offers its proposals for concluding  Javan: IRGC chief: America's political territory dwindling, witnessing failures Jomhouri-e Eslami: New round of JCPOA talks to be held in...

The Iranian 13th administration under President Ebrahim Raeisi took office in mid-August 2021. The Spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi said that the non-oil trade since the 13th government under President Raeisi assumed office reached $84 billion. He noted since the 13th government...

The 10th International Animated Film Festival "Constantine’s gold coin" was held on 18 to 22 July. The 7-minute animation "Far away", which has been produced with glass painting techniques, won the grand prize of this Serbian film festival. Other animations from France, Russia, and China were respectively awarded in this...

Ali Bahadori Jahromi made the remarks on Sunday evening and put the volume of foreign transit of the country in this period at about 4.921 thousand tons, showing a 31 percent hike as compared to the last year’s corresponding period. In his twitter account on Sunday, he wrote that...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has urged civilians to evacuate the frontline Donetsk region as clashes with the Russian military escalate. Zelensky warned in his daily address that thousands of people, including children, were still in the region's battleground areas. 'There's already a governmental decision about obligatory evacuation from Donetsk,'...

Air force spokesman Shen Jinke was quoted by state media as saying at a military airshow that the air force has many types of fighter jets capable of circling “the precious island of our motherland,”  Euronews reported. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, number 3 in the line of...

The killings occurred in Ankazobe district, about 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of the capital Antananarivo, Reuters news agency reported. "People here experienced a real tragedy ... many lives were lost. 32 people died. It is a crime perpetrated by ruthless dahalo (bandits) who burned alive even women and children," Defence...

Dahieh of Beirut on Saturday night witnessed the glorious mourning ceremony of enthusiasts of the Third Infallible Imam of Household, Imam Hussein (Peace Be Upon Him). The Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Resistance Movement Sheikh Naim Qassem was the key speaker in the mourning ceremony who said that Hezbollah Resistance Movement...

Lebanon's National News Agency confirmed the silo's partial collapse Sunday as videos of the damage appeared to circulate online. A Reuters witness reported seeing a dust cloud and what appeared to be smoke after the silo came down. The silos have been on fire for weeks prior to Sunday's collapse,...

Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran said that this earthquake struck on Sunday afternoon. 6:12 PM Tehran Local Time. This earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km from the ground and longitude 64.01 and latitude 24.93. The nearest cities to the earthquake epicenter were Sirkan in Iran's...

A Taliban security official in Nimroz Province in the southwestern part of Afghanistan said,"Today at noon, the Taliban forces clashed with the border guards the opposite side in the area near the border with Iran, and the two sides exchanged fire." He added, "In the clashes, one member of the...

Imam Khomeini (RA) Airport City on Sunday revealed the inauguration of passenger flight between Tehran and Caracas and announced that scheduled flights between Tehran and Caracas and vice versa take place on Sundays every week. According to the report, the first scheduled passenger flight of Venezuela Airlines landed at Imam...

Deputy Iranian foreign minister who leads the Iranian negotiating team in the talks on the removal of the sanctions Ali Bagheri Kani said in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday that "We shared our proposed ideas, both on substance & form, to pave the way for a swift...

Khoshkhoo said that Iran's aviation industry is ready to cooperate in holding the 2022 Qatar World Cup and establish shuttle flights from Kish to Doha. According to the agreement between Tehran and Doha, the necessary facilities for the transfer of passengers have been taken into account, he noted. There will...

Majid Ali-Nazi the Deputy CEO of PMO for Maritime Affairs emphasized the active role of Islamic Republic of Iran in specialized committees of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and stated that this active and influential presence in IMO must be preserved optimally. Taking advantage of all capacities of elites, talented...

Deputy Iranian interior minister for security affairs Mir-Ahmadi pointed to the skirmishes earlier today between Iranian and Afghan border guards at the shared border and said that "According to the reports received yesterday, a limited number of Afghan border guard forces in the Zahak district did provocative actions without respecting geographical boundaries.

The fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games will officially begin in Turkey’s Konya on Tuesday, August 9. During his three-day visit to Konya, south of Ankara, the Iranian Minister of Sports, in addition to participating in the opening ceremony of the Islamic Solidarity games, will visit the competition of...

Iran will host the second edition of the festival on 8-14 October 2022 in a bid to increase public awareness of the environment. Entries for the competitive section of the festival must be submitted to the Festival's Executive Headquarters by August 25, 2022. The cultural event aims to promote environmental...

Referring to holding a meeting with officials of Taliban Ministry of Defense following border conflict, Hassan Kazemi Qomi on Sunday evening said that a joint committee will be formed to prevent border conflict with Afghanistan. In a contact with border guards of this country, Ministry of Defense of the caretaker...

 The young Iranian women's handball team defeated Senegal 39-29 in the 2022 International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's Youth World Championship on Sunday, Tehran Times reported. Iran had defeated Uzbekistan 47-31 in its opening match on Saturday. Iran is scheduled to meet North Macedonia in Group B on Tuesday. The 2022 IHF...

Russia has already cut off gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark, which refused to pay for gas in line with an order by President Vladimir Putin requiring ruble accounts to be set up in a Russian bank. Russia has also halted gas sales to Shell Energy...

“The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke today with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz to discuss a range of shared security challenges, including the threats posed by Iran and US support for Israel’s security.” In this phone call, Gantz and Blinken also discussed the impact of the recent visit of US...

The exercise was held in the presence of Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces, Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces General Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim, General Alexander Chaiko, commander of the Russian forces operating in Syria, and a number of senior officers of the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin made the comments on Sunday during a Navy Day speech in St. Petersburg, Russia Today said. Putin praised the weapon on Sunday, saying that “no obstacles” can stop the missiles. “The Russian Armed Forces will start receiving them in the coming months,” the president said. “The first...

News sources on early Sunday also reported that the Palestinians have launched a new operation in Hebron. According to Hebrew news sources, several Zionist forces were shot by the Palestinians. The Palestinians managed to flee the scene. So far, no news has been published about the possible casualties of this shooting,...

A roadside bomb exploded in the path of the US convoy, according to the Iraqi source. The attack did not leave any casualties and the possible damages are not known yet. Issuing a statement, an Iraqi group claimed responsibility for the attack and said that the convoy was targeted at...

During the phone call, the two sides emphasized the need for increasing efforts to resolve issues through dialogue and political and diplomatic solutions in a way that preserves the independence, sovereignty and peaceful coexistence of countries and nations. The two sides discussed bilateral relations and the latest development in various...

The media department of the Lebanese branch of Al-Alam Al-Harbi published photos and coordinates of ships and oil and gas extraction platforms on the coast of occupied Palestine and information about them. The media also sent this message to the Israeli regime that all of the sites are within the range...

A monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean. They always blow from cold to warm regions. Monsoons are caused by...

Meysam Barazandeh in an interview with IRNA said that a clash has been started between the Islamic Republic of Iran's border guard forces and the Taliban forces in the Shaghalak region of Hirmand County in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, southeastern Iran. According to him, the clash between the border guards of...

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has said in a statement that the Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez extended condolences on the deaths of the Iranian citizens in recent floods in different provinces across Iran. "The recent flood has killed and injured a number of Iranian citizens, and while expressing our condolences, we wish a speedy recovery for...

The second cargo plane carrying Turkey's humanitarian aid to flood-hitten areas in Iran is ready to fly to this country after loading its cargo, according to the Turkish ministry. Earlier on Saturday, Turkey's Defense Ministry said it will send another plane to deliver aid materials to Iran after heavy rain...

Mohammad-Sadegh Fazli, in a tweet, wrote that the Islamic Republic of Iran, as one of the largest producers and exporters of energy in the region, stands with Lebanese nations. Tehran is ready to host talks on providing Lebanon with the necessary fuel, he said, adding that Iran will never leave...

Major General Hossein Salami made the comments in an IRGC ceremony on Sunday during which he added that the Islamic Revolution led by late Imam Khomeini has grown stronger despite all the problems and difficulties as well as the psychological warfare waged by the enemy. The IRGC chief added that...

Mojtaba Amani, who has previously served as Iran's former head of the Iranian Interests Section in Cairo, met with the Lebanese top diplomat.  "On Friday, I submitted a copy of  my credential letter as the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib.

Chabahar Port's link in Iran with the International North-South Transport Corridor will enhance connectivity with Central Asian countries, drive investment and deepen cultural and political ties, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Sunday. The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is India's vision and initiative to reduce the time taken for...

Saying that in recent years Iranian people used to cross Shalamche, Chazzabeh, and Mehran border crossings to enter Iraq for pilgrimage purposes, the Iranian Interior Minister said Sunday that this year, the Khosravi border will be reopened for Iranian pilgrims to enter Iraq. The Khosravi border crossing is the nearest border to...

Ali Baziar, the head of Iran’s team and chairperson of the traditional and beach committee of the Wrestling Federation of Iran, said on Sunday that Hamid-Reza Sajjadifard gained a bronze medal in the +90 kilograms weight category. Other Iranian athletes namely Mojtaba Eskandari (70 kilograms) and Omid Tiztak (90 kilograms)...

No casualties have been reported as of yet. Photos circulating on social media have captured what appears to be a massive flash at the time of the incident. A former Afghan official has claimed that “drones were flying while the multiple explosions happened early morning today.” Abdul Nafi Takour,...

"After testing negative on Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, and Friday morning, the President tested positive late Saturday morning, by antigen testing," the doctor said, adding that Biden "has experienced no reemergence of symptoms and continues to feel quite well," TASS reported. However, due to the positive antigen test,...

According to Razvozhayev, the attack was carried out via an unidentified object - presumably a UAV - that flew into the headquarters' courtyard. The attack left five members of the headquarters' staff injured, but no one was killed, according to the governor of Sevastopol, Sputnik reported.  First photo from...

Some of its fragments plunged into the Sulu Sea near the Philippines, TASS reported. Some foreign media outlets earlier voiced concerns that the debris from CZ-5B could pose a threat. The CZ-5B delivered China’s Wentian laboratory cabin module to orbit. The launch took place from the Wenchang Space Launch Site...

The ruling Communist party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), was conducting “live-fire exercises” near the Pingtan islands off Fujian province from 8 am to 9 pm on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency said. The Maritime Safety Administration warned ships to avoid the area. Such exercises usually involve...

He was traveling through a village in the northwestern part of Huehuetenango, near the Mexico border, when gunmen opened fire at the Guatemalan state head, a local media Sonora es la Noticia reported. At least one person sustained gunshot wounds and was immediately transferred to medical care. The spokesperson for...

Iran’s foreign minister has reiterated his country’s resolve to clinch an agreement for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Touching on the talks between Iran and the remaining parties to the JCPOA, Amir-Abdollahian emphasized the Iranian government’s determination to achieve...

Nancy Pelosi issued a statement about her periodic trip to a number of Asian countries in which there is no mention of the possible trip of this senior congressman to Taiwan. Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific region, including visits to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan,...

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Arman-e Melli: Bidding farewell to dollar, euro in favor of ruble Leader urges Iranian officials to repair flood damages in country Aftab: Who benefits from instability in Iraq? Ebtekar: Leader: Iranian officials must take necessary measures to repair flood damages Etemad: EU's Borrell says waiting for responses from Washington, Tehran Etela'at:...

Muharram religious rituals, which culminate in Ashura (literally meaning 10 as the battle of Karbala took place on the 10th day of the month), are held annually with special arrangements. During these ten days, mourners gather in settings called “Majlis Aza’a,” which means a mourning gathering and often includes two...

Developing Iran’s foreign relations is no longer contingent on the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This is what can be inferred from Iran’s diplomatic moves over the course of the Ebrahim Raeisi presidency. Upon assuming office in August 2021, Raeisi moved to...

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of condolences to President of Iran Ebrahim Raeisi on the victims of the floods that swept through several provinces in the country, wishing the injured a speedy recovery, the Peninsula Qatar reported. Deputy of Emir of Qatar Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani and...

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Monday, August 01.

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – People of Tehran marked the second night of Muharram month by attending mourning ceremonies for Imam Hussein (AS). Muslims in the month of Muharram commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, his family and his companions.

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Sunday, July 31.                                          ...