News Archive - 9 February 2023

Amir-Abdollahian also congratulated Mirjana Spoljaric Egger on her appointment as the new president of the International Committee of the Red Cross and wished her good luck in the capacity. As for the readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran to help the quake-hit people in Turkey and Syria, Amir-Abdollahian said...

Six trucks of “shelter items and non-food item kits, including blankets and hygiene kits” reached Bab al-Hawa on Thursday, the only border crossing authorized by the UN Security Council for aid delivery, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. “The UN cross-border aid operation has been...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who was accompanied by his wife and daughter, presided over the nighttime military parade, Sputnik reported. A military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army took place in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square, where more intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) than ever...

Iran's President attended the Tehran Summit hall on Thursday morning to receive the world's ambassadors on the 44th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Delivering a speech at the ceremony, Raeisi expressed his sympathy to the friendly and brotherly countries of Syria and Turkey over the...

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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey on Monday, leaving at least 14,000 dead in Turkey. In this tragic incident, 3 Iranian amputee football players, named Mohammad Reza Mirahmadi, Mehdi Saeedavi, and Hamed Matroudi trapped under rubble and unfortunately lost their lives. The head of Iran's Amputee Football Association announced that the bodies...

In Turkey, the country’s disaster agency said 12,873 people died, according to Aljazeera. The toll for Syria remains relatively static – although aid agencies have warned that the number will likely be much higher. In Syria, rescue service the White Helmets and the government said another 2,950 were killed. The...

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake jolted the areas near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia, on Thursday. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), the quake occurred at a depth of 60 kilometers. RHM/

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian received the visiting Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Handicrafts of the Republic of Guinea in Tehran on Wednesday. In the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations, and various fields of political, cultural, scientific, and economic relations. Amir-Abdollahian considered the relations between the two countries as friendly,...

Kayhan: Leader: 22nd of Bahman will be a show of unity  Etemad: Leader emphasizes role of unity in thwarting plots Etela'at: Death toll from Syria, Turkey earthquake surpass 12,000 Arman-e Melli: Leader stresses resolving disputes Aftab: Miroslav Blazevic passes away at 87 Abrar: Raeisi sympathizes with Syria's Assad over Earthquake...

Armenia has dismissed Azerbaijani media reports claiming that “Armenia and Iran are preparing to launch an attack in the direction of Lachin (Berdzor) and Kubatlu (Sanasar).” “It is an absolute lie and does not correspond to reality,” the press secretary of the Defense Ministry and the adviser to the...

Speaking in an interview with RIA Novosti, the Russian ambassador to Tehran Alexey Dedov commented on Tehran's position regarding Russia’s annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions following referendums on their annexation to Russia in those four regions. Iran's stance regarding the Crimean peninsula and other new regions that annexed Russia does not affect...

Speaking in an interview with an NPR correspondent, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian briefed on Tehran's position regarding recent domestic developments. First of all, he answered a question about the action of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei in pardoning tens of thousands of rioters arrested in the recent riots obe the...

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The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Gazprom are working to determine the economic assessment of the prospects for the participation of the Russian company in oil and gas projects in Iran in accordance with the memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation signed last summer, the diplomat said in an interview...

Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif told Sputnik, "We are determined to defend the national interests and security of our people and we have all the necessary mechanisms for doing so." Earlier, Sharif told Almasirah that the perpetrators of the failed Isfahan military facility incident will regret it. The enemies know the consequences...

AEOI cheif pointed out that the relationship between the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency is based on NPT safeguards. Enemies' attempts to show that Iran does not need nuclear technology and their claim that Iran is seeking atomic bombs are false, he also said, while...