News Archive - 16 February 2023

Kan'ani made the remarks on Thursday in reaction to a joint statement by the United States and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council. The thoroughly anti-Iranian statement was issued by American and PGCC officials during a meeting of the so-called "Working Group on Iran" at the council's headquarters in the Saudi...

"General Dynamics-Ordnance & Tactical Systems [of] Niceville, Florida and American Ordnance [of] Middletown, Iowa will compete for each order of the $993,790,373 ... contract to produce 155mm rounds," the Defense Department said on Wednesday. The two bids from GD-OTS and American ordnance were the only ones received by the Army, the...

Addressing the Hezbollah memorial ceremony on Thursday, Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah saluted the families of Hezbollah’s martyred commanders; Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Sayyed Abbas Al-Moussawi, Hajj Imad Mughniyeh.  Nasrallah congratulated the Iranian nation on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution's victory, saying that Western media turned blind eye to the million-man marches across...

Amir-Abdollahian made the remark in a post on his Twitter account on Thursday after US State Department spokesman Ned Price claimed that Seif al-Adel, the new leader of al-Qaeda, was based in Iran, without providing any evidence to substantiate the allegation. “I advise White House to stop the failed Iranophobia...

During the meeting, the two sides emphasized the need for the commitment of all the parties in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran nuclear deal) talks to fully implement their obligations. The parties agreed to continue their close communication and coordination as in the past to advance the JCPOA negotiations...

Aleksandr Rogozhnik made the remarks in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belarus Saeed Yari. The two sides discussed issues of bilateral importance, including cooperation in the manufacturing sector, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarus Industry Ministry. Rogozhnik noted that bilateral trade rose threefold during...

"We qualify the incident as an act of international terrorism that requires a comprehensive and independent investigation," the statement said. "It wouldn’t hurt if the US, which claims the monopoly on the truth, shifted from empty accusations directed at us to the matter at hand and at least try to...

A police spokesman, Robert Gomez, told reporters one suspect was in custody, but media reports said a second person was also taken into custody following the shooting at Texas' Cielo Vista Mall. The motive in the shooting was not known, Reuters reported. "It was chaotic. People did flee. They were...

"We have repeatedly pointed out that NATO in the so-called new strategic concept ignores facts, calls black white, and persists in wrongly positioning China as a systemic challenge," TASS quoted as Wenbin saying. "China is seriously concerned about this and strongly opposes it," Wang Wenbin added. The diplomat also said that...

According to preliminary police reports, a man in his 30s wearing a black pullover, brown pants and white sneakers attacked the Kawaguchi Namiki post office, the Japanese broadcaster reported. He had a medical mask on his face. The injured employees of the post office were hospitalized, according to the report,...

The Palestinian Information Center, citing local sources, reported on Thursday that Israeli troops raided the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), surrounding a house owned by relatives of Muhammed Kamel al-Jabari, who carried out a shooting attack close to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba last October, leaving an...

"Armenia has completed work on a draft agreement on peace and relations with Azerbaijan, and our proposals were handed over to the Azerbaijani side. We also passed them to the countries of the OSCE Minsk Group," he said, TASS reported. "The document must embody a certain philosophy, a system of...

The latest data released by the US Census Bureau show Iran exported $11.2 million worth of goods to the US during the period, registering an 833.33% rise. Iran’s imports from the US stood at $45.5 million, up 15.77%, Financial Tribune reported. Bilateral exchanges in December 2022...

"President Raeisi invited President Xi Jinping to pay a state visit to Iran. President Xi Jinping gladly accepted the invitation and expressed his readiness to visit Iran at a convenient time," China Central Television quoted the statement as saying. The two leaders stressed in the joint statement their willingness to...

In a joint statement issued at the end of Raeisi’s three-day state visit to Beijing, the Iranian and Chinese presidents reaffirmed that the United States’ unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is the root cause of the current stalemate in...

Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in its Twitter acoount on Thursday wrote, "The global network of al-Qaeda has dismantled after the death of Osama Bin Laden and the organization is no longer in existence but its extremist ideology still persists. The emergence of...

Addressing the Hezbollah memorial ceremony on Thursday, Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah saluted the families of Hezbollah’s martyred commanders; Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Sayyed Abbas Al-Moussawi, Hajj Imad Mughniyeh.  Nasrallah congratulated the Iranian nation on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution's victory, saying that Western media turned blind eye to the million-man marches across...

“The university has an annual production capacity of 50 pumps, the import of which costs the National Iranian Oil Company around $50 million,” Abbas Nazari said. The locally-produced ESPs can compete with foreign brands quality-wise and are more economical than imported counterparts, he added, according to Finacial Tribune. The official...

The Tennessee National Guard said in a statement that the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed around 3 p.m. local time (2100GMT) while on a training flight near Highway 53 and Burwell Road in Huntsville. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of two Tennessee National Guardsmen, and our prayers...

The Somali National Army with the support of the Galmudug State forces and the local forces killed 32 Al-Shabaab militants and injured others after conducting a planned operation against terrorists’ hideout at Qaycad area in Mudug region. SNA Commander at the frontline, Gen. Mohamed Ali Nur confirmed to Somali National...

"[There is] a new attack by Ukrainian drones. Situation update: two drones were shot down over the sea. Our air defense forces and means continue to repel the attack," Razvozhaev wrote on his Telegram channel. The governor urged to remain calm, Tass reported. Sevastopol is the main base of the...

Upon arrival in Iran after his official trip to China, Ebrahim Raeisi said, "This trip was done at the official invitation of Mr Xi Jinping, during which we had numerous meetings and negotiations at different levels with the respected President of China." The President added, "The strategic level of...

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – With the new wave of frosty weather sweeping across the country, snowfall has now blanketed Kuhrang County in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. The height of snow in Kuhrang has reached 2.5 meters.   ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – The mourning ceremony for the martyrdom anniversary of the 7th Infallible Imam of Household, Imam Musa al-Kazim (PBUH) was held in Qom, Iran.         ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Thursday, February 16.        ...