News Archive - 27 February 2023

Iran is scheduled to meet Hong Kong on Tuesday at the Skenderija in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, and Singapore are also in the group. Group A consists of Turkmenistan, Chinese Taipei, South Africa, Luxembourg, and Thailand. The Group A tournament will be held in Cape Town,...

Targeting a PKK vehicle, the drone attack left a PKK commander and its two other forces killed, according to the reports. Several days ago, Turkey also targeted a mountainous area in Iraq's Duhok. Turkey has built many military bases on Iraqi soil despite opposition and condemnation from the Iraqi and...

General Heidar Sousani said that a heavy-duty truck carrying 35,000 liters have been confiscated in Deylam County. One defendant has been handed over to the authorities, he added. Subsidized fuel in Iran is seen as an opportunity for smugglers to draw huge benefits. Iran, however, re-imposed using fuel cards and...

"On the verge of turning forty, how should Sona face the problem of her loneliness?," the synopsis of Torkamalou's short film reads. Fariba Sohrabi, Narjes Delaram, Samaneh Babazadeh, Hesam Kazemi, and Hamed Ghaffarpour are among the cast of Sona. The Media Film Festival is a vibrant community forum for...

Ebrahim Ali Molabeigi, the Iranian industry ministry's official said, "The discovery of the first lithium reserve in Hamedan province is promising news which signals the possibility of other reserves in the western Iranian province." The industry official said the lithium reserve is about 8.6 million tonnes, adding, "In...

Referring to his recent visit to Baghdad and his meetings with top Iraqi officials, including his counterpart, Fuad Hussein, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an interview with Iran's Al-Alam television network that the Iraqi foreign minister had returned from an earlier visit to Washington with a message for Iran. “He carried the...

The quake took place at a depth of 6.96 kilometers (4.32 miles) at 12:04 p.m. local time (0904GMT), centered in the Yeşilyurt district of the city, Daily Sabah reported. One person was killed, 69 were injured in the Monday earthquake, local media have reported citing authorities. The...

The media outlet reported that an explosion rocked Al-Hasakah city in the northeastern corner of Syria. According to the reports, the blast took place as a car bomb exploded near a school in Al-Hasakah. The Syrian Center for Human Rights, affiliated with the opposition group, reported that at least one woman was...

According to the reports, the ISIL terrorist group renewed its attack on the northeast of Diyala province on Monday, leaving an Iraqi citizen killed and two others wounded. The terrorist attack occurred near an area in the east of Lake Hamrin in Iraq's Diyala Governorate. In another development, the Iraqi security...

So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack on miners. In the past, the ISIL terrorist group and the separatist rebels of the Baloch Liberation Army have claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on miners in Pakistan's Balochistan. The attack took place while 7 people were killed and dozens...

The anti-terrorism operation was carried out by security forces in the 17th district of Kabul on Sunday night, according to Mujahid. Several weapons and a large amount of ammunition were also seized from the terrorists during the operation, the Taliban spokesperson added. One person was also detained by Taliban forces,...

Local sources say that the two people who were killed during the attack were believed to be Al-Qaeda members, but official sources have not yet confirmed it. These sources added that the US drone bombed a house in the east of Marib. The identity of the people killed in the...

“The US has no right to dictate the China-Russia relations, and we will never accept coercion and pressure from the US,” Mao Ning told journalists during a daily briefing on Monday. She was commenting on allegations by senior US officials that Beijing has likely authorized the delivery of non-lethal aid to...

Jalaly added that Gulmat Khan Zadran has been appointed as the new envoy of Afghanistan to Turkey. Earlier on Monday, the Taliban official announced on his Twitter that 7 experienced diplomats have been sent from Kabul to Tehran to continue their activities with the new caretaker of the Afghan Embassy in...

Local media in occupied Palestinian territories reported a martyrdom-seeking operation near Jericho in the West Bank on Monday. The Zionist Israeli regime military radio announced that during that shooting, a Zionist was seriously injured and the perpetrator managed to escape the scene. But the Palestinian Shahab news agency reported that...

Amir-Abdollahian who left Tehran for Geneva on Sunday evening to attend the UN council's meeting held talks with some foreign ministers attending in Geneva. Tehran opposing NATO expansion Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and held talks with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto on Monday. In the meeting, the two sides discussed and exchanged views...

The drill kicked off on Monday with the participation of 50 countries and organizations, alkhaleejonline reported. The drill takes place in the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean and coastal regions of East Africa. The exercise includes 7,000 personnel and 35 ships, the source added.

7 experienced diplomats have been sent from Kabul to Iran to continue their activities with the new caretaker of the Afghan Embassy in Iran, Zakir Jalaly, a Taliban foreign ministry official said. This decision was made in order to prevent the embassy's work from being halted, according to Jalaly. The Iranian...

"Secret plots or wishful thinking by enemies against normal relationships between western countries including UK and Iran," Mehdi Hosseini Matin wrote in a tweet on Monday commenting on the Jewish Chronicle (JC) report about Iran's plan to close the British embassy in Tehran. "Unsubstantial allegations & fake news by JC are categorically...

Kazem Gharibabadi, the secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights and the judiciary chief's deputy for international affairs, in a letter to the country's attorney general, demanded the SAVAK chief torturer's prosecution, the judiciary-affiliated Mizan News Agency said. In the letter, Gharibabadi asked the attorney general "to collect evidence...

“Mainstream media are now under the control of enemies. Enemies have lately waged a hybrid war [against the Islamic Republic] after they suffered successive defeats. Media outlets, therefore, play a significant and integral role throughout this campaign and are widely employed for that purpose,” Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani said in a...

Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian pointed to the crimes committed by the Zionist Israeli regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, in addition to reaffirming Iran's commitments to human rights. "Iran continues to support human rights and is committed to this stance," to diplomat...

In a statement on Monday, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada announced sanctions on 12 senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) for allegedly participating in the crackdown on the foreign-backed rioters in the west of Iran. The move comes a...

"People should know more about the realities of Europe and America. It was the Europeans and Westerners who provided advanced military equipment and chemical weapons to Saddam's regime. The effects of chemical attacks on the bodies of the Holy Defense warriors are still there," Major General Salami said in a...

Maj. Gen. Gholamali Rashid made the remarks in Tehran that backing the Zionist Regime’s measures against Iran is tantamount to jeopardizing the lives of the American soldiers. No measures of the two enemies of the Iranian nation in the operational, tactical, and technical aspects are hidden from the vision of...

The meeting took place on Monday afternoon after Amir-Abdollahian delivered his speech at the UN council's meeting.  This was the second time Iran's Foreign Minister and Guterres hold talks after their phone call a few weeks ago to discuss some regional and international developments on  including the major earthquake...

Seyyed Sowlat Mortazavi made the remarks in a meeting with Gnel Sanosyan, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures in Yerevan, on Monday. Iran and Armenia always enjoy very good friendly relations based on mutual respect and good neighborliness, he underlined. Armenia's role in the development of foreign relations and access...

"Last week, after about 14 years, the efforts of our colleagues proved to be fruitful, and three images of an Asiatic cheetah were recorded by our cameras in the Abbasabad Naein Wildlife Sanctuary," Ahmad Reza Lahijanzadeh, managing director of the Environmental Department of Isfahan Province said.  "In 2007, local people...

Before he embarks on the trip to Iran, Gazprom chief discussed energy cooperation, especially in the field of gas, in a business meeting with Kazem Jalali, Iran's ambassador to Russia. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation in the field of oil and gas, within the framework of the agreements reached during...

The Spanish coach will lead Foolad FC until the end of the season for in the Iran Professional League (IPL). The move comes after that the former manager Javad Nekounam stepped down from his position last week. Benavente started his coaching career in Spanish club UDA Gramenet in 1998. Foolad sit...

The informed source in Sistan and Baluchestan Province told Mehr News Agency that an Iranian border guardsman was searching a vehicle carrying contraband at the Milak border crossing  when the vehicle fled and crossed the border into the Afghan territory with the Iranian border guard inside it.    The...

The IRIS Makran and IRIS Dena warships both arrived on Sunday morning, Rio's port authority said in a statement, according to Reuters. Reuters earlier this month reported that Brazil had bowed to US pressure and declined Iran's request for the vessels to dock in Rio in late January, in a...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is in Geneva to participate in two meetings of the Human Rights Council as well as the disarmament conference, held a telephone conversation with Tunisia's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar on Monday afternoon. Amir-Abdollhian congratulated Ammar's appointment...

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Ruhollah Gholami pointed out that three million tons of goods were exported from the Mehran border from the beginning of Iran’s calendar year starting on March 21. Since the outset of this year, over three million tons of goods worth $1.46 billion have been exported to Iraq, he further...

Abbas Khajeh Avarseji could win 25 out of 26 votes at the ceremony held in Iran. The Iranian individual has been elected for the position for a tenure of four years. The Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation [AAKF] was formed in the year 1978.  The 1st Asian Kabaddi Championship was...

Hamed Amiri and Yasin Khosravi claimed gold and Erfan Bandari took bronze. The Dubai 2023 GP, aka the Fazza International Competition is being held from 26 February to 1 March.  As many as 700 athletes from 66 countries are competing at the event. AMK/5720133

Iran’s athletes snatched four gold, four silver, and 14 bronze at the event. The Iranian contenders competed in the category of under-14, juniors, and under-21.  The Karate1 2023 Youth League was held from February 23 to 26 in Fujairah (UAE). The Karate1 Youth League is a series of competitions...

Einollahi made the remarks in the opening ceremony of the first exhibition of knowledge-based food, medicine, and medical equipment in Tehran on Monday. Apart from the 20 states demanding Iranian achievements, some countries such as Syria and Iraq accepted Iran’s pharmacopeia. The minister also said that the Islamic Republic has...

"In the Latakia governorate, two Syrian servicemen were killed and three more were wounded as a result of artillery shelling staged by terrorists at the positions of government forces near the settlement of Sukkariya," Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a...

Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasoul in a statement announced that the country's anti-terrorism unit clashed with ISIL terrorists on Monday morning in the Akashat area located in the desert of Al Anbar province, killing 17 members and one of the leaders of the group. In December 2017, after...

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the victim as 37-year-old Sameh Hamdallah Mahmoud Aqtash, saying the fatality was caused on Sunday after Israeli settlers and forces attacked the village of Za'tara, south of the city of Nablus, shooting the Palestinian man in the abdomen, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

In a one-line decree, Zelensky announced the dismissal of Eduard Moskalyov as commander of the joint forces of Ukraine, which are engaged in battles in the Donbas region, Reuters reported. Zelensky mentioned Moskalyov in a daily address on Friday when listing the military commanders he had spoken to. Moskalyov had...

The latest comments by Medvedev, who is a key aide to President Vladimir Putin, follow Putin's nuclear warning last week and his Sunday remarks casting Moscow's confrontation with the West as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people. The Russian official reiterated his threat of nuclear...

There would be “real costs” for China if the country went forward with providing lethal aid to Russia in the Ukraine war, Sullivan claimed Sunday, without referring to Washington's financial and weaponry aid to Kyiv. “From our perspective, actually, this war presents real complications for Beijing. And Beijing will have to...

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The incident took place near the coastal town of Crotone in the Calabria region in the early hours of Sunday amid bad weather conditions, Sputnik reported. Survivors claimed that up to 150 people from Somalia, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan were on board the vessel, thought to have left Turkey four...

Referring to his recent visit to Baghdad and his meetings with top Iraqi officials, including his counterpart, Fuad Hussein, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an interview with Iran's Al-Alam television network that the Iraqi foreign minister had returned from an earlier visit to Washington with a message for Iran. “He carried the...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry made the remark in a statement issued on Sunday, two days after China released its initiative for putting an end to the Ukraine war, officially known as China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis. China’s initiative, among other points, urges respect for the...

Kayhan: Unrest in Occupied Lands turns violent Eslami says Iran planning to export nuclear products Etela'at: CIA chief: Tehran not after developing nuke weapon Sayeh: Negative effects of war, terrorism on environment Abrar:  FM Amir-abdollahian departs for Geneva Javan: AEOI chief: Iran planning on exporting nuclear technological products RHM/

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who is on a visit to Geneva, met and held talks with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto on Monday. Amir-Abdollahian left Tehran for Geneva on Sunday evening to attend the UN council's meeting. Today, the Iranian top diplomat will deliver a speech at the UN Human...

The two initial parties formally signed the agreement on Sept. 15, 2020, at the White House lawn to normalize diplomatic ties with Israel under former US President Donald Trump. A similar agreement was signed between Morocco and Israel on Dec. 10, 2020. Despite much Israeli anticipation, since the so-called "deal...

Carpet is considered one of the top Persian souvenirs to take home while paying a visit to Iran. In the 17th century, some seventy Dutch artists included representations of Persian carpets in their paintings, mainly types originating in northwestern Persia, iranicaonline reported on the history of carpets in the world.

Salami made the remarks in a meeting with the Iraqi defense minister Thabet Muhammad Saeed Al-Abbasi and his accompanying delegation in Tehran. Wishing prosperity for Iraq, the IRGC chief stated that Tehran considers Baghdad to be of unique importance in the political geography of the Islamic world. Considering recent developments in the region...

He finished in second place in the vault event with a score of 14.983 points. Armenian gymnast Artur Davtyan seized the gold with 15.133 points and the bronze medal went to Hong Kong’s Shek Wai Hung (14.733). Another Iranian gymnast Mehdi Ahmadi Kohan claimed a silver medal...

Also known as Kara Kilise, it is located about 20 kilometers from the town of Chaldiran. It is believed to be one of the oldest church buildings in the world.

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian addresses the 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.                  ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who left Iran for Switzerland on Sunday evening to attend the UN Human Rights Council held talks with some foreign ministers attending in Geneva.              ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Monday, February 27.