News Archive - 4 June 2023

The flare-up was reported in several areas of the capital city on Sunday, after the truce ended amid the breakdown of bilateral talks in Jeddah, where Saudi Arabia and the United States have been mediating negotiations between the warring factions. The ceasefire started on May 22 and expired on Saturday...

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a Sunday phone call with Turkey’s new Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, urging more speedy steps toward expansion of ties between Tehran and Ankara. While inviting Fidan to visit Tehran, the Iranian top diplomat expressed hope that close cooperation between the two neighbors would continue...

Facing off against China's Ju Zuo in the women’s -53kg weight category, Kiani, a deserving member of the Iranian national team, emerged as the sole representative of Iran in the finals of the championships held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Kiani dominated the match on Sunday, scoring a 2-0...

"A workshop for the assembly of Ukrainian UAVs was hit by ground-based precision weapons near the city of Dnepropetrovsk," he said. Konashenkov added that Russian aircraft and artillery troops hit 96 artillery units of the Ukrainian armed forces in firing positions in the past 24 hours. "Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile...

Museveni’s statement on Saturday comes a week after al-Shabab fighters stormed the base in Bulamarer, 130 kilometers (80 miles) southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The armed group claimed it carried out suicide bomb attacks on May 26 and killed 137 soldiers. Museveni said on Saturday that the Uganda People’s...

Vyacheslav Gladkov said on the Telegram channel that more than 4,000 people were relocated to temporary accommodation in the border region, which borders Ukraine to its south and west. “Overnight, it was quite restless,” Gladkov said, adding that the Shebekino and Volokonovsky districts suffered “lots” of damage from shelling during...

The landslide occurred at around 6 a.m. (2200 GMT) on Sunday morning in a mountainous area near Leshan city in the south of the province. More than 180 rescue workers have been dispatched to the site, with search and rescue operations still ongoing, Reuters reported. Leshan city was hit...

Mokhber and Sharif met and held talks on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Saturday. Referring to his recent meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, Sharif considered the recent opening of the border market a step forward to strengthening bilateral trade...

Iran and France volleyball teams played in a friendly match on Sunday. The match ended 2-2 after the head coaches of the two teams decided to do so. The friendly match was held in preparation for the first week of the upcoming 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL). Speaking to reporters,...

The US 5th Fleet spokesperson Cmdr. Tim Hawkins told Breaking Defense that the fact that Tehran would soon establish a naval alliance with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations defies reason. Hawkins repeated baseless accusations against Iran that it endangers regional waters with its actions. Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral...

Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema will leave Real Madrid as a free agent in the close season after 14 trophy-laden years, the club said on Sunday, according to Reuters. "Karim Benzema's career at Real Madrid has been an example of behavior and professionalism, and has represented the values ​​of our...

The rallies took place in Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday, with the regime's media estimating the number of protesters at around 100,000 in the coastal city of Tel Aviv alone. The rallies have been taking place every Saturday since Benjamin Netanyahu announced his intention to push through with...

"In essence, attempts to push for NATO-like [alliances] in the Asia-Pacific is a way of kidnapping regional countries and exaggerating conflicts and confrontations, which will only plunge the Asia-Pacific into a whirlpool of disputes and conflicts," Li told the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Sunday, according to TRT...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei delivered a speech at a ceremony held to commemorate the 34th passing anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA) at his Mausoleum in the south of Tehran on Sunday, where tens of thousands were taking part. At the start of his speech, the...

Raeisi made the remarks on Saturday while addressing a ceremony held to commemorate the 34th passing away anniversary of the founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini. He said Imam Khomeini’s ideas led to a major development in the global political arena, and his revolution changed all the political equations...

The earthquake occurred at 08:21 local time at a depth of 8 km. The epicenter of the quake was located at 46.42 degrees longitude and 34.29 degrees latitude. The earthquake was followed by a magnitude 4 aftershock at a depth of 5 km. There have been no immediate...

"I sincerely congratulate my brother Hakan Fidan on his election as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey," Amir-Abdollahian wrote in a tweet on Sunday. Saying that he had met and talked with Fidan many times, Amir-Abdollahian added that the new Turkish foreign minister is a professional...

Head of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran (PMO) said on Saturday that expanding Iran’s northern fleet of commercial vessels has become a priority for the country’s transportation ministry, of which the PMO is a subsidiary. “Given that the volume of trade with neighboring countries to the north is growing,...

TEHRAN, June 4 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei delivered a speech at a ceremony held to commemorate the 34th passing anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA) at his Mausoleum in the south of Tehran on Sunday. A number of Iranian officials and foreign diplomats...

TEHRAN, June 4 (MNA) – A ceremony was held on the occasion of the 34th demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA) at his Mausoleum in the south of Tehran on Sunday. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei delivered a speech at the ceremony.