After five days of preliminary phases, the final stage of the defensive drills started in an area covering 35,000 square km in Semnan.The drill is being held in two stages in which domestic radar and missile systems, command and controlling centers and electronic war are being tested.Different kinds of radar …
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Turkish plane emergency landing in Iran
Hamid-Reza Parsa, an official at the Sistan-Baluchestan airports, told IRNA that the Turkish plane took off from Istanbul en route to Vietnam, but it had to make an emergency landing here because one of the passengers was not in good health conditions.Before the landing, medical team and emergency services’ officials …
Read More »Reports on Kuwait's not issuing visa for Iranians untrue: Envoy
The diplomat made the announcement in response to some reports made by certain international media following the January 27 visa ban imposed by the new US President Donald Trump on seven Muslim countries including Iran.The truth is that the US embassy in Kuwait City had announced that it would not …
Read More »United World Wrestling respects Iran’s decision on US ban
In response to Iran’s decision to ban American wrestlers' travel to Iran, Nenad Lalovic released a statement.The full text of the statement is as follows:'Though we had hoped for a different outcome from Iran's Foreign Ministry, we appreciate the complex nature of this decision. We are currently working to find …
Read More »UN says Myanmar army killed, raped in Rohingya ethnic cleansing
Witnesses testified to 'the killing of babies, toddlers, children, women and elderly; opening fire at people fleeing; burning of entire villages; massive detention; massive and systematic rape and sexual violence; deliberate destruction of food and sources of food', the report said.“One woman told UN investigators how her eight-month baby boy …
Read More »Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on Feb 4
**IRAN NEWS- Iran unmovd by US threats- Total starts development of South Pars phase 11- Iran in talks with Uhde over propylene technology**IRAN DAILY- 2016 investment target met: Nobakht- UN: Myanmar troops killed hundreds in Rohingya ethnic cleansing- Avalanche kills three in northeast of Tehran**KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL- US imposes new sanctions …
Read More »Foreign ministry slams US new sanctions against Iran
The statement further noted that development of missile capabilities which are designed solely for defensive purposes and carrying conventional weapons is the Iranian nation’s right and any interference in the field runs against international regulations and is not within any country or institute’s authority.Islamic Republic of Iran will appropriately counter …
Read More »S. Arabian FM's empty rhetoric rooted in heavy defeat in Yemen: Spokesman
According to the ministry’s Center for Public and Media Diplomacy, Qasemi dismissed the repeated claims by Adel al-Jubeir about Iran’s military aid to Yemeni combatants, saying that these assertions are rooted in his confusion as a result of heavy and repeated failures of the Saudi-led military coalition operation against the …
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