On Wednesday, Trump ordered pardoning of these people who were sentenced to long prison terms for killing 14 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007.The four were part of an armored convoy who shot at a group of homeless people in Baghdad Nisour Square, killing 14 civilians. Iraqi Legal Expert Ali …
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President Rouhani: Jesus Christ’s virtues can help solve social challenges
Rouhani made the remarks in a congratulatory message to the leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis on the occasion of Christmas, adding that analyzing the prophet's lifestyle, which entailed endless kindness and tolerance, can lead to removal of today's social and cultural challenges.It can also pave the way to getting …
Read More »Iran’s Azmoun on 2020 Asian Team of Year
International Federation of Football History and Statistics announced its lists of best players of the world in 2020.Azmoun, who plays for Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg was valued at €14.5 million and follows Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean winger Heung-min Son, €64 million, and FC Porto’s Japanese forward Shoya Nakajima, €16 …
Read More »Eucharist ceremony in Tehran’s St. Joseph Cathedral
The ceremony of Eucharist was held in Tehran’s St. Joseph Catholic Church of Assyrio-Chaldeans on the occasion of Jesus Christ’s birthday anniversary, with health protocols being followed. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the ceremony was held without presence of the Iranian Christians.The Eucharist, Raz Qorbana in Assyrian, is the ceremony …
Read More »Iran in talks to buy foreign coronavirus vaccine: Health Ministry Spox
After a meeting with the officials of Golestan Medical Sciences University, she told IRNA that Foreign Ministry and Central Bank of Iran are seriously negotiating on the purchase of the coronavirus vaccine, hoping that the product will enter Iran with their help and having found a suitable way for foreign …
Read More »Iran-Pakistan economic diplomacy, a way to resolve trade issues
This was observed at a joint virtual meeting between the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (TCCIMA), and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Wednesday.Senior diplomats of the two countries and business experts participated in the meeting with an aim to examine the capacity of the …
Read More »Iran, China support 6 coronavirus research plans
According to Iran's National Science Foundation, the two research organizations started their new cooperation in late winter.Researchers of the two countries sent their proposals and six of them were confirmed in the fields of making diagnostic kits, producing medicines, and producing vaccines. Matching the scientists was an important measure taken …
Read More »COVID-19 kills 153 more people in Iran
Some 6,261 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,075 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.Sadat Lari noted that 914,194 patients out of a total of 1,177,004 infected have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals so far. Some 5,419 other COVID-19 patients are …
Read More »Assassination of Fakhrizadeh, huge loss to Muslim World: Pakistani scholar
Seyyed Mohammad Zahir Ali Shah Hamedani met with Iranian Consulate General in Karachi on Wednesday to pay homage to the Martyr Fakhrizadeh and expressed his condolences to the Supreme Leader of the Revolution, government and people of Iran on the tragic incident.In a meeting with Iranian Counsel General Ahmad Mohammadi, …
Read More »Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on December 23
** IRAN DAILY-- Two-time Oscar winner Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’ shooting done The shooting of ‘A Hero,’ the latest work of two-time Oscar winner director Asghar Farhadi, ended in Iranian city of Shiraz.Iranian film editor Hayedeh Safiyari has begun the film’s editing.Professional Iranian actors Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Nader Shahsavari, Fereshteh Sadr-Orafai …
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