Iran

TEHRAN, Sept 10 (NNN-IRNA) – A top Iranian military commander said yesterday, the country will carry out the final test of its upgraded homegrown missile defence system, dubbed Bavar (Belief) 373, in the coming days, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

Alireza Sabahi-Fard, commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defence Force, said in a televised interview that, the system has successfully completed all its initial tests.

He stressed that, all Iranian air defence systems have been equipped with cutting-edge technologies, with Bavar 373 being the army’s flagship.

TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Saturday condemned the new U.S. sanctions against its intelligence ministry, which has been accused of launching an alleged cyber attack on Albania.

"This new sanctions label, just like the previous illegal U.S. sanctions against the Intelligence Ministry, will never be able to create the slightest upset in the determination of the security servants of the Iranian people," Nasser Kanaani, spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said in a statement.

TEHRAN, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran announced on Friday that all six land border crossings with Iraq are temporarily closed until further notice due to congestion, hot weather, and lack of facilities to ensure passengers' health and security, according to the official news agency IRNA.

The closure was announced by Majid Mir-Ahmadi, head of Iran's Arbaeen Central Headquarter, as the land border crossings have been jammed by millions of Iranians heading to neighboring Iraq for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage.

TEHRAN, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran announced on Friday that all six land border crossings with Iraq are temporarily closed until further notice due to congestion, hot weather, and lack of facilities to ensure passengers' health and security, according to the official news agency IRNA.

The closure was announced by Majid Mir-Ahmadi, head of Iran's Arbaeen Central Headquarter, as the land border crossings have been jammed by millions of Iranians heading to neighboring Iraq for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage.

TEHRAN, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The latest quarterly report of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran's nuclear program is a repetition of previous "baseless cases" with "political purposes," spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Thursday.

08 Sep 2022; MEMO: Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has affirmed that his country "will not cross its red lines at the nuclear level." The minister's confirmation follows accusations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that "Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium exceeds 19 times the permissible limit." The agency said that it is not in a position to confirm that Iran's nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.

TEHRAN, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran said on Tuesday that the United States should stop making additional demands in the talks over reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.

"The talks regarding the agreement are continuing and the other party should stop making additional demands because a constructive path has been taken" in the negotiations so far," Ali Bahadri Jahormi, the Iranian government spokesman, told reporters at his weekly press conference.

05 Sep 2022; MEMO: Iran's Nour News has rejected a report by London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that Russia asked Iran to remove its forces and militias from western and central Syria due to an increase in air strikes by Israel.

06 Sep 2022; MEMO: Iran is ready to supply oil to Europe should sanctions imposed on it over its nuclear programme be lifted, spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanani said yesterday.

AFP reported Kanani saying: "Given Europe's energy supply problems triggered by the Ukraine crisis, Iran could provide Europe's energy needs if sanctions against it are lifted."

TEHRAN, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday strongly condemned a deadly blast outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

Sympathizing in a message with the Russian government and the families of the terror attack's victims, Nasser Kanaani called on Afghan officials to implement more serious measures to ensure the security of the embassies and diplomatic missions in the country.