Daily Archives: June 10, 2021

2021-06-10: News Headlines

Staff (2021-06-10). Headlines for June 10, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Set to Announce U.S. Donation of 500 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Poorer Nations, WTO to Start Negotiations on COVID Vaccine Patent Waivers, 8 Months After They Were Proposed, India Logs Pandemic-High Daily Death Toll; COVID Surges in Haiti, Where 0% Are Vaccinated, 10 Killed in Afghanistan as ISIS Attacks Mine-Clearing Charity, Rights Group Says Colombian Police Have Killed at Least 20 Anti-Government Protesters, U.S. to Keep Trump-Era Sanctions on Iran Even If Nuclear Deal Is Restored, AG Merrick Garland Explains DOJ Decision to Defend Trump in Defamation Case, TC Energy Cancels Keystone XL Pipeline…

Dave DeCamp (2021-06-10). US Says Iran Nuclear Talks to Resume This Weekend in Vienna. news.antiwar.com Indirect negotiations between the US and Iran to revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, will resume this weekend, The negotiations have been ongoing in Vienna since April and are set to enter their sixth round. The process is being dragged out because the Biden administration refuses to lift all Trump-era sanctions on Iran to rejoin the JCPOA. | "I know that the negotiation will start again over this coming weekend," Sherman said. "I…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Rouhani inaugurates Energy Ministry's projects in S, W Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated national projects of the Ministry of Energy on Thursday morning through a video conference.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Iran sends naval fleet to Atlantic Ocean for first time. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Deputy Chief of Iran's Army for Coordination announced that an Iranian naval fleet, comprising Sahand destroyer and Makran ship has left Iran for the Atlantic Ocean for the first time without mooring in other countries' ports.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Now ball in US court to prove its commitment to intl. law. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Stating that the ball is now in the US court to prove its commitment to international law, Iran's permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations said that the US has to make tough political decisions.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Sidelines of Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Some of the Iranian ministers answered a number of questions raised by reporters on the sideline of Iran's Cabinet session on Wednesday.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on June 10. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Mehr News takes a look at the headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Thursday, June 10.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Iran, Iraq discuss expansion of cultural ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh met and held talks with Iraqi Culture Minister Hussain Nazim on the expansion of cultural exchanges between the two countries.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Over 12,000 new coronavirus cases detected in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — More than 12,000 new coronavirus cases have been detected in Iran during the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry's spokeswoman said.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). VIDEO: Homegrown 'Sahand' destroyer in Atlantic Ocean. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — The 1,300-ton vessel named 'Sahand' after a mountain in northern Iran, is the country's most advanced homemade military vessel with radar-evading stealth properties.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Iran-Russia relations to be in favor of region, global issues. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Stating that Russia is an important and friendly country for Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran-Russia relations will benefit the two nations, the region and global issues.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Briefing on Iran's daily developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on June 10. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English-language dailies on Thursday, June 10.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). 'Ballad of a White Cow' goes to Berlinale, Tribeca festivals. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) —Iranian film 'Ballad of a White Cow' directed by Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha will be screened at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival in Germany and the Tribeca Film Festival in the US.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-10). Iran loses to Serbia in 2021 VNL Week 3. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — The national Iranian volleyball team lost a fierce competition to Serbia in 2021 Volleyball Nations League's Week 3 on Thursday despite its previous five consecutive wins in this tournament.

Dave DeCamp (2021-06-10). US Has Already Started Afghanistan Operations From Outside of the Country. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday said the US military Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee that combat and surveillance missions are being conducted in Afghanistan by aircraft that were either launched from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf or from airbases that are locate…

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-10). U.S. flies nuclear-capable B-52 over Gulf of Guinea, all of West Africa. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. flies nuclear-capable B-52 over Gulf of Guinea, all of West AfricaRick Rozoff U.S. Air Force revealed on June 10 that a B-52H Stratofortress, Cold War nuclear mainstay and the bomber used for almost a thousand missions over North and South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s, flew over parts of Africa as part …

Staff (2021-06-10). U.S. Led 2020 Nuclear Weapons Spending; Now Biden Going "Full Steam Ahead" on Trump's Nuclear Plans. democracynow.org As President Biden prepares for the G7 and NATO summits and a meeting with Vladimir Putin, we look at how the United States, Russia and other nuclear-armed nations continue to spend billions on nuclear weapons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite President Biden's criticisms of the Trump administration's nuclear policies during his candidacy, his administration is continuing initiatives to expand the U.S. nuclear arsenal and is seeking $43 billion for nuclear weapons in his new budget. This comes as a new report from the Nobel Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons reveals global spendin…

teleSUR (2021-06-09). Peru: With 99.99% Of Precincts In Pedro Castillo Leads Election. telesurenglish.net With 99.99 percent of the electoral records processed, the candidate for the Presidency of Peru, Pedro Castillo, is ahead of his opponent for Fuerza Popular, Keiko Fujimori, this Tuesday, after having reversed the preliminary results presented by the electoral authority. | The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) presented the updated data in a web portal so that the population can follow up the scrutiny. | Based on this data, the aspirant for Peru Libre, Castillo, obtained 8,778,540 valid votes, equivalent to 50.22 percent of the valid votes. | Fujimori has 8,698,811 valid votes, which represents a t…

teleSUR (2021-06-09). Cuba: Third Group of Doctors Assisting Kuwaiti People Come Home. telesurenglish.net Upon the arrival of the professionals to this capital, Dr. Jorge Delgado Bustillo, director of the Central Unit of Medical Cooperation, welcomed them to Cuba on behalf of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, and Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda, Minister of Public Health. | Delgado Bustillo affirmed that the 60 aid workers who arrived on Tuesday, as well as the rest of the 337 who made up the entire brigade, were the ones who started the history of the medical collaboration of the Henry Reeve Contingent in Kuwait. | REL…

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). 9th batch of Sputnik V vaccines to arrive in Iran tomorrow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The ninth shipment of the Russian-made Sputnik vaccine to fight the Covid-19 pandemic is on the way to Iran.

Human Rights Watch (2021-06-09). With Little Hope for Change through the Ballot Box, Iranian Civil Society Debates Strategy. juancole.com By Tara Sepehri Far | Iran Researcher | — ( Human Rights Watch) — Twenty days before Iran's presidential election, the Guardian Council, which vets the candidates, sent shock waves through the political elite and public by disqualifying two prominent figures: the former speaker of parliament, Ali Larijani, and the current vice president, Eshagh Jahangiri. …

South Front (2021-06-09). Video: Fires and Explosions in Iran. Hopes for Nuclear Deal Rescue Flicker. globalresearch.ca In Iran, the …

Mohammad Ali Haqshenas (2021-06-09). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on June 9. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English-language dailies on Wednesday, June 9.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). Iran facilitates Arbaeen procession by visa cancelation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The Iranian government has approved visa cancellation for a period of 45-day during the Arbaeen pilgrimage later this year on condition of reciprocal action by the Iraqi government.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). Biden embarks on 8-day Europe trip with G7 stop first. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — President Joe Biden left the US for Britain Wednesday to start an eight-day mission to rebuild trans-Atlantic ties strained during the Trump era and to reframe relations with Russia.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). 500 US sanctions remaining after 5th round of Vienna talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The head of the Iranian negotiating delegation in Vienna talks has reportedly said that at the end of the fifth round of the Vienna talks, 500 out of a total of 1,500 US sanctions are not agreed upon to be lifted yet.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-09). Will Russia become a rival to Azerbaijan in N-S Corridor? en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) announced Russians' readiness to invest in construction of North-South corridor railway infrastructures that Republic of Azerbaijan had previously submitted such proposal.

Staff (2021-06-09). Iran to have upper hand in region, world: Candidate. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Presidential candidate Alireza Zakani said that via intelligent and active diplomacy, Iran will have the upper hand in the region and the world to form new conditions.

Mohammad Ali Haqshenas (2021-06-09). Iran ready to facilitate peace in Yemen, Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed Iran's readiness to facilitate dialogue in Yemen and Afghanistan aimed at achieving peace.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse to be visible on Thursday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — People across the Northern Hemisphere will be able to spot a "ring of fire" in the sky as an annular solar eclipse moves across our planet this Thursday…

Staff (2021-06-09). Khorasan Razavi ready for extraterrestrial farming in Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Iranian northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi voiced its readiness for extraterrestrial farming in Iraq as well as exporting agricultural products to the country.

Staff (2021-06-09). All legal crypto mining facilities shut down by Sep. 22. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) — Iranian energy minister announced on Wed. that all legal mining facilities have been turned off by the end of Summer, i.e., September 22.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). Iran spox discusses bilateral ties with Iraqi FM in Baghdad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussain in Baghdad on Wednesday to discuss issues of mutual interest, regional developments, and expansion of bilateral relations.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-09). US urges Iran to let IAEA continue its monitoring activities. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The US delegation at the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in an interventionist statement called on Iran to let IAEA collect nformation from its nuclear facilities.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-09). Iran fully committed to financial obligations to UN: Zarif. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) —Stating that Iran is fully committed to its obligations towards UN, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Iran will continue effort to settle its deferred financial contribution as soon as sanctions are lifted.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-09). US sanctions policies against Iran, Cuba failed: Embassy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — While emphasizing the development of trade and economic ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Cuban Embassy said that US sanctions policies imposed against Iran and Cuba have failed.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). Iraq plans nuclear power plants to tackle power shortage. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Iraqi officials have said that the country seeks to build eight nuclear reactors to tackle a crippling power shortage in the oil-rich economy.

Staff (2021-06-09). Turkey, Iran interests considered in Karabakh talks: Lavrov. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The Russian FM Lavrov said the interests of Iran and Turkey are considered when discussing unblocking of regional communications.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). Iran volleyball team thrash United States in 2021 VNL Week 3. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The national Iranian volleyball team defeated United States in three straight sets in 2021 Volleyball Nations League's Week 3 on Wednesday.

ŸÖÿ±ÿ∂€åŸá ÿ±ÿ≠ŸÖÿߟ܀å (2021-06-09). Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on June 9. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Mehr News takes a look at the headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Wednesday, June 9.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). Iran continues remedial measures amid continued sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Iranian representative told IAEA Board of Governors Wednesday that nuclear remedial measures are evidently within Iran's rights in strict accordance with JCPOA provisions, adding Iran cannot stay silent amid continued US bans.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-09). No more unresolvable obstacles in reviving JCPOA: Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said that there are no more unresolvable obstacles in reviving Iran's nuclear deal, JCPOA.

ŸÖÿ±ÿ∂€åŸá ÿ±ÿ≠ŸÖÿߟ܀å (2021-06-09). JCPOA revival to guarantee peaceful nature of Iran N program. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The JCPOA revival is in the interest of the international community, guaranteeing the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna said.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). PMU commander in Al Anbar freed after charges dropped. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Iraqi authorities have released the commander of Hashd Shabi (PMU) in Al Anbar Province after charges of involvement in a series of attacks on US military forces and installations against him were dropped.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-06-09). Briefing on Iran's daily developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-09). Iran blasts restrictions on non-military activities in space. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — At a meeting of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) Wednesday, Iran lambasted the sanctions against its non-military entities operating in space.

Mohammad Ali Haqshenas (2021-06-09). Qatar's Al Ahli SC parts way with Omid Ebrahimi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — Qatari club Al Ahli has officially parted ways with Iranian midfielder Omid Ebrahimi.

ŸÖÿ±ÿ∂€åŸá ÿ±ÿ≠ŸÖÿߟ܀å (2021-06-09). Number of poll stations, voting hours to be increased. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) — In order to observe health protocols and social distance measures, it was decided that the number of poll stations and the voting hours will be increased in Iran Presidential Election, the Iranian Interior Minister said.

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