Armenia to build a new highway leading to Iran

TEHRAN - The Armenian government has announced that it is going to borrow $254 million from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to build a 24-kilometer section of a new highway leading to the Iranian border.

Iran exports £200m goods, services to UK in 2023

TEHRAN - The UK Department of Trade and Industry said the country’s import of goods and services from Iran in 2023 exceeded £200 million, showing a 15.5 percent growth compared to a year earlier.

Tehran to host Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Commission soon

TEHRAN - Iran’s Minister of Transport and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash said the meeting of the Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Committee will be held in Tehran in the coming weeks.

Iran, Iraq extend gas deal for another 5 years

TEHRAN - The head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said the gas contract between Iran and Iraq, which would finish on June 20, 2024, has been extended for another five years, Mehr News Agency reported.

Iranian Para athlete Masjedi dies at age of 35

TEHRAN – Iranian shot putter Rashid Masjedi passed away due to tongue cancer at the age of 35 on Thursday.

3rd mass grave found at Gaza hospital

Palestinian medical teams have discovered a third mass grave at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the government media office said on Wednesday.

Australia opposes Rafah offensive

The Australian foreign minister has reiterated her country’s objections to a major Israeli ground offensive into Rafah.

HRW: Israel unlawfully kills Palestinians

A prominent international rights group has taken the lid off Israel’s cruelty toward Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Israeli officers: Netanyahu abandoned goal of freeing captives

Israel has abandoned its goals of freeing the captives in Gaza, instead seeking to establish a long-term presence with its Rafah ground offensive and pursue top Palestinian leaders, Middle East Eye cited Israeli military officers as saying.

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Western contradictions toward protests in US and riots in Iran

TEHRAN - In a commentary, the Iran newspaper discussed the protests in America and wrote: Western media did not have an answer to the protests of students regarding the genocide of the Palestinian people by the Zionist regime, and they introduced them as anti-Semitic and supporters of terrorism.

Iran calls for IAEA impartiality in resolving nuclear ambiguities

TEHRAN –The Deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has emphasized the county’s expectation for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to maintain an impartial stance, urging the Agency to adopt a technical and professional approach.

Iran engages domestic, foreign NGOs to pursue Zionist regime's crimes

TEHRAN- Mohammad Dehghan, Iran's Vice President for Legal Affairs, has announced the nation's concerted effort to address the crimes perpetrated by the Zionist regime. 

Iran army air force ready to thwart threats: commander

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi, commander of the Iranian Air Force, has affirmed the heightened state of readiness of the Army Air Force, assuring its capability to thwart enemy threats at any hour.

Iran has no regional proxies: envoy

TEHRAN- The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations disavowed claims leveled by the Israeli regime that Tehran has regional proxies by which it makes operations in the region, adding that such allegations are made to obscure and justify the Zionist regime’s acts of aggression and destabilizing measures.

Iran's ruoff parliamentary election to be held Friday

90 candidates compete for the remaining 45 seats

TEHRAN- Iran's Interior Minister underscored the significance of the upcoming parliamentary run-off elections slated for May 10, highlighting the readiness of 11,500 polling stations across 15 provinces.

FM says West implored Iran to lower severity of retaliatory attacks

TEHRAN- The foreign minister of Iran says that before Iran’s audacious attacks on Israeli-occupied territory last month in revenge for the regime’s lethal attack on the Iranian diplomatic post in Syria, the West had urged the Islamic Republic to use caution and lessen the severity of its reprisals.

Gaza’s resistance and faith source of pride for Islamic world: envoy

TEHRAN - Iran's Ambassador to Iraq, Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadeq, has hailed the Palestinian people’s resolute faith and resistance against the Israeli regime as a source of pride and honor for the Islamic world.

ICRC calls for protection of civilians in Rafah amid Israel’s offensive

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned in February that a significant Israeli military operation in Rafah would pose a disastrous risk to the civilian population given the more than 1 million displaced Palestinians now living in the southern Gaza Strip.

Arte to show Iranian series “Actor” to European viewers

TEHRAN-The Iranian series “Actor” will be released on the Arte TV channel and platform on May 9 for European viewers.

“Punch Drunk” wins NETPAC Award from 25th Jeonju International Film Festival 

TEHRAN-The Iranian feature film “Punch Drunk” directed by Adel Tabrizi won an award at the 25th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) in South Korea.

Iran junior volleyball team to compete at CAVA

TEHRAN – Iran junior volleyball team will compete at the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Nation’s Volleyball League.

Israel carries out largest demolition of Palestinian homes in years

Israeli bulldozers, under the protection of police forces, on Wednesday destroyed 47 Bedouin homes in the southern Negev region, in the largest day of demolitions in years.

Police clear pro-Palestine encampment at GWU

US police have made several arrests at George Washington University (GWU) after officers moved to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment from the campus.