China’s five-point proposition on the Iran nuclear issue

Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, met ? on 14 March 2025 with Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov Sergey Alexeevich of the Russian Federation and Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi of the Islamic Republic of Iran?who attended the Beijing Meeting between China, Russia and Iran, and proposed the following five points on the proper settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue.

PGSR’s daily gasoline production up 4m liters in H2

TEHRAN- The daily production of gasoline in Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Refinery (PGSR) has risen by four million liters in the second half of the past Iranian calendar year (March 20-Septemeber 20, 2024), the managing director of Persian Gulf Star Oil Company announced.

Energy Ministry to implement 14 mega projects to tackle energy imbalance

TEHRAN- The minister of energy announced the implementation of 14 mega projects by the Energy Ministry to address electricity imbalance in the country in the new Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 50,000

The number of Palestinians killed since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023 has crossed 50,000, according to health officials.

FM says Iran’s refusal to negotiate with US is due to experience, not stubbornness

JCPOA can still serve as a model for nuclear talks, Araghchi suggests

TEHRAN - Stressing Tehran's commitment to diplomacy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran acts based on its own interests regardless of what U.S. President Donald Trump expects.

Iran urges UN Security Council to take immediate step to stop Israeli raids on Lebanon

TEHRAN – Iran on Sunday strongly condemned Israel’s extensive military strikes on various parts of Lebanon in violation of the ceasefire agreement, saying it is the responsibility of the international community, especially the UN Security Council and the guarantors of the ceasefire agreement, to take immediate and effective step to halt the Zionist regime’s military strikes.

By Mahnaz Abdi

IDP, a collaborative effort to encourage research of Silk Road artifacts

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise manuscripts, printed texts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from the Mogao caves in Dunhuang City in China’s northwestern Gansu Province, and various other archaeological sites at the eastern end of the Silk Road.

Iran insists ready to return to nuclear commitments if its rights are restored

TEHRAN – A top Iranian nuclear official has reiterated Tehran’s long-held position that the Islamic Republic is ready to return to its commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement if the other parties honor its rights.

Shishi Foreigners Service Center is first in Fujian Province, south of China

FUJIAN- The opening ceremony of Shishi Foreigners Service Center was held in Hall 2 of Shishi City on January 23.

US strikes Hodeidah airport; Yemen launches drones at USS Harry S. Truman

The U.S. naval forces carried out three strikes on the Hodeidah airport in the Yemeni Red Sea port city, and five strikes on the Majzar district in Yemen's central province of Marib on Saturday night, the Ansarallah-run al-Masirah TV reported.

By Batool Subeiti

Connection between the regional fronts in West Asia

LONDON - Under Trump, the U.S. initially sought to pause the war on Gaza in hopes of reaching a negotiated settlement and assessing possible solutions. However, when it became clear that the Palestinian resistance remained strong and could not be sidelined, the U.S. recognized that the Western position in negotiations was weak.

Iran embassy extends greetings to Pakistan on National Day, reaffirms strong bilateral ties

TEHRAN - The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Islamabad issued a statement, extending its congratulations to the government and people of Pakistan on the occasion of Pakistan National Day.

French paper exposes Maryam Rajavi's lavish lifestyle, says terrorist's husband dead since 2003

TEHRAN - Maryam Rajavi, the ringleader of the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) terror organization enjoys a lifestyle of opulent luxury far removed from the humble existence of her followers, according to a recent exposé in the French weekly Le Canard enchaîné. 

President blasts Israel for trying to drag Lebanon into new 'cycle of violence'

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has denounced “the attempts to drag Lebanon anew into the cycle of violence,” after at least two civilians were killed when Israeli military aircraft carried out an airstrike in southern Lebanon in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement with the Arab country.

Iran, UAE express deep concern over fatal Israeli, US raids against Gaza, Yemen

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a phone call on Friday expressed deep concern over the Israeli regime’s resumption of Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and the United States' deadly pro-Israeli attacks against Yemen.

US envoy Witkoff claims Trump wants to ‘build trust’ with Iran

US President Donald Trump is attempting to build trust with Iran to avoid an armed conflict, Washington's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said in an interview released late on Friday.

US and Israel to meet for Iran talks next week

The US and Israel are set to convene a strategic meeting on Iran's nuclear program as the administration of President Donald Trump ramps up its maximum pressure campaign on Tehran, Middle East Eye reported.

France opposes ‘any form of annexation’ of Gaza: Foreign minister

France’s foreign minister has rejected “any form” of Israeli annexation of Gaza, AFP reports.

‘Longest and most destructive’ operation in West Bank since second Intifada: UNRWA chief

Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has condemned Israel’s military operation in the occupied West Bank, which has significantly intensified since the Gaza ceasefire in January.

Putin congratulates Ayatollah Khamenei, Pezeshkian on Nowruz

TEHRAN - The Kremlin announced in a statement on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory message to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian on the Persian New Year, Nowruz.

Leader warns US will face 'severe blows' for any malicious act

TEHRAN - On the first day of the year 1404 in the Iranian solar calendar [March 21, 2025], the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, met with thousands of people from various walks of life.