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  • Sightseers visit the ruins of Persepolis in southern Iran. 2025-06-09 17:59

    4,000 historical sites, structures at risk from land subsidence, Iranian tourism minister warns

    Tehran - Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, announced during Sunday’s cabinet meeting that approximately 4,000 historical sites and buildings across the country are under threat due to land subsidence.

  • Tabiat basketball 2025-06-09 17:17

    Tabiat survive Broncos, clinch no. 1 spot in Group A

    TEHRAN - Tabiat Basketball needed some luck to overcome Ulaanbaatar Xac, 78-76, to lock the no. 1 spot in Group A of the BCL Asia 2025, Monday at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall.

  • sanctions 2025-06-09 15:33

    By Seyed Mehrdad Bani-Hashemi Kahangi

    Sanctions and soul of a nation: Rethinking economic warfare on Iran

    In the quiet corridors of Iranian hospitals, where children wait for medicine that never arrives, and in the crowded markets of southern Tehran, where inflation is rewriting the price of bread by the hour, one truth has become inescapable: the real cost of U.S. sanctions is not political—it is profoundly human.

  • tvbrics 2025-06-09 15:33

    Russian Biotechnologies

  • conference 2025-06-09 15:33

    Private sector pitches 30 investment packages as mining investment forum kicks off

    TEHRAN - A specialized conference on investment opportunities in Iran’s mining and mineral industries opened on Monday in Tehran, bringing together private sector operators and officials from the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade.

  • Life comes back to Bakhtegan wetland 2025-06-09 15:26

    Life comes back to Bakhtegan wetland

    On Sunday, June 8, water was released from Dorudzan dam into Bakhtegan wetland in southern Fars province to help revive the drying valuable reservoir.

  • Iran can become SCO regional hub for war on drugs: official 2025-06-09 15:21

    Iran can become SCO regional hub for war on drugs: official

    TEHRAN – Thanks to the country’s achievements and successful experiences in social harm reduction, prevention, and treatment, Iran can serve as a regional hub for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in combating narcotics, an official with the Drug Control Headquarters (DCHQ) has said.

  • Over 125 earthquakes shake Iran in a week 2025-06-09 15:19

    Over 125 earthquakes shake Iran in a week

    TEHRAN –A total of 127 earthquakes were recorded across the country from May 31 to June 6, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

  • Blood donation rises by over 5% in 2 months 2025-06-09 15:17

    Blood donation rises by over 5% in 2 months

    TEHRAN – Blood donation in Iran has increased by more than five percent in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21, compared to the same period last year.

  • Dialogue among civilizations helps eliminate discrimination, foster mutual understanding 2025-06-09 15:14

    Dialogue among civilizations helps eliminate discrimination, foster mutual understanding

    TEHRAN – Dialogue among civilizations is known as the most effective way to eliminate discrimination and prejudice, foster mutual understanding and trust, strengthen relationships among nations, and reinforce global solidarity.

  • IRCS shines at IFRC Limitless Youth Innovation Academy 2025-06-09 15:12

    IRCS shines at IFRC Limitless Youth Innovation Academy

    TEHRAN – The innovative project proposed by the Iranian Red Crescent Society's (IRCS) team, led by Setayesh Halimi Mofrad, has been selected among the top ten Final Awardees of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Limitless Youth Innovation Academy — Climate and Environmental Challenge.

  • women's volleyball 2025-06-09 14:54

    Iran earn third consecutive win at 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup

    TEHRAN – Iran defeated the Philippines 3-2 (16-25, 25-21, 24-26, 25-23, 15-13) in the 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup on Monday.

  • gas 2025-06-09 14:41

    Gas injection to Shourijeh storage facility rises 23%

    TEHRAN - Gas injection into the Shourijeh underground storage facility has been increased by 23 percent since the beginning of the season, the managing director of Shahid Hasheminejad Gas Refinery said.

  • China trade 2025-06-09 14:08

    By Shahrokh Saei

    Jan-May trade surge fuels China’s 5% growth target, exposes futility of US pressure tactics

    BEIJING- China's latest trade data, revealing a 2.5% year-on-year increase in total goods imports and exports (reaching 17.94 trillion yuan, or $2.5 trillion) for January-May 2025, stands as a powerful testament to the nation's economic resilience. 

  • dollar 2025-06-09 14:02

    Over $1b allocated for medicine imports since March

    TEHRAN - Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced that it has allocated and supplied more than $1.041 billion for the import of medicines, pharmaceutical raw materials, and medical equipment since the beginning of the current Iranian year (late March).

  • Export to UAE 2025-06-09 14:00

    Iran exports non-oil products valued at $1.094b to UAE in 2 months

    TEHRAN- Iran exported non-oil commodities valued at $1.094 billion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-May 21), according to the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

  • smart meter 2025-06-09 14:00

    7m smart meters to be installed across Iran by late March 2026

    TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Ministry aims to install seven million smart electricity meters by the end of the current Iranian year (late March 2026), with the goal of reaching nine million units by the following fall, a senior official at the state-owned Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Company (Tavanir) said.

  • امید روانخواه 2025-06-09 11:52

    Ravankhah unexpectedly named Iran U23 head coach

    TEHRAN – Iran’s long search for a new head coach is finally over, with former Havadar football team head coach Omid Ravankhah appointed as the Iran U23 national team head coach.

  • women sitting volleyball 2025-06-09 11:40

    Iran start 2025 PVAO Sitting Volleyball Championships on high

    TEHRAN – Iran defeated Australia 3-0 (25-5, 25-7, 25-6) in the 2025 PVAO Sitting Volleyball Championships on Monday.

  • russia 2025-06-09 11:35

    Russia’s Cultural Week to begin in Tehran, Isfahan

  • Photo shows smart devices at Jinyang elderly care home in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area 2025-06-09 08:40

    Shanghai embraces smart technology to build intelligent elderly care homes

    It was just past midnight at Jinyang elderly care home in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area when nurse Zhao Zhanping received an alert on her phone, indicating that Wang Mingxiang on Bed No.2, Room 324 needed immediate attention as abnormal blood pressure was detected. Zhao rushed to the room without hesitation.

  • Visitors watch a giant panda eating bamboo shoots at Hongshan Forest Zoo in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu province. (Photo by Liu Jianhua/People's Daily Online) 2025-06-09 08:39

    Nanjing’s Hongshan Forest Zoo reinvents itself as a model of modern zoological experience

    Models strode gracefully to rhythmic music, displaying the latest streetwear collections before an intrigued audience. The setting, however, was not a downtown runway. It was Hongshan Forest Zoo.

  • A "flying car" is exhibited at the booth of Chinese auto manufacturer GAC Group at the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2025), April 23, 2025. (Photo by Long Wei/People's Daily Online) 2025-06-09 08:33

    What makes China ‘cool’

    At the second Wuyi Forum, a platform for international academic exchanges, Robert Chard, a sinologist and emeritus professor from the University of Oxford, said that he hopes the West can come to see that China is very cool, very interesting, and very much worth learning from.

  • Tehran papers 2025-06-08 22:39

    TEHRAN PAPERS

    America uses Europe as leverage to gain concessions from Iran

    TEHRAN - In an interview with Abolghasem Delfi, the former Iranian ambassador to Paris, Etemad examined the destructive and coordinated actions between Washington and the European troika to approve an anti-Iran resolution at the IAEA Board of Governors.

  • Naqqali 2025-06-08 22:38

    Iranian storyteller Bahareh Jahandoost performs naqqali sessions in Kenya

    TEHRAN – Acclaimed Iranian naqqal Bahareh Jahandoost participated in the 15th International Sigana International Storytelling Festival, which was held in Kenya from June 1 to 8, and performed narratives from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (Book of Kings).

  • Ghadir 2025-06-08 22:37

    Ghadir celebration to be held in 500 cities, 20 countries

    TEHRAN – The grand “10-Kilometer Ghadir Celebration” will be held in Tehran on June 14, concurrent with Eid al-Ghadir, and more celebrations will be organized in 500 cities across Iran as well as 20 countries on this occasion, Sasan Zare, spokesperson for the People's Headquarters of the event, said at a press conference in Tehran on Sunday.

  • council 2025-06-08 22:36

    Constitutional procedures must be followed on Palermo: Iran’s Expediency Council to MPs

    TEHRAN – The Expediency Council of Iran has issued a detailed response to a letter signed by 150 members of the country’s Parliament regarding the continued review of Iran’s accession to the Palermo Convention, reiterating that the constitutional procedures—not informal appeals—determine the Council’s jurisdiction.

  • Trump 2025-06-08 22:35

    Navigating the Trump era

    TEHRAN – The specter of Nixon’s "Madman Theory" looms large over Donald Trump’s presidency—a strategy predicated on projecting irrational aggression to force concessions from adversaries. The premise is simple: by making seemingly incredible threats appear credible, a leader can intimidate weaker states and extract maximum strategic and economic-military gains. For Trump, this approach was not just theoretical but a cornerstone of his foreign policy, particularly in dealing with West Asia and China.

  • Pezeshkian 2025-06-08 22:31

    Iran offers to broker peace in Pakistan-India dispute

    TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has voiced Tehran’s readiness to mediate between Pakistan and India in an effort to help establish enduring peace between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

  • Russia envoy 2025-06-08 22:29

    Iran, Russia have elevated ties to ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’, says envoy 

    TEHRAN – Iran and Russia have officially elevated their bilateral relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership," marking a significant shift in Eurasian geopolitics, according to Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexey Dedov.