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  • Kerman advances bid for UNESCO recognition of historic urban area 2026-05-16 18:23

    Kerman advances bid for UNESCO recognition of historic urban area

    TEHRAN - Authorities in Kerman are moving forward with plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a 70-hectare section of the city’s historical core, provincial officials said on Saturday.

  • Tehran to host fifth intl. conference on tourism and spirituality 2026-05-16 18:22

    Tehran to host fifth intl. conference on tourism and spirituality

    TEHRAN - The fifth International Conference on Tourism and Spirituality will be held on May 20 at the University of Science and Culture, bringing together Iranian and foreign scholars to discuss the role of spirituality in modern tourism, organizers said. The conference is being organized through cooperation among researchers and academics from several Iranian universities, according to conference officials.

  • Clues of Parthian-Sasanian tomb complex discovered in central Iran 2026-05-16 18:17

    Clues of Parthian-Sasanian tomb complex discovered in central Iran

    TEHRAN - Iranian cultural heritage officials said they have identified traces of a tomb complex dating back to the Parthian-Sasanian period in Tiran-Karvan county of Isfahan province, central Iran, marking what authorities described as the first known burial complex of its kind discovered in the area.

  • UN expresses solidarity with Iranian youth against US-Israeli aggression 2026-05-16 17:40

    UN body expresses solidarity with Iranian youth against US-Israeli aggression

    TEHRAN - The United Nations Youth Office has responded to a letter and petition from more than 300,000 young Iranians, mostly ‘Generation Z’, who had urged the UN body to condemn the attacks by the United States and the Zionist regime.

  • Rice planting begins in Gilan 2026-05-16 16:19

    Rice planting begins in Gilan

    Farmers in the northern province of Gilan have recently started planting rice seedlings. With 238,000 hectares of paddy fields, Gilan ranks first in cultivated area and second in production in the country.

  • Government announces policies, programs for infertility treatment 2026-05-16 16:16

    Government announces policies, programs for infertility treatment

    TEHRAN – To address infertility, which is known as one of the main challenges of health and population in the country, the government has adopted different measures, including infertility insurance to lower high-cost and out-of-pocket expenses of infertility treatment.

  • Health minister inaugurates 198 projects to mark National Health Week 2026-05-16 16:14

    National Health Week marked by inaugurating 198 projects

    TEHRAN – A total of 198 medical projects were inaugurated nationwide via video conference on Saturday morning by Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi on the second day of the National Health Week.

  • WTISD 2026 highlights need for robust, secure digital infrastructure 2026-05-16 16:04

    WTISD 2026 highlights need for robust, secure digital infrastructure

    TEHRAN – Celebrated every year on May 17, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) highlights the growing role of digital technologies in our lives and commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the United Nations Agency for Digital Technologies.

  • پیاتزا 2026/05/16

    Roberto Piazza set to arrive in Iran on May 23

    TEHRAN - The Italian head coach of Iran national volleyball team will likely arrive in Tehran on May 23.

  • Arg-e Karim Khan 2026-05-16 14:38

    Arg-e Karim Khan hosts masterclass in portrait sculpture

    TEHRAN – Arg-e Karim Khan, the iconic citadel in Shiraz, became a center of contemporary art on Friday as it played host to a specialized scientific and technical workshop on portrait sculpture.

  • handicraft workshops 2026-05-16 14:29

    39 handicraft workshops launched for nomadic youth in Khoy

    TEHRAN – A total of 39 handicrafts workshops have been established for nomadic youth in the city of Khoy, West Azarbaijan province to boost economic empowerment and create sustainable jobs.

  • تیم ملی فوتبال ایران و مسعود پزشکیان 2026/05/16

    FIFA officials to meet Iranian FA to discuss World Cup 2026 participation

    TEHRAN - FIFA Secretary-General Mattias Grafstrom will meet Iranian FA (FFIRI) officials in Istanbul on Saturday and offer “reassurance” over Iran’s participation in ⁠the World Cup.

  • Ali Naderi 2026/05/16

    Naderi: resilience and grit propel Iran to victory, World Cup dreams ignite

    TEHRAN – Iran’s beach soccer national team has once again hoisted a championship trophy, but head coach Ali Naderi reveals the true narrative behind their latest triumph: a saga of unwavering resilience, disrupted preparations, and the sheer determination of extraordinary players aiming to make waves on the global stage.

  • Page 4 2026-05-16 11:33

    Nearly 9.5m tons of flat steel products produced in a year

    TEHRAN- According to the statistics of the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA), 9.449 million tons of flat steel products was produced in Iran during the past Iranian calendar year 1404 (ended on March 20).

  • Page 4 2026-05-16 11:30

    TPO official outlines key pillars for achieving $10b Iran-Pakistan bilateral trade target

    TEHRAN- The Director General of Asia and Subcontinent Department of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization said: Focusing on removing infrastructure barriers, activating the transit corridor, developing border market activities, and utilizing the barter mechanism under current circumstances are the main pillars of the Iran-Pakistan trade roadmap to increase bilateral trade to the level of $10 billion.

  • Page 4 2026-05-16 11:25

    IMF sees risks to global growth forecast over sustained Iran war

    TEHRAN- The International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday that continuing disruptions due to the Iran war meant its global economic outlook was moving towards an "adverse" scenario, with growth pared down and greater risks to inflation, AFP reported.

  • Page 4 2026-05-16 11:20

    European medicine supplies at risk due to Iran tensions

    TEHRAN – European countries could face significant shortages of medicines and essential pharmaceutical components if tensions surrounding Iran escalate and lead to a blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to a recent analysis.

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  • Sergey Lavrov 2026-05-15 21:58

    Russia calls for immediate end to war against Iran

    TEHRAN — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Friday during his visit to India that the primary task at present regarding Iran is to immediately end the war and achieve a sustainable agreement.

  • Bagheri-Kani, Alexander Venediktov 2026-05-15 21:55

    Russia pledges close cooperation with Iran to resolve crisis in West Asia

    TEHRAN – Russia is committed to working closely with Iran to find peaceful solutions to West Asia crisis within the framework of international law, a senior Russian security official announced on Thursday, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan’s capital.

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi 2026-05-15 21:51

    Busy day for Iran's top diplomat; Araghchi holds diplomatic blitz in New Delhi

    TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi engaged in an intensive diplomatic round in New Delhi this week, holding separate meetings with his counterparts from South Africa, India, Russia, Malaysia, and Thailand, as well as India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting.

  • Trump 2026-05-15 21:48

    By Xavier Villar

    Iran and the limits of American power 

    MADRID - Empires rarely collapse all at once. In his monumental study of Rome, Edward Gibbon argued that decline is usually gradual, shaped by long-term structural transformations. Yet history occasionally records moments when a strategic miscalculation accelerates the process. The question worth asking is whether the United States may have reached one of those moments.

  • Tehran papers 2026-05-15 21:47

    TEHRAN PAPERS:

    Shipping security or the return of Western interventionism?

    Shargh analyzed the coalition-building by London and Paris against Iran. Shargh writes that at a time when insecurity caused by the US-Israeli-imposed war on Iran — and the resulting escalation of tensions in the Persian Gulf — has placed Europe’s economy under greater pressure, the UK and France have launched a new effort to form a coalition in the Strait of Hormuz.

  • Night rallies 2026-05-15 21:47

    By Kurosh Alyani 

    The night vigil: How feminine culture is reshaping Iran’s streets

    Just as Iranian women were being framed by global hegemonic propaganda through the lens of the burqa—a garment that has never fundamentally belonged to Iran—the most feminine social movement of the century was emerging. On the streets of Iran, this movement was giving rise to a new kind of nocturnal life.

  • GCC leaders 2026-05-15 21:44

    By Dr. Federico Verri

    Persian Gulf monarchies, US hegemony, and the limits of Muslim solidarity with Iran

    TEHRAN — The relationship between Iran and the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf has often been described through the familiar vocabulary of sectarian rivalry, strategic competition, and balance of power. Yet this vocabulary, although useful, is incomplete. It conceals a deeper contradiction: the persistent gap between the Islamic language publicly invoked by the Persian Gulf ruling elites and the security architecture through which they have tied their survival to the United States.

  • Farhadi 2026-05-15 21:44

    Farhadi‘s new film “Parallel Tales” receives seven-minute ovation at Cannes

    TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's new movie “Parallel Tales” had its world premiere at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Thursday and received a warm welcome from the enthusiastic audience, who gave it a seven-minute ovation after its screening at the Grand Théâtre Lumière.

  • Russia 2026-05-15 21:44

    Hojjatoleslam Imanipour addresses 15th General Conference of ICESCO in Russia

    TEHRAN – The 15th session of the General Conference of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) opened on Wednesday in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the 17th Russia–Islamic World International Economic Forum: KazanForum, with the participation of a number of ministers, heads of national commissions, member states’ delegations, and representatives of international and regional organizations from more than 35 countries.

  • Painting 2026-05-15 21:43

    Painter Hassan Ruholamin creates new work live in Tajrish Square

    TEHRAN – In an artistic event on Thursday night, simultaneously with the enthusiastic presence of people in Tajrish Square in the north of Tehran, Iranian artist Hassan Ruholamin created a new painting.

  • Ferdowsi 2026-05-15 21:42

    Leader emphasizes potential of Persian language, literature for promoting Islamic-Iranian culture

    TEHRAN – In a message issued on the occasion of the Persian Language Day and in commemoration of the great Iranian poet Ferdowsi (May 15), Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, emphasized the vast potential of the Persian language and literature for promoting the rich culture and civilization of Islamic Iran on a global scale. 

  • Araghchi 2026-05-15 21:40

    Araghchi says Iran has ‘no trust’ in US, talks depend on seriousness

    TEHRAN - Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday that Tehran has “no trust” in Washington and would only consider talks with the administration of President Donald Trump if it demonstrated seriousness.