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2026/05/17
Iran’s Yousefi wins silver at 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships
TEHRAN – Iran’s Alireza Yousefi secured a silver medal in the +110kg category at the 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships on Sunday.
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2026-05-17 16:14
Iran receives humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan
TEHRAN – Kazakhstan has delivered a consignment of humanitarian aid, including 30 wagons of flour, medicine, canned food, and sugar, to Iran.
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2026/05/17
FIFA holds ‘positive’ talks with Iranian football officials on World Cup
TEHRAN - FIFA Secretary-General Mattias Grafstrom held a constructive and positive meeting with Iran's FA (FFIRI) President Mehdi Taj on Saturday, expressing confidence about the country's participation at this year's World Cup.
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2026/05/17
Norouzi: My goal is to win Iran's first women's rowing gold in Nagoya
TEHRAN – Zeynab Norouzi, the women's national rowing team athlete, expressed his desire to win a gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games to be held in Nagoya, Japan.
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2026/05/17
By Masoud Hossein
Afshardoust: Iran handball target 2028 Olympics berth
TEHRAN – Mahmoud Afshardoust, newly appointed Director of Iran’s Men’s National Handball Teams, has outlined an ambitious vision for the future: securing qualification for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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2026-05-17 13:17
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2026-05-17 12:46
Controlling inflation, preserving employment, main priority of CBI
TEHRAN- The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) identified controlling inflation as the main priority of monetary policymaking and said: All actions and programs of the Central Bank are carried out within the framework of this strategic goal.
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2026-05-17 12:46
Agriculture ministry’s roadmap for price control; from supporting production to tackling overpricing
TEHRAN- Akbar Fathi, Deputy for Planning and Economy of the Ministry of Agriculture, wrote in a note about the ministry's roadmap for controlling prices, from supporting production to dealing with overpricing, which was published in IRNA and appears below.
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2026-05-17 12:38
Trump's trip to China had no economic achievements: expert
TEHRAN- An economic analyst, referring to Trump's recent trip to China, said: This trip had no strategic achievements, especially in the economic sphere, for the United States, and contrary to what was imagined, it was not useful for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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2026-05-17 12:35
Poll shows 8 in 10 Americans blame Trump for high gasoline prices
TEHRAN- A recent Reuters poll reveals that nearly eight out of ten Americans hold Trump responsible for soaring gasoline prices, signaling a sharp decline in his political standing.
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2026-05-17 10:10
From Montreal to Tehran
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2026-05-16 22:01
Iran warns UN that US-Israeli aggression threatens global energy security and supply chains
TEHRAN- Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations warned that ongoing military aggression by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic has severely disrupted regional stability, damaged critical energy infrastructure, and now endangers global supply chains and worldwide energy security.
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2026-05-16 21:58
By Branko Zujovic
Why does Iran’s resolute defense meet with sympathy in Serbia?
SUBOTICA - Fifty-five years ago, in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and then-Yugoslavia, a corrida was held. The “fight” with bulls was announced as the first classical Spanish corrida ever organized outside Spain, which attracted great attention from the Yugoslav and the world public of the time.
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2026-05-16 21:57
Iranian president writes to Pope Leo XIV
Pezeshkian thanks pope for his moral and fair stance on US-Israeli aggression
TEHRAN — President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for the pontiff’s strong moral stance condemning the US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
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2026-05-16 21:43
Iran: Palestinian self-determination only solution on Nakba anniversary
TEHRAN- As the world marked the 78th anniversary of Nakba Day (May 15), Iran intensified its diplomatic condemnation of the Israeli regime, calling the event a source of permanent regional instability and reiterating that the future of Palestine must be determined solely by its people.
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2026-05-16 21:33
By Sahar Dadjoo
US military superiority fails to guarantee decisive outcome against Iran: Brazilian analyst
Lourival Sant’Anna highlights political constraints, energy shocks, and regional dynamics limiting Washington’s options
TEHRAN – In this exclusive interview with Tehran Times, Lourival Sant'Anna, Brazilian war correspondent, international affairs analyst for CNN Brasil, and columnist for Estadão, examines the strategic, political, and geopolitical dimensions of the recent US-Israel aggression against Iran.
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2026-05-16 21:23
By Fatemeh Kavand
The siege that turned Iran into a transit hub
TEHRAN - The US Navy blockaded Iranian ports, but Pakistan opened six land routes. A new 89‑km corridor has cut travel time to Iran from 18 hours to just a fraction of that. Iran, which once conducted 90% of its trade by sea, now moves 40% of it on rails — and China and Central Asia are now part of the equation.
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2026-05-16 20:50
The UAE’s dangerous overreach
TEHRAN - The geopolitical landscape of the Persian Gulf has been radically redrawn following the intense 40-day military campaign launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28. While the broader conflict reached a fragile, Pakistani-mediated ceasefire in April, the diplomatic and economic aftershocks are still reverberating across the region.
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2026-05-16 20:50
Eurovision faces existential crisis over historic boycotts
TEHRAN — As the 70th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest reaches its grand final in Vienna, the high-gloss television spectacle has been thoroughly consumed by an unprecedented wave of global boycotts and massive street protests.
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2026-05-16 20:50
By Wesam Bahrani
Lebanon truce extension on fire
TEHRAN – The announcement of a 45-day extension to the so-called “ceasefire” in Lebanon has done little to stop the Israeli aggression. But it does raise questions about the Lebanese government.
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2026-05-16 20:49
‘Israel tried to drag Saudi Arabia into war with Iran to impose regional dominance’
Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador to the United States, Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal, said Israel had tried to drag Riyadh into a war with Iran, but Saudi Arabia had avoided such a confrontation through “wisdom and foresight”.
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2026-05-16 20:49
Amnesty chief calls Finland-Israel arms industry meeting ‘utterly shameful’
Agnes Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International, on Friday sharply criticized Finland for inviting Israeli arms industry companies to Helsinki for talks on defense cooperation, Anadolu Agency reports.
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2026-05-16 20:49
Gaza mourns resistance commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad
TEHRAN — The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, confirmed the martyrdom of its commander-in-chief, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, following a treacherous Israeli airstrike in Gaza City late Friday.
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2026-05-16 20:03
Iranian documentary project wins award at DocsBarcelona
TEHRAN – The Iranian documentary project “No Friend but the Mountains,” directed by Yaser Talebi won the Best Project Award at DocsBarcelona 2026, which was held from May 7 to 17 in Barcelona, Spain.
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2026-05-16 20:03
Arabic translation of book on Martyr Leader’s father, upbringing unveiled
TEHRAN – The Arabic translation of the book “Agha's Narrative,” which explores the upbringing and formation of the personality of the martyred Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was unveiled in Tehran on Thursday.
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2026-05-16 20:02
Iranian director restages “The Glass Menagerie” in Tehran
TEHRAN- Iranian director Ali Hazrati is restaging a loose adaptation of American playwright Tennessee Williams’ memory play “The Glass Menagerie” at Labkhand Theater Hall in Tehran.
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2026-05-16 20:01
Backpacks of martyred Minab children sent to UN as symbols of lost innocence
TEHRAN – In a symbolic gesture to globalize the voice of innocent victims, the backpacks of two Iranian students martyred in the tragic bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab have been dispatched to the United Nations headquarters in New York and its museum in Vienna.
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2026/05/16
Iran’s women’s volleyball team beat Thailand in friendly
TEHRAN – Iran’s women’s volleyball team defeated Thailand in a friendly match as part of preparation for the 2026 CAVA Women's Volleyball Championship.
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2026/05/16
Foolad Sirjan into AVC Men’s Champions League 2026 final
TEHRAN – Foolad Sirjan of Iran swept past JTEKT Stings Aichi of Japan in straight sets (25-22, 25-19, 25-20) in the AVC Men’s Champions League 2026 Saturday.
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2026/05/16
Iran volleyball to hold friendly matches in Brazil
TEHRAN - Iran's national volleyball team will face Brazil in two preparatory friendly matches at the Brazilian national team training camp as part preparation for the 2026 Men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL).