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Today 16:12
Iran sweep past Algeria at 2026 FIVB U17 World Championship
TEHRAN – Iran swept past Algeria in straight sets (25-15, 25-19, 25-14) in the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship on Wednesday.
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Today 15:18
Spectrum: Iran’s National Commitment to Leadership Decisions
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Today 14:16
Tehran derby to be held in Isfahan
TEHRAN – The first Tehran derby of the 2026/27 Iran Persian Gulf Professional League (PGPL) season will be held at Isfahan’s Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium, with Esteghlal and Persepolis set to meet in the fifth week of the competition.
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Today 12:16
By Masoud Hossein
Iranian cyclist Mirbagheri aims medal at Nagoya
TEHRAN - Arash Mirbagheri, Iranian cycling at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, is hoping to return home with a medal.
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Today 11:49
"Surrender is not an easy option for Iran, and that's something Washington never understood"
Indian Historian, Vijay Prashad, says the US-Israeli war against Iran was built on repeated miscalculations, failed to break Tehran's resolve, and instead accelerated a regional realignment isolating Washington.
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Today 11:49
Golshadnezhad no longer Iran’s flag-bearer for 2026 Asian Games
TEHRAN - Atousa Golshadnezhad, Iran’s world and Asian karate champion, has withdrawn from her role as flag-bearer for Iran at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya.
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Today 11:44
Iran to play friendly match against Uzbekistan in Tashkent
TEHRAN - Iran national football team plan to play Uzbekistan in a friendly match as part of the preparation for the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.
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Today 07:10
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iran-Malaysia relations advance through higher education cooperation
TEHRAN- On Tuesday, August 18, Muhammad Hamizam Kamaruzaman, the chargé d'affaires of the Malaysian Embassy in Tehran, met Abbas Qanbari Baghestan, the deputy head of the Students Affairs Organization of the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, to explore ways to promote higher education cooperation to further advance bilateral relations.
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Today 07:07
Tehran hosting international exhibition of construction
TEHRAN- Over 600 domestic and foreign companies participated in the 26th International Exhibition of the Construction Industry at the permanent venue of Tehran International Exhibitions.
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Today 00:01
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Yesterday 20:47
Christopher Beckwith’s “Empires of the Silk Road” published in Persian
TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the book “Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present” by Christopher I. Beckwith has been released in the bookstores across Iran.
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Yesterday 20:47
Iranian radio drama adapts Stephen King’s “Misery”
TEHRAN- The six-part radio drama “A Nurse’s Nightmare,” adapted from American author Stephen King’s acclaimed novel “Misery,” has been produced and broadcast by Iran’s Namayesh Radio.
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Yesterday 20:46
15th International 100-Second Film Festival to organize specialized workshops in 9 countries
TEHRAN – The 15th edition of the International 100-Second Film Festival will organize a series of specialized international workshops across nine countries, aimed at advancing media literacy, filmmaking, and explaining new narratives.
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Yesterday 20:44
By Kurosh Alyani
Sarah’s war against the rest of civilization
TEHRAN – Sarah Little writes in The Economist about a “war on women” in Afghanistan. If one looks only at the Taliban’s regulations concerning women, the phrase does not seem unreasonable. But this is precisely where the problem begins. Why is what the Taliban does through law, policing, and direct command described as “war,” while what dominant economic structures in Western societies do through media, culture, fashion, markets, the beauty industry, and the production of desire is rarely placed within the realm of war, coercion, or even power?
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Yesterday 20:44
By Ali Minabi
Iraqi resistance group sets conditions over weapons
Kataeb Hezbollah demands full exit of US forces, dissolution of Peshmerga and expulsion of Turkish forces in northern Iraq
TEHRAN – An official from the Iraqi resistance group Kataeb Hezbollah has issued a sharply worded statement setting out conditions for any future cooperation with the Iraqi government over the question of weapons held by the resistance forces.
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Yesterday 20:43
Despite al-Jolani’s appeasement, Israel strikes Syrian airfield, warning Ankara
TEHRAN — Israeli jets pounded the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in eastern Idlib early Tuesday. Eight consecutive strikes cratered the runway and obliterated storage facilities.
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Yesterday 20:43
By staff writer
Trump’s threat to bomb Oman triggers backlash across Arab world and US
TEHRAN — Donald Trump triggered international backlash after threatening military strikes against Oman, reportedly punishing the Persian Gulf nation for negotiating a maritime traffic arrangement with Iran.
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Yesterday 20:42
Hamas official: Disarming Resistance cannot be a precondition for any agreement
TEHRAN- Khaled Qaddoumi, Hamas’s representative in Tehran, said disarming Palestinian resistance groups could not be a precondition for any agreement, arguing that strategic issues, including weapons, must ultimately be decided through a collective Palestinian process rather than imposed from outside.
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Yesterday 20:40
Trump’s collapsing popularity exposes strategic failure in the war against Iran
TEHRAN — President Donald Trump’s sinking popularity has driven his job approval rating to a historic low of 33 percent, offering a direct political measure of the failure of the joint US-Israeli military strategy against Iran.
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Yesterday 20:40
40th-day memorial ceremony for martyred Leader held at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla
TEHRAN — A massive national commemoration marking the 40th day since the burial of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, was held on Tuesday afternoon at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla.
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Yesterday 20:37
Erbil false-flag attack: Foreign sabotage against Iran-Iraq unity
TEHRAN — The recent drone incident targeting the private office of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of the Security Directorate in Erbil represents a suspicious escalation designed to undermine fragile regional diplomacy. Occurring at a moment when Tehran and Iraqi authorities have made tangible progress on border security agreements, the timing and execution of these strikes point toward a calculated attempt by external actors to derail neighborly ties.
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Yesterday 20:36
New US bone spur
Claiming ownership of the Strait of Hormuz for Trump, who hides in a food truck out of fear, is a desperate bluff
TEHRAN — In a glaring display of imperial bluster detached from geopolitical reality, US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his reckless ambition to declare the strategic Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States.
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Yesterday 20:34
Iran will stand firm on its rights in managing Strait of Hormuz: VP
TEHRAN- Iran has entered a new phase and will stand firm on its rights in managing the Strait of Hormuz, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said on Tuesday.
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Yesterday 20:32
Qalibaf: Hormuz to remain closed until US fulfills MoU commitments
TEHRAN- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States fulfills its commitments under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding, including lifting the blockade and removing sanctions on Iran’s oil exports.
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Yesterday 20:29
By Fardin Molaei
A few fistfuls of dollars for GIs
TEHRAN- Iran has announced a $30,000 reward for anyone who captures or kills a US military servicemember and hands the individual over to the Iranian armed forces, in a move that has drawn widespread international attention and added a new dimension to the escalating confrontation between Tehran and Washington.
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Yesterday 20:21
By Sahar Dadjoo
Iran shifted the debate from its nuclear program to the Strait of Hormuz: Indian Analyst
Vijay Prashad says decades of resistance defined Iran's response, a pattern US failed to anticipate
TEHRAN – Months after the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, its consequences are still being weighed: a war that may have exposed the limits of American power rather than confirmed it, and one that appears to have accelerated the very regional realignment it was meant to prevent.
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Yesterday 19:26
Archaeologists resume excavations at Qal-e Kord Cave, a key Paleolithic site
TEHRAN - The seventh season of archaeological excavations at Qal-e Kord Cave in Avaj County, Qazvin province, has begun, as researchers seek to reconstruct more precisely the sequence of human occupation and the formation of cultural layers at the prehistoric site.
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Yesterday 19:23
Ardabil ranks first in Iran for foreign tourism development for second consecutive year
TEHRAN – Ardabil has ranked first among Iran’s provincial cultural heritage departments in the 2025 assessment of foreign tourism marketing and development, retaining the top position for the second consecutive year, a provincial official said.
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Yesterday 18:50
Non-oil export stands at $15b in near 5 months
TEHRAN- The head of Iran's Customs Administration said: Non-oil exports from the beginning of this Iranian year (March 21) until August 16 have reached nearly $15 billion, and imports have reached $17 billion, although compared to the same period last year, there has been an average decline of 24 percent.
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Yesterday 18:41
South Pars first refinery ready for sustainable gas production
TEHRAN- The acting manager of South Pars First Refinery announced the successful completion of the refinery's major overhaul within one week and said: The refinery is now ready for sustainable production during the cold season.