2026 World Cup: Iran move camp to Mexico

TEHRAN - Iran’s national team unexpectedly altered their plans for the 2026 World Cup and decided to move their base camp to Mexico, leaving behind the location it had originally planned in the United States.

Iran’s Spider-Man eyes historic golden hattrick

TEHRAN - Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation (IMSCF) has set its sights on Nagoya 2026 with a streamlined but ambitious lineup, as federation president Reza Zarei confirmed that just two athletes — one man and one woman — will represent the country at the Games.

Hezbollah chief says clashes in South Lebanon is beginning of ‘Israel’s fall’

TEHRAN – Delivering a speech on Sunday evening, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem warned that drones by the resistance movement “will continue tracking the Israeli regime’s soldiers, and without drone footage, the regime would never have acknowledged these losses.”

Huckabee’s degrading remarks are deeply insulting to Lebanese

TEHRAN — Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel and a passionate advocate of its wars in the region, has told the people of Lebanon to be grateful for Israeli contributions to their society.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah kills two more Israeli soldiers in Lebanon

TEHRAN – Israeli media announced the deaths of two soldiers and the injury of several others “as a result of Hezbollah drones.”

By Garsha Vazirian

Israel’s old sabotage playbook is back

TEHRAN — The visceral, coordinated backlash from Tel Aviv and Washington to the recent diplomatic openings between Iran and the United States has exposed the underlying fragility of the Zionist war machine.

By Kurosh Alyani 

It is just a supradiplomatic op-ed

TEHRAN - We are Iranians — heirs to a civilization that, for millennia, has forged a model of engagement alongside steadfast resistance. These principles are not hollow slogans, but the product of blood and historical experience.

Iran negotiation team travels to Qatar to continue diplomacy

TEHRAN - A high-ranking Iranian delegation headed by Parliament Speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf travelled to Qatar on Monday afternoon amid increasing mediation efforts to bring a permanent end to the joint US-Israel war that began on February 28.

Qalibaf’s reelection reinforces Iran’s military-political continuity amid US psychological warfare

By Shahrokh Saei 

TEHRAN – The reelection of Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as Speaker of the Iranian Parliament by an overwhelming majority carries significant political weight amid a psychological warfare campaign waged by the United States and Israel following their setbacks in the recent war.

By Afshin Majlesi

Eco-lodges offer tourists a window into traditional rural life

TEHRAN - In the mountainous villages, desert settlements and forested regions of Iran, a growing network of eco-lodges has become more than a form of rural accommodation.

Shaneh Tarash revives traditional wooden comb craft to boost rural tourism

TEHRAN - A five-day workshop aimed at reviving the traditional craft of wooden comb making has been held in the village of Shaneh Tarash in northern Iran, local tourism officials said, as authorities seek to preserve indigenous handicrafts and strengthen community-based tourism.

Ilam handicrafts exhibit in Iraq highlights cross-border cultural ties

TEHRAN - An exhibition showcasing handicrafts from Iran’s western province of Ilam was held recently in the Iraqi city of Kut, drawing strong public interest and underscoring growing cultural and economic ties between the neighboring regions, a provincial official said.

S. Korea Cooperation Agency supports upgrading Iran's skill training equipment

TEHRAN- Cooperation between Iran and South Korea has begun to improve the level of technical equipment and training.

Iran march into 2026 CAVA semifinals

TEHRAN – The Iranian women’s national volleyball team septs past Kazakhstan in straight sets (25-22, 25-20, 25-22) in the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) on Monday.

By Pooya Firouzi & Morteza Soltanpour Abyaneh

Preserving specialized human capital: Lessons from South Korea for Iran’s economic recovery

TEHRAN– Facing post-war conditions and large-scale economic reconstruction requires the definitive protection of a country's most critical asset: "specialized human capital." In the face of major economic shocks and structural demand declines, the traditional and passive approach of governments often focuses on paying "unemployment benefits" after mass layoffs have occurred. This strategy not only imposes a heavy financial burden on the public budget but also leads to the waste of organizational skills, a decline in the national employer brand, and triple the cost of rehiring during boom periods.