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Today 16:39
Monitoring begins at centuries-old sites in UNESCO-listed city of Yazd
TEHRAN — Monitoring of centuries-old monuments in the UNESCO-listed Historic City of Yazd has begun as part of an ongoing effort to strengthen conservation and management of the Iranian oasis city, a local official has said.
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Today 16:38
Isfahan heritage records undergo digital preservation
TEHRAN - Isfahan’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department has begun digitizing around 2,000 documents and records held by the province’s cultural heritage documentation center, an official said on Saturday.
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Today 16:37
Restoration begins at historic Seb castle in central Iran
TEHRAN - Restoration work has begun on the historic Seb castle in Abarkuh county in Iran’s central Yazd province, a local cultural heritage official said on Saturday, as part of efforts to preserve the region’s traditional adobe architecture.
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Today 15:50
Tehran, New Delhi to boost scientific ties
TEHRAN – Iranian and Indian officials have highlighted the need to foster scientific ties between the two countries, particularly in education, research, technology, and innovation sectors.
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Today 15:35
World Association for Medical Law appoints first Iranian representative
TEHRAN - Roya Rashidpouraei, a member of the medical ethics committee of Iran’s Medical Council, has been appointed as the country’s first National Country Representative to the World Association for Medical Law (WAML).
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Today 15:32
Iran wins medals at International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence
TEHRAN – Iranian students won a gold medal, two silver medals, and a bronze medal at the third edition of the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI 2026), held from August 2-8 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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Yesterday 21:02
Is there any hope for an agreement?
Hamshahri examined President Pezeshkian’s recent remarks under current conditions. Pezeshkian says that we must try to ensure the enemy remains committed to what it has signed.
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Yesterday 21:01
Qalibaf slams Trump’s ‘theater diplomacy’ toward Iran
TEHRAN - Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf criticized US President Donald Trump’s shifting statements on military threats and negotiations with Iran, calling them “theater diplomacy.”
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Yesterday 20:56
By Xavier Villar
Iran sets the tempo of the conflict
MADRID - As early as February, analysts questioned whether any viable military solution existed that could guarantee US strategic objectives: regime change, the destruction of uranium enrichment capabilities, the end of Iranian support for groups such as Ansarullah, Hamas, and Hezbollah, and the dismantling of the ballistic missile program. Months into the hostilities, reality has spoken. Not only has Washington achieved none of those goals; Iran now controls the Strait of Hormuz, something it did not do before being attacked.
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Yesterday 20:54
‘Humble, reasonable, and patient’: President Pezeshkian on the new Leader’s virtues
TEHRAN - President Masoud Pezeshkian has praised military forces, officials, and the public for elevating Iran's global standing in the face of US-Israeli aggression and foreign-backed plots aimed at triggering domestic unrest. The Iranian president made these remarks during a televised broadcast, marking the second anniversary of his inauguration.
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Yesterday 20:53
By Garsha Vazirian
Yemen flips the battlefield on Saudi Arabia
Sanaa’s shifting military doctrine traps Riyadh as the kingdom seeks external shields
TEHRAN — The video clips from August 6 were unmistakable. Flames consumed a desert encampment. A row of armored vehicles sat reduced to twisted metal. The Yemeni Armed Forces struck first.
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Yesterday 20:50
By Fardin Molaei
Mossad sacks architects of its failed regime change dream
Mossad chief Roman Gofman has ousted two senior officials behind a failed plan to topple Islamic Republic of Iran
TEHRAN- Months before the onset of the US-Israel war against Iran, Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's last Shah, undertook a visit to the occupied territories. During this trip, he held meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu, senior Mossad officials, and several influential Knesset members.
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Yesterday 20:23
Iranian attacks leave hundreds of US service members with enduring brain trauma
TEHRAN — Relentless Iranian drone and missile strikes targeting American bases across West Asia have wounded nearly 700 US service members, with traumatic brain injuries rapidly becoming the leading casualty of the joint US-Israeli war, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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Yesterday 20:21
UNESCO-listed Soltaniyeh to undergo restoration
TEHRAN – Restoration work on the interior of the UNESCO-listed Soltaniyeh dome in northwestern Iran will begin soon after a contractor is selected in the coming days, a provincial cultural heritage official said.
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Yesterday 20:16
Ancient Iranian wind towers inspire Italian designer for overheated cities
TEHRAN - An Italian designer is developing a concept for mobile wind towers inspired by Iran’s centuries-old wind catchers, locally named a Badgir, aiming to reduce urban heat by directing natural air flows into streets and public spaces affected by rising temperatures.
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Yesterday 16:09
New reference work on Linear Elamite inscriptions published by international research team
TEHRAN – A comprehensive scholarly volume on Linear Elamite inscriptions and related cuneiform texts has recently been published, offering a detailed corpus and analysis of ancient Iranian writings from Susa and shedding new light on one of the earliest writing systems of the Iranian Plateau.
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Yesterday 16:08
Royan Institute marks significant achievement in pediatric oncofertility
TEHRAN – Three years into the treatment of two young girls diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, Royan Institute has showcased its commitment to integrating reproductive health into modern oncology practice, marking a significant achievement in pediatric oncofertility.
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Yesterday 16:03
IRCS, ICRC underscore need for strategic partnership roadmap
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) deputy director for international and humanitarian law affairs, Razieh Alishvandi, in a meeting with the new president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Stephan Bonamy, has highlighted the need to enhance cooperation to a long-term strategic partnership, proposing the development of a roadmap for collaboration.
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Yesterday 15:53
Tehran, Dushanbe discuss ways to deepen scientific, educational co-op
TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan, Alireza Haqiqian, and Tajikistan’s Minister of Education and Sciences, Rahim Saidzod, have explored avenues to enhance scientific and educational collaborations, particularly ways to increase the number of scholarships to university students.
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Yesterday 15:38
Iraq seeks to boost scientific, academic ties with Iran
TEHRAN – Iraqi officials in a meeting with Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, have called for expanding academic, scientific, and technological cooperation with Iran.
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2026-08-05 21:54
By Mahmoud M. Ravi-Nejad
Iran, Oman move to finalize new Hormuz shipping corridor
An informed source says agreement with Oman does not mean the opening of the Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN — Facing dwindling strategic resources after months of military confrontation with Iran, the United States has increasingly pinned its hopes on negotiations between Tehran and Muscat to secure the future of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most strategically important maritime corridors.
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2026-08-05 21:48
Funeral held for family killed in US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island
TEHRAN – Thousands of mourners joined the funeral procession for a family of three killed in last week's US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island.
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2026-08-05 21:46
By staff writer
Rouhani: US, Israel made 'fundamental miscalculation' over Iran's resilience
TEHRAN — Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has emphasized that the United States and Israel made a "fundamental miscalculation" by severely underestimating the unwavering resilience of the Iranian nation, while praising the historic stand and legacy of Martyr Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in defeating the plots of the aggressors.
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2026-08-05 21:45
Iran’s health minister denounces US-Israeli strike against Lamerd stadium as ‘clear crime’
TEHRAN — Iranian Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi traveled to the southern county of Lamerd to inspect local medical facilities and evaluate emergency responses amid the fallout of the joint US-Israeli war that began more than five months ago. During his visit, he strongly condemned a United States missile attack on a local sports stadium, denouncing the military action as a “clear crime against defenseless people and a profound human tragedy”.
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2026-08-05 21:42
Investigative reports: Severe US munition depletion forces Trump to halt Iran war
TEHRAN — More than five months after the joint US-Israeli military campaign swept across Iran under the banner of "Operation Epic Fury," investigative reporting published by Reuters, CBS News, and CNN reveals that the architecture of Washington's strategic projection has hit an unprecedented wall.
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2026-08-05 20:49
Iran’s legal battle against the US and Israel
Chief attorney details efforts to document US-Israeli war crimes, plans to take the two regimes to court
TEHRAN – The 12-day war waged by the U.S. and Israel against Iran in 2025, along with the current one that began in February, has been marked by unprecedented attacks on schools, hospitals, homes, roads, bridges, power plants, and desalination plants—actions that are considered war crimes under international law.
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2026-08-05 20:35
Over 110 earthquakes hit Iran in a week
TEHRAN – A total of 113 earthquakes have been recorded across the country in a month from July 25 to July 31, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.
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2026-08-05 20:09
From Iran to Europe: El Niño, climate change about to turn up the heat
TEHRAN - While Iran has experienced near-normal temperatures, with some regions recording above-average heat this week, Europe is enduring an intense heatwave that has fueled the spread of devastating wildfires.
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2026-08-05 16:40
FM backs scientific conservation during visit to centuries-old cannon project
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed the importance of scientifically preserving the country's cultural heritage during a visit to the restoration workshop of the historic Pearl Cannon (Toop-e Morvarid), describing the protection of historical monuments as safeguarding Iran's identity, historical memory and civilizational legacy.
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2026-08-05 16:40
UNESCO committee approves conservation report for Iran's Hegmataneh
TEHRAN – The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has approved Iran's conservation report for the World Heritage site of Hegmataneh, confirming that the site's protection, management and restoration measures comply with the committee's requirements, provincial heritage officials said on Wednesday.