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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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.
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Yesterday 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.
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Yesterday 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.
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Yesterday 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.
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Yesterday 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2026-05-15 21:40
UAE from Iran war to BRICS: ‘The lady doth protest too much’
TEHRAN - The United Arab Emirates’ “direct involvement” in the US–Israeli aggression against Iran has come to light against the backdrop of a BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in India, alongside revelations that senior Israeli officials travelled to the small Persian Gulf state during the conflict.
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2026-05-15 21:30
By Mahdi Zolfaghari
China’s role in shaping the new global order
Over the past two decades, China has emerged as one of the principal actors in shaping a new international order—an order no longer solely dominated by Western powers, particularly the United States, but increasingly defined by the multiploidization of global power and a new balance between East and West. By combining economic, technological, cultural, and political capabilities, China has elevated its position from a regional power to a global one, playing a decisive role in redefining the rules of international engagement.
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2026-05-15 16:31
56 teams attend RoboCup Iran 2026
TEHRAN – A total of 56 teams of Iranian students, aged 14 – 18, competed in six leagues of RoboCup Iran 2026, held from May 13 to 15, showcasing their scientific, technical, and creative capabilities.
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2026-05-15 15:22
Hundreds of thousands of youth volunteers join IRCS projects
TEHRAN - The Iranian Red Crescent Society has engaged hundreds of thousands of teenagers and young adults in education, relief, and volunteer activities through a series of educational and social projects over the past year.
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2026-05-15 15:21
From accelerated extinction to successful revival of species
TEHRAN – Despite worrisome facts about the speed at which species are disappearing, there has been good news of endangered species making a comeback, highlighting the role of conservation efforts in preventing extinction and helping vulnerable wildlife recover.
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2026-05-13 22:01
Iran national football team farewell ceremony held at Tehran’s Enghelab Square
TEHRAN - A farewell ceremony for Iran’s national football team was held at Tehran’s Enghelab Square on Wednesday night, ahead of its departure for the 2026 World Cup.
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2026-05-13 21:52
Over 250 earthquakes hit Iran in 3 weeks
TEHRAN – A total of 251 earthquakes hit Iran over the past three weeks, from April 18 to May 8, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.
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2026-05-13 21:51
WHO launches $2m emergency project in Iran
TEHRAN – In response to the growing crises affecting public health infrastructures in Iran, the World Health Organization in cooperation with the Health Ministry has kicked off a two-million-dollar project to support urgent health responses in the country.
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2026-05-13 21:49
National Population Week to be marked
TEHRAN –The National Population Week is planned to be held from May 14 to 20 under the theme ‘Iran is more alive than ever’.
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2026-05-13 21:37
Strategic shockwaves as Trump visits China
TEHRAN - The prospect of the confrontation between the United States and Iran has transformed global geopolitics from a regional security crisis into a wider test of American power, alliance cohesion, and economic leadership. Against this backdrop, the visit by Donald Trump to China carries significance far beyond bilateral diplomacy. Beijing would likely view such the visit not simply as a diplomatic engagement, but as evidence that Washington, after years of escalating military and economic confrontations around the world, now faces mounting strategic limits and failures.
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2026-05-13 21:30
Trump in Beijing
Is China willing and able to pull the US out of quagmire of Iran war?
TEHRAN — President Donald Trump’s three-day state visit to China begins under the heavy shadow of the ongoing crisis in the Persian Gulf. More than 70 days into the joint US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, the conflict has settled into a precarious stalemate, thrusting Beijing into the role of a critical diplomatic actor.
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2026-05-13 21:17
China will not jeopardize Iran ties to help Trump, Iranians 'not going to surrender': analyst
TEHRAN– The United States should not expect China to help end its war with Iran, according to a Qatari-based analyst.
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2026-05-13 21:14
Iran believes it is winning the war, Trump failing to read the situation: columnist
TEHRAN– Iran perceives itself as winning the ongoing conflict with the United States, and President Trump's failure to recognize this reality suggests he is "more clueless than I thought," according to Daniel DePetris, a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.