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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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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Yesterday 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.
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Yesterday 21:03
Iran, Azerbaijan discuss regional ties as Tehran drafts new rules for Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov, held a telephone conversation on Wednesday to discuss the latest diplomatic situation, regional developments, and the state of bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries.
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Yesterday 20:53
Ramadan War inflicts $160 Million blow to Iran’s tourism sector
TEHRAN – The Iranian tourism industry has suffered a staggering financial blow totaling 285 trillion rials (approximately $160 million) due to the recent Ramadan War, a senior tourism official announced on Tuesday, highlighting the deep economic and human scars left by the conflict on one of the country’s most promising sectors.
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Yesterday 20:38
Trump's repeated defeats
Siasat-e-Rooz dedicated its editorial to Iran’s power and the United States’ repeated failures. According to the editorial, the United States, in an unsuccessful attempt to break Iran’s strategic control over the Strait of Hormuz, imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf.
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Yesterday 20:38
Imam Khomeini International Airport sees steady growth in flight frequency, destinations
TEHRAN – Flight operations at Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) are witnessing a significant upward trend, with 13 domestic airlines currently serving over 20 international destinations, a senior official has announced.
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Yesterday 20:30
Tourism ministry to launch travel card to boost domestic recovery
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts has announced the development of a travel card initiative to revitalize the domestic tourism sector and reduce travel costs.
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Yesterday 19:40
By Shahrokh Saei
MEP Milan Uhrík: EU credibility eroded by double standards after US strike on Minab schoolchildren
TEHRAN - More than two months have passed since a US Tomahawk missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. The strike occurred on February 28, during the opening phase of the US–Israeli war, and claimed the lives of 168 people, most of them schoolchildren. The attack has been widely condemned as one of the deadliest incidents involving children in modern warfare and has intensified calls for accountability.
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Yesterday 17:09
Photo: Mohsen Ranginkaman
Tehran Mayor Meets the Custodian of the Holy Alawi Shrine in Tehran
TEHRAN- Seyyed Ahmad Safi, custodian of the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, meets with Alireza Zakani, Mayor of Tehran, in the Iranian capital. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the latest US-Israeli military aggression against Iran, emphasizing the shared tragedy of the Leader's martyrdom for the nations of Iran and Iraq.
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2026-05-12 21:36
Pakistan denounces CBS News report on Iranian aircraft as 'misleading and sensationalized'
TEHRAN – Pakistan has strongly rejected a recent CBS News report claiming the presence of Iranian aircraft at Nur Khan Airbase, calling it misleading and aimed at undermining regional stability.
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2026-05-12 21:16
The enemy’s miscalculation and the lesson of deterrent unity
Javan, in an article, examined why the United States and Israel miscalculated in their conflict with Iran. It wrote that before the 40‑day war, Netanyahu’s team considered Iran so weak that they believed it could not control the Strait of Hormuz in a potential conflict.
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2026-05-12 21:05
‘Finger on the trigger’: Iran vows crushing response to foreign aggression
TEHRAN - Iranian officials have adopted a unified stance following President Donald Trump’s rejection of Iran’s latest peace proposal and his renewed military threats against the country.
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2026-05-12 21:05
Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani in an exclusive interview with Tehran Times:
Urban projects in wartime: "You cannot stop us"
The United States and Israel launched a war on Iran on February 28 to destroy Iran’s military capabilities and reshape the political leadership in their favor. But after 39 days of war, they not only failed to achieve this goal but also suffered significant setbacks as a result of Iran’s strong retaliatory strikes against their regional bases.
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2026-05-12 21:01
China slams US sanctions on Iran-linked entities, vows to protect its businesses
TEHRAN– China has strongly condemned recent US sanctions targeting individuals and companies allegedly involved in Iranian oil sales and military-related activities, warning that it will firmly protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese businesses.
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2026-05-12 20:59
Iranian FM holds diplomatic talks as regional mediation efforts intensify
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a series of high-level diplomatic engagements on Tuesday, meeting with Norway's visiting deputy foreign minister and holding separate phone calls with his Uzbek and Singaporean counterparts, as regional mediation efforts between Tehran and Washington continue.
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2026-05-12 20:48
Qalibaf praises media staff as ‘heroes of national unity’ in hybrid warfare
TEHRAN - Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has sent a letter of appreciation to Iranian news outlets, describing journalists and media staff as “heroes” for their extensive coverage of the US–Israel war that began on February 28.
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2026-05-12 16:52
Armenian gulls migrating to Iran’s Lake Urmia
One of the main breeding sites for Armenian gull (Larus armenicus) worldwide is Lake Urmia, situated in northwestern Iran.
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2026-05-12 15:57
WFP releases annual report on Iran
TEHRAN – The World Food Program (WFP) has released its 2025 report on Iran based on the Interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP 2023-2027).
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2026-05-12 15:34
Turkish benefactors to help build schools in memory of Minab students
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Education has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish benefactors to kick off a school-building project in Minab in memory of the students martyred during a US missile attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh school.
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2026-05-12 15:32
From curiosity to discovery: Maryam Mirzakhani's legacy for the world of science
TEHRAN - May 12 is registered on the Iranian calendar in the name of Maryam Mirzakhani, a prominent mathematician who, by receiving the Fields Medal, immortalized her name in the history of the world of science.
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2026-05-12 15:30
Unprecedented rise in Lake Urmia water level since 2020
TEHRAN – Thanks to abundant rainfalls, the level of water at Lake Urmia has risen remarkably, reaching 1271.03 meters, which is unprecedented since the Iranian year 1399 (2020), the Secretary of Lake Urmia Rescue National Committee, has said.
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2026-05-11 21:49
Pezeshkian: Iran seeks to complete military victory with dignified diplomacy, not surrender
TEHRAN – President Masoud Pezeshkian has declared that Iran aims to consolidate the victories achieved by its Armed Forces on the battlefield through dignified and powerful diplomacy, emphasizing that any negotiations are about securing national rights, not surrender.
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2026-05-11 21:44
Iran sets five conditions for nuclear talks
TEHRAN - President Donald Trump has rejected Tehran’s “reasonable and generous” peace proposal as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intensifies war rhetoric, despite the failure of the joint US–Israel war on Iran that began more than 70 days ago.
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2026-05-11 21:42
Kayhan: Humiliation behind the Strait of Hormuz
Kayhan, in an editorial, analyzed what it called more than 70 days of America’s humiliation behind the Strait of Hormuz. According to the paper, every war creates a new political‑security and economic order, and the larger the parties involved, the greater and more global the transformation of equations.