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Today 17:39
Iran urges BRICS to build resilient and sustainable tourism sector
TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts has called for a new definition of resilience in tourism, saying the sector should help connect nations, revive hope, support communities and contribute to lasting peace.
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Today 17:39
Iranian, Turkish officials discuss ways to diversify tourism flows
TEHRAN – Officials from Iran and Turkey has recently discussed broaden tourism cooperation by moving beyond a focus on a handful of well-known destinations and promoting the diverse attractions of their provinces to each other’s markets.
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Today 17:38
Changiz Sheykhli, ‘father of Iranian caving,’ dies at 99
TEHRAN – Changiz Sheykhli, the pioneering figure who founded Iran’s modern caving and speleology movement, died on Wednesday, August 20, in Karaj at age 99, following a period of illness.
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Today 15:46
Health ministry, WHO hold second workshop on applying PHC Operational Framework
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Iran have organized the second capacity-building workshop to strengthen the capacity of primary health care (PHC), targeting the health staff who had been unable to attend the first workshop on July 26.
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Today 15:45
Iran ranks first in key scientific output among Islamic countries
TEHRAN - Iran ranks first among Islamic nations in key fields of scientific output such as quantum science, cognitive sciences, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and advanced materials, the head of the Presidential Affairs Office at the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) has announced.
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Today 15:42
Iranian, Iraqi universities sign MOU to foster scientific interactions
TEHRAN – Mazandaran University and Iraq’s Wasit University have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand international scientific cooperation.
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Today 15:41
DOE aims to bolster environmental ties with Indonesia
TEHRAN – The head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Shina Ansari, and his Indonesian counterpart, Mohammad Jumhur Hidayat, have discussed ways to promote environmental cooperation.
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Yesterday 11:05
90 earthquakes hit Iran in a week
TEHRAN – A total of 90 earthquakes have been recorded across the country in a week from August 8th to 14th, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.
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Yesterday 11:03
Mazandaran University to host Iran-China Science Day
TEHRAN – Mazandaran University is scheduled to play host to Iran-China Science Day, an official with the science ministry has said.
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2026-08-19 20:42
Iran calls on Ukraine to compensate for drone attack on Iranian Ship
TEHRAN- Iran has called on Ukraine to compensate for all damages resulting from a drone strike on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea that killed one crew member and injured several others, describing the attack as a criminal act against a civilian ship.
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2026-08-19 20:38
Iran rejects foreign interference in its sovereignty
TEHRAN- Iran has rejected 'attempts by foreign powers to interfere in its sovereignty and regional affairs,' while warning US President Donald Trump against 'an unfounded claim over the Strait of Hormuz.'
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2026-08-19 20:34
South Korea: Trump scales back drills to pressure Seoul over Iran war
TEHRAN — South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's order to curb joint military exercises appears aimed primarily at pressuring Seoul to back US operations in the war with Iran.
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2026-08-19 20:34
Iran’s military chief warns Persian Gulf states against facilitating US aggression
TEHRAN — Major General Ali Abdollahi, Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, has warned the southern Persian Gulf states against providing support or allowing the US military to use their territory as part of its aggression against Iran.
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2026-08-19 20:31
Iran rejects UAE missile launch claims, cites 'false-flag' sabotage
TEHRAN — Iran has firmly denied allegations from the United Arab Emirates regarding an alleged missile launch, cautioning neighboring states against falling victim to third-party provocations designed to destabilize the region.
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2026-08-19 20:30
Americans increasingly reject Iran war as polls show growing support for diplomacy
TEHRAN- A majority of Americans want the United States to end its war with Iran, refrain from further military action, and pursue diplomacy instead, according to a new national public opinion survey by a leading US polling organization.
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2026-08-19 20:13
By Xavier Villar
Iran and the new cartography of Eurasian power
MADRID - The war in Iran has once again served as a stark reminder that what happens in East Asia, South Asia, or Russia affects Europe and the United States far more profoundly than Western powers would care to admit, particularly now that they are beginning to perceive that, in several important respects, these influences lie beyond their control.
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2026-08-19 20:12
‘Help is on the way’: From regime change to toilet repair
TEHRAN — A recent report published by the New York Post, bearing the headline "Help is on the way for Lincoln", unintentionally lays bare the profound irony, moral hypocrisy, and strategic failure defining Washington’s aggressive foreign policy toward Iran.
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2026-08-19 20:10
Qalibaf in Baghdad; Iran and Iraq seek a stronger regional partnership
TEHRAN- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday, August 19, for talks aimed at strengthening Tehran-Baghdad ties, with regional security, economic cooperation and the future of the region high on the agenda. His visit comes as Tehran continues to reject increased US pressure and insists that any negotiations with Washington must remain within the framework of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
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2026-08-19 18:11
By Martin Love
MAGA stands for “Make America Grotesque Again”
NORTH CAROLINA - A university town in central North Carolina not too far from Washington is a fair place to get a read on the U.S. zeitgeist, especially since Trump began a grotesque kinetic war on Iran on February 28th.
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2026-08-19 17:57
Iran, EAG, Uzbekistan forge ahead on financial intelligence cooperation
TEHRAN- A tripartite meeting of representatives from Iran, the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG), and the Financial Information Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held virtually, focusing on the development of international cooperation in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism.
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2026-08-19 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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2026-08-18 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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2026-08-18 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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2026-08-18 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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2026-08-18 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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2026-08-18 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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2026-08-18 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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2026-08-18 15:46
Iran wins medal, honorable mentions at Intl. Geography Olympiad
TEHRAN – Iranian students succeeded to win a bronze medal and three honorable mentions at the 22nd International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) held from August 11 to 17 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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2026-08-18 15:44
Iranian, Indonesian universities ink MOU to boost scientific ties
TEHRAN – Sharif University of Technology and Institut Teknologi Bandung of Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to deepen scientific, research, and educational cooperation, exchange professors, researchers, and students, and implement collaborative research projects.
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2026-08-18 15:42
DOE proposes BRICS environmental network to address ecological damage
TEHRAN - Shina Ansari, the head of the Department of Environment, has called for closer environmental cooperation among BRICS member states, describing their combined capacities in natural resources, biodiversity, coastal and marine ecosystems, and other environmentally valuable areas as a “historic opportunity” to address the growing global environmental crisis.