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2026-07-25 17:23
Tehran, Tashkent discuss direct flights and visa facilitation
TEHRAN - Tehran's ambassador to Tashkent and the head of Uzbekistan's Tourism Committee have discussed expanding tourism cooperation, increased direct flights and facilitated visas for Iranian citizens during talks in Uzbekistan's capital, according to Uzbek media reports published on Friday.
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2026-06-14 20:51
Iran among architects of new regional order
TEHRAN - The United States and the Zionist regime launched the recent war on Iran with the objectives of changing the regime, fragmenting Iran, and seizing its oil resources. By combining military pressure, economic sanctions, psychological operations, and efforts to destabilize the country internally, they believed they could break the will of the Iranian nation.
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2026-06-02 21:18
Iran calls for binding nuclear guarantees, urges action on Middle East WMD-free zone
TEHRAN – Iran has called on nuclear-armed states to provide unconditional, legally binding guarantees against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons and urged renewed international efforts to establish a West Asia free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
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2026-06-01 20:46
Middle East power balance shifting after Iran war, says John Helmer
TEHRAN- As tensions between Iran and the United States continue to fluctuate between military signaling, sanctions pressure, and intermittent diplomatic messaging, questions remain over Washington’s strategy and the evolving balance of power in the Middle East. Following the 40-day war, analysts are debating whether recent developments reflect a structural shift or a temporary phase of managed escalation.
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2026-05-21 01:11
European tourists shift travel plans closer to home amid West Asia conflict
TEHRAN - European tourists are increasingly choosing destinations closer to home as conflict in West Asia raises security concerns and drives up the cost of long-haul travel, affecting tourism flows across parts of Asia and the Middle East while benefiting southern European countries, industry officials and analysts said.
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2026-02-11 16:25
Official highlights Isfahan’s potential as West Asia medical tourism hub
TEHRAN - Isfahan has the capacity to become a medical tourism hub not only in Iran but across West Aisa, a provincial tourism official said on Wednesday.
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2026-02-05 23:18
Possible remains of monumental Persian garden identified near Tabriz
TEHRAN – A team of researchers say they have identified what may be the remains of a large monumental garden complex on the outskirts of Tabriz in northwestern Iran, based on analysis of historic aerial imagery and satellite data.
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2026-01-24 19:20
Trump’s ‘support for Iranians’ masks economic warfare and narrative manipulation: Senior analyst
Elija J. Magnier argues US strategy weaponizes dissent while sanctions intensify civilian hardship
TEHRAN- In an interview with the Tehran Times, veteran war correspondent and geopolitical analyst Elijah J. Magnier delivers a rigorous and unflinching analysis of U.S. and Israeli pressure tactics against Iran, situating them within a long-standing architecture of coercion, narrative warfare, and regional destabilisation.
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2025-12-24 20:29
Expert warns crisis in West Asia will worsen in 2026 without policy shifts
‘2025 has exposed dangers of unilateralism, militarized regional strategies and maximalist ideological projects’
TEHRAN - A Princeton University researcher says 2026 may bring “deeper instability” at a great cost to the Middle East and United States if UN resolutions are not enacted, a regional security mechanism is not established, and the US and Iran don’t enter comprehensive dialogue.
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2025-09-13 19:01
By our staff writer
Israel is seeking to become hegemon in the region
TEHRAN - After committing genocide for 23 months in Gaza with Western support, especially from the United States, and killing a number of top Hamas leaders in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, and finally attempting to assassinate Hamas chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya in Doha, Israel has proven that it is seeking to become a hegemon in the region with U.S. backing.