TEDPIX loses 58,870 points on Wednesday

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), fell 58,870 points to 3.108 million on Wednesday, which is the fifth day of the Iranian calendar week.

With ICRC assistance, IRCS is ready to share expertise

TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Pirhossein Kolivand, has announced readiness to share its scientific and educational experiences as well as operational expertise with other red crescent societies with the contribution of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Annual honey exports rise 20% despite policy hurdles

TEHRAN – Iran’s honey exports grew by 20 percent in the previous Iranian year (ended on March 20), according to the official in charge of the country’s beekeeping development plan. However, industry leaders warn that policy-related export barriers continue to threaten the sector’s survival.

Agriculture Ministry launches smart farming system in 3rd year of crop pattern reform

TEHRAN – Iran’s Agriculture Ministry will soon roll out a smart monitoring system for its national crop pattern scheme as part of efforts to improve water efficiency and agricultural productivity, a senior official said.

Iran, Italy to beef up health ties

TEHRAN –Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi and his Italian counterpart, Orazio Schillaci, have discussed avenues for promoting collaborations in the health sector, focusing particularly on the aging population and digital health.

Parliament backs investment facilitation in energy sector

TEHRAN - A member of Iran’s Parliament Energy Committee said the legislature is committed to easing regulations to attract both domestic and foreign investment in the oil and gas sector.

Tehran to boost technological co-op with Tunis, Jakarta

TEHRAN –Science Minister Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, in separate meetings with his Indonesian and Tunisian counterparts, has conferred on ways to foster scientific and technological relations.

Iran, Turkmenistan sign roadmap targeting $3b in trade

TEHRAN – Iran and Turkmenistan signed a commercial roadmap on Tuesday aimed at boosting bilateral trade to $3.0 billion.

Some 29,000 out-of-school students resume education

TEHRAN –Out of 152,287 out-of-school children aged 6 to 11 identified across the country, about 29,000 have enrolled at schools, an official with the Ministry of Education has said.

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The world has failed badly in Gaza

TEHRAN - Since March 2, 2015, the murderous regime of Israel has blocked the entry of food, water, and medicine into Gaza, but the world is just a spectator.

Tehran to host online session with American film scholar

TEHRAN – A specialized session in preparation for the upcoming 7th Tehran Short Film Studies Conference will be held virtually on Wednesday, featuring renowned American academic and film scholar Thomas M. Leitch. 

François Truffaut’s “The Green Room” to be shown at IAF

TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran will screen the 1978 French historical drama film “The Green Room” directed by François Truffaut on Thursday.

Iranian movie wins at Ankara International Wildlife Documentary Film Festival

TEHRAN – The Iranian documentary “Dog Eater”, co-directed by Fathollah Amiri and Nima Asgari, won an award at the Ankara International Wildlife Documentary Film Festival, which was held in Turkey from May 15 to 18.

Exhibition celebrating martyrs of service inaugurated in Tehran

TEHRAN – A memorial event honoring the first anniversary of the martyrdom of former President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions, known as martyrs of service, was held at Soore University in Tehran on Sunday night, drawing esteemed figures from academic, cultural, and governmental circles.

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Sharp and tense positions before the fifth round of negotiations

TEHRAN - Farhikhtegan addressed the tense atmosphere between Iran and the United States before the fifth round of negotiations and wrote: The fifth round of negotiations with the Americans has not yet begun, but the senior member of the American negotiating team has begun to raise ambitious demands in the media.

Stronger Iran-Turkmenistan ties key to regional prosperity: Pezeshkian

TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has underlined Iran’s strong desire to broaden and deepen relations with neighboring Turkmenistan, highlighting energy, trade, and infrastructure as key areas of cooperation with vast untapped potential.

‘Sanctions are slow-motion crimes against humanity:’ Iran’s deputy FM on Western sanctions

TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, delivered a scathing critique of Western unilateral sanctions at the International Conference on Unilateral Coercive Measures and Access to Justice on Tuesday, calling them “slow-motion crimes against humanity” that weaponize economic suffering to punish ordinary civilians.

Sona Ahmadi appointed as Iran’s Consul General in Almaty

TEHRAN – Sona Ahmadi, currently serving as Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Iran on Women’s Affairs, has been officially named as the new Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Iranian deputy interior minister arrives in Dushanbe for high-level security talks

TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Interior for Security and Law Enforcement, Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian, arrived in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe on Tuesday to take part in the third Iran-Tajikistan Joint Security and Law Enforcement Working Group—an initiative aimed at enhancing bilateral cooperation in regional security.

France says 'determined' to recognize Palestinian state

France is "determined" to recognize a Palestinian state, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, condemning Israel for the "indefensible" situation in Gaza created by its military campaign and humanitarian blockade, Al Monitor reported.

UK suspends free trade talks with Israel over Gaza war

The British government says it will suspend new free trade negotiations with Israel due to its military conduct in the war on Gaza, where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in recent days under bombardment and as a new ground offensive has been launched, Al Jazeera reported.

US terminates $60 million in Harvard grants over alleged anti-Semitism

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday that it was terminating $60 million in federal grants to Harvard University, saying the Ivy League institution failed to address anti-Semitic harassment and ethnic discrimination on campus, Reuters reported.

Israeli airstrike targets power generators at Indonesian Hospital in Gaza

The Israeli military struck the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza late Monday, targeting its power generators and sparking a massive fire, medical sources told Anadolu.

UN warns 14,000 babies in Gaza could die within days

Thousands of babies in Gaza could die within days without immediate food and medical aid, the United Nations has warned, as Israel allowed a limited number of humanitarian trucks into the besieged enclave for the first time in weeks, Time Magazine reported.