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Today 01:18
By Afshin Majlesi
Nowruz in the shadow of war
This year, Nowruz does not feel the way it used to. Many things still look the same on the outside. The Haft-Seen table is ready, just like every year. There is green wheat, flowers, a mirror, a copy of the Holy Quran, and a glass bowl with small red fish swimming quietly.
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Today 01:15
By Maryam Tavassoli
Nowruz, a unique opportunity to reinforce national unity
Despite the ongoing U.S.-Israeli imposed war, people from all walks of life in the country are preparing to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with the universal message of boosting unity and peace among people.
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Today 01:12
By Mehdi Garshasbi
The power of Nowruz: a renewal of hope, even when everything is against it
Every year, as the spring approaches, Iranians prepare for Nowruz; a holiday that marks a new beginning, light after darkness, and hope after a long winter.
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Today 00:44
By Soheila Zarfam
The soft arrival of spring in wartime Tehran
TEHRAN- Year 1404 is ending under a sky that has too often flashed with missiles instead of fireworks, yet spring still arrives in Iran with its quiet, stubborn radiance. For twenty-one days, the attacks have overshadowed the familiar joy of the last days of the year. This time, the new year greets us hand in hand with Eid al-Fitr, but since the first explosions, the lights of Ramadan nights and end-of-year rituals have felt dimmer, as if viewed through a veil of smoke.
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Today 00:41
By Samaneh Aboutalebi
A convergence of faith and heritage: celebrating Nowruz amidst war
BABOLSAR- As the sun dips toward the horizon on this final Friday of the Persian calendar year 1404, the air in the northern city of Babolsar, Mazandaran, carries a bittersweet fragrance. It is the scent of blooming bergamot blossoms—the namesake of my eight-year-old daughter, Toranj—mingled with the salty mist of the Caspian Sea and the heavy, solemn aroma of rosewater from a recent funeral procession.
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Today 00:38
By staff writer
Nowruz in the midst of unwarranted war
TEHRAN - Iranian citizens are celebrating the ancient Nowruz (the Persian New Year) while their country is under an illegal and borderless war by the United States and Israel.
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Today 00:32
By Garsha Vazirian
Should we tell Uncle Nowruz to stay away this year?
Where the guilt that greeted the new year meets the resilience of the Bent Cypress
TEHRAN — “Uncle Nowruz, do not come here.” This haunting plea has echoed through my mind as the 1405 spring approaches.
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Today 00:07
By Shahrokh Saei
Nowruz 2026: The enduring spirit of Iran in wartime
TEHRAN – Iranians inside the country and across the diaspora have welcomed Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with vibrant celebrations that mark the arrival of spring and renewal. Rooted in traditions stretching back more than 3,000 years, Nowruz remains a powerful symbol of cultural continuity and joy, uniting families worldwide through age-old customs such as the Haft-Sin table—an arrangement of seven symbolic items beginning with the Persian letter “S,” representing health, prosperity, and rebirth.
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Today 00:05
By Mohammad Sarfi Editor-in-chief
The spirit of spring
How the Iranian nation endured the past year and entered the new one
Tehran — This year, Nowruz was different. It is no exaggeration to call it the most unprecedented Nowruz in Iran’s contemporary history. The Persian year 1404 was a difficult and bitter one for Iranians. Early in the year, the country became embroiled in a 12-day war imposed by the United States and Israel, during which more than a thousand honorable Iranian citizens lost their lives and became victims of the lies, ambitions, and crimes of those two regimes.
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Today 00:02
Iran at war 10
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Yesterday 22:44
Qalibaf urges Arab states to seize region’s ‘destiny’ and end dependence on US
TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf called on Muslim nations to cast off reliance on the United States and forge a new regional security order rooted in Islamic solidarity, warning that American military presences in the region serve only to enable Israeli aggression and division.
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Yesterday 22:37
IRGC spokesman martyred in terrorist US-Israeli attack
TEHRAN – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that its spokesman, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini, was martyred in an act of terrorism carried out by the United States and Israel.
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Yesterday 22:33
Culture minister calls for solidarity among Islamic nations against U.S.-Israeli aggression
TEHRAN –The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance has issued a message to the culture ministers of Muslim countries regarding the war imposed by the U.S. and the Zionist regime on Iran.
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Yesterday 20:11
Leader declares ‘Resistance Economy in Shadow of Unity and Security’ as new year slogan
TEHRAN — In a message marking the Persian New Year, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, declared “Resistance Economy in the Shadow of National Unity and National Security” as the official slogan for the Iranian year 1405.
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Yesterday 13:25
Iranian Missiles Dominate Israeli Airspace
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Yesterday 13:18
IRCG Navy destroyed an American drone
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Yesterday 13:14
Moment Iranian Missile Hits Haifa Refinery
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Yesterday 00:01
Iran at war 9
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2026-03-19 22:24
Out of control: Trump, the machine of lying
TEHRAN – The U.S. President Donald Trump's contradictory statements about the war with Iran, especially when it comes to attacking civilians, has turned him into a pathological liar who has no control over chronic lying.
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2026-03-19 22:19
By Garsha Vazirian
Schrödinger’s strait
How Trump constructed a parallel reality to mask the failure of his war on Iran
TEHRAN — Beyond the kinetic exchange of bombs and missiles, the 2026 war on Iran has revealed its true foundation: a meticulously constructed parallel reality. Twenty days in, it is clear that Washington is also waging a war of optics, built entirely upon a fragile architecture of institutionalized mendacity.
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2026-03-19 22:12
By Xavier Villar
The lies that built a war: Deconstructing Washington’s shifting justifications for attacking Iran
MADRID – One way to analyze the current U.S. aggression against Iran is through the political language that precedes and organizes it. In 2003, the invasion of Iraq was justified by a discursive apparatus centered on weapons of mass destruction that never appeared. The sequence is known: first, a set of propositions is presented as self-evident; then, reality is read through them. The decision for war does not emerge from the evidence. The evidence is adapted to the decision.
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2026-03-19 22:07
Trump misled the world: Iran’s leadership unshaken and unyielding
TEHRAN - From the earliest days of the U.S.–Israeli military aggression that began on February 28, President Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted that Iran’s political leadership has collapsed and that the country is seeking a ceasefire out of desperation. These statements have circulated widely in his public remarks, where he has described Iran as being on the verge of political disintegration and portrayed the initial wave of strikes as having eliminated the core of the Iranian state.
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2026-03-19 22:00
By Afshin Majlesi
Headline-grabber footballers back home - What happened in Australia?
TEHRAN - After more than a week of intense debate and widespread international media attention, Iranian female footballers have finally returned home from Australia, bringing an end to a wave of speculation and conflicting reports.
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2026-03-19 21:44
Giant tanker forced to back down as Iran successfully maintains control of Hormuz Strait
TEHRAN - A 160,000-ton oil tanker sailing under a Barbados flag was forced to retreat from the Strait of Hormuz this week after attempting to challenge Iran's transit restrictions, in what the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) called a clear demonstration that Tehran's control over the strategic waterway remains absolute and uncontested.
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2026-03-19 21:42
Trump feigns ignorance after Iran retaliates for strikes on its energy infrastructure
TEHRAN - U.S. President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from responsibility after Iran followed through on its warning that any attack on its energy infrastructure during the ongoing war would be met with strikes on regional energy assets in which the United States holds shares or interests.
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2026-03-19 21:39
IRGC vows to uphold legacy of martyred Basij commander
TEHRAN - The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) released a statement on Thursday honoring the life of the martyred head of the Basij force, describing him as a true product of the Islamic Revolution whose legacy will continue to guide future generations.
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2026-03-19 20:56
First on record: Iran strikes US F-35 stealth jet in historic attack, releases footage
TEHRAN — Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Thursday that its air defense systems successfully struck and seriously damaged a U.S. Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jet in the skies over central Iran. The incident marks the first time a fifth-generation stealth aircraft has been hit by enemy fire in combat.
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2026-03-19 18:17
Moscow calls for creation of 'safety island' around Bushehr nuclear site as projectile hits it
‘If an incident happens to the plant, it would affect large number of regional countries’
A senior Russian official called on Thursday for the creation of a safety zone around the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran to prevent a major disaster, two days after a projectile struck within several hundred meters of its reactor.
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2026-03-19 18:00
IRGC Air Defence Is Ready
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2026-03-19 17:41
Bushehr nuclear facility targeted: IAEA chief
Russia condemns ‘utterly unacceptable’ attack on inner perimeter of nuclear plant
TEHRAN - Rafael Grossi, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Wednesday that the Agency has received information from Iran and Russia that the Bushehr nuclear power plant had been hit by a drone.