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Today 00:15
Blood storage duration rises to 9 days during war
TEHRAN – From the beginning of the US-Israel war on February 28 till April 21, the blood storage duration in the country has increased from 2.4 days to 9 days, according to an official with Iran Blood Transfusion Organization.
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Today 00:11
Lake Urmia’s level increases by 120cm in 7 months
TEHRAN – Since the beginning of the current water year (September 23, 2025), the water level of Lake Urmia has increased by 120 cm, rising from 1,269.50 to 1,270.70 meters above sea level, now, the CEO of West Azarbaijan regional water company has said.
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Today 00:08
Iran ranks third among Islamic countries for scientific publications
TEHRAN – According to the recent ranking published by SCImago 2025, Iran with 77,197 scientific articles, ranks third among Islamic nations.
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Today 00:06
IRCS to act as regional rescue, relief training hub
TEHRAN – Thanks to the high capabilities of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and its remarkable achievements over the past years, particularly during the US-Israel war against the country, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has decided to choose the IRCS as the regional hub for recue and relief training, the head of the IRCS has said.
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Today 00:01
Tehran denies sabotage allegations in Azerbaijan, warns of Israeli 'false flag' ops
TEHRAN – Iran’s embassy in Azerbaijan has strongly rejected accusations that Tehran is involved in sabotage activities on Azerbaijani soil, warning that such claims are part of an Israeli disinformation campaign aimed at driving a wedge between the two neighboring countries.
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Today 00:01
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Yesterday 23:58
Iran: Hormuz action means war, Europe's silence unacceptable
TEHRAN — Iran’s top diplomat warned on Wednesday that blockading its ports constitutes an “act of war” and a violation of a fragile ceasefire, while sharply criticizing European countries for their silence over ‘unlawful military attacks’ by the United States and Israel against Iran’s peaceful nuclear infrastructure.
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Yesterday 23:53
Iran urges release of commercial vessel from US ‘piracy’
TEHRAN– Iran has formally accused the United States of an act of “piracy” in the Sea of Oman, calling for the immediate release of an Iranian commercial vessel and declaring that a continued American naval blockade must be lifted before any new negotiations can resume.
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Yesterday 23:43
Iran’s participation in Islamabad talks contingent on securing national interests: Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN – Iran has yet to decide whether it will attend a new round of peace talks with the United States scheduled for later this week, a senior Iranian official has confirmed, as a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan hangs by a thread.
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Yesterday 23:39
“Script of the Homeland” calligraphy exhibition opens at Azadi Tower
TEHRAN- The “Script of the Homeland” calligraphy exhibition, featuring the latest works of prominent master Kaveh Teimouri, was officially inaugurated on Tuesday at the Azadi Tower cultural complex in Tehran.
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Yesterday 23:38
Iranian artist’s cartoons review US presidents’ failure in handling Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN – Iranian artist Mohammad Hossein Niroomand has compared US military presence in the Persian Gulf during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump by publishing his new cartoon about Trump’s impasse in the Strait of Hormuz and reposting an older cartoon in Kayhan newspaper.
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Yesterday 23:38
Iranian war drama “God of War” hits Russian streaming platform Ökko
TEHRAN- The Iranian war drama “God of War” has premiered on Ökko, one of Russia’s leading online streaming platforms, marking a new step in the international distribution of Iranian cinema, Mehr reported on Wednesday.
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Yesterday 23:37
Honoring Saadi is honoring living Iranian spirit, culture minister says
TEHRAN – The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, in a message on the occasion of the National Day of Saadi Shirazi (April 21), said: “Honoring Saadi is honoring the living Iranian spirit, a spirit the world needs today more than ever.”
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Yesterday 21:41
By Shahrokh Saei
US blockade dwarfed by Iranian naval power
The IRGC seized two vessels on Wednesday for 'disrupting order and safety in the Strait of Hormuz'
TEHRAN - President Donald Trump’s unilateral extension of the two-week ceasefire with Iran highlights the country’s battlefield strength and lays bare the failure of US military strategy.
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Yesterday 21:14
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
Hormuz closure a symptom of global dereliction
Some recent commentaries regarding the state of the Strait of Hormuz, while articulating a genuine global anxiety over energy security, rests upon a foundational misreading. It is not the strait that has been weaponized; it is the entire edifice of international law and economic normalcy that has been weaponized against the Iranian nation.
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Yesterday 20:53
The answer to the US naval blockade lies in closing the Bab al-Mandab Strait
Kayhan discussed the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the importance of closing it in an article. The paper wrote: The unveiling of the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the end of the two-week deadline opens a new front against Trump and his supporters, who will know that from now on there will be no safe spot for them in the vital arteries of the region.
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Yesterday 20:53
By Mohammad Tolouei
US military actions: An unchecked exercise of power
TEHRAN — They say the future is not singular, but plural. This is the first lesson we were forced to learn in the days of war: a future that is the byproduct of the actors' deeds; an assemblage of probabilities resulting from the superposition of daily affairs; an accumulation that only abstract thought, or perhaps someone tethered to a metaphysical reference, can perceive as a whole.
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Yesterday 19:52
By Garsha Vazirian
The Lidless Eye of Sauron watches us all. Are we helpless?
TEHRAN — The name "Palantir" confesses its intent so plainly that it reads less like branding and more like a manual: a candid revelation of the method by which a world is watched.
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Yesterday 19:15
By Dr. Yasir Ali Mirza
Beyond brinksmanship: The Orientalism in Trump's Iran war cry
NEW DELHI - In a striking display of aggressive posturing amid the war on Iran, United States President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic warning of total annihilation in a prime-time television address from the White House has since been reverberating around the world. Demonstrating how his “madman attitude” has made the world more uncertain, he declared that the U.S. army would be hitting Iran “extremely hard,” if his demand of lifting the siege on the Strait of Hormuz would not be heeded by the Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC).
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Yesterday 19:14
Isfahan official calls for combined tourism tours centered on ‘resistance tourism’
TEHRAN – A tourism official in Isfahan on Wednesday called for the design of combined tourism packages centered on “resistance tourism,” aiming to link cultural and historical attractions with sites tied to the war with US and the Zionist regime of Israel.
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Yesterday 19:09
Discover Soubatan, scenic summer haven above the clouds
TEHRAN - Nestled in the highlands of northern Iran, Soubatan village is one of the most captivating rural destinations in Gilan province, offering a rare blend of untouched nature, traditional lifestyles, and dramatic mountain scenery.
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Yesterday 19:02
By Wesam Bahrani
Hezbollah responds to the Zionist military amid fragile truce
TEHRAN – Amid ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire with Lebanon, Hezbollah has once again responded by attacking the occupying regime’s military.
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Yesterday 18:56
Over 1000 artists call for boycott for ‘normalizing’ Israel’s genocide
More than 1,100 musicians and cultural workers have called for a boycott of the 70th edition of the Eurovision song competition over its inclusion of Israel, amid growing pressure to ban the country over its genocide in Gaza, Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday.
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Yesterday 18:54
Austrian Iranologists condemn destruction of Iran’s cultural heritage at Vienna event
TEHRAN - A group of Austrian and international scholars specializing in Iranian studies have strongly condemned the destruction and damage inflicted on Iran’s cultural heritage, describing such acts as not only an assault on a single nation but a profound loss for humanity as a whole.
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Yesterday 18:46
Kyrie Irving changes Instagram photo to show solidarity with Palestine
Famed basketball player Kyrie Irving has changed his social media profile picture to an image of a Palestinian child blocked from attending school by Israeli soldiers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported.
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Yesterday 15:51
Iran to compete at 2026 World Cup in U.S., says Infantino
TEHRAN - The Iranian men’s national soccer team were one of the first teams to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, an event shaping up to be FIFA’s largest yet, not only in terms of footprint and participating teams but also commercially, projected to generate upwards of $11 billion in revenue.
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Yesterday 13:30
Tehran’s Demonstrators Perform Morning Prayers In The Streets
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Yesterday 12:34
Symbolic installation in Tehran honors Minab martyred students
TEHRAN – A field installation titled “The Left-behind Shoes: In Memory of the Jasmines of Minab” has been set up at the Eivan-e Entezar of Valiasr Square to pay tribute to the students and staff martyred in the recent tragic attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school.
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Yesterday 12:34
Tennessee Williams’s “Suddenly Last Summer” published in Persian
TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the play “Suddenly Last Summer” by Tennessee Williams has been released in the Iranian bookstores.
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Yesterday 12:34
City Theater to restage Neil Simon’s “The Prisoner of Second Avenue”
TEHRAN – The 1971 American black comedy “The Prisoner of Second Avenue” written by Neil Simon will be restaged at the Tehran’s City Theater from Wednesday after its successful performance in February.