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Iran judiciary chief urges swift action on Israel-tied cases
Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Eje'i has stressed the urgent need to swiftly and precisely handle all judicial cases involving individuals accused of ties with the Israeli regime, following recent Israeli acts of aggression against...
Iranian parliament speaker visits family of martyred IRGC aerospace commander
During the visit, Ghalibaf praised Hajizadeh’s legacy, calling the IRGC aerospace force a source of pride and strength for the Islamic Republic. “This is no exaggeration,” he said, adding that, “Aerospace is the only tool that has truly confronted...
President inaugurates Iran’s largest solar power plant in Isfahan
President Masoud Pezeshkian has inaugurated Iran’s largest solar power plant with a capacity of 120 megawatts (MW). Pezeshkian, via video conference on Thursday, inaugurated the first phase of the €305 million "Aftab Sharq" solar power plant of...

Iran air defense to make enemies regret miscalculations: Top cmdr.
Iran’s top military official has praised the country’s air defense units for their performance during last month’s 12-day US-Israeli aggression, warning that the units will make any aggressor regret any potential attack against Iranian soil. Major...

Iran: European support for Israeli-US aggression ‘normalizes lawlessness’
Iran has criticized some European countries for supporting the recent Israeli-US aggression against the country, saying their “inappropriate” stance on the assault “normalizes lawlessness”. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the remarks on...

How Iran Sees the China-US Trade War
As the expiration date for the truce in the trade war between the United States and China approaches, policymakers in Tehran see both immediate risks and potential long-term opportunities for the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is demonstrated in...

Iran Calls on Shanghai Cooperation Organization Amid US-Israel Attacks, China’s Limited Role
After a series of Israeli attacks on Iran, as well as bombings of three nuclear sites by the United States, Iran’s foreign minister attended a meeting of regional diplomats in China with a specific request. He proposed that the Shanghai...

Pakistan thrash India, face Iran in Asian U16 Volleyball C’ship final
LAHORE - Pakistan’s U16 men’s volleyball team breezed into the final of the 2nd Asian Men’s U16 Volleyball Championship 2025 with a resounding straight-sets victory over arch-rivals India. In a high-stakes semifinal clash, Pakistan outclassed...

Iranian, Iraqi officials discuss enhancing technological ties
TEHRAN –The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister, Sattar Hashemi, and the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran, Naseer Abdul Mohsen Abdullah, have discussed ways to expand technological cooperation between the two countries. During a...

How Iran's authoritarian rule became its greatest vulnerability
What is Iran's most significant vulnerability that the recent 12-day war with Israel has uncovered? The conflict led the Iranian authorities to report more than 600 deaths and nearly 4,800 injuries from Israeli strikes, while Iran's retaliatory...

Will Iran sign the Abraham Accord?
Abraham Accord is being discussed for peace in the Middle East (ME). Descendants of Hazrat Ibrahim (Abraham) A.S. are being brought on the same page by the powers to be. Recognition of Israel is being sought before the long agreed two-state...

Turkey Deports Christian Facing 10-Year Prison Sentence in Iran
7/18/2025 Iran — Mehran Shamloui, an Iranian Christian convert, was deported from Turkey to Iran on July 3 after he attempted to escape imprisonment in Iran for his faith. Iranian authorities detained Shamloui after he landed at Iran’s Mashhad...

Iran pushes back on EU pressure as clock ticks on nuclear talks
“It was the US that withdrew from a two-year negotiated deal, coordinated by the EU in 2015, not Iran,” Araghchi wrote on X after a joint teleconference with the foreign ministers of France, Britain, Germany, and the EU’s top diplomat. “And it was...

DFA lowers alert level in Iran even as hostilities continue in Middle East
File photo from the DFA/Facebook The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) lowered its alert level in Iran from voluntary repatriation under alert level 3 to restricted phase under alert level 2. mainly due to what the DFA deemed as “positive...

Iran Rejects US Claims of Arms Shipment to Yemen
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei on Thursday dismissed the repeated US allegations as fabricated pretexts aimed at distorting Iran’s image and deflecting attention from American complicity in regional crises. He stressed that the...

Iran’s FM Condemns Israeli, US Strikes as Blow to Diplomacy
In a phone call with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot, Araqchi discussed the latest developments in West Asia following recent military aggression by the Zionist regime and the United States against Iran. He...

Iran Too Strong for China: 2025 VNL Week 3
Morteza Sharifi led Iran with 15 points, while Chuan Jiang collected 11 points for China. Team Melli is scheduled to play France and Bulgaria on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The seven best-ranked national teams in each gender at the end of...
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received the Iranian Ambassador

Iran, Egypt Urge Regional Coordination Against Israeli Warmongering
In their phone call on Thursday, the two officials exchanged views on the latest developments in the region, stressing the need for a coordinated regional response to Israel's warmongering and destabilizing actions. Araqchi expressed deep concern...

Iran judiciary chief urges swift action on cases tied to Israeli aggression
Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Eje'i has stressed the urgent need to swiftly and precisely handle all judicial cases involving individuals accused of ties with the Israeli regime, following recent Israeli acts of aggression against...