Abbas Araghchi held a phone call with the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President Kajal Kallas on Thursday night after the United Kingdom, France, and Germany formally notified the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that they will move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran within 30 days if the Council […]

Araghchi made the remarks in a letter addressed to the UNSC and UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday, following the notification submitted by the E3 – Britain, France, and Germany – seeking to activate the Dispute Resolution Mechanism, also known as snapback mechanism, and reinstate UNSC sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the Joint […]

The Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China. It added that Iran is a long-standing and reliable partner of Russia, and the two leaders will discuss various issues during the meeting, including the situation surrounding the nuclear program. […]

The Iranian National Olympiad Team triumphed at the 18th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) held in Mumbai, India, where participants from 64 nations competed. In a congratulatory message on Friday, the president expressed his pride in the team’s achievement, emphasizing the determination and talent of Iranian youth. According to the president, “The remarkable […]

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s firings on Friday, which, according to US officials who spoke to the Reuters and Associated Press (AP) news agencies, also include two other senior military commanders, are the latest moves by the Trump administration to purge officials at the Department of Defense, Al Jazeera reported. It was not immediately known […]

Brigadier General Iraj Masjedi, the Deputy Coordinator of the IRGC Quds Force, in an interview with Defapress, described the plan to disarm Hezbollah of Lebanon as an “American-Zionist plan” and stated, “Certainly, neither the people of Lebanon nor the Resistance force of Hezbollah will accept this plan, and this will never be achieved.” Brigadier General […]

Iran lost to Japan 30-18 in their opening match and defeated Kazakhstan 37-25 in their following match but were defeated 39-19 by South Korea, according to a report by Tehran Times. The Iranian team will vie for the 5th–۸th place in the competition. The Championship takes place from Aug. 20 to 29 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. […]

Ali Alipour scored the only goal of the match in the 44th minute in Isfahan’s Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium, according to Tehran Times. In Arak, Aluminum lost to Kheybar 1-0, and Paykan and Esteghlal Khuzestan shared a 1-1 draw in Tehran. On Tuesday, Mes will host Tractor in Rafsanjan, Shams Azar meet Chadormalou in Qazvin, Fajr […]

Australia has accused Iran, citing unfounded claims, of inciting anti-Jewish attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. The Australian government declared Iran’s ambassador in Canberra an persona non grata and gave him, along with three other Iranian officials, a seven-day deadline to depart the country. Additionally, the Australian Prime Minister announced the suspension of his country’s embassy […]

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iran and Belarus have mutually agreed to waive visa requirements for tourists amid efforts by the two countries to deepen their economic and political relations. Iran’s tourism minister, Reza Salehi Amiri, said on Wednesday that the visa waiver agreement with Belarus had been finalized during discussions held earlier in the […]

Esteghlal football team managed to secure narrow win against Tractor in the first week of the PGPL on Tuesday. Both teams displayed a poor performance. Mohammad Hossein Eslami scored the only goal of the match in the minute of 67th. This is while, Tractor had beaten Esteghlal 2-1 on August 11 in the Iran Super […]

The Hebrew daily Israel Hayom wrote that on June 17, before dawn, an Iranian missile hit the Bazan refinery. Three people, believed to have been in an internal room, were killed and trapped amid the debris and fires at the site, according to it. It added that the attack caused extensive damage to energy facilities […]