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The water level in Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran has witnessed a significant surge after recent downpours, the head of the catchment areas said.

A bus carrying Iranian passengers veered off road on Saturday in southern Armenia and left at least 5 people dead and 9 others injured, the Armenian Interior Ministry announced.

The diversity of traditional breads in Iran’s Kerman Province is very high. These breads are so attractive and pleasant and they include Tiri, Zarandi Kopoo, Kermani Taftan, Sirjan fatty and sweet bread, Kornoon bread of Shahrbabak and Anar, Kerman boiled oil and Baft cookie bread. All these have been listed as intangible heritage of the region.

Iran’s Minister of Industries, Mines and Commerce Abbas Aliabadi says Iran has turned into a regional trade and industrial hub despite the Western sanctions.

The members of the academic board, students and employees of Tehran University held a rally to show solidarity with the US and European students who have been protesting against the Zionist regime's genocidal war on Gaza.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Western efforts to isolate Iran have failed as the country has resorted to its natural wealth and human resources to make the punitive measures fizzle out.

Iranian football team Sepahan’s Portuguese coach Jose Morais announced that he has converted from Christianity to Islam “with honor.”

Iranian Defense Minister General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani had blamed the catastrophic situation in West Asia and the rising tensions there on the destabilizing moves of the US and its support for the Zionist regime. 

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran and African countries are set to boost their relationship in several areas, adding both sides need a timeframe to achieve their objectives.

Iran has succeeded in becoming a pole in the separation of stable isotopes by using artificial intelligence and relying on its indigenous knowledge, the deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says.

Six Iranian border guards who were detained by the Taliban in Iran’s eastern border with Afghanistan on Thursday evening have been released, the headquarters of the Iranian border guard in East Khorasan province confirmed on Friday.  

Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says preparations have been made to hold the runoff parliamentary elections in two weeks.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Ali Bagheri, says the BRICS meeting in Russia condemned the Israeli regime’s targeting of the Iranian diplomatic premises in Syria.

An Iranian inventor has won a bronze medal in the 2024 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions.

The Iranian president, fresh from a trip to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, said on Thursday that the agreements and projects in both countries were a success.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Aliakbar Ahmadian has warned against giving the Zionist regime a base in cyberspace.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned an "illegal demand" by some Argentine judges regarding the Iranian nationals in the Amia bombing case, saying his demand is based on lies and fabrications.

President Ebrahim Raisi, who is on a trip to Sri Lanka to launch a hydropower complex, says Iran has plants to implement major electricity and water projects in 20 countries.

Heavy rainfalls in several cities in central and southeastern Iran have triggered floods, causing damage and leaving several people missing.

President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran opened a hydropower and irrigation project on Wednesday in Sri Lanka during a brief visit to the South Asian country to foster bilateral ties.

The recent rainfalls in Iran have increased the level of water in the drying Shirin Su lagoon, in the western province of Hamedan, the head of the Environmental Protection Department of Hamedan's Kaboudar Ahang city said on Wednesday.

European Union sanction announced following Iran's missile and drone attack against Israel is "unfortunate and illegal" because Tehran was acting in self-defence, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, on the second day of his official visit to Pakistan on Tuesday, visited Lahore, home to the mausoleum of prominent Pakistani poet and philosopher, Iqbal Lahori.

The Iranian foreign minister says the European Union’s measures against Tehran after Iran’s retaliatory operation against Israel were ‘regrettable’, arguing the Islamic republic's reaction was in self-defense.

Establishment of justice has remained elusive in Iran over four decades after the Islamic Revolution due to the authorities’ failure, or reluctance, to deal with major corruption cases, an Iranian daily argues.