Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned US President Donald Trump against meddling in Iran’s internal affairs, slamming his latest remarks as “reckless and dangerous”, and stressing that the country’s armed forces are fully prepared to defend the Islamic Republic’s sovereignty.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to reverse a pending ban on dozens of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Several countries in the Middle East and Asia have called on Israel to allow “immediate, full, and unhindered” deliveries of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip as winter storms lash the bombarded Palestinian enclave.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has responded to remarks by US President Donald Trump that Washington will interference in Iran if protests are repressed.
Tehran’s municipal animal control chief said foxes have entered urban areas due to drought, climate change, habitat destruction, and easier access to food in the city.
The head of Iran’s Police for Cyberspace Production and Exchange of Information (FATA) warned against a rise in the production and dissemination of artificial intelligence–generated fake images and videos on social media that are falsely attributed to the country’s military and law enforcement commanders, officials, and personnel.
The US has refused to issue a visa to Iranian national table tennis player Amirhossein Hedayati, preventing him from continuing his professional career in the US league.
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has warned that any interference by the United States in Iran’s internal affairs would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. interests.
Iran’s embassy in Switzerland has expressed condolences to the Swiss people and the families of victims following a deadly fire that broke out in the early hours of the 2026 New Year.
Violent clashes erupted in Iran’s Lordegan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, where groups of protesters gathered in different parts of the city and attacked public buildings.
Russia announced on Thursday it had extracted and decoded a file from a Ukrainian drone downed earlier this week that it said shows it had been targeting a Russian presidential residence and that it would hand over the relevant information to the United States.
Syria claimed Thursday a suicide bomber who killed a security forces member in Aleppo on New Year's Eve was in the Islamic State group (ISIS, ISIL or Daesh), which planned attacks on churches and gatherings.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics announced that 2025 marked the worst humanitarian and demographic year for Palestinians, driven by Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip and escalating violations in the occupied West Bank.
Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology said the country faced “one of the most complex cyberattacks” globally in recent days, targeting critical infrastructure linked to a domestic telecom operator.
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, said foreign intelligence agencies sabotaged sensitive equipment purchased by Iran in previous years, describing the actions as part of long-standing efforts to hinder the country’s technological progress.
Saudi authorities have executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the Persian Gulf kingdom in a single year.
China accused Taiwan's president on Thursday of telling "lies" in a speech he gave vowing to defend the island's sovereignty after large-scale military exercices by Beijing, state media reported.
Former Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for a strategic shift in Iran’s domestic and foreign outlook, urging the country to prioritize peace, cooperation, and opportunity over perpetual confrontation and enemy-centered thinking.
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian acknowledged public dissatisfaction and said the government bears responsibility for current challenges, urging officials not to blame external actors such as the US.
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva has warned that normalizing US threats against its nuclear facilities will jeopardize the credibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Palestine was the deadliest place to work as a journalist in 2025, with the Middle East as a whole the most dangerous region for media professionals, according to a report by a global journalist union.
The ceremony marking the beginning of the New Year was held on Thursday morning, January 1, 2026, at the Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran, with the participation of members of Iran’s Armenian community.
The Iranian daily Jomhouri-e Eslami has praised the government for refraining from describing participants in recent protests in several cities in Iran as “rioters,” arguing that such an approach helped prevent deviation from legitimate public demands.
