Saturday, December 27, 2025

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Essence of autumn: pomegranate harvesting in western Iran

Ahmad Riyahi Dehkordi’s captivating picture report brings to life the vibrant essence of Mashayekh village's deep connection with pomegranates, a beloved autumn fruit interwoven into the locals' livelihoods for generations.

Funeral ceremony held for Armita Geravand amid disruptions, controversy

Today marked the somber funeral ceremony for Armita Geravand, a young student whose tragic accident sparked controversy and media scrutiny.

Iran sends 5th aid shipment to quake-hit areas in Afghanistan

Iran has dispatched its fifth consignment of relief aid to people in earthquake-stricken areas in neighboring Afghanistan.

Iranian diplomat: Iran free to do any missile activity as UN restrictions expire

A senior Iranian diplomat says Iran is now facing no restrictions with regards to its missile activities given that the country is no longer facing any prohibitions in that sector.

Iranian president: Zionist regime has failed to make genuine gains since October 7                                                

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said the Israeli regime's failure during its Friday evening attack on Gaza was the second victory the Palestinian resistance scored after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

Iran, Qatar urge stronger support for Palestinians against Israeli onslaught

The Iranian president has called for further international support for Palestinian people, who are being massacred and displaced by the Israeli regime.

Iranian schoolgirl dies at ICU after weeks in coma

An Iranian girl student who had passed out after suffering a drop in blood pressure on the way to school in early October in Tehran, has passed away.

Ex-Iran FM: Israel facing desperation, confusion

A former Iranian foreign minister says the Israeli regime is suffering from desperation and confusion in the face of the resistance front’s strategic victory.

Iran FM tells UN chief Tehran backs any political solution to Israeli genocide in Gaza

Iran’s foreign minister, in a meeting with Secretary General of the United nations António Guterres, voiced Tehran’s support for any political solution that would put an end to the Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Iran’s former FM warns of Israel’s plot to drag US into war against Iran

Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns that Israel is bent on expanding the war it’s waged on Gaza.

Iran, Russia invest $38bn on North-South Corridor 

Iran and Russia have so far invested 38 billion dollars to boost shipping lines for the North-South transport corridor which links Asia to Europe. 

Five cheetahs spotted in protected park in central Iran 

Five Asiatic cheetahs have been spotted in a protected area in the Iranian central province of Semnan, an official said. 

Iranian VP for science and technology: Iran and Russia to sign partnership document soon

Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi says Iran and Russia will sign a scientific and technological partnership agreement in the next two weeks.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman: Hamas ready to free captives 

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani says the Islamic Republic has held talks with Hamas to persuade them to free citizens of some countries that were taken captive by the resistance movement during its surprise attack on Israel on October 7.

Iranian official rejects claims Biden’s comment was directed at Ayatollah Khamenei

A spokesman for the Iranian president has denied claims that US President Joe Biden’s latest comments about Iran were directed at leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Top Iran cmdr.: Israeli troops to be swallowed in case of Gaza ground invasion

A top Iranian military has warned the Israeli regime against conducting a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, saying, “If the Israelis fight on the ground, they will be swallowed.”

Tehran court sentences US govt. to paying $420mn in damages for 1980 terrorist attack

A court in the Iranian capital, Tehran, has sentenced the United States to paying $420 million in compensation to 14 survivors of a US terrorist attack in Iran back in 1980.

Iran FM: Iranian mission to UN tried hard to get US resolution vetoed

Iran’s foreign minister says the Iranian mission to the United Nations made a lot of efforts to torpedo the United States’ proposed resolution on the issue of Palestine at the world body.

Iranian FM writes to UN Human Rights Chief, warns of “Gaza genocide”

The Iranian foreign minister, in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, condemned the Zionist regime’s gross and systematic violation of the Palestinians’ human rights, reiterating that Israel is committing genocide against Gazans.

Iran’s Sholeh Zard ranked best pudding in world

Iranian traditional saffron rice dessert Sholeh Zard has been voted by online guide for traditional food, TasteAtlas, as the best pudding in the world, outranking world-famous puddings like Turkey’s Sutlac.

Iran top commander: Israel’s military, security dignity won’t be restored

A top Iranian military commander says the Israeli regime has lost face in its recent war with the Palestinian resistance movements amid unabated strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Iran Leader: US ‘definite accomplice’ in Israeli crimes

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States is a ‘definite accomplice’ in the ongoing Israeli blitz against the Gaza Strip and its crimes against Palestinians.

Official: Iran kick-starts construction of Karoun nuclear power plant

Iran has started to build the Karoun nuclear power plant in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says.

Lily Afshar, renowned Iranian guitar virtuoso dies, aged 63

The world of music is mourning the loss of a true luminary as Professor Lily Afshar, a trailblazing Iranian guitarist and the first woman in the world to earn a doctorate in guitar, has passed away at the age of 63 after a long battle with illness. Her death comes as a poignant moment, just as one of her recent works was published in Iran.

400 pieces of 10 million-year-old fossils unearthed in Iran’s northwest

Some 400 pieces of fossils dating back to 10 million years ago have been discovered near Iran’s northwestern city of Maragheh, the director general of the Environmental Protection Office of East Azarbaijan Province revealed on Tuesday.

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