The United States on Friday removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, after the United Nations Security Council lifted similar sanctions ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has claimed that the military bloc is now outproducing Moscow in ammunition, citing dozens of new production lines and the highest output “in decades.”
The Cyrus the Great Cylinder was formally recognized as one of the earliest charters of human rights during the 43rd session of UNESCO’s General Conference held on Thursday in Samarkand.
The spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Arrairs has described the United States’ oppressive sanctions against the Iranian people as a crime against humanity, saying that preventing the delivery of special dressings for EB patients reveals the peak of cruelty and heartlessness of those who impose and enforce such sanctions.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf says that Tehran is not pursuing territorial expansion but seeks “peace and security for all,” while reiterating Tehran’s position that it is not developing nuclear weapons.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed that the only effective way to confront the conspiracies of the United States, the Israeli regime, and global Zionism is through unity and Islamic solidarity.
The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran has firmly denounced the Zionist regime’s large-scale military assaults on multiple areas across Lebanon.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has deplored the United States’ hostility towards independent countries, particularly its threats against Venezuela.
The daughter of an Iranian nuclear scientist killed in an Israeli attack earlier this year has regained consciousness after several months in a coma, according to local media and family sources.
Kabul and Islamabad will resume peace talks in Istanbul, both nations have announced, after a previous round ended without agreeing on a lasting truce.
The total area of land in Afghanistan on which opium poppy is grown shrank 20% in 2025, according to a U.N. estimate issued on Thursday, a further drop since farming of the raw material for heroin collapsed in 2023 after the Taliban banned it.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization has denied reports claiming that several staff members of the Judiciary’s Security and Protection Center had been arrested.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister for international and legal affairs has stressed the strategic importance of the renewed relationship with Saudi Arabia, saying that growing cordial relations between Tehran and Riyadh are not just beneficial bilaterally but are a powerful force for regional stability and global peace and security.
US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to restart nuclear testing, following Washington’s launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Tehran remains open to negotiations with Western countries if such dialogue results in protecting and advancing Iran’s national interests.
Israel’s military has renewed its incursions into Syria, setting up a checkpoint in the southern province of Quneitra, according to local media, as it continues daily attacks.
French President Emmanuel Macron has held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, during which the French side expressed his intention to help create a new framework for negotiations aimed at achieving a clear outcome between Iran and Western countries over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Washington is sharing a draft resolution on US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza with the 10 elected members of the United Nations Security Council later on Wednesday, an American official has stated.
The United States has proposed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is due to meet American President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told top Kremlin officials to draft proposals for the possible resumption of nuclear weapons testing, as Moscow responds to United States President Donald Trump’s order that Washington “immediately” resume its own testing after a decades-long hiatus.
Famous Iranian composer and musician Aria Aziminezhad has taken part in an art event in France, presenting his musical performance “Love Through the Ages” (L’amour à travers les époques) at the Eiffel Theater in Paris.
US President Donald Trump’s decision to resume nuclear weapon testing is indicative of a deepening global crisis and weakens the international system of security and peace, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has stated.
