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UNESCO recognizes Cyrus the Great Cylinder as early charter of human rights

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The resolution, adopted by consensus, describes the ancient artifact as a foundational document in the history of human civilization that emphasizes justice, tolerance and respect for cultural diversity.

The initiative was jointly proposed by Iran, Tajikistan and Iraq, and received support from a number of member states, including Egypt, India, Colombia, Nigeria, Algeria, Pakistan, Kenya, Senegal, Armenia and Poland.

According to the resolution, UNESCO will integrate the teachings and values highlighted in the Cyrus Cylinder into its educational, cultural and human rights programs.

Iran’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Ahmad Pakatchi, and Hassan Fartousi, Secretary-General of the UNESCO National Commission in Iran, played key roles in advancing the proposal, with support from Iran’s Minister of Science Hossein Simaei.

Officials stated that the decision underscores Iran’s longstanding contribution to global heritage and reinforces UNESCO’s mission of promoting peace, intercultural dialogue and inclusive societies.

It also aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly goals 16 and 17 related to justice and international cooperation.

Iran Slams US Sanctions as ‘Crime Against Humanity,’ Citing Ban on EB Patients’ Medical Supplies

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Esmael Baghaei

Esmail Baqaei made the remarks Thursday evening during the unveiling ceremony of the documentary “Flight of the Butterflies”, which tells the moving story of pain, perseverance, and tireless effort of two gifted Iranian siblings suffering from Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), also known as butterfly disease.

Writing on X, Baqaei said: “The documentary ‘Flight of the Butterflies’ portrays, on one hand, the patience, determination, and unbreakable will of Zahra and Mohammad-Mehdi — a sister and brother living with EB — in their pursuit of knowledge and progress, and on the other hand, depicts the unimaginable suffering of EB patients and their families.”

Baqaei added that the inhumane and unjust nature of US sanctions against Iran is evident in the fact that EB patients — like many others with rare or life-threatening diseases — have always been among the first victims of such measures.

He emphasized that blocking the delivery of special dressings for EB patients represents the height of cruelty and brutality by those who design and implement the sanctions.

Speaker Ghalibaf says Iran seeks peace, not expansion; asserts no evidence of nuclear weapons drive

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Speaking at a meeting with Pakistani religious scholars, academics and civic figures in Islamabad, as part of an official visit at the invitation of Pakistan’s National Assembly speaker, Ghalibaf praised Pakistan’s solidarity with Iran during the 12-day conflict and condemned Western and Israeli aggression.

He called for greater unity among Muslim countries and urged coordinated political, cultural and scientific cooperation.

Ghalibaf reiterated Iran’s longtime stance that it does not intend to build nuclear arms, adding that “even after attacks by the US and Israel, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated there is no evidence Iran is moving toward nuclear weapons,” an assertion he used to underscore Iran’s stated peaceful intentions.

He highlighted Iran’s scientific progress in nuclear technology, nanotechnology, aerospace and medicine, attributing advances to resilience despite sanctions.

The speaker also stressed that Muslim states should strengthen ties and resist imposed peace deals that he warned serve foreign interests.

Iran’s president calls for Muslim unity to counter US, Israeli plots

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IFP Media Wire
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Speaking on Thursday to a gathering of Muslim scholars in Iran’s western province of Kordestan, President Pezeshkian said that division and discord among Muslims are precisely what the enemies of Islam desire.

He warned that internal conflicts within the Muslim world ultimately serve the interests of Israel, the United States, and their allies, allowing them to pursue their aggressive agendas unchecked.

Pezeshkian emphasized that if Muslims stood united, no foreign power would dare to exploit or violate Islamic nations.

He also described internal divisions as the main source of many of the challenges currently facing the Muslim community.

Iran cautions against grave repercussions of Israel’s aggressive policies for regional peace, stability

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a statement, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Ministry emphasized the responsibility of the United Nations, the international community, and regional countries to confront the warmongering of the regime, to hold it accountable, and to punish it.
It warned of the dangerous consequences of the regime’s impunity and the continuation of its expansionist and aggressive policies for regional peace and security.

The statement added that the military attacks by the Zionist regime against Lebanon, which since the ceasefire agreement in November 2025 have resulted in the martyrdom and injury of over a thousand Lebanese civilians and the destruction of infrastructure and residential areas, constitute a blatant violation of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of an independent country and are considered a heinous crime against international peace and security.
It further says these criminal assaults, which are undoubtedly planned and executed with full support and complicity from the US, are yet another indication of the criminal, terrorist, and hegemonic nature of the Zionist regime. Their sole aim is to undermine Lebanon’s sovereignty and security and to obstruct the country’s reconstruction and development.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, reaffirmed its solidarity with the government and people of Lebanon in the face of these criminal aggressions. It also reiterated its support for Lebanon’s legitimate resistance and the country’s efforts to safeguard its sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

Iran slams US hostility towards Venezuela

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IFP Media Wire
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“The US domineering and aggressive behavior is evident across the world,” Araghchi said on Thursday, referring to recent threats by American officials against Venezuela.

He added that the US only favors countries that serve its own interests and pursues a hostile policy in dealing with independent nations.

This is how the US has treated the Islamic Republic of Iran for years, he emphasized.

The top Iranian diplomat said the international community condemns Washington’s threats against Caracas, expressing Tehran’s solidarity with the Venezuelan nation and government.

Araghchi noted that participants at the 19th Midterm Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, in October, had a consensus that US pressures and sanctions run counter to international rules and principles.

The United States has stepped up military deployments in the Caribbean under the guise of a counter-narcotics mission, sending warships, aircraft, and special operations forces close to the Venezuelan territory.

While US officials frame the moves as security operations, governments across Latin America warn the buildup resembles preparations for coercive regime-change efforts, citing recent US strikes on boats accused of drug activity.

US President Donald Trump, however, has played down the prospect of a direct war with Venezuela while threatening that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s “days are numbered.”

The US president has accused the Venezuelan leader of drug trafficking without presenting evidence. Maduro, in turn, says Washington is using narcotics allegations as a pretext to pursue Washington’s plan for a “regime change” and seize control of Venezuela’s oil wealth.

Daughter of assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist regains consciousness after months in coma

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Seyyedeh Fahimeh Hashemitabar, a student at Sharif University of Technology, was seriously injured in an attack in late June that resulted in the deaths of her parents, nuclear expert Seyed Asghar Hashemitabar and his wife.

Israel has targeted several Iranian nuclear scientists in the past but has not publicly commented on the case.

Hashemitabar, who had been receiving intensive care since the attack, regained consciousness on October 14 and has recently regained the ability to speak, family acquaintances confirmed.

A video posted online by Shohreh Pirani, the widow of another assassinated nuclear scientist, Dariush Rezaei-Nejad, showed Fahimeh speaking for the first time since emerging from the coma.

Pirani described the development as a moment of hope amid ongoing grief.

Doctors say Fahimeh’s recovery remains gradual, and rehabilitative therapy is expected to continue. The case has once again brought attention to targeted attacks on Iranian scientific personnel and the psychological toll on their families.

Afghanistan and Pakistan return to Turkey for more peace negotiations

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IFP Media Wire
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Afghanistan and Pakistan

Militaries from the South Asian neighbours clashed last month, with dozens killed in the worst such violence since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021.

Both sides signed a ceasefire in Doha on October 19, but a second round of negotiations in Istanbul last week ended without a long-term deal, due to a disagreement over militant groups hostile to Pakistan operating inside Afghanistan.

“We hope that wisdom prevails and peace is restored in the region,” Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told reporters on Wednesday.

He added Islamabad is pursuing a “one-point agenda” of convincing Afghanistan to rein in militants attacking Pakistani forces across their shared border, allegedly with the Taliban’s knowledge.

Two government sources said the head of Pakistan’s military intelligence wing, Asim Malik, is leading the Pakistani delegation.

The Afghan delegation will be led by intelligence chief Abdul Haq Wasiq, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told state broadcaster RTA.

Pakistan and the Taliban had for decades enjoyed warm ties, but relations have deteriorated sharply in recent years.

Islamabad accuses the Taliban of harbouring the Pakistani Taliban, a separate militant group that has clashed repeatedly with the Pakistani military. Kabul denies this, stressing that it has no control over the group.

The October clashes began after Pakistani airstrikes earlier in the month on Kabul, the Afghan capital, among other locations, targeting the head of the Pakistani Taliban.

The Afghan Taliban administration responded with attacks on Pakistani military posts along the length of the 2,600-km (1,600-mile) frontier, which remains closed to trade.

Clashes have continued throughout the ceasefire period, with multiple deaths reported on both sides.

 

Opium farming in Afghanistan declined by a fifth in 2025: UN

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IFP Media Wire
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced that its annual survey of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, long the world’s dominant producer, had found the harvest had shrunk even faster, falling an estimated 32% to 296 tons.

The 20% reduction in the area under cultivation follows a 19% rebound in 2024. Those fluctuations are a mere fraction of the massive drop in 2023 that followed the Taliban’s announcement in 2022 that it was outlawing narcotics production.

“The total area under opium poppy cultivation in 2025 was estimated at 10,200 hectares, 20% lower than in 2024 (12,800 hectares) and a fraction of the pre-ban levels recorded in 2022, when an estimated 232,000 hectares were cultivated nationwide,” the UNODC said in a statement.

At the same time, despite the smaller harvest, the price for dry opium fell 27% to $570 per kilogram, it added.

That “suggests a shift in market dynamics and might trigger an increase in attempts to cultivate illicit opium in other countries,” it said, adding: “Cultivation data, together with prices and seizures, signal fundamental changes in drug markets and trafficking in and around Afghanistan.”

The production of synthetic drugs, particularly methamphetamine, has continued to increase since the ban, the UNODC said.

“As agricultural-based opiate production declines, synthetic drugs appear to have become the new business model for organized crime groups due to the relative ease of production, the greater difficulty in detection and relative resilience to climate changes,” it added.

 

 

IRGC intelligence denies reports of arrests within Judiciary security unit

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Court

The allegations had circulated on some unofficial media outlets earlier this week.

In a statement released on Thursday, the IRGC Intelligence Organization described the reports as “unfounded” and emphasized that no such arrests had taken place. It warned that spreading false information can undermine public trust and disturb social stability.

The statement added that the organization remains firmly committed to confronting individuals or networks that attempt to disrupt public confidence or create psychological insecurity within society.

The IRGC Intelligence Organization also highlighted continued close cooperation with the Judiciary’s Security and Protection Center. According to the statement, both bodies are aligned in their responsibility to prevent and combat corruption across all government institutions.

“Just as in the past, the IRGC Intelligence Organization and the Judiciary’s Security and Protection Center will act decisively and without hesitation in addressing any corruption, regardless of position or affiliation,” the announcement said.

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