Last week, the Axios news outlet reported that his grandson, Raúl Rodríguez Castro – commonly known in Cuba as “El Cangrejo”, meaning The Crab – is the Trump administration’s point of contact inside Castro’s inner circle. If so, he’s…
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Over 490 rare diseases identified in Iran
TEHRAN – A total of 492 rare diseases have been identified in the country, according to an official with the health ministry.
A rare disease is defined as an illness that affects less than 5 in 10,000 citizens, and is mainly of genetic origin,…
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DOE warns UN: U.S. military presence endangers Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman biodiversity
TEHRAN – The head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Shina Ansari, has written a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, warning that the U.S. military presence endangers biodiversity in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of…
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Over 540 earthquakes hit Iran in a month
TEHRAN – A total of 546 earthquakes have been recorded across the country in a month from January 21 to February 19, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.
Statistically, 446…
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Iran, Egypt explore potential to enhance sci-tech ties
TEHRAN – The head of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology’s center for international scientific cooperation, Ehsan Qaboul, and the head of the Egyptian Interests Section in Tehran, Mohammed Zia, have discussed avenues to expand…
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Iran–Afghanistan rail trade surges 17-fold, exceeds 650,000 tons
TEHRAN – Rail freight exchanges between Iran and Afghanistan increased 17-fold from the start of the current Iranian year through February 24 compared with the same period last year, a senior official at Islamic Republic of Iran Railways…
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Iran inflation hits 46.3% in year to February
TEHRAN – Iran’s annual consumer price inflation rate stood at 46.3 percent in the 12 months ending in February 19, 2026, the Central Bank of Iran said.
The consumer price index (CPI) for urban areas reached 558.1 in the month of Bahman 1404,…
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Iran, Turkmenistan hold strategic rail corridor talks in Sarakhs
TEHRAN – Senior rail officials from Iran and Turkmenistan met at the Sarakhs international border station to discuss expansion of bilateral cooperation and development of regional rail corridors.
The meeting brought together the deputy head of…
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Iran not to accept uranium enrichment suspension: cleric
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami says that Iran will never give in to pressures to abandon enrichment, calling the US officials’ demands “irrelevant and
impractical”.
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Iran’s steel output rises 15% to 2.6m tons in January: WSA
TEHRAN – Iran’s crude steel production rose 15.1 percent year-on-year to 2.6 million tons in January 2026, according to the latest data released by the World Steel Association (WSA).
The figures show Iran maintained its position as the…
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