Why it matters:
Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh is more than literature, it’s a cultural cornerstone that has shaped the Persian language and inspired generations of poets and writers across the Islamic world and beyond. The…

Why it matters:
Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh is more than literature, it’s a cultural cornerstone that has shaped the Persian language and inspired generations of poets and writers across the Islamic world and beyond. The…

‘Cuchillo’ (Knife) accused of organised crime, aggravated kidnapping and homicide over murder of 13 miners.
Police have arrested the main suspect in the kidnapping and murder in early May of 13 gold miners in Peru.
Miguel Antonio Rodriguez…

US President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, has not gone over well with the hard-line media in Iran.
Moderate outlets largely stuck to straight reporting of the meeting, but…

Brigadier General Yahya Saree Spokesperson for Yemen’s Armed Forces stated on Thursday night that Yemeni missile units targeted Ben Gurion airport, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) to the southeast of Tel Aviv, with a homegrown hypersonic…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stressed that none of the country’s nuclear facilities will be dismantled, amid indirect talks with the United States over the Islamic Republic’s peaceful nuclear…

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.
I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at how hardline Iranian media have reacted to President…

Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Washington
A new poll has shown rather overwhelming democratic agreement in the United States against a war with Iran.
A whopping 70% of the country…

In remarks at a meeting with the political and social activists in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Thursday, President Pezeshkian said the enemies are keenly trying to create internal divisions among Iranians.
“If Iran has remained…
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In remarks at a meeting with the…