TEHRAN – South Khorasan province is home to a wide range of traditional foods that, despite their simplicity, reflect rich diversity and authentic flavors shaped by local climate and lifestyle. These culinary traditions offer significant but…
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Isfahan showcases tourism potential at FITUR 2026
TEHRAN – Iran’s central province of Isfahan is presenting its tourism, cultural and historical capacities at the FITUR 2026 which is currently underway in Madrid.
The Touring & Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a body under the…
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Iran Slams European Parliament Resolution as “Interference”
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The exchange highlights growing tensions between Tehran and European institutions, which have increasingly criticized Iran’s handling of the U.S.-Israeli-backed domestic unrest.
The big picture:
On…
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Lalejin, pottery town where clay becomes culture
TEHRAN – Lalejin is a small city in west-central Iran, near the city of Hamedan, and is widely known as the country’s main center of pottery and ceramics.
With a history of more than 800 years, Lalejin is often called the “pottery capital of…
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Italian FM accuses Zelensky of being ungrateful to EU
The Ukrainian leader has accused his supporters of being weak in confronting Russia
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has blasted Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, saying his criticism of European nations that support Kiev shows a lack of…
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Iran says 10 foreign intelligence services behind recent unrest
TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Friday that 10 foreign intelligence services were behind recent “terrorist” incidents in the country.
In a statement on its official outlet Sepah News, the IRGC…
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Iran rejects Trump’s claim on executions as ‘completely false’
Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi Azad dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim that he stopped alleged executions in Iran, calling the assertion false and stressing the judiciary’s independence from foreign pressure.
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A Taxi Driver’s Account of Tehran’s Protests and Massacre: I Need to Tell Someone What I Witnessed…
On a Friday evening in Tehran, a taxi driver in his mid-50s began recounting what he witnessed during the protests of Thursday, January …
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Iran protests are not just about economics – they're a full-blown ideological crisis
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Iran’s latest wave of unrest is often explained in familiar terms: economic collapse, sanctions, inflation, or sudden political anger. But this framing misses what is actually unfolding.
What we are witnessing is not…
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Iran security council orders media to cite only official death tolls
After the loss of longtime Russian allies Bashar al-Assad in Syria and Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, the Kremlin can hardly wish to suffer further loss of an ally in Tehran.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may yet remain in power—thanks partly to…
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