Category: 1. Iran

TEHRAN – Iran’s boys’ and girls’ wheelchair basketball teams won a gold and silver medal at the Dubai 2025 Asian Youth Para Games on Thursday.

The boys beat Japan 15-9 in the final match.

The AYPG is more than a competition for Iran’s…

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Iran’s 27th intangible heritage—the art of mirrorwork in Iranian architecture—has been inscribed on UNESCO’s list as a global heritage

 

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In addition to 29 registered tangible…

Speaking on Friday at the International Peace and Trust Summit in Ashgabat, President Masoud Pezeshkian highlighted the urgent need to rethink the concept of peace in today’s turbulent world.

“Peace today is [in practice] no longer a…

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Maduro’s remarks come after Trump’s repeated direct threats against Venezuelan territorial integrity and Maduro himself, declaring that possible ground attacks could occur “very soon.”

 

The big…

Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described the US action as a blatant violation of international law and a “clear case of armed robbery at sea.”

He criticized the seizure of a commercial vessel belonging…

TEHRAN — Ayeneh-Kari, the art of mirror-work in Persian architecture, was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Thursday following a decision by the Intergovernmental Committee meeting in…

Its operating model is neither innovative nor cohesive, but a set of pragmatic mechanisms built on three pillars: sanctions-evasion finance, covert oil lifelines and proxy leverage.

Beneath these pillars sits a twin base: China, the economic…