Category: 1. Iran

TEHRAN – Launched by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Ministry of Sport and Youth, TORANJ Adolescent and Youth Empowerment Program aims to support adolescent and young people, focusing on skills development, education, and…

In comments on Sunday, Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said the Army Ground Force is committed to protecting peace under the UN Charter.

The Iranian Army Ground Force is prepared to get involved in the peacekeeping mission in accordance…

TEHRAN – Venezuela has received a total of 2.4 million doses of Iranian-made vaccines, including 1.905 million doses of polio vaccine and 502,000 doses of hepatitis B vaccine.

Venezuela’s Deputy Health Minister, Jesús Miguel Osteicochea,…

An Israeli attack near an aid distribution point run by a private U.S.-based group killed at least 31 people in Gaza on Sunday, local health authorities said, as Hamas and Israel exchanged blame over a faltering effort to secure a ceasefire.

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This summit provides Iran an opportunity to enhance its leadership in regional transit, particularly as the country’s 30% growth in transit last year underscores its geopolitical significance.

The big…

The death toll from a gas leak at the Shiraz Oil Refining Company (SORC), in southern Iran, has risen to three, local officials confirmed on Sunday.

TEHRAN – Makhmoud Najafi-Arab, Head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) met with Maekawa Nobutaka, Executive Vice President of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), to explore avenues for…

Iranian Deputy Parliament Speaker Ali Nikzad issued a formal apology on Saturday after his son hit and seriously injured a traffic police officer trying to stop his car while driving in a restricted bus lane.

In a public statement issued to…

A bridge collapsed onto a passenger train in Russia’s Bryansk Region on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring at least 69 others, the region’s governor Alexander Bogomaz has confirmed.