Category: 7. Politics

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team defeated Shams Azar 2-1 to go provisionally top of the 2025/26 Iran’s Persian Gulf Professional League (PGPL) on Friday.

Persepolis captain Soroush Rafiei gave the visiting team an early lead just nine minutes…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) needs a “paradigm shift” to unlock its untapped potential and emerge as a more dynamic force in the Global South.

Araghchi…

Iran’s football federation says it will boycott next week’s 2026 World Cup draw in Washington after the United States refused to issue visas for several members of its delegation.

FFIRI spokesperson Amir Mehdi Alavi…

TEHRAN – Iran came from behind to defeat Palestine 3-1 in their AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 Qualifiers Group D tie on Friday.

Iran were inches away from taking the lead in the 19th minute after Palestine goalkeeper Hamza Sobhieh and…

Pezeshkian made the remarks in an X post on Friday, one day after Ayatollah Khamenei threw his weight behind Pezeshkian’s administration and said that they have initiated commendable efforts and continued some of the unfinished projects of former…

TEHRAN – The exhibition “Meeting with the world champion Takhti” will officially open in Tehran with the presence of officials, champions, veterans, and members of the media.

The opening is scheduled for Sunday, and visitors will be able to…

Speaking at an online meeting of the 29th Meeting of the ECO Council of Ministers (COM) on Friday hosted by Kazakhstan, the Iranian foreign minister thanked the chairmanship of the meeting by Mr. Beibit Kulatayev, Director General of the Middle,…

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday that China consistently opposes unilateral sanctions that lack a basis in international law and have not been authorized by the UN Security Council, and opposes external forces…

TEHRAN – Iran’s football federation will not attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw after two top officials were denied visas.

The draw ceremony will be held in Washington, DC, next week.

The United States has issued visas only for four members of…