Category: 7. Politics

TEHRAN – Iran edged past the Philippines 3-2 (21-25, 25-21, 17-25, 25-23, 22-20) in Pool A of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball World Championship on Thursday.

In the match held at the packed Pasay City in the Philippines, Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh and Ali…

Japan still is the best Asian team, despite slipping two places to sit 19th globally, and Iran dropped one spot to 21st but held on to second position in Asia.

Kuwait made the biggest jump, moving three spots to 135 and 25th in Asia.

There were…

Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh and Ali Hajipour scored 22 points each, while Bagunas led the Philippines with 22 points.

Iran started the campaign with a 3-1 loss against Egypt and defeated Tunisia 3-1 in its second match.

Team Melli booked its place in…

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, on Thursday, in a call that focused on bilateral relations and regional as well as international issues.

During the conversation,…

Heads of state representing the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened for an extraordinary summit in Qatar’s capital, Doha, this past Monday.

This high-level meeting occurred just six days after Israel…

The issue of the presence of Turkish army units in Syria will be reviewed only after the border is fully secured, sources in the Turkish Defense Ministry told reporters, TASS reported.

“The Turkish Armed Forces are in Syria based on the right to…

Iran’s top military official says Russia adopted a “very good and firm” stance at the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency against Israel’s 12-day war on the Islamic Republic in June.

Chief of…

“At the instruction of Venezuela’s constitutional President Nicolas Maduro, I order to begin the Sovereign Caribbean exercise, which will strengthen our defense capacity,” Venezolana de Television quoted Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez…

Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, met with Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev to discuss bilateral cooperation and recent international developments.

Mousavi highlighted Russia’s “very firm and…