TEHRAN– Summer always invites you to a short but profound journey into the hidden beauties of Iran.
This land, with its lesser-seen treasures, from ancient caves that hold the secrets of history to desert valleys and cool countryside destinations…
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FM Araghchi emphasizes enhancing Iran-Russia ties
He made the remarks in a meeting with Iran’s new Consul General to Russia’s Astrakhan Ahmad Heidarian, held in Tehran on Saturday, stressing the importance of ties between Tehran and Moscow.
The foreign minister emphasized the need to…
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Fars province, cradle of the Achaemenid Empire, seeks tourism rise
TEHRAN – Iran’s Fars province, home to ancient Achaemenid sites including Persepolis and Pasargadae, recorded 7.4 million tourist visits last year, officials said, as the government steps up efforts to position the region as a leading…
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Mashhad is to host over 6.5 million pilgrims, governor-general says
TEHRAN – Mashhad, Iran’s holiest city, is expected to host between 6.5 million and 7 million pilgrims during the last ten days of the Islamic lunar month of Safar, the governor-general of Khorasan Razavi province said.
Gholamhossein Mozaffari,…
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Air defense fully ready to defend Islamic Iran: commander
Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard made the remarks on an inspection visit to the Fordow-Qom Air Defense Group (Hazrat Masoumeh (AS)) on Saturday.
He visited different parts of the defense unit.
During the visit, the commander of the Khatam…
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Iranian influencers highlight India’s heritage at Tehran event
TEHRAN – “Iran and India share a timeless heritage, reflected in Bihar’s ancient sites,” the Indian ambassador to Iran said at a recent cultural gathering in Tehran.
The “Meet and Greet” event brought together Iranian cultural…
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A hundred Hiroshimas | Nuclear Weapons
Hind Hassan examines the prospect of a new nuclear arms race, the companies helping to fuel it, and the dangers it poses.
Eighty years after the first and only time nuclear weapons have been used – the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in…
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Indonesia: Selling a Colonial War | Documentary
“Framing” the image of Dutch colonial history: For decades, the Netherlands maintained its own narrative about its colonial past, notably over the 1945-1949 war in Indonesia, euphemistically called “police actions”. In reality, it was a…
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EU nations fail to adopt joint statement on Alaska Summit
Instead, the EU leadership – joined by the heads of five of the 27 EU member states and the UK – released a statement, which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen published on X, TASS reported.
Rather than being titled an “EU…
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South Koran oil tanker catches fire, kills 1, injures 2
The Coast Guard in Yeosu, some 320 kilometers south of Seoul, said a fire broke out on the 2,692-ton tanker and the 24-ton cargo vessel, moored next to each other, at 1:04 a.m. Witnesses from another ship called the Coast Guard, according to The…
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