TEHRAN – The defense ministers of Iran and Tajikistan convened in Tehran on Tuesday to reaffirm their commitment to expanding defense cooperation and strengthening joint efforts to combat terrorism, building upon the long-standing historical and cultural ties between the two nations.  During the meeting, Iran’s Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh underscored the strategic significance of Tajikistan

TEHRAN – A senior spokesperson for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has firmly rejected any possibility of negotiations over Iran’s national defense capabilities, calling them a core component of the country’s sovereignty and a non-negotiable red line. Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini made the remarks on Tuesday during a press conference marking the first

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a series of high-level phone calls with his counterparts in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Iraq on Tuesday, discussing bilateral ties, regional developments, and the latest round of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in Muscat. In a phone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan

TEHRAN – Senior Iranian diplomat Kazem Gharibabadi has issued a strong call for the revitalization of multilateralism and the upholding of principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, arguing that the rise of unilateral actions by certain powerful states has led to a dangerous erosion of international norms.  Gharibabadi, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly condemned the escalating Israeli military assaults on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, calling them brutal and systematic massacres targeting innocent civilians, particularly women and children. Baghaei referenced a series of recent and credible reports from international bodies—including the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights,

TEHRAN – In a commentary, Hamshahri dealt with the process of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States. It wrote: On Saturday (April 12), after three years, Iran and the United States met in Muscat and exchanged serious views on resolving the nuclear issue. These negotiations are taking place while the parties to the

Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to a “permanent peace” deal with Ukraine, United States special envoy Steve Witkoff has said. President Donald Trump’s envoy made the claim in a TV interview late on Monday, following “compelling” talks with Putin in Saint Petersburg last week. However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that agreeing terms on a

TEHRAN – The recent petition from hundreds of prominent Israeli literary figures demanding an end to the Gaza war represents a rare public display of dissent by Israel’s cultural elite and a gap in Israeli society over the current conflict and its human costs. This, combined with parallel movements by dissident military reservists, academics, and

TEHRAN – Widespread protests erupted across various parts of the world on April 14 and 15 in solidarity with Gaza, denouncing Israeli military actions in the coastal strip and the support provided by the United States. In the United States, Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student activist at Columbia University and a green card holder since

TEHRAN- The international cartoon and caricature exhibition “Year Zero,” focusing on a year marked by the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and Lebanon, officially opened on Monday at the Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran. The opening ceremony was attended by a number of cultural officials and Iranian artists.  Organized in collaboration