
TEHRAN – In the following article published on May 9 on the Foreign Affairs website, the writer, April Longley Alley, refers to Yemen’s Ansarallah movement as the Houthis. Contrary to the claims, Ansarallah only targeted and has announced to continue to target commercial ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea in efforts until Israel

TEHRAN – Science Minister Hossein Simaei-Sarraf is participating in the ninth meeting of education ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, which was held on May 12 and 13 in Urumqi, China. On the sidelines of the meeting, the official paid a visit to an exhibition, titled ‘Study in China, Brand Identity and

TEHRAN – Iran and Russia have officially launched the second phase of a card payment network integration project, enabling Russian tourists and businesspeople to make purchases at retail outlets across Iran using the Russian “Mir Pay” application. According to IRIB, the project to link Iran’s “Shetab” card network with Russia’s “Mir” system has been designed

Backchannel talks leading to the release of Edan Alexander, the last American held in Gaza, began with a message from a Hamas official to Bishara Bahbah, former leader of “Arab Americans for Trump,” according to Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. officials speaking to Axios. Hamas sought to persuade President Trump to increase pressure on Israel, while

TEHRAN – More than 1.8 million tons of steel products were produced in Iran during the first month of the current Iranian calendar year, Farvardin (March 21-April21). As reported, steel products output which was 1.812 million tons in the first month of this year, fell 1.2 percent as compared to the output in the first

TEHRAN – Iran beat the Maldives 2-0 (14-8, 32-15) in the quarterfinals round of the 2025 Asian Beach Handball Championship on Monday. Team Melli had previously defeated Pakistan, India, Jordan, and Philippines earlier in Group B. The Persians will face Pakistan in quarterfinals on Tuesday. The tournament is being held at the Sultan Qaboos Sports

TEHRAN – The national ‘Organ Donation, Life Donation’ week will kick off on Thursday and wrap up on May 21. Each year, the health ministry observes the week focusing on a specific theme to highlight and promote the culture of organ donation following brain death as a therapeutic, social, cultural, and even religious mission that