TEHRAN – Iran’s economy minister said China has strongly backed routing an east–west transport corridor through Iran, following talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a recent visit to Beijing.
Glaciers – the world’s hidden water banks - are a source of life for billions. The seasonal melt from mountains and glaciers sustains some of the world’s most important rivers, such as the Indus, the Nile, the Ganges and the Colorado. Those and other mountain-fed rivers irrigate crops, provide drinking water for nearly two billion people, and power electricity generation.
TEHRAN – Iran’s South Pars gas field has set nine production records over the past two years, with daily output reaching a new high of 727 million cubic meters, underscoring the field’s central role in meeting the country’s energy demand.
TEHRAN – Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani won a silver medal at the Zagreb Open 2026 on Thursday.
TEHRAN - Iran will not take Indonesia’s challenge for granted when they meet in the final of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Indonesia 2026 on Saturday.
TEHRAN - Samaneh Beyrami Baher and Danial Saveh Shemshaki will carry Iran’s flag into the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, a quiet but powerful moment for a nation rarely seen on snow-covered podiums.
TEHRAN - The deadline for foreign students to register for the first Persian language proficiency test has been extended by the National Education Assessment Organization.
TEHRAN – Modern communication technologies have fundamentally changed people’s lifestyles, social interactions, and access to information, with the health sector going through digital transformation, being no exception.
TEHRAN – The Vice-presidency for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy has announced plans to support the private sector’s knowledge-based companies active in the space industry to secure their supply chain.
TEHRAN – A team of researchers say they have identified what may be the remains of a large monumental garden complex on the outskirts of Tabriz in northwestern Iran, based on analysis of historic aerial imagery and satellite data.
