Iran's IRGC unveils one of its largest underground missile cities

TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps unveiled one of its largest underground missile cities on Tuesday, March 25.

Trump can break US-Iran hostility by following certain key principles: ex-diplomat

TEHRAN – A former Iranian diplomat and current Princeton University researcher suggests Donald Trump can end more than four decades of hostility between Tehran and Washington by following a series of key principles.

TEDPIX gains 28,700 points in first day of new year

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), rose 28,700 points to 2,740,715 on Tuesday, the first working day in the new Iranian calendar year, which began on March 21.

Iran-China non-oil trade stands at $30.4b in 11 months

TEHRAN - The value of non-oil trade between Iran and China stood at $30.4 billion during the 11-month period from March 20, 2024 to February 18, 2025, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.

NPC should strengthen its share in export markets: managing director

TEHRAN – The managing director of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said that the company should strengthen its share in the export markets through precise planning.

By Yasiru Ranaraja, a special commentator on current affairs for CGTN

Can the Global South create a unified vision for modernization?

As the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 begins, the world is at the tipping point of profound geopolitical and economic transformations. The growing disparities between Western governments and the inefficacy of governance are now a global core debate; most Global South nations are now focusing on developing interdependent regional cooperation. The shift in dynamics is indicative of the Global South taking an increasingly influential position that works to realize the vision of a group of states that are intent on creating their own path of modernization and development.

Transformation in Northern Ports: Facilitating Investment and Maritime development

TEHRAN- Saeed Rasouli, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and Acting Head of the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), emphasized the organization’s strategic policies for capacity expansion, increased investment, and facilitation of economic activities during his recent visit to northern ports in the early days of the new year (Iranian calendar starting March 21st).

Iran opposes any military action to resolve disputes in South Caucasus

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday reiterated Tehran’s stance regarding unblocking connection routes in the South Caucasus, Armenpress reported.

Tuberculosis diagnosis, treatment services free of charge: health official

TEHRAN – An official with the ministry of health has said that all diagnosis and medical services for the treatment of tuberculosis are free of charge in the country.

Armenian, Iranian FMs hold talks in Yerevan

TEHRAN - Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held an enlarged-format meeting after their one-on-one talks on Tuesday, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.

Yemen war plans: What did Trump aides leak to The Atlantic in Signal chat?

The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine revealed in an article on Monday that Trump administration officials revealed to him crucial military details about United States air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebel targets on March 15, hours before the attack.

Afghan refugees will return gradually, with dignity: Iran FM

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Afghan refugees will return to their country in a process that will be gradual and with dignity.

WHO Iran plants trees to highlight critical need for environmental protection

TEHRAN - The World Health Organization (WHO) country office in Tehran took a symbolic step towards environmental improvement, planting trees to highlight the critical need for action in a city grappling with hazardous air quality.

Air raid sirens in 270 locations across occupied Palestine: report

TEHRAN - Air raid sirens sounded in various areas of the occupied Palestinian territories, including Tel Aviv, IRNA reported.

Iran to Iraq: US illegal sanctions against on Iran’s oil industry lack credibility

TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in a telephone conversation on Monday night that the United States’ illegal sanctions against Iran's oil industry are baseless and lack credibility.

By Gonul Tol

Turkey is now a full-blown autocracy

Why Erdogan may come to regret his latest power grab

Just days before Turkey’s main opposition party was set to select its next presidential candidate, the leading contender, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested and jailed, effectively removing him from the race. In this brazen act of political suppression, the Turkish government has taken a momentous step toward full-fledged autocracy.

Tesla’s Europe sales collapse as anti-Musk backlash grows

Tesla's downward spiral is turning into a rout, with its share of European electric car sales falling by 58 percent in the first two months of this year, dropping from 18.4 percent in 2024 to 7.7 percent for the same period this year, according to data from JATO Dynamics, an auto consulting firm.

No one can even think of attack on Iran, FM asserts

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asserted on Monday that he is quite sure that no country dares to attack Iran because the country is in “complete readiness”.

China’s five-point proposition on the Iran nuclear issue

Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, met ? on 14 March 2025 with Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov Sergey Alexeevich of the Russian Federation and Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi of the Islamic Republic of Iran?who attended the Beijing Meeting between China, Russia and Iran, and proposed the following five points on the proper settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue.

PGSR’s daily gasoline production up 4m liters in H2

TEHRAN- The daily production of gasoline in Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Refinery (PGSR) has risen by four million liters in the second half of the past Iranian calendar year (March 20-Septemeber 20, 2024), the managing director of Persian Gulf Star Oil Company announced.

Energy Ministry to implement 14 mega projects to tackle energy imbalance

TEHRAN- The minister of energy announced the implementation of 14 mega projects by the Energy Ministry to address electricity imbalance in the country in the new Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 50,000

The number of Palestinians killed since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023 has crossed 50,000, according to health officials.

FM says Iran’s refusal to negotiate with US is due to experience, not stubbornness

JCPOA can still serve as a model for nuclear talks, Araghchi suggests

TEHRAN - Stressing Tehran's commitment to diplomacy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran acts based on its own interests regardless of what U.S. President Donald Trump expects.

Iran urges UN Security Council to take immediate step to stop Israeli raids on Lebanon

TEHRAN – Iran on Sunday strongly condemned Israel’s extensive military strikes on various parts of Lebanon in violation of the ceasefire agreement, saying it is the responsibility of the international community, especially the UN Security Council and the guarantors of the ceasefire agreement, to take immediate and effective step to halt the Zionist regime’s military strikes.

By Mahnaz Abdi

IDP, a collaborative effort to encourage research of Silk Road artifacts

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise manuscripts, printed texts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from the Mogao caves in Dunhuang City in China’s northwestern Gansu Province, and various other archaeological sites at the eastern end of the Silk Road.