According to the latest news reports, the Tehran Stock Exchange has maintained its upward trend in recent days. In the final days of last week, the overall stock index reached 3,482,000 units, and today (Tuesday, December 8, 2025) it is expected to experience a mild increase as well. A strong inflow of real liquidity (more than 10 trillion rials on Monday) and demand outweighing supply have been the main drivers of this positive movement.

The strategic regions of eastern and southern Yemen have been occupied by forces supported by the United Arab Emirates, and they are expanding their territorial control. These areas fall within the provinces of Hadhramaut and Al-Mahra, where Saudi-aligned forces had previously been stationed. These provinces contain vast oil reserves, vital ports, and nearly one-third of Yemen’s total land area.

On Saturday (December 6, 2025), the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) announced in a public statement that it acknowledges and regrets the confiscation of its administrative building in central London, known as the “Iran Oil Company House.”

This year, the government outlined the framework and priorities for the coming year by issuing the Budget Directive. For the year 1405 (2026–2027), this directive was issued in Aban 1404 (October–November 2025) by the President and sent to executive agencies.

The crisis of gasoline imbalance and the government’s new plan to use LPG as an alternative fuel is an important opportunity, but one accompanied by fundamental challenges. Most people know that LPG stands for Liquefied Petroleum Gas, which is also called liquid gas. This gas is mainly composed of a mixture of the two hydrocarbons propane (C₃H₈) and butane (C₄H₁₀), and it becomes liquid under low pressure to make transportation and storage easier.

“Student Day” in Iran, observed every year on December 7 (16 Azar in the Iranian calendar), commemorates a historical event in 1953 during which three students from the University of Tehran—Mostafa Bozorgnia, Ahmad Qandchi, and Mehdi Shariat-Razavi—were martyred during student protests against the coup government and the visit of Richard Nixon.

It comes as no surprise that Australia claims, based on intelligence assessments, that IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) operatives were involved in organizing two attacks on Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne in 2024. Australian security officials stated that the IRGC used a complex network of proxy forces to carry out these operations.

Looking at the outcomes and consequences of this shutdown, it can be evaluated as a costly and low-yield strategy. Assessing whether Donald Trump succeeded in shutting down the federal government to advance his budget demands depends on what we consider the standard of success.

The quantitative and qualitative enhancement of the Army’s Ground Force is the axis of readiness. Accordingly, based on official reports, Brigadier General Ali Jahanshahi, the newly appointed commander of the Army Ground Force, announced five strategic principles as this force’s charter of action in his first speech. These principles were emphasized by the Commander-in-Chief in his appointment decree.

The relationship between China and the United States is so deeply intertwined that without a comprehensive study, its dimensions are impossible to understand. According to a new study from the AidData research lab at William & Mary University, a claim published in Newsweek shows that China’s lending pattern—contrary to public perception—is not focused on developing countries, but rather on wealthy nations. In fact, the United States is the largest recipient of loans from China in the world.