TEHRAN - The head of Iran’s Fisheries Organization announced that the country is prepared to deepen its collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to enhance tuna fishing practices and bolster both domestic and export markets for tuna products.

The Israeli regime is planning to create a “Migration Directorate” in connection with US President Donald Trump‘s plan to forcibly eject Palestinians from Gaza.

Iran advanced to the final match of the Asian Mini Football Championship 2025.

President Pezeshkian tells Norway's prime minister that Iran's principled policy is based on de-escalation, with the country keeping up efforts aimed at fostering unity and protecting security in the West Asia region.

Iran, Russia, and China are set to launch this year's 'Security Belt' exercise during which the Navies of the three countries conduct joint drills in the northern Indian Ocean.

TEHRAN - Iran's economy is showing signs of a deepening recession, according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data released by the Iran Chamber of Commerce Research Center. The overall PMI for the economy in month of Bahman 1403 (January 21–February 19, 2025), after seasonal adjustment, stood at 46.4, marking its third consecutive month below the 50 threshold that separates expansion from contraction. This figure reflects a slight worsening from January’s 46.6, underscoring a persistent economic downturn that began in Azar (November–December 2024).

TEHRAN - In a significant address on Saturday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic REvolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, asserted that the insistence of certain domineering governments on negotiations is not aimed at resolving issues but rather at imposing their demands. Speaking to the heads of Iran’s three branches of government and a large gathering of officials and managers, he emphasized that the Islamic Republic would not bow to such expectations.

TEHRAN - Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad announced on Saturday that the signing of a $17 billion pressure boosting contract for the South Pars gas field marks a "rebirth" for the country’s largest gas reservoir. The landmark agreement, formalized during a ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian and oil industry leaders at the International Oil Industry Conference Center in Tehran, aims to secure Iran’s energy future and counter production declines in the shared field.

Hezbollah categorically denies "baseless allegations" that it is involved in the ongoing violence in Syria where forces of the interim government have been fighting loyalists of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says Iran has not received any letter from the United States after Donald Trump claimed to have sent a letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on negotiations with the Islamic Republic.