TEHRAN - A review of trade performance during the first 18 months of the Fourteenth Government indicates a 7 percent increase in exports and a 37.1 percent decrease in imports compared to the same period previously.

TEHRAN - Efforts to strengthen trade and investment ties between Iran and Brazil are gaining momentum, with the head of the Iran-Brazil Joint Chamber of Commerce calling for the activation of specialized committees to address technical and operational challenges. At a recent meeting held at Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Fakhruddin Ameryaān, president of the Iran-Brazil Joint Chamber, met with former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil Hossein Ghorabi and a representative from the Planning and Budget Organization to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations and optimize the Iran-Brazil Joint Commission.

A Quran recitation gathering was held in Tehran on the first day of Ramadan, in the presence of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

The destroyer “Dena” has docked at Visakhapatnam Port, eastern India, to participate in the international MILAN 2026 exercise, aimed at developing maritime diplomacy, expanding defense interactions, and showing operational capabilities of the Iranian navy in international waters.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly condemned the “brutal aggression” by the Israeli army against the Ain al-Helweh refugee camp in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon.

The second round of negotiations between the unofficial, unassigned American team and the fully official team of the Islamic Republic of Iran, led by Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, was relocated—without any explanation—from Muscat to Geneva. This geographical shift fueled speculation that the Americans, due to simultaneous negotiations with the Russians over the Ukraine war, had caused the move. We, without offering any explanation to the public, accepted this change behind a veil of non-transparency, and the Tuesday session on 28 Bahman was held at the Omani Consulate in Geneva.

TEHRAN - Iran has formally warned the United States of severe consequences in the event of any military aggression, in a strongly worded letter addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the UN Security Council. The letter, delivered by Iran’s representative to the United Nations, asserts that all U.S. bases, facilities, and assets in the region would be considered legitimate targets under Iran’s defensive response, while holding Washington fully accountable for any unpredictable outcomes of military action.

TEHRAN - The head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Samad Hassanzadeh, has called for the establishment of direct trade between Iran and Saudi Arabia and highlighted the need for an independent financial exchange platform for Islamic countries during a high-level meeting in Mecca. The proposals were made during discussions with Sheikh Saleh Kamel, President of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Federation of Saudi Chambers of Commerce.

TEHRAN - President Masoud Pezeshkian has underlined Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s comprehensive oversight of indirect nuclear negotiations with the US, while dismissing the notion of Iran’s participation in “talks for the sake of talks.”

The ambassador of Germany in Tehran has been summoned to Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs following anti-Iranian actions in Germany and destructive stances by German officials that run counter to international law.