A US Tomahawk cruise missile struck the Minab school during school hours, killing 168 children between the ages of seven and 12 on February 28, 2026...

Japanese football icon Keisuke Honda. (File) Japanese football icon Keisuke Honda has lost an advertising contract with an American company after publicly expressing his support for Iran`s participation in the 2026 World Cup, amid the US-Israeli military aggression against the Islamic Republic...

US President Donald Trump extended a somewhat two-faced invitation to Iran`s national soccer team on Thursday to participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup...

Iran`s national football team Iran`s Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Ahmad Donyamali has said that the country`s national football team will not participate in the forthcoming US-hosted 2026 FIFA World Cup due to the ongoing US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic...

Undated file photo shows the launch of an Iranian missile...

Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters An Iranian Army spokesman says 220 American soldiers and commanders have been killed or wounded and significant damage has been inflicted on American assets in the region in retaliatory attacks by the Iranian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours...

The Israeli Hermes 900 drone that was shot down by the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) in an undisclosed location in Iran, March 3, 2026 (Via social media) Iran`s Army and Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) have successfully destroyed seven more advanced enemy drones while launching precise retaliatory strikes against enemy positions across the West Asian region...

Iran`s President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the grand gathering of the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution at Azadi Square in Tehran on February 11, 2026...

Millions come to the streets across Iran as nationwide rallies marking the 47th anniversary of Iran`s Islamic Revolution begin across the country...

IRGC Navy has seized two fuel smuggling vessels in the Persian Gulf...

The combination picture shows Iran`s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi (R) and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff...

The combination picture shows Iran`s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi (R) and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff...

Iranian lawmakers, who are wearing IRGC uniforms in support of the elite military force, pose for a picture at the Parliament in Tehran on February 1, 2026...

As tensions escalate between the US and Iran in the region, the observers and media outlets have had their eyes on Istanbul where Iran`s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was a guest to Turkish counterpart and president...

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (File photo by Khamenei...

The file photo shows the building of Iran`s Foreign Ministry in Tehran...

Members of the Iranian army attend an army exercise in north-eastern Iran, January 20, 2025...

Members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a parade (File Photo) The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran has warned that the consequences of the European Union`s decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization will directly affect European policymakers...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers on June 23, 2025...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers on June 23, 2025...

Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) headquarters (File photo) Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the recent riots were planned and directed by Israel and the United States as part of an ongoing campaign to push the country into insecurity...

Iran`s Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Eje`i Iran`s Judiciary chief warns that the United States and Israel have openly "supported insecurity" in the Islamic Republic, adding that rioters taking advantage of the economic protests will be dealt with firmly and without leniency...

Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that investigations into the killing of General Ekramuddin Saree, former police chief of Takhar province, and Mohammad Amin Almas, a former Afghan military officer, are ongoing...

Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that investigations into the killing of General Ekramuddin Saree, former police chief of Takhar province, and Mohammad Amin Almas, a former Afghan military officer, are ongoing...

In this grab from a live broadcast run by the Russian space agency Roscosmos on December 28, 2025, a Soyuz-2...

In this grab from a live broadcast run by the Russian space agency Roscosmos on December 28, 2025, a Soyuz-2...

Iranian Navy fleet participates in a parade (File photo) Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani says the country will host a trilateral naval exercise in the oceanic region in the near future...

This file photo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and his Lebanese counterpart Youssef Raggi meeting in Beirut...

This file photo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and his Lebanese counterpart Youssef Raggi meeting in Beirut...

Lennart Monterlos, a French-German national accused of espionage, was arrested in the city of Bandar Abbas on June 16, 2025, on the third day of the Israeli-US aggression against Iran...

Domestically-developed missiles are launched during large-scale Eghtedar (Authority) 1402 military exercises in Nasrabad region of Isfahan province, central Iran, on October 27, 2023...

Iranian drone Mohajer 10 is being exhibited during the Defense Industry Fair in Tehran, Iran on August 23, 2023...

The logo of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Iran has nipped in the bud a major plot to carry out 30 simultaneous bomb attacks at populous areas of the capital Tehran, arresting 28 operatives affiliated with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group...

In this file photo, taken on January 20, 2021, outgoing US President Donald Trump addresses guests at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (R) meet in Doha on January 11, 2022...

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, on November 29, 2021...

Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, speaks during the International Conference on Iran and Neighbors, on January 4, 2022...

The Coburg Palais, the venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)’s Joint Commission meeting, is pictured in Vienna, on November 29, 2021...

The IRGC fires missiles during the Great Prophet 17 military drills in Iran’s southern coast, on December 24, 2021...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in Tehran, on December 20, 2021...

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi presents a surveillance camera at the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on December 17, 2021...

Iran’s tax body estimates that evasions may total the equivalent of $4...

A solar farm in Iran. The country plans to install 5,000 MW of renewables by 2022...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (L) and Iran’s President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will formally endorse Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi as Iran’s new president on Tuesday...

The file photo shows a view of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) in session...

Outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) meets with President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi at the presidential office in Pasteur Street in central Tehran, Iran, on June 23, 2021...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is seen during a meeting with Iran’s Parliament members via video-link, in Tehran, Iran, on May 27, 2021...

Iran’s Interior Ministry has released a final list of the candidates found qualified by the Constitutional Council to run for president in the June 18 election, officially clearing them to start campaigning...

Presidential hopefuls are at the Interior Ministry Hall in Tehran, Iran, to register for the June 18 election, May 11, 2020...

(L-R) Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri, former Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (photo by Fars news agency) Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, has not yet engaged with the Reformist bloc that hopes to field him as its top candidate in the June 18 presidential election, a spokeswoman for the group says, increasing the likelihood of a Reformist run without him...