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Predictions from Seven Global Media Outlets on Iran’s Chances at the World Cup
sportSeven major international media outlets have released their assessments of Iran’s prospects for advancing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Spain and Five Other Countries Considered for Iran’s Pre-World Cup Friendlies
sportAccording to the manager of Iran’s national team, six countries have expressed readiness to play friendly matches ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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Kish Marathon: Running Along Iran’s Cultural Red Lines
sportLocal Iranian sources reported on Friday morning that the Kish Marathon had been held along the island’s coastal route—a race with several thousand participants intended to serve as a showcase for tourism and public recreation. Yet within hours, images circulating online of some female runners’ attire transformed the event from a sports competition into a cultural and political controversy, quickly drawing in the judiciary, the government, and members of parliament.
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Araghchi Meets with President Ilham Aliyev in Baku
PoliticsIran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev this morning in Baku.
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Araghchi: We Are Not Yet Convinced That the United States Is Ready for Serious Negotiations
PoliticsIran’s Foreign Minister has said that Tehran remains unconvinced that Washington is prepared to engage in genuine, serious negotiations.
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Second Charter Flight Carrying Iranian Nationals Departs the United States for Tehran
PoliticsInformed officials have announced that a charter aircraft carrying around 50 Iranian nationals departed Arizona under an agreement reached between the Trump administration and Iran two months ago.
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IRGC Spokesperson: We Struck the Mossad Center, Killing 36 Operatives; Haifa Refinery Hit Twice and Taken Offline
PoliticsThe spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that when Israel targeted a fuel storage center in Tehran, Iran responded within five hours by striking the Haifa refinery in two separate waves—an operation that, by Israel’s own admission, constituted a “missile masterpiece” that disabled the facility. He added that when Israel targeted an Iranian intelligence site, Iran struck a Mossad center, resulting in 36 Israeli casualties.
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Qatar Warns: Any Action Against Iran Would Affect the Entire Region
worldQatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani criticized the absence of political solutions in the Iranian nuclear file, warning that any action taken against Tehran would have far-reaching consequences for all countries in the Middle East. He stressed that reviving negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program is an urgent necessity, as diplomatic efforts to manage the issue are currently “missing.”