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Araghchi: US has closed door to diplomacy; We are ready for war but do not want it
Oct 21, 2026 06:00Pars Today- Iran’s foreign minister, stressing Iran’s full commitment to the terms of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding, said the world must know that it is the United States, not Iran, that is closing the door to diplomacy. He added that Iran is as prepared for diplomacy as it is for war.
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Araghchi: Never in our history have Iran, Russia worked as closely as now
Oct 20, 2026 08:02Pars Today – Iran’s foreign minister said after meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, that Iran and Russia had never been as close as they are today throughout the history of their cooperation.
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Pezeshkian: Iran-Russia strategic cooperation to expand
Oct 20, 2026 05:34Pars Today – The Iranian president has stressed the need to accelerate the implementation of agreements and understandings between Tehran and Moscow, saying Iran and Russia can play an effective role in promoting peace, lasting security and a multilateral world order by drawing on their shared capabilities and leveraging regional and international mechanisms.
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Aref and Rahmon stress need to establish union of Persian-speaking countries
Oct 20, 2026 09:51Pars Today – Iran’s first vice president and Tajikistan’s president have stressed the need to expand cultural and civilizational cooperation, establish a union of Persian-speaking countries and regions, form a joint supreme committee on the Persian language and literature, and revive Tajikistan’s ancestral script.
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Iran: Israeli regime’s nuclear arsenal has called credibility of non-proliferation regime into question
Oct 20, 2026 09:11Pars Today – Iran’s Permanent Mission to international organizations in Vienna has condemned the Israeli regime’s continued defiance of its international obligations and possession of nuclear weapons, warning that this situation has severely undermined the credibility, effectiveness and integrity of the global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime.
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Iranian children win awards at Japan’s international environmental drawing contest
Oct 20, 2026 07:57Pars Today – Eight members of Iran’s Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults have won the UNICEF Special Prize, three first prizes and four diplomas of honor at Japan’s 25th GQAI International Environmental Drawing Contest.
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University of Tehran mathematics students win global SHL 2026 competition
Oct 20, 2026 06:37Pars Today – A team from the University of Tehran’s Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science has won first place in the international Sussex-Huawei Locomotion Challenge by combining five time-series foundation models.
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Russian PM: Expanding economic cooperation with Iran is a priority for Moscow
Oct 20, 2026 06:30Pars Today – The Russian prime minister has described expanding trade and economic cooperation with Tehran as one of Moscow’s priorities during a meeting with Iran’s first vice president.
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Iran writes to UNSC over brazen threats by Trump, Israeli regime
Oct 20, 2026 05:44Pars Today – Iran’s ambassador and chargé d’affaires to the United Nations has warned the UN secretary-general and the Security Council in a letter about the “brazen threats” made by US President Donald Trump and the Israeli regime.
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Maj. Gen. Rezaei: Regional stability depends on multilateral cooperation
Oct 20, 2026 05:39Pars Today – Iran’s secretary of the Supreme National Security Council has emphasized Iran’s determination to strengthen strategic cooperation between Iran and Russia during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.