TEHRAN – The 2026 Leiden Ranking Traditional Edition has included 45 Iranian universities among the top 1,618 universities worldwide.
TEHRAN – A study conducted by the Scientific Information Database (SID) of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, known as Jahad-e Daneshgahi, has examined the state of scientific diplomacy in Iran and worldwide, identifying restrictions on international cooperation as one of the major challenges facing efforts to enhance the quality and credibility of the country’s scientific output.
The global far-right alliance has suffered three consecutive defeats in recent weeks, beginning with Flavio Bolsonaro's defeat in Brazil's presidential election and his subsequent flight from the country. This was followed by Benjamin Netanyahu's defeat, as the number of seats held by his parliamentary coalition fell below the required majority, and culminated in Donald Trump's major setback in the US midterm elections, which saw Republicans lose control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, handing control of Congress to the Democrats, alongside the loss of several governorships.
TEHRAN - Iranian midfielder Saman Ghoddos has announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to his nine-year career with Team Melli.
The killing of journalists in wars has, regrettably, become part and parcel of the grim reality of contemporary armed conflicts. What makes the situation today even more alarming, however, is not simply the growing number of journalists killed, but the fact that, in many cases, those responsible for these killings will never be held accountable.
TEHRAN – Mehregan Theater in Tehran is hosting “The Lesson,” a one-act play by French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco.
TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran will screen “There Will Be Blood,” a 2007 American epic period drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, on Monday.
TEHRAN- Veteran Iranian actor and theater director Kourosh Zarei, a prominent figure in the country’s theater, cinema and television, died at his home on Sunday, November 8, following a period of illness. He was 55.
TEHRAN- An aerial photograph of Minab by Iranian photographer Morteza Hossein-Akhondi has won first place at the “A Look at Life in Wartime” photography festival.
TEHRAN — Donald Trump told Fox News on November 3 that U.S. aid to Israel is “cut off at the end of the year.” It is not. Draft terms reported Monday by Yedioth Ahronoth show Washington and Israel negotiating a memorandum that would halve direct military financing and end it only in 2033.
