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  • Touraj Daryaee 2026-07-31 15:45

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Destruction of Iran's cultural sites by Israel, US tantamount to destroying a civilization

    Historian Touraj Daryaee says international law is nearly powerless against superpowers, but UNESCO status could deter future attacks

    TEHRAN – Since US and Israeli strikes began in February, over 130 registered monuments and museums across Iran have sustained damage, from the Golestan Palace to historic quarters in Isfahan, Kordestan, and Lorestan. In an exclusive interview with Tehran Times, Touraj Daryaee, historian of ancient Iran and editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, discusses the emotional and scholarly weight of watching millennia-old heritage damaged within weeks, the limits of international legal accountability, and what the destruction means for how Iran's history will be told and remembered.

  • Mourners offer funeral prayers as they stand around the coffin of a Shia Muslim, a day after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad, February 7, 2026 (AFP) 2026-02-07 16:21

    Thousands mourn as victims of ISIS-claimed mosque bombing are buried in Islamabad

    Thousands of mourners gathered in Islamabad on Saturday to bury at least 32 victims of a suicide bombing at the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia mosque, Al Jazeera reported.

  • Israeli soldiers walk near the Israel-Gaza border, October 10, 2025. 2025-10-12 21:59

    By Wesam Bahrani

    Genocide — and Nothing Else

    200,000 tons of explosives dropped on Gaza

    TEHRAN- Over two years since the start of the brutal Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, a comprehensive report from the Government Media Office in Gaza has laid bare the devastating human, social, and infrastructural toll inflicted upon the enclave’s population. 

  • Pakistan - Afghanistan 2025-10-10 21:19

    Kabul bombings heighten Pakistan–Afghanistan rift

    A series of explosions across Afghanistan late Thursday, including blasts in central Kabul, Paktika, and Khost provinces, has deepened tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban-led Afghan government.