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Iran pushes for BRICS tourism fund, easier travel at Jaipur meeting
Iran has proposed a BRICS tourism fund and easier travel through more direct flights and simplified visa procedures.

Iran has proposed a BRICS tourism fund and easier travel through more direct flights and simplified visa procedures.

The Foreign Ministry’s spokesman condemns the US’s announcement of new economic sanctions against Iran.

The discussion examines the escalating Yemen-Saudi confrontation amid a long-running blockade and regional tensions.

The US army secretary is preparing to leave the Trump administration after what a new report has described as months of tension with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

The IRGC’s chief commander says Iran’s enemies will never abandon their hostility and conspiracies against the nation.

Iranian Army's commander-in-chief has stressed that the country’s defense capabilities have strengthened its deterrence, forcing its enemies to change their calculations.

The Hamas resistance movement says Israel’s policy of assassinations, raids and abductions will never manage to break the Palestinian nation’s resistance and steadfastness.
International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane has warned against “the demise of international rule of law” after being targeted by US sanctions.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on August 21, 2026.

The Iranian foreign minister says the latest US economic pressure campaign against Iran is doomed to fail like Washington’s previous efforts against Tehran over the past 14 years.

A senior Iranian defense official says the country’s production of advanced weapons continues without interruption after the US-Israeli imposed war.

The Yemeni army has targeted the positions and military trucks of Saudi-backed mercenary forces in the southwestern province of Ma’rib and areas on the Red Sea coast, using a new homegrown strike-reconnaissance drone.
Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who were forcibly conscripted have deserted their units while undergoing military training in Germany.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has slammed the United States as the “mother of terror” in the world after the US reinstated sanctions against the resistance movement over claims that it is controlled by the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps’ Quds Force.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, says the Israeli occupation, not solely the illegal E1 settlement expansion plan, must come to an end.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says that Tehran would not bow to pressure or aggression, warning that the country would deliver a “crushing response” to any future attack.

Iran has condemned the US-Israeli aggression at a BRICS tourism meeting, saying over 4,000 people were martyred and 149 cultural sites damaged, including five UNESCO sites.

China has rejected Washington’s campaign to economically isolate Iran, saying sanctions and pressure will not resolve the crisis in West Asia