As 2025 draws to a close, we profile 15 newsmakers—from those who aided and abetted genocide, to those who braved the odds to protest it, and others caught in Western “regime change” traps.

Iran in 2025 advanced medicine, industry, energy, education, and space science, achieving breakthroughs from cancer diagnostics to lunar research, reinforcing resilience, self-reliance, and global scientific integration.

Iran clinches the title of best Greco-Roman wrestling team of 2025, according to the latest announcement by United World Wrestling (UWW).

Iran triumphed over Italy on Sunday, securing the gold medal at the 2025 FIVB Men’s U21 World Championship in Jiangmen, China.

Iran’s headline inflation rose 0.8% to 35.3% in the calendar month to late June.

IMF forecasts show Iran’s GDP will increase by $29 billion to $463 billion in 2025.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Ukraine war will end “sooner” with the arrival of US President-elect Donald Trump in the White House.