iran-news

Unofficial read-only Persian news RSS: Mehr, Tabnak, Entekhab, Zoomit, Varzesh3, more. Use when the user asks about Iran News RSS (mehrnews.com) or wants news headlines or full news articles in Iran.

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Iran News RSS

Unofficial read-only Persian news RSS: Mehr, Tabnak, Entekhab, Zoomit, Varzesh3, more.

The tools below come from the iran-news-mcp MCP server. If they are not available, install it with claude mcp add iran-news -- uvx iran-news-mcp, or add "iran-news": {"command": "uvx", "args": ["iran-news-mcp"]} to the client's MCP servers config. It needs uv. Restart the session after installing.

Tools

  • nw_article: Fetch one article page and return its full body text, split into parts for long stories.
  • nw_list_sources: List the news sources with their group and category slugs; call this first to know valid source and category values.
  • nw_latest: Return the newest headlines of one news source, optionally of one category.
  • nw_search: Search recent headlines of several sources for a keyword (client-side over their current feeds, newest first).
  • nw_latest_all: Return the newest headlines from every source (or the chosen ones), merged and sorted by time.
  • nw_tech_news: Return the newest technology news (phones, laptops, AI, gadgets, apps, crypto, cars, security, games) with long summaries.

Rules

  • Prices are Toman. Convert before comparing with a Rial figure from anywhere else.
  • Read-only: no login, basket, booking, order or payment. Give the user the link to finish on the site.
  • Keep request rates low. These are undocumented site APIs that can change or rate-limit.
  • On timeouts or HTTP 403 outside Iran, set IRAN_NEWS_MCP_PROXY to an HTTP proxy with an Iranian IP.
  • Sites: Mehr, Khabaronline, Hamshahri, Tabnak, Entekhab, Asriran, Zoomit, Digiato, Varzesh3, Khabarvarzeshi.