Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said NATO’s occupation brought nothing to Afghanistan but death and destruction. He made the comment in a meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan General Nadeem Raza in Tehran.

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy says Iran has “fully and constantly” been monitoring the strategic Persian Gulf region, and that trans-regional enemies have no presence at all in the country’s southern territorial waters.

Iran’s chief negotiator and the European Union’s deputy secretary general for political affairs, have held talks in the Qatari capital, as negotiations resume on a potential restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal following a months-long hiatus.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said the Syria crisis can only be resolved through political means. Amirabdollahian was speaking in a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Monday night.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has called on Caspian Sea littoral states to promote collective efforts aimed at safeguarding the region’s security and increasing economic cooperation among the five nations.

Key Iranian steel producer Khouzestan Steel Company has been targeted with a cyber attack, reports say.

Iran says it is preparing to roll out a pilot version of its first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), named Crypto-Rial, in around two months, in a development that could transform the country’s financial canvas.

President Ebrahim Raisi expresses Iran’s readiness to share all of its capabilities and capacities with the BRICS states to help the five emerging economic powers achieve their objectives, saying Iran, as a reliable partner, can connect them to the world’s main energy routes.