Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched a new round of artillery and drone attacks on the positions of terrorist groupings in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian had a flurry of diplomatic meetings on the fringes of the 77th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York mainly to bolster and expand the Islamic Republic’s ties with other countries and discuss the regional and international developments.

The police in the northwestern Iranian province of West Azarbaijan say they have discovered and seized 142 unlicensed military and hunting guns, which officers say was meant to be used to create insecurity by such social crimes as murder and intimidation.

An adviser to the Iranian nuclear negotiating team has stated that Washington must assure Tehran that it will not repeat its past mistakes regarding the 2015 nuclear deal before it goes ahead with signing any agreement.

Tehran has summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors in connection with the recent protests in Iran.

The trade between Iran and China has grown by 19 percent to hit 11.16 billion dollars since the turn of the year compared to the same period the previous year, new official figures from China show.

Iran has experienced a 40-percent increase in its exports to African countries during the first five months of the Iranian year, from March to August, the spokesman for the Iranian customs announced.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says his administration’s top priority is to interact with neighbors and regional countries.