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Officials from Iran’s Lake Urmia Restoration Headquarters have issued their starkest warning to date, saying the lake’s condition is now “more critical than ever,” with water volume dropping below 40 million cubic meters, approaching complete desiccation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that Tehran’s relations with all five Caspian Sea littoral states are “excellent” and in some cases “strategic,” reaffirming that neighboring countries remain Iran’s top foreign-policy priority.

Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Foreign Ministry’s Center for Political and International Studies, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said any path toward renewed diplomatic understanding with the US requires Washington to accept “the logic of negotiation and real give-and-take.”

Editor-in-chief of the Iranian news and analysis platform Didar News Hassan Mohammadian says the website has been unblocked.

During a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Iran’s foreign minister emphasized that the International Atomic Energy Agency should remain committed to its professional responsibilities and avoid any politicized actions or influence from the United States and several European countries.

Iran has carried out its first cloud-seeding operation for the current water year, targeting the Urmia Lake basin in the country’s northwest.

The Tehran Symphony Orchestra has been led by a woman for the first time in its history, marking a significant milestone in Iran’s classical music landscape. The orchestra performed a program titled “Land of the Simorgh” under the baton of Paniz Faryousefi at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall this week.

An Iranian newspaper has accused a senior Taliban official of making contradictory and misleading statements regarding Afghanistan’s obligation to release Iran’s share of water from the Helmand River.

The lawyer of Iranian actor and former footballer Pejman Jamshidi said his client returned to Iran of his own accord and has not been summoned by judicial authorities, while his case regarding sexual assault accusation remains in the investigation stage.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs warned on Sunday that Tehran will carry out a “fundamental review” of its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if the agency’s Board of Governors adopts a new resolution against Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that fresh requests for negotiations with Tehran have emerged in the aftermath of the military strikes by Israel and the US on Iran earlier this year, which he slammed as “an assault on diplomacy itself.”

Former Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that Israel was the principal opponent of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) because “the only existential threat to the Zionist regime is peace and stability”.

Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Reza Najafi, criticized a draft resolution proposed by the US and three European countries at the IAEA Board of Governors, calling it an attempt to impose “unjustified and illegal” reporting obligations on the agency’s Director General.

Zahra Ershadi, Iran’s Assistant Foreign Minister and Director General for the Americas, strongly repudiated the claim issued by the chief of Canada’s internal security service, stressing that the accusations directed at the Islamic Republic are completely unfounded and wholly manufactured.

YouTube has removed a newly released Hebrew-language documentary produced by Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, only hours after it was uploaded, the outlet reported.

Thirteen people were killed on Thursday evening in a collision involving a fuel-smuggling vehicle in southern Iran, local authorities reported.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei strongly rejected the claims made against Iran in the final statement issued by the G7 foreign ministers in Canada, calling the accusations groundless, irresponsible, and unacceptable.

The senior spokesman for Iran’s Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, declared that the Islamic Republic “will never weaken,” asserting that each martyr’s ascension “makes Iran stronger and more steadfast.”

The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, in a letter simultaneously sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the President of the United Nations Security Council, Michael Imran Kanu, pointed out that the admission of the US president to leading the aggressive action of the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran is clear evidence proving Washington’s direct role in committing the crime of aggression by Israel against Iran, and emphasized the international responsibility of the US government.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday, during which the two sides exchanged views on the latest regional and international developments.

Approximately 500 Afghan nationals attempting to cross illegally into Iran are being detained and returned to Afghanistan each day this autumn, according to Amirollah Shamaghdari, the deputy governor of Khorasan Razavi for security and law enforcement affairs.

The Khuzestan governor’s office says that Reza Amini, the mayor of Ahvaz, has resigned from his position after a deadly self-immolation incident in the southwestern Iranian city. According to a statement released by the governor’s office, several senior municipal officials have also been sacked.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army, Major General Amir Hatami, visited the country’s northeastern border regions to inspect the progress of a new border wall project along the border with Afghanistan and assess the combat readiness of army units stationed in the area, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA).

Iran has produced and released its first Hebrew-language documentary, “Missiles Over Bazan,” through the Tasnim News Agency.

The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it has identified and dismantled an anti-security network operating under the guidance of U.S. and Israeli intelligence services inside Iran.