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Iranian police have freed a Chinese national abducted near Tehran and dismantled two kidnapping gangs composed of undocumented foreign nationals, officials announced on Sunday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Russia has conveyed a message from Israel claiming that Tel Aviv has no intention of engaging in a new conflict with Iran.
Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani says the Iranian people offered humanitarian assistance worth $60 million to Lebanon, but the Lebanese government declined to accept it due to international sanctions and political sensitivities.
The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, described the Strait of Hormuz as the “world’s oil and gas artery,” emphasizing Iran’s commitment to safeguarding the strategic waterway.
Reports circulating on social media about the assassination and martyrdom of General Esmail Qaani, commander of the IRGC Quds Force, are false, according to Iranian sources.
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baqaei condemned the US’s destabilizing and tension-escalating actions in the Caribbean and Latin America, particularly its recent military movements against Venezuela.
Iran will back any effort or initiative that can lead to an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said in an interview with Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen TV network.
Iran's Defense Ministry Spokesman Reza Talai-Nik said that the ceasefire in Gaza marks the victory of the resistance and the failure of the enemy, including the Zionist regime.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced hat the Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently supported every measure and initiative aimed at halting the genocidal war in Gazs, ensuring the withdrawal of occupying forces, enabling the entry of humanitarian assistance, securing the release of Palestinian prisoners, and realizing the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people.
Tehran and Moscow have held new rounds of discussions focused on expanding cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, particularly on the development of small modular reactors (SMRs).
The naval commanders of Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan have inked a strategic cooperation pact aimed at improving security in the shared waters.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi has dismissed as false a Kuwaiti media report claiming that he had a phone conversation with Steve Witkoff, the US President’s special representative for Middle East affairs.
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday called on Switzerland’s new ambassador to convey to US officials that Iran has never sought nuclear weapons and remains committed to peaceful nuclear activities.
The Commander-in-Chief of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) warned that any miscalculation by enemies in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, or Iran’s islands will be met with a decisive, immediate, crushing, and regret-inducing response from Iran.
Iranian daily Jomhouri-e Eslami on Wednesday argued that Afghan nationals now make up roughly 12% of Iran’s population and called for continued expulsions of undocumented migrants, citing economic strain.
Iran summoned the ambassadors representing European states in Tehran, strongly protesting an earlier interventionist statement issued by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) and the European Union concerning Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf and its missile might.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in response to recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump concerning Iran’s nuclear program emphasized that persistence in miscalculated policies will yield no results and that the only path forward is through a “negotiated solution.”
President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that the enemy believed an attack on Iran would lead to chaos, but the Iranian people stood firm and achieved significant progress in all areas.
The Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, announced that a new joint naval exercise will soon be held among the littoral states of the Caspian Sea.
Iran’s government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, briefly left her weekly press conference on Tuesday after feeling unwell but returned to continue the session a few minutes later.
Two members of Iran’s security forces were killed in an attack by an anti-government group on Monday night in the city of Sarvabad, Kordestan Province, according to a statement from the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).
Iran’s government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, said on Tuesday that no official conditions have been presented by the US to Iran’s foreign minister to sort out the longstanding nuclear issue, and therefore such proposals cannot be seriously evaluated.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson strongly rejected as “baseless and interventionist claims” made during a joint meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) and the European Union (EU), warning against destructive foreign interference in the region’s affairs, and saying European states “have no legitimacy or authority to comment on Iran’s defense capabilities.”
Tehran has objected to the recent ruling of the British Court of Appeal regarding the transfer and possible enforcement of the confiscation order of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) building in London in favor of the Emirati Crescent company, according to a report.