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The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says the US decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine shows Washington’s determination to prolong and complicate the war there.
Iranian Sunni Muslim cleric Molavi Abdolhamid has condemned the terrorist attack on a police station in the southeastern city of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Molavi Abdolhamid expressed deep regret over the incident.
Iran and Iraq have agreed to set up joint security posts on their border to control Arbaeen march. That’s according to the Iraqi interior Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says the Islamic Republic is still working to undo the series of US and international sanctions against the country through diplomacy.
Armed assailants launch a terrorist attack on a police station in the northeastern city of Zahedan, triggering deadly clashes with the officers stationed there.
Iran executes two people involved in a deadly terror attack last year at a Shia shrine in the city of Shiraz, which was claimed by the Daesh terror group.
China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, Geng Shuang, has called on the US to remove all unilateral sanctions and restrictions imposed on Iran in connection with its nuclear program.
Moscow rejects attempts to deny Iran the right to peacefully run its nuclear power generation program under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya has said.
The Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) seizes a tanker with around one million liters of smuggled fuel on board in the Persian Gulf, according to Iranian media.
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Amir Saied Iravani stressed that the US and its European allies — the UK, France and Germany — and the European Union (EU) must be blamed for the JCPOA’s current situation. He also denounced the presence of the Ukrainian envoy in a Security Council meeting on non-proliferation and implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement, as unconstructive and a suspicious attempt to divert attention from the main issue.
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization says a Bahamian-flagged oil tanker collided with an Iranian vessel off the country’s southern coast and fled into Oman’s territorial waters as Iranian officials sought to seize the tanker for the wrongdoing.
Ilham Aliyef, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, said no country will be allowed to use the Azeri territory against the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s top nuclear official says the country is not offering cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) beyond customary boundaries.
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was arrested for “provoking violence” during anti-government protests in Iran last year, received a primary death sentence, but the ruling was later commuted to imprisonment, a report says.
The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Russia’s presidential aide have called for the speedy implementation of the cooperation agreements reached between the two countries in various economic and financial fields amid efforts to strengthen bilateral collaboration.
Josep Borrell, the European Union Foreign Policy Chief says the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, protecting its structure and continuation of relevant constructive talks are significant to the EU.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has highlighted the long-term and positive impacts of Iran’s full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. He stated that Tehran’s membership in the SCO will have historical benefits. He made the remarks in an address to the 23rd SCO summit which was held via video conference.
An Iranian government official says that Tehran has received a batch of electronic devices and storage equipment confiscated during a recent search operation conducted by Albanian police at a camp belonging to the Mujahedin-e-Khalq terrorist organization (MKO).
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman has warned the French government of "political and legal reprecussios" for hosting the gatheting of the anti-Iran terror group, Mojahedin Khalgh, MKO.
Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Iran’s leader, has said restoration of diplomatic ties between the Islamic Republic and Egypt is highly important.