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Iran’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, has declared that the country’s Armed Forces and Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) naval forces are fully prepared for potential future conflicts.
The enemies are seeking to sanction Tehran because the country refuses to bow and won’t accept humiliation, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated, dismissing anti-Iran ambitions as a mere pipe dream.
Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior advisor to the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, says during the recent 12-day war waged by the Zionist regime, more than 500 rockets were fired at Israeli targets.
The spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission says that 15 draft proposals have been submitted to the body calling for Iran’s withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has slammed the re-imposition of United Nations sanctions as “unacceptable”, stressing that Tehran remained at the negotiating table “until the last moment” in pursuit of a fair solution.
Tehran’s provincial authorities have announced the launch of a public reporting hotline as part of the Iranian government’s broader effort to regulate the presence of illegal Afghan migrants in the capital region.
Iranian commentator Hossein Shariatmadari has urged the parliament to pass an emergency single-article bill to block International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from entering Iran, following a recent UN Security Council vote to reinstate terminated sanctions resolutions on Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi rejected the US and European troika’s bid to revive UN sanctions via the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA as baseless and illegal, warning that it undermines United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 and the UN’s credibility.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif strongly condemned Britain, France, and Germany for reviving UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic, describing the move as “illegal” and strategically self-defeating.
Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, the senior spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, strongly rejected U.S. demands that Tehran limit the range of its missiles, declaring such statements “illegitimate and unacceptable.”
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has refuted claims made in a joint PGCC-UK statement that questioned the Islamic Republic’s sovereignty over the three Persian Gulf islands, describing the islands an inseparable part of Iran and stressing that such baseless statements cannot change historical facts.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared on Sunday that Tehran does not recognize the legality of the so-called “snapback” mechanism or the reimposition of UN sanctions.
A senior Iranian military advisor to the Leader has called for Iran to consider joining a recently signed defense pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, describing the move as a positive step toward regional security cooperation.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the Western allies trying to bend Tehran to their will through coercion that their efforts are doomed to fail as has been the case throughout history.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry marked the first anniversary of Seyed Hassan Nasrallah’s martyrdom by condemning Israel’s “terrorist crime” and calling for justice and punishment of the perpetrators of the former Hezbollah chief’s assassination.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, referring to his bilateral meetings with several European leaders and the issue of the snapback mechanism, said in New York, talks were held with European countries on matters related to the snapback and apparently an agreement was reached. However, after their discussions with the United States, they started making excuses.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani has told reporters in Beirut that Tehran is “prepared for all scenarios” amid speculations that the Zionist regime could launch a new aggression against the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s Defense Ministry has dismissed Western calls for negotiations over the country’s missile capabilities, stressing that no foreign power has the right to interfere in its defensive strength.
In response to an action by the three European countries in misusing the JCPOA dispute resolution mechanism to reinstate previously terminated United Nations Security Council resolutions, the ambassadors of Iran in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom have been recalled to Tehran for consultations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi sharply criticized the United States and European powers after the UN Security Council rejected a draft resolution put forward by China and Russia to extend Resolution 2231, which endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal.
Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Aragchi asserted that the European trio of the UK, France, and Germany’s efforts aimed at reviving the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions against Iran are “null and void” and carry no legal force.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani has warned that if the so-called “snapback mechanism” is implemented, Tehran will suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).