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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to arrive in China on Sunday for a four-day official visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iran’s ambassador to Beijing announced.
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), met on Saturday with his Armenian counterpart, Armen Grigoryan, during the latter’s visit to Tehran.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that Iran is facing a united front comprising the US, Israel, NATO, and even some regional countries, stressing the need for national unity and strength to counter potential threats.
The Jomhouri-e Eslami daily has warned that Iran is edging back toward the period of heavy sanctions experienced during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the nuclear negotiations led by Saeed Jalili.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the arrest of eight individuals in Khorasan Razavi province on charges of collaborating with Israel’s spy agency, Mossad.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed that Tehran is not seeking war, but if its enemies attempt aggression, Iran will confront them with full strength.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country’s active diplomacy over the past year has helped secure a ceasefire and widespread international condemnation of Israel’s military strikes on Iran in June.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says any decision regarding leaving the NPT falls solely within Iran leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei’s authority.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has called on the European Union to “end selective interpretations” of the 2015 nuclear agreement (JCPOA) and to act as a “neutral coordinator” in ongoing disputes over the accord.
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, described the move by the three European countries to reinstate annulled UN resolutions against Iran as following the orders of the party that violated the JCPOA.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has submitted a formal letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the rotating president of the Security Council, and member states, condemning the European “E3” – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom – for what he described as “distorted and misleading claims” regarding the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA) and UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a statement, categorically rejectd and, in the strongest possible terms, condemnd the "unlawful notification" submitted by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (E3) to the Security Council in relation to Resolution 2231 (2015).
The deputy head of Iran’s Parliament Article 90 Commission, announced that lawmakers have begun drafting an urgent plan for the country’s complete withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization has declared that the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will depend strictly on compliance with parliamentary legislation and the decisions of the Supreme National Security Council.
A senior Iranian diplomat has warned that any European move to trigger the UN “snapback” mechanism could prompt Tehran to suspend its current level of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Brigadier General Ali-Mohammad Naeini, spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said Iran’s victory in the recent 12-day conflict against Israel and the US demonstrated the country’s military, political, and social resilience.
Iranian security forces have uncovered a workshop for producing explosive vests and homemade bombs in the city of Iranshahr, in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, a senior police official confirmed Thursday.
An Iranian official has warned the UK, France, and Germany that it would stop interaction with the United Nations nuclear watchdog if the trio managed to have the United Nations Security Council restore its sanctions against Tehran.
The head of the Iranian Government Information Council, said on Wednesday discussions on lifting the ban on Telegram and other platforms may soon resume after being delayed due to recent conflicts with Israel.
Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi says no permission has been granted for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says the International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors visit Iran to oversee the fuel replacement process at the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said in an interview that the recent visit of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to Iran was conducted under the decision of the Supreme National Security Council and in accordance with Iranian law.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) carried out three military operations against terrorist groups in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, killing and capturing dozens.
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baqaei, referring to Tuesday’s meeting between Iranian and European officials in Geneva, said that it was agreed the contacts between the two sides would continue in the coming days, expressing hope that this process would safeguard Iran’s rights and national interests.
Tehran has strongly condemned Canberra’s recent decision to sever ties with the Islamic Republic, asserting that the “unjustified” move goes against the traditional norms of diplomatic relations between the two nations.