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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned a terrorist attack in southeastern Iranian Taftan County in Sistan and Baluchestan province last week that claimed the lives of ten border guards.
Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Admiral Habibollah Sayyari has said before the recent attack on Iran, the Zionist regime and its supporters had access to the Iraqi airspace for 25 days as they waited for an opportunity to harm Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stated that during its recent act of aggression against Iran, Israel used Iraqi airspace and that of other countries provided by the United States.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh has denied reports claiming that Israeli warplanes had violated Iran's airspace during the recent act of aggression against some military sites inside Iran.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the appointment of Sheikh Naim Qassem to succeed Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah leader would “strengthen” the resistance.
Iran on Tuesday said European countries are acting hypercritically, following remarks by EU chief Josep Borrell stating the bloc was "considering measures in response" to the execution of Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd.
Tehran on Tuesday summoned the German envoy over the "interventionist stance" of Berlin following the execution by Iran of Jamshid Sharmahd, the ringleader of a US-based terror group.
Irabian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, addressing his German counterpart, has stated that no terrorist is immune in Iran, even if he or she is supported by Berlin. He added that holding a German passport will not grant immunity to terrorists, including criminals.
The foreign minister of Iran, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, has reminded the United Nations Security Council of its statutory obligation to impose strict sanctions on Israel to force it to stop the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, in a phone conversation with his British counterpart, called on the United Nations Security Council to immediately condemn the Israeli assault against Iran, which he identified as, continuation of the regime’s atrocities in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Iran has announced a whopping increase of 200 percent in its military budget for the upcoming year, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has strongly condemned Israel’s recent aggression against Iran as a blatant violation of international law, asserting Tehran’s potential retaliation will be in accordance with the international law.
A spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says it has no information about whether the house arrest of former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi and the latter’s wife Zahra Rahnavard has come to an end.
Israel's recent attack has not had the slightest effect on Tehran’s military power, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian has stated.
The chief of Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces announced on Monday that 850,000 illegal Afghan migrants have been repatriated from Iran, as part of a broader plan to deport 2 million illegal residents by the end of the Iranian year, which ends on March 20.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail baghaei dismissed reports that Israeli warplanes violated Iran's airspace during the regime's aggression against some military sites inside Iran.
Commander in chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Major General Hossein Salami has warned Israel of “bitter consequences” following the recent Israeli attacks on some Iranian military centers.
Approximately 38,000 illegal Afghan nationals have been arrested and deported from Iran’s southeastern Kerman province to their home country, the general commander of Kerman's Law Enforcement Force announced on Monday.
The Iranian President vowed Iran would respond to recent Israel’s attacks on several Iranian military sites that killed five people, but stressed Tehran does not want a wider war.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the arrest of four people in connection with the Saturday terrorist attack in the city of Taftan in southeast of the country. It added four more terrorists were also killed and several others were wounded in the operation involving drones.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, in a letter to the UN chief and Security Council, warned that Israeli airstrikes on Iran could further destabilize the region amid the regime's military campaign against Gaza and Lebanon.
Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has called on the international community to establish a political, economic, or if necessary, military coalition against the Israeli regime.