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Iran’s Ambassador to China, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, said strengthening economic and investment cooperation between Tehran and Beijing requires precise and medium-term planning.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) is hosting the Sahand-2025 joint anti-terrorism drill with members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Iran’s East Azarbaijan Province.
The Iranian foreign minister emphasized that the Islamic Republic is one of the most reliable energy suppliers for Turkey and expressed Iran’s readiness to extend the gas contract and expand cooperation in the electricity sector.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that the Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Saud bin Mohammed Al-Sati, has traveled to Tehran as part of ongoing diplomatic consultations between the two countries.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army stressed that the Islamic Republic’s defense strategy is built on active defense and smart deterrence, meaning that Iran will not wait for an enemy attack and is fully prepared to deliver a decisive and crushing response wherever national interests require.
The chairman of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Ebrahim Azizi, said the Iranian parliament has drafted proposals related to a possible withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), noting that these plans will proceed through legislative channels if national circumstances require it.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that any form of military cooperation with Iran would take place strictly within the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between the two countries earlier this year.
The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baqaei, strongly condemned the Zionist regime’s ongoing crimes in the West Bank, including the killing and torture of the residents.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei dismissed reports that Tehran had sent indirect messages to the United States, calling such claims “a total lie” during a televised address on Thursday night.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that the Australian Government’s “political decision” to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization sets a dangerous and unlawful precedent, driven by Israeli influence to divert global attention from the genocide in Gaza.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said the recent 12-day conflict with Israel was planned years in advance by Washington and Tel Aviv, but ultimately showcased Iran’s “unwavering national will” in the face of foreign pressure.
The “Basij Power” military drill was held in Tehran on Thursday morning with the participation of senior commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi condemned US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and its aerial attack against Tehran's nuclear installations, and stressed that Washington should cease its excessive and coercive approaches and be held accountable for its actions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has warned that recent attacks on Iran’s nuclear and chemical facilities during the latest conflict carry the risk of spreading radioactive and chemical materials beyond Iran’s borders.
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, on Wednesday lambasted the US and Israel for orchestrating the recent 12-day conflict with Iran, calling it a long-planned provocation aimed at weakening the country.
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araqchi, warned that Israel’s growing footprint in the Caribbean and Latin America represents a serious challenge to regional calm and security.
A public dispute has emerged in Tehran after the editor-in-chief of the principlist daily Kayhan, Hossein Shariatmadari, sharply criticized President Massoud Pezeshkian over a recent letter sent to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi will travel to France this week for high-level discussions, following his participation in the annual conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.
Former commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Mohsen Rezaei has urged Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah to reconsider its approach of strategic patience, warning that Israel is exploiting ceasefires, negotiations, and the restraint of resistance forces.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has sharply criticized the Israeli regime’s airstrike on a residential neighborhood in southern Beirut on Sunday evening, as well as the assassination of senior Lebanese resistance commander, martyr Haitham Ali Tabatabaei.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei has stressed that no negotiations will take place between Tehran and Washington as long as the United States insists on its current approach.
A group of Iranian lawmakers has formally submitted a motion to impeach Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh, citing 16 areas of concern, a member of parliament announced on Saturday.
