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Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has highlighted the country’s effective battle against Takfiri terrorism that has engulfed the region, a lawmaker said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned a string of terrorist bombings in the Saudi Arabian cities of Qatif, Medina and Jeddah, calling for stronger unity among Muslim nations as the only way to counter terrorism in the Middle East region.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a wave of suicide bombings that hit Saudi Arabian cities on Monday, stressing that the fight on terrorism does require international consensus and united efforts.
A former high-ranking Iranian diplomat condemned the Bahraini regime for stripping citizenship from the spiritual leader of the kingdom’s Shiite Muslim majority, saying the move is a result of secret ties between Manama and Tel Aviv.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced that Tehran welcomes the election of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Security Council given the country’s potentials.
Tonight, Monday July 4, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) is going to broadcast the confessions of a number of ISIS terrorists who had planned to launch suicide attacks in different parts of Iran, particularly in Tehran, but were captured by the Intelligence Ministry. In these confessions, one of them claims to have received €600,000 for launching terrorist attacks in Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned a series of recent terrorist attacks in Turkey, Bangladesh, and Iraq, which claimed the lives of tens of people, stressing that the Islamic Republic will not “rest” until all terrorists are eliminated.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry underlined that evidence and documents indicate that the four diplomats abducted in Lebanon in 1982 are still alive and imprisoned in Israel.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi referred to the recent leakage of personal information belonging to 20 million users of an Iranian cell phone operator, and noted that the database had been leaked out over 2 years ago.
A ranking Iranian military commander slammed the US government as the biggest violator of human rights, saying Washington’s despicable model of human rights is seen as ”symbol of modern ignorance”.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a recent terrorist attack in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, which killed at least 22 people, saying the “inauspicious act” proved that terrorism knows no boundaries.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei dismissed claims made by Washington pertaining to its willingness to engage in talks with Tehran over regional issues.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the recent nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as JCPOA, was the least costly way for achieving the country’s goals and meeting national interests.
An anonymous source has recently sent a message to a wide range of Iranian journalists, giving them a “last warning” to cut their ties with “hostile” media. No one yet knows whether the country’s security bodies were behind the threat or not.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, ordered decisive reaction by all Iranian organizations to cases of exorbitant, unconventional wages, and called for unrelenting punitive action on breaking regulations.
An Iranian trade official hailed the positive outcomes of a recent nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as JCPOA, but at the same time criticized the West over their failure to fulfill their obligations in full.
Head of Iran’s Civil Defence Organization voiced the organization’s preparedness for cooperation with the Intelligence Ministry to deal with cases of bioterrorism.
An Iranian naval fleet managed to rescue one of the country’s oil tankers from a pirate attack around the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, a chokepoint between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
