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Iranian border guards seize nearly 12 tons of narcotics in six months

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Iranian Border Guard

Brigadier General Ahmad-Ali Goudarzi said the operations were carried out along Iran’s southeastern, eastern, and southern frontiers, including Sistan and Baluchestan Province, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He noted that the confiscated substances included opium, crystal meth, heroin, and hashish.

“Through intelligence-led operations and close surveillance of land and sea borders, our forces dismantled several major smuggling networks,” General Goudarzi said during a visit to a display of seized contraband in Sistan and Baluchestan.

He confirmed that 253 suspected traffickers were arrested and 11 armed smugglers were killed in clashes with security forces.

Iran, which shares more than 8,700 kilometers of land and maritime borders, lies on a major transit route for narcotics originating from Afghanistan, the world’s largest producer of opium.

Authorities say they are intensifying counter-narcotics efforts despite the heavy cost to security personnel.

General Goudarzi emphasized that most seizures took place along southeastern borders and praised local residents for cooperating with border forces in confronting drug trafficking.

Funeral held in Mashhad for Iranian firefighter killed in line of duty

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The fire broke out at a furniture workshop along a highway in Mashhad on Friday.

Firefighting teams were dispatched immediately to contain the flames and prevent the blaze from spreading. During the operation, Fakhrian, deputy shift commander of the fire station, lost his life while working to extinguish the fire.

Authorities described him as a dedicated and courageous firefighter who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to public safety.

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Iran’s police chief meets Iraqi interior minister in Baghdad

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General Radan, who arrived in the Iraqi capital with a delegation, was officially received by al-Shammari earlier in the day.

The meeting focused on expanding joint efforts in combating organized crime, drug trafficking, and terrorism, as well as enhancing intelligence exchange between the two countries.

According to officials, the talks aimed to reinforce coordination between Tehran and Baghdad on regional security issues amid shared challenges along their borders.

Both sides emphasized the importance of sustained cooperation in countering cross-border threats and ensuring stability in the region.

The visit underscores the growing security partnership between Iran and Iraq, which has expanded in recent years to include joint mechanisms for border management and combating illicit activities.

European NATO member states displeased with US reaction to ‘Russian drone incursion’: Reuters

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(FILES) US President Donald Trump attends a press conference during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. US President Donald Trump said on September 13, 2025 he was ready to sanction Moscow, but on the condition that all NATO allies agree to completely halt purchases of Russian oil and implement their own sanctions. He also suggested members of the transatlantic alliance consider slapping tariffs of 50 percent to 100 percent on China as a way to help end Russia's war in Ukraine. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

Some members of the bloc view US President Donald Trump’s reluctance to outright blame Moscow for the incident on Wednesday as a sign that he is not committed enough to their defense, the news agency reported on Saturday, citing unnamed European officials.

US aircraft also played no role in repelling the alleged attack, according to Reuters. US officials said it was because the Dutch military was responsible for Polish airspace within NATO at the time.

“Trump’s handling of the incident has ranged from dismay to confusion and unease,” Reuters said.

A German official told the news agency that European NATO members “cannot rely on anything” with the Trump administration.

An Eastern European diplomat called Washington’s “silence” on the matter “almost deafening,” while an Italian official told Reuters that NATO members were mostly displeased with the US reaction.

The Polish government stated that its military tracked at least 19 alleged violations of its airspace by Russian drones over a seven-hour period on Wednesday, describing the episode as “deliberate” and “unprecedented.” It also convened an emergency UN Security Council meeting over the incident.

Trump downplayed the accusations, suggesting that the alleged incident “could have been a mistake.” He also added he was “not happy about anything having to do with that whole situation” and expressed hope that it would just “come to an end.”

Moscow responded by saying Warsaw’s claims were not supported by evidence and hyped up by the “European party of war.” Drones used in strikes against Ukrainian military targets could not “physically” reach Polish territory, Russia’s envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said.

European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, condemned the alleged incursion as “reckless” and expressed solidarity with Poland.

 

Iran says G7 statement an attempt to divert attention from crime of century

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Iranian Foreign Ministry

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran described the claims made in the joint communiqué of the G7 members and their partners regarding Iran as baseless, irresponsible, and sheer scapegoating, and strongly condemned them.

The statement read: “Leveling false accusations against those responsible for safeguarding Iran’s national security is a blatant distortion of realities and a deceitful diversion by the authors of such statements, who, through their unlawful and destabilizing conduct in various parts of the world—particularly in West Asia—have promoted lawlessness and aggravated insecurity.

Undoubtedly, the United States and other members of the G7 must be held accountable for their disgraceful actions in jeopardizing regional and global stability and security, especially for their complicity and partnership in the grave violations of international law, including humanitarian law and human rights, by the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine, as well as for their support of notorious terrorists.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry emphasized: “At a time when the Zionist regime, enjoying the full support of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and other sponsors of this anti-Iranian statement, is engaged in massacres, genocide in occupied Palestine, and continuous warmongering against regional countries, issuing anti-Iran statements serves no purpose other than diverting public opinion from the crime of the century and concealing the complicity of the sponsors of this statement in the genocide. Instead of persisting in scapegoating rooted in outdated supremacist and colonial mindsets, the sponsors of such irresponsible statements must correct their wrongful and criminal policies toward Iran and the region.”

 

Snapback move will cost you everything: Iran FM warns E3

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Abbas Araghchi

The top diplomat passed the remarks in a post on X, former Twitter, on Saturday, addressing the trio, which is part of a 2015 nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic, and their bid to use the deal’s so-called “snapback” mechanism to reinstate the sanctions.

Iran and its allies, Russia, and China, have repeatedly asserted that the European states’ refusal to commit to their obligations under the nuclear deal, including their returning of the sanctions that the deal had lifted, has robbed them of any excuse to resort to the “snapback.”

Araghchi likewise emphasized the troika’s lack of any grounds to trigger the mechanism, besides warning of the irreversible consequences that such a move would cause.

“It is not just that the E3 has no legal, political, or moral entitlement to invoke ‘snapback,’ and that even if they did, ‘use or lose it’ doesn’t work,” he said.

“It’s that the correct expression for the E3’s dilemma is ‘use it *and* lose it.’ Or better yet, ‘use it and lose it *all*.’”

Iran has warned that the trio’s potential success in having the mechanism deployed would prompt the country to take several momentous retaliatory steps.

Those include termination of an agreement between the country and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that was reached recently in order to help resumption of cooperation between the two sides.

According to Iranian officials, another option open to the country is withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Also on Saturday, the foreign minister detailed the agreement with the IAEA during an extraordinary meeting with the members of Majlis (the Iranian Parliament)’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.

Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the meeting, Ebrahim Azizi, head of the committee, pointed to the potential of withdrawal from the NPT upon the European states’ intransigence.

He, however, also noted that “if the Europeans and the agency fulfill their commitments, it has been agreed that under this same agreement the ‘snapback’ issue will be set aside unless the Europeans renege on their pledges or the agency proves unable to meet its obligations.”

Security body warns against hostile actions against Iran, including UN sanctions

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IFP Media Wire
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Araghchi and Grossi

In a statement, the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran declared that the text of the arrangements agreed upon by Seyed Abbas Araqchi and Rafael Grossi had been reviewed by the Council’s nuclear committee, and what has been signed is exactly what was approved by this committee.

This statement was issued regarding the arrangements signed between Iran’s foreign minister and the IAEA director general on how Iran and the Agency will interact under the new circumstances following military attacks by the Zionist regime and the United States against Iran’s safeguarded nuclear facilities.

The statement further said: With regard to the nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards that were attacked by the United States and the Zionist regime, after the necessary security and safety conditions have been ensured, Iran will only submit its report to the IAEA after receiving the approval of the Supreme National Security Council.

The statement added that the operational procedures for cooperation between Iran and the IAEA concerning the reports submitted to the Agency must be mutually agreed upon by the two sides, and the implementation of any such measures must be approved by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

Following three rounds of negotiations between Iran and the IAEA in the wake of the attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities by the Zionist regime and the United States—which led to the Iranian Parliament’s resolution on suspending Iran’s cooperation with the Agency—Araqchi and Grossi reached an agreement on Tuesday in Cairo on a new framework for cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Trump issues Ukraine war ultimatum to all NATO members

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In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump rebuked NATO countries for what he called their unwillingness to go far enough to stop the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev.

“I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia… when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA,” he wrote.

He argued that NATO’s commitment “to WIN has been far less than 100%, and the purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking,” adding “it greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia.”

The US president also proposed that NATO members impose 50% to 100% tariffs on China, which he said would be lifted after the Ukraine conflict ends, portraying it as additional leverage on Russia to cease hostilities.

Since the escalation of the conflict in 2022, Beijing has positioned itself as a neutral actor, insisting that it provides no assistance to either side.

NATO officials and heads of the EU states have yet to comment on Trump’s appeal.

Trump’s post comes as the US has been pushing the EU to impose additional tariffs not only on China, but also on India, over their continued import of Russian oil.

In an interview with CNBC, a European Commission spokesperson didn’t disclose the details of ongoing talks, but said the EU “has engaged with all relevant global partners, including India and China, in the context of its sanctions enforcement efforts.”

Meanwhile, the EU is finalizing its work on a 19th package of sanctions against Russia. While its exact wording remains unclear, it is expected to target the country’s oil exports and its banking sector.

While the EU has pledged to completely phase out Russian fossil fuel imports by 2027, some of its members, most notably Hungary and Slovakia, have opposed the proposal, citing their countries’ reliance on crude supplied via the Druzhba pipeline.

Russia has denounced Western sanctions as “illegal,” stating that they have not only failed to derail the national economy, but have provided an impetus for domestic development.

 

Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi shines in Olympiacos debut

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In his first match wearing the club’s jersey, Taremi scored twice, helping his team to a strong performance.

After the match, he posted a video online, addressing the fans.

“We move forward step by step, we fight for you, and we try our best to make you happy”.

The post quickly gained attention from supporters and they praised his impact on the team in his very first appearance.

Taremi’s move to Olympiacos comes after leaving Inter Milan in Italy. His successful debut has already raised expectations for the rest of the season and strengthened the club’s attacking options.

Iranian president to travel to Qatar, New York Monday        

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Masoud Pezeshkian

The summit of Muslim countries’ leaders, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League, is to be held to reaffirm support for the government of Qatar in the wake of the recent attack by the Zionist regime
and to condemn the crime. This emergency meeting will be held on Sunday and Monday in the Qatari capital.

After his stay in Qatar, the Iranian president will return to Tehran and then depart for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

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