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US President Donald Trump has called the Iranian delegation attending the United Nations General Assembly in September headed by President Hassan Rouhani eight times to no avail, a government official said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country has officially filed a lawsuit against the US in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the unilateral sanctions Washington re-imposed against the Islamic Republic.

An Arab news website says the US President’s bid to halt Iran’s oil exports are mainly aimed at salvaging Saudi Arabia’s sluggish economy.

Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, says Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is going to meet his US counterpart in Helsinki, is a logical and predictable politician unlike Donald Trump.

British activists and citizens made creative effigies of US President Donald Trump in the capital London to express their protest at his visit to the UK.

British political analyst Rodney Shakespeare says the selfish policies adopted by US President Donald Trump will undermine transatlantic relations and finally lead to a multipolar world.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi, in a meeting with Ugandan president, called for a global united front against the US’ unilateral and illegal moves.

US President Donald Trump has rehashed its claim that Iranian speedboats have avoided conducting patrols around American vessels in the Persian Gulf during his presidency.

A top Iranian official says the Trump administration’s unilateralism could push the world towards a third World War.

Iran’s foreign minister has flatly rejected the allegation that the Obama administration granted Green Cards to 2,500 Iranians as part of the nuclear deal.

US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, in an address to a rally staged by the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group, admitted recent protests in Iran had been orchestrated from outside.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the policy of exerting pressure and imposing sanctions is doomed to failure and will just increase the height of the wall of distrust between Tehran and Washington.

Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a Princeton University scholar and a former member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, says holding talks with the Trump administration under current circumstances will not serve Iran’s national interests for a number of reasons.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the hollow verbal threats by US President Donald Trump against Iran will end up in the Islamic Republic’s interests in the long run.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has secretly met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Royal Jordanian Palace during his recent visit to Amman, a media report says.

Iran’s petroleum minister says the country sees no need for the OPEC member states to boost their oil production, as Tehran believes the recent hike in global oil prices has its roots in political tensions and not any imbalance in the market.  

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a detailed article, has responded to the 12 preconditions set by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Iran last month.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to resist calls from Washington to change its output policies, saying that OPEC is not a subordinate of the White House.

Igor Kolaković, the head coach of the national Iranian volleyball team, has blasted the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for what he calls a stupid interrogation of the Iranian team’s members upon their arrival at a US airport.

A political analyst says the agreement reached between the US and North Korean leaders is mostly in the interests of Pyongyang.

Hassan Beheshtipour, a senior international expert, says a secret agreement between China and the US was the main factor that forced North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un to sit for talks with US President Donald Trump.

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, June 13, and picked headlines from 29 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the country welcomes any attempt to restore peace and stability to the Korean Peninsula but at the same time is not optimistic that US President Donald Trump would remain committed to his pledges.

North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has pledged his "firm and unwavering commitment to the complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula" following a historic meeting with US President Donald Trump.

By withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump made one of the biggest strategic mistakes in the US history, and proved Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was right about distrusting America, former US Secretary of State John Kerry says.