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In an address to a meeting of senior Judiciary officials in Tehran, Raeisi denounced Canada’s recent move to sell Iran’s cultural buildings as “completely illegal and in contravention of all international conventions.” “The Iranian nation has proved that it would not give in to force over any issue, and if Canada does not quit this course of action and expropriates…

“The illegal presence of American military forces on the Syrian soil threatens territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Syria as an independent country, which is also a member of the United Nations,” Rouhani said on Monday during a tripartite summit in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He added, “I emphasize that it…

Speaking at a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Brigadier General Bahman Kargar explained about ceremonies due to be held during the Sacred Defense Week, which marks the onset of the Iraqi imposed war on Iran in the 1980s. He said the events to commemorate the Sacred Defense Week will kick off on Sunday, September 22, when the Armed forces…

Making the remarks during his teachings in a class of advanced Islamic Jurisprudence on Tuesday, Imam Khamanei touched upon US ‘maximum pressure’ policy against Iran. Referring to different stances of US officials regarding talks with Iran, the Leader said: “Sometimes they call for negotiations with no preconditions and other times they talk of negotiations under 12 conditions. These contradictory remarks…

Rouhani made the remarks on Monday during a tripartite summit in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. ”The illegal presence of American military forces on the Syrian soil threatens territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Syria as an independent country, which is also a member of the United Nations,” Iran’s president said. He…

Speaking on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei said entering talks with the US under the current circumstances would be tantamount to surrendering to Washington’s undue pressure campaign. “Negotiating would mean Washington imposing its demands on Tehran. It would also be a manifestation of the victory of America’s maximum pressure campaign,” the Leader noted. “That is why Iranian officials — including the president,…

“Canada’s confiscation of Iran’s assets was illegal and against all international agreements,” Rayeesi said, addressing the Judiciary officials in Tehran on Monday. He warned that if the Canadian government does not release Tehran’s confiscated assets, the Judiciary in cooperation with the foreign ministry will identify and seize Canadian properties through international bodies. “No country will be allowed at all to…

Ali Akbar Salehi made the remarks while addressing the Sixty-Third Regular Session of International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna on Monday. “At this critical point in time for multilateralism, this session of the General Conference is a unique opportunity to explore the challenges and locate our own places in addressing them,” Iran’s nuclear chief said. Salehi expressed regret that despite…

“The Americans reached this assessment after destruction of their drone that in case of military reaction to the move (the shooting down of the drone), they will sustain 15,000 tolls and then a war of attrition would break out and Trump was, hence, forced to avoid any military action against Iran after the assessment of Iran behavior,” Zonnour said on…