Having emerged stronger from the failed US-led war of aggression, Iran's unshakable stance rejects talks under blockade – holding principled terms in one hand and unused asymmetric options in the other – while leveraging time, geography, and public opinion.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister has called on the BRICS grouping to become a platform for equal cooperation, mutual respect, independent decision-making, and the defense of nations’ rights against monopoly, sanctions and the policy of coercion.
China has condemned the massive arms sales by the US to Taiwan ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, warning Washington against interfering in China’s internal affairs.
Heavy rainfall in recent weeks has revived Lake Urmia, as well as other water bodies, including Helleh, Miqan, Hoor al-Azim, Zarivar, Kani Barazan, and Gahar Lake, with some wetlands filling for the first time in decades as migratory birds return.
Over 1,000 scientists from around the world have signed an open letter expressing "grave concern" over at least 21 attacks that have damaged Iranian scientific institutions during the "unprovoked USA-Israel's aggression on Iran."
Emirati authorities have deported many Pakistani Shia workers from the UAE after Iran began retaliatory strikes against US interests in the Arab state.
Iran's Foreign Ministry has dismissed as "utterly baseless and rejected" accusations by Kuwait that the Islamic Republic had been planning hostile acts against its neighbor.
The al-Mustafa International University says the UAE’s participation in the recent war of aggression by the US and Israel amounts to "supporting the front of unbelief."