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Military war on Iran unlikely, Armed Forces must boost capabilities: Ayat. Khamenei
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says there is no possibility of a military war on Iran given the ongoing political considerations, but the country’s Armed Forces must continue to upgrade their human and military hardware capabilities.

 
Iranian MPs convinced by Zarif’s answers
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif went to the Iranian Parliament on Sunday morning and answered the questions posed by the MPs and the lawmakers were convinced by his answers.

 
Iran FM, UNHCR chief discuss issues of mutual interest
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Chief Filippo Grandi conferred on bilateral ties and regional developments.

 
Iran, France FMs discuss regional developments over phone
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in a telephone conversation late Saturday discussed bilateral relations, JCPOA and latest regional developments.

US trying to mislead ICJ on Iran’s lawsuit: Official
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi says the US has given non-technical and non-relevant answers to The Hague in an attempt to mislead the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Parliament rescinds education minister impeachment
A member of the Iranian Parliament’s presiding board announced that the 20 signatories of the education minister impeachment bill are revoking their signatures to rescind the impeachment.

US ready to protect PG shipping in defiance of Iran’s warnings: Report
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has reportedly claimed that it is fully prepared to maintain the flow of commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf despite Iran’s insistence that it will prevent all oil exports through the waterway’s Strait of Hormuz entry point if the US attempts to follow through with its threat of halting Iranian exports.

 
Zarif defends Iran foreign diplomacy in Majlis
Diplomacy does not carry the meaning that you have to cancel your trip to a country for a worthless hated terrorist group. Of course, we have stated our stance on this subject to the French government, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Iranian lawmakers on Sunday.

 

Top generals from Iran, Russia, Iraq, Syria to meet soon: Official
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri and his Russian, Iraqi, and Syrian counterparts are planned to hold a joint meeting in the near future, a high-ranking Iranian commander said.


 
Iran finishes sixth at Asian Games after winning 62 medals



The Iranian delegation moved down one place to sixth at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.