Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says an understanding expected to be reached with Oman does not mean the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that Iran’s condition for reopening the strategic waterway is the return of the United States to its commitments under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding.

Iran’s President said that people of Gaza and Lebanon continue to face the consequences of atrocities and genocide and BRICS should play a more effective role in defending national sovereignty.

Israeli forces have ramped up attacks targeting homes and civilian infrastructure in southern Lebanon, and separately shelled the vicinity of Beit Jinn village in the Damascus countryside of southern Syria.

Extremist Zionist settlers launched renewed attacks and violations under direct protection from Zionist regime’s forces across the occupied West Bank during the past 24 hours.

About 1,236 extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under police guard during the past week.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will not be forced into submission, while questioning the rationale behind the countless instances of unprovoked American aggression against civilian targets.

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected US attempts to invoke the anniversary of the September 11 attacks to justify a “reckless and unlawful war” against Iran, saying Washington’s narrative on terrorism is riddled with fundamental contradictions.

A mass dinner intended to commemorate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on the tourist island of Phuket in Thailand has been cancelled after a pro-Palestinian protest nearby.

The French public broadcaster France Télévisions has removed the replay of a program in which actress Adèle Haenel denounced Zionist regime’s genocide in Gaza and France’s complicity.

President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged BRICS members to build a resilient trade network and expand the use of national currencies to strengthen economic cooperation and reduce vulnerability to political shocks.

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the country’s military units have taken control of hundreds of kilometers of land in the country’s strategic western provinces of Hudaydah and Ta’izz, and are making a rapid advance toward the vital Bab al-Mandab Strait in a major blow to Saudi-backed mercenaries.