Ayatollah Sistani condemns war on Iran, urges immediate ceasefire

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, top Shia cleric in Iraq, has strongly condemned the ongoing war against Iran and called for an immediate end to the US-Israeli aggression.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson says martyred leader remained firm on religious ban of nuclear ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei insisted on the ban on nuclear weapons until the last moment of his life, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has said.

President Pezeshkian condemns US-Israeli attack on Iranian elementary school

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has condemned a US-Israeli attack on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed dozens of schoolgirls.

President says Iran’s rejection of nuclear weapons based on religious beliefs, fatwa

Iran to US: Sanctions and war failed; try diplomacy and respect

A top Iranian diplomat says the time is ripe for the United States to abandon its “fruitless” sanctions and failed policy of war against Iran, urging genuine respect for diplomacy as the only viable path forward.

Iran, other Muslim states slam US envoy’s endorsement of ‘Greater Israel’ plot

Iran, along with several Islamic and Arab countries and organizations, has condemned comments by the US ambassador to the occupied territories, who suggested Israel has a right to expand its occupation to much of West Asia.

Tehran says US has not sought zero enrichment, warns war hawks pushing for ‘catastrophic war’

Iran’s Foreign Minister has said Washington has not demanded zero uranium enrichment in ongoing indirect talks, while warning that hardliners are attempting to steer US policy toward a “catastrophic war.”

Iran won’t initiate war, but will ‘decisively’ defend itself against aggression: UN envoy

The Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has stressed that the Islamic Republic will not initiate any war but will deliver a “decisive” response to an act of aggression against the country.