Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appeared among and delivered an address to a glorious, passionate, meaningful and innumerable crowd of appreciative people on Monday, marking the 29th anniversary of the departure of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini.

President invited people to attend the International Quds Day demonstrations in large numbers, saying: “Quds day is a historic day when everybody protests against tyrants and voices support of an oppressed people who have been displaced from their homes during the past 70 years”.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zaif says each member of the international community is duty-bound to stand against the US’ evasion of law, bullying, and indifference to the rule of law.

Interview with Ali Khorram, Iran’s former ambassador to China, on Iran’s decision to expand its nuclear enrichment capacity and its likely consequences.

Iran has vehemently ruled out the possibility of holding talks with the United States on a new agreement, urging Washington to stop its rhetoric of threat in addressing the civilized and great Iranian people and use the language of wisdom and respect instead.

Iran has lashed out at the United States for asking Saudi Arabia to pump more oil to cover a drop in Iranian exports, saying the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would dismiss the appeal.

Kaveh L. Afrasiabi and Seyedrasoul Mousavi
On June 8-9, the 18th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held in Qingdao, China. Ahead of the summit, in an interview with the Chinese media, Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted that “the SCO member states account for one fourth of the world’s GDP, 43 percent of the international population and 23 percent of the global territory.”

In a meeting with the heads of three branches of the Iranian government and a group of officials and authorities on Wednesday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pointed to profound, fundamental and continuous enmity of the US toward the essence of the Islamic Republic and the Iranian nation, stressing, “The defeat of the US in the recent case would become certain and incontrovertible if [Iranian] officials fulfilled their duties.”  

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says Iran’s current negotiations with the EU over the JCPOA don’t cover any issue beyond the nuclear deal. 

Seyyed Ali Khorram
The recent summit meeting of the 28 member states of the European Union in Bulgaria reached remarkable results, which were valuable for both Europe and Iran. This was the first time that Europe demonstrated its unanimity and lent its categorical support to a country in the face of the United States by taking a challenging position at international level.