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US congresswoman calls for impeachment of Pete Hegseth

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – US Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari has slammed the Trump administration’s military campaign against Iran, demanding the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Pezeshkian to meet Putin on September 1: Russian official

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – A senior Russian official said Friday that President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on September 1.

Iran FM:

“Operation Economic Outcast” amounts to state terrorism

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – In a statement on Friday, Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged all countries in the world to refrain from implementing new US “economic terrorism” against Tehran.

No one will sell oil in region where Iran cannot: Ghalibaf

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that no one will be able to sell oil in a region where the Islamic Republic cannot do so.

Iran sympathizes with Nepal deadly flood and landslide

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei expressed deep sympathy with the government and people of Nepal after the deadly flood and landslide.

Senior Iranian MP:

Naval blcokade must be lifted before Iran agreement with Oman

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – A senior Iranian lawmaker has stressed that Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz in agreement with Oman until the United States lifts the naval blockade.

FM Araghchi:

Pressure does not work; US must rebuild trust for diplomacy

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said after hosting his Qatar counterpart in Tehran that the United States must first recognize that pressure against Iran will not work and in order to restart talks it must rebuild trust.

Pezeshkian:

All Iranian nation's legitimate rights must be recognized

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian says all the legal rights of the Iranian people must be recognized within the framework of international law, stressing that Tehran seeks nothing beyond its legitimate rights.

Rezaei:

US must end war on Lebanon as one of Iran's conditions

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Major General Mohsen Rezaei has said that one of Iran's conditions to end war is that US must end its wars on all fronts, including Lebanon.

Ghalibaf, Qatari PM discuss regional developments in Tehran

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf held a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Tehran to discuss regional developments amid US aggression.

Bessent’s credibility at risk as US empire declines: Ghalibaf

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has responded to recent remarks by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, saying that the “American empire is in decline” while Bessent’s own credibility is increasingly at risk.

Kuwaiti tanker targeted in the Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – A Kuwaiti-flagged oil tanker, Al Salam 2, was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on the evening of August 26, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).

Pakistan rejects unilateral US sanctions against Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Pakistan has reaffirmed its commitment to bilateral trade with Iran in accordance with international law, saying it will not abide by unilateral US sanctions against Tehran.

Top Iranian, Qatari diplomats hold talks in Tehran

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – The visiting Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held talk with Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Thursday.

Iran’s parl. speaker:

Enemy to certainly be defeated in full-fledged economic war

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said that the country is in a full-scale economic war, and it [enemy] will certainly be defeated in a full-scale economic war waged against the Islamic Republic.

Pezeshkian urges Muslim nations' unity despite differences

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on the Muslim countries to establish unity and amity, emphasizing that Muslims' unity will thwart the conspiracies and plots hatched by enemies against these countries.

40th Intl. Islamic Unity Conference kicks off in Tehran

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – The 40th International Islamic Unity Conference began in Tehran’s Summit Hall on Thursday in the presence of President Masoud Pezeshkian and a number of prominent scholars from the Islamic world.