Iranian, Iraqi FMs hold phone call

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – The Foreign Ministers of Iran and Iraq spoke by phone on Monday.

Formation of gov. right of Iraqi people: Gen. Qaani

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Quds Force Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani has praised the Iraqi resistance, stressing that the Iraqi people's right to formation of a government.

Iranians do not give in to use of force: Pezeshkian

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed that Iranians are man of talks and dialogue while they refuse to submit to use of force.

Iran, Russia FMs hold phone call

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation on Monday.

Iran, Pakistan FMs discuss ceasefire, region in call

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghhci and his Pakistani counterpart Muhammad Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation late on Monday to discuss the latest developments in the region and issues concerning the ceasefire.

Pakistan's army chief:

Trump blockade of Iran hampering efforts to resume talks

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Pakistan's army chief has told US President Donald Trump that continued US naval blockade of Iranian ports is hampering Islamabad’s efforts to mediate a second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States.

Pezeshkian calls for unity among Muslim nations to foil plots

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged unity and amity among Muslim states to thwart the foreign conspiracies, emphasizing the unity among Islamic countries is the most important way to counter plots.

UAE warns of shift to yuan amid dollar shortages

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – The United Arab Emirates has warned that it will conduct financial transactions in yuan if the Federal Reserve does not establish a currency swap line with the Emirati central bank.

Oil prices jump about 5% over US action

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Oil prices jumped about 5% in Monday after the US Navy action in continued its naval bolckade against Iran and closure of Strait of Hormuz.

Over 3,300 Iranians martyred in US-Israel attack

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s forensic authority says at least 3,375 people, including hundreds of children, have been martyred during the recent 40 days of unprovoked war of aggression waged by the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran.

87 Intl. lawyers denounce US-Israeli war on Iran, Lebanon

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – A number of 87 international lawyers have issued a joint statement, calling the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran and Lebanon ‘a gross violation of international law and a clear instance of the crime of aggression.’

2 spies convicted of cooperation with Mossad hanged in Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Two men convicted of spying for the Israeli Mossad spy agency were executed in Iran after the Supreme Court upheld their sentences following the completion of all legal procedures.

Leader thanks Sunni scholars in Hormozgan for unity

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has expressed appreciation for Sunni scholars and clerics in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province, commending their unity and declaration of allegiance.

Iran delays response to US attack on ship for family safety

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Spokesperson for Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has said that the country’s response to a US naval attack on Iranian container vessel “Touska” in the Gulf of Oman has been put off to ensure safety of crew’s families.

Ghalibaf warns global oil traders on 'house of cards' pricing

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned the global oil market participants against relying on unreliable “vibe-trading digital oil,”, urging them to focus instead on real physical oil transactions.

North Korea tests-fires short-range ballistic missiles

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – North Korea announced Monday that it had test-fired five short-range Hwasongpho-11 Ra surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missiles following reports by South Korea and Japan of launches toward the East Sea.

Baghaei:

Iran has no plans for next round of talks with US

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman says that Tehran has no plans for another round of negotiations with the US as of yet.

FM spox:

Iran stands resolute in face of enemies’ brutality, barbarism

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) –Hailing the bravery of Iranian nurses and physicians in rescuing newborns and patients during the US-Israeli attack on a hospital in Tehran, a foreign ministry official said Iran has stood resolute in face of enemy's brutality.

Iran, Pakistan FMs discuss regional developments, ceasefire

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghhci and his Pakistani counterpart Muhammad Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation late on Sunday to discuss the latest developments in the region and issues concerning the ceasefire.

Military spokesman:

Iran to soon respond to US military's armed piracy

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – The spokesman of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced that Iran will soon retaliate for the US military’s armed piracy in the Sea of Oman.

Pezeshkian:

US naval blockade violates ceasefire, UN charter

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian told Pakistan’s PM that the US naval blockade of Iran is a clear ceasefire violation and contradicts the UN Charter.

Iran not to handover enriched uranium to US, any other state

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – The head of the Interests Section of Iran in Egypt emphasized that Iran has no decision to hand over its enriched uranium to the US or any other country.