Gharibabadi:

Claims of Iran’s defeat caused by enemies' miscalculations

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA)–Lashing out at the unfounded claims of enemies raised, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Legal and International Affairs has emphasized baseless allegations levelled on Iran’s situation is the result of enemies' miscalculation.

Iran, Iraq officials emphasize expanding security cooperation

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iraqi National Security Adviser Qassem al-Aboudi stressed the need to expand and strengthen security cooperation.

US-bound oil tanker targeted in cyberattack

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – A Liberian-flagged oil tanker bound for the United States was hit by a major cyberattack in the Strait of Gibraltar, with all of its communications disrupted for 30 hours.

“Leave region before it’s too late”: Iran MP warns foreigners

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Ebrahim Azizi has issued stark warning to foreign, addressing foreign forces to leave the region "before it's too late".

China pushes back against Trump’s economic D-Day against Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – China on Thursday pushed back against the US president’s “Economic D-Day” campaign against Iran, stressing diplomatic means to end the conflict.

US national debt surpasses record $40 trillion

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Total debt for the United States has passed $40 trillion for the first time, raising concerns that the country is facing a fiscal crisis as government spending outpaces revenue.

Envoy:

US, Israel using UNSC to peddle unfounded claims against Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s ambassador and deputy permanent representative to the UN has denounced the world body’s Security Council for politicization, double standards, and selective application of its rules.

Ghalibaf meets with Iraq’s Judicial Council chief in Baghdad

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met with Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council President Faiq Zidan in Baghdad to discuss strengthening judicial and legal cooperation between the two countries.

IRGC spox.:

Iran to use more destructive weapons if a new war starts

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Warning the US officials for any adventurism against Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Spokesman Brigadier General Mohsen Mohebbi has said that Iran will use more destructive weapons if a new war breaks out.

US ‘economic D-Day’ diversion from its own crisis: Araghchi

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says the so-called ‘Economic D-Day’ is a diversion from America's own crisis: unprecedented debt & surging interest costs.

Iran urges Islamic states to back Palestine, counter Israel

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed the need for stronger cooperation among Islamic countries to support Palestine and counter the Zionist regime’s plots against the interests of the Muslim world.