The Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the US had hoped to carry out security and military action against Iran from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, but that the plot failed thanks to assistance from Iran's friends in the region and the timely response of Iran's armed forces.

Bafel Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), met with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Tuesday morning, at the head of a high-ranking delegation on a visit for talks with senior Iranian officials.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has announced an upcoming visit by Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to Beijing.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf emphasized that the enemy sought to awaken fear with fire, but the people, through their presence, displayed the fire of zeal and dignity born of resistance, proving that pressures and differing viewpoints will never undermine the deep bond of the 90-million-strong Iranian core with their beloved country and national interests.

The Public Relations Department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the interception and destruction of an advanced MQ-1 drone in the skies over the western Strait of Hormuz.

The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, has said that mixed signals from the US president should not distract anyone from the new realities around oil and the straits, adding that there will be no negotiations until Tehran’s conditions are met.

A senior official of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has condemned the US measure to prevent the Iranian delegation from attending the annual conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, describing the behavior as "childish," "malicious," and a clear example of "bullying."

Washington's naval position is being tested at both ends of the Arabian Peninsula at once — Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, 3,000 kilometers apart — while the routes built to bypass Hormuz are under pressure in the same period. The result is a problem firepower cannot solve, and one now acknowledged in Tel Aviv as readily as in Tehran.

Pointing to a recent interview featuring an American pilot who allegedly crashed in Iran, the Iranian Embassy in Tunisia stated that when a military mission fails, Washington resorts to myth-making.

Iranian Executive Vice President Mohammad Jafar Ghaempanah said Iran is no longer afraid of confronting a superpower such as the United States or a nuclear power such as the Israeli regime, attributing that confidence to the military doctrine of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Iran’s defense capabilities.

Iran's ambassador to international organizations in Vienna said Monday that preventing Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami from attending the IAEA General Conference was a "serious violation" of Iran's rights as a member state and a "blatant abuse of power" by the host country.

Reports suggesting that Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed Iran’s special representative for China affairs have been denied.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has urged regional countries to take account of the realities surrounding Yemen and refrain from shifting responsibility onto Iran, stressing that Tehran does not interfere in Yemeni affairs.