Iran has reacted to a recent rights resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly censuring Tehran for alleged “human rights abuses,” noting that some backers of the resolution were themselves among major and “discredited” violators of human rights and supporters of terrorism.

A senior Iranian official says the Israeli regime seeks to create crisis and tensions in the Middle East in a bid to catalyze partition of regional countries.

The Iranian president denounces Saudi Arabia’s interference in Lebanon, saying it is “shameful” that a Muslim state has “begged” the Israeli regime to carry out military strikes against the Lebanese nation.

Iranian lawmakers have condemned the Saudi regime’s killing of Yemenis, saying the aggression is being carried out amid a "meaningful" Western media silence.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó spoke by telephone.