Taliban militants have refused ceasefire proposal bny Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and vowed to launch more attacks to take strategic regions in the country.

‘Defense Industry’ anniversary was marked in a ceremony with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in attendance.

Yemeni forces have launched domestically-produced ballistic missiles at a Saudi military base in southwestern border region of Najran retaliating the Arab kingdom atrocities against the impoverished Yemeni nation.

Iran’s permanent envoy to Vienna-based intl. organizations and his Chilean counterpart met in the Austrian capital on Mon. and talked on various issues, including the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Two American lawmakers are calling on the White House to provide information in regard to prior connections between a woman arrested as a Russian agent and national security adviser John Bolton.

Iran has successfully test-flown the first indigenous advanced light attack and training jet ‘Kosar’ concurrent with the National Day of Defense Industry.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the US refusal to play a role in reconstruction of Syria is meant to impede return of Syrian refugees to the war-torn country.

Deputy Head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights lectured the politicizing of human rights and following double standard approaches towards Iran in this regard.

Iranian Judiciary Chief stressed that the Judiciary Branch will focus all its equipment and energy to have a special review and decision on economic corruption cases.

Israeli regime has eased gun ownership allowing more than 500’000 people to carry firearms, a move which increases concerns over outbreak of violence against Palestinians in the occupied lands.

China has reportedly started to use Iranian ships to transport crude oil to its refineries to avoid the impacts of US imposed sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Iran has removed the US Dollar from its official currency rate reporting platform and replaced it with China’s Yuan in an effort that the media in Tehran say could be a key step toward ditching the greenback in trade.

"European countries must be ready to bear the expenses if they want to safeguard their long-term interests in the face of the United States’ law-breaking behavior after quitting a nuclear deal with Iran," Iran's Foreign Minister said.