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Hossein Salami, the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), made the remarks when addressing a commemoration ceremony in the central province of Isfahan, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Friday. Elaborating on Tehran's revenge for the US assassination of Soleimani in January 2020.

President of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami made the remarks on Wednesday in an address to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting, rejecting a report by Bloomberg claiming a "plunge" in IAEA's inspections of the country's nuclear activities.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday discussed the issue on the sidelines of a quadrilateral meeting on the Syria issue in Moscow, which were also presented by Syrian and Turkish foreign ministers, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website.

Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, made the remarks in a post on his Twitter page one day after the fifth anniversary of the US unilateral pullout from the nuclear deal in 2018, Xinhua news agency reported. Ever since its withdrawal, the US has failed to reverse its "wrongful" deeds, said the Iranian official, stressing that Iran will continue its "legitimate" remedial measures under the nuclear pact.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani made the remarks at a weekly press conference in Tehran on Monday when he was asked to respond to the comments made by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Raisi told reporters here following his arrival from Syria that the trip was of great importance for both sides and the region after 12 years of resistance by the Syrian people and government against enemies' conspiracies and seditious acts, Xinhua news agency reported citing local media. He noted that Iran appreciates Syria's resistance.

Kanaani made the remarks on Thursday in response to the calls from a number of German officials for the reversal of the ruling against Tondar group's ringleader Jamshid Sharmahd, who has a dual Iranian-German nationality, Xinhua news agency reported. In a statement published on the website of Iran's Foreign Ministry, the Spokesman said such statements and positions by those German officials not only amount to attempting to obstruct serving justice, but also "encourage terrorists and promote terrorism" across the world.

Nasser Kanaani on Sunday made the response to a recent tweet by Antony Blinken, in which he said that they were "firmly committed to disrupting Iran's military procurement activities", Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website. The US State Secretary provocative remarks.

Nasser Kanaani said on Monday that the Saudi team arrived in Iran on Saturday to lay the groundwork for the reopening of the kingdom's embassy in Tehran and consulate general in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by Iran's official news agency IRNA.

Making the remarks at his first press conference in the current Iranian calendar year, Nasser Kanaani said on Monday that the Beijing-brokered agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to normalize ties has met with "very positive reactions" in the region, and welcomed at the international level, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by Iran's official news agency IRNA.