Lebanese Prime Minister: I am saddened that the sovereignty of Lebanon was violated by the transfer of Iranian fuel

Amnesty International calls for immediate and unconditional release of rapper Tomaj Salehi Iranian authorities should release Tomaj Salehi, "artist detained only for exercising his right to freedom of expression," the statement said in part.

A spokesman for Yazd University of Medical Sciences called on employers and the province's administrative apparatus to impose entry restrictions on employees and clients who have not been vaccinated. He noted that from the "next few months" social services will be provided only to the vaccinated

On the anniversary of the signing of an agreement to normalize relations between Israel and the two Arab states, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Friday in a virtual meeting with his Emirati, Bahraini and Moroccan counterparts called on other Arab countries to recognize Israel.

Criticizing the concentration of power in the government, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a former president and member of the Expediency Council, criticized the so-called Islamic-Iranian model, saying, "If you read it from beginning to end, you will see that it has no place for the people."

The US Office of Foreign Investment Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on members of two international networks, including several Iranians, for sponsoring Lebanese Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The networks, based in Lebanon, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and China, have laundered tens of millions of dollars.