Iran will pursue diplomacy to counter sanctions, secure national interests: Iranian FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the Foreign Ministry was pursuing diplomatic avenues to safeguard and defend its rights and interests both nationally and internationally, IRNA reported on Tuesday.
He made the remarks during a meeting with representatives of Tehran Province in Parliament on Monday, as part of ongoing consultations between the legislature and the Foreign Ministry on foreign policy and national security issues.
During the meeting, the foreign minister outlined the latest regional and international developments and briefed the lawmakers on the ministry’s key measures and initiatives to safeguard Iran’s national interests.
US was unable to rally allies in war against Iran: Iranian parliament deputy speaker
The United States failed to secure its allies’ support in its war against Iran, demonstrating the setbacks facing Washington’s regional strategy and leaving it increasingly isolated, Iranian Parliament Deputy Speaker Hamidreza Haji Babai said to IRNA on Tuesday.
According to IRNA, Haji Babai said US President Donald Trump’s continued threats reflected desperation, adding that a country confident in its power and ability to act would have no need to resort to threats.
The legislator added that US allies had refused to join Trump’s acts of aggression against Iran, exposing Washington’s difficulties in advancing regional objectives.
According to Haji Babai, US isolation and resistance against aggression ultimately led to the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, and US troops would eventually leave other regional countries as well.
He urged regional countries to unite against foreign threats, saying recent wars had shown that the United States could not guarantee their security.
Iran cautions against unilateral measures in global economy
Deputy for international relations of the Central Bank of Iran warned that unilateral measures could deepen economic fragmentation, increase risks, and fuel uncertainty in the global economy, according to IRNA on Tuesday.
Speaking at the G24 meeting of central bank governors and finance ministers in Bangkok, Thailand, Abolfazl Kodehi on Tuesday highlighted the need to strengthen economic cooperation, better economic resilience, and reform international institutions to address the consequences of unilateralism.
He said that globalisation created significant opportunities for many economies over the past decades, but progress in developing international institutions and frameworks has slowed in recent years.
Unilateral economic policies undermine global economic cooperation and make the world economy more vulnerable to uncertainty and risks, he added.
The 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group will take place October 12 to 18 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Tehran finalising response to US views on Iranian proposal: Iranian deputy FM
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi stated that Tehran was finalising its response to the American side’s observations and views regarding the proposal Iran presented in New York while speaking to Al Arabiya on Monday night, according to Press TV.
Iran remains open to all diplomatic processes while remaining fully prepared to defend itself, Gharibabadi said, and added that Iran would convey its final position through mediators after consultations.
“Tehran remains ready for diplomacy, provided that what is raised is realistic,” Gharibabadi said.
He said that Iran’s readiness to defend itself was no less than its readiness to negotiate.
Continued participation in talks, he added, reflects Tehran’s commitment to the diplomatic process. At the same time, the US must return to fulfilling its obligations.
Gharibabadi emphasised that Iran has not violated any of its commitments, while saying that Washington failed to honour its obligations under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
“As long as the American side has completely disregarded all of its commitments, Iran cannot be expected to show further flexibility,” he said.
The remarks come as Tehran continues to pursue diplomatic channels while underscoring its sovereign right to self-defence amid ongoing tensions, according to Press TV.
Trump says US may have gone ‘too far’ in targeting Iranian leaders
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US might have “gone too far” with targeting Iranian leadership as now they “don’t know who the hell we’re dealing with anymore,” according to Clash Report and Al Jazeera.
“We’re having a hard time figuring out who the hell to deal with, to be honest with you. I think we went too far.”
“We could have stopped at level one. Level two and level two and a half was probably going too far,” he added.
Trump says he doesn’t believe China and Russia are helping Iran
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he does not believe China and Russia are helping Iran, arguing that both countries have too much to lose by doing so.
Responding to comments that Beijing and Moscow are assisting Tehran, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: “If they are, it’s at a very low level, but I don’t believe they are at all.”
“They have too much to lose, and we would know about it, and know about it very fast!” he added.
His remarks echo a July Truth Social post in which he said that Chinese President Xi Jinping had told him during their meeting in China in May that Beijing would not “under any circumstances” sell weapons to Iran, including through Chinese companies, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin had also told him that he would not sell weapons to Iran.
At the time, Trump warned that if they did get involved, “it would be very bad for them.”
In May, the Trump administration sanctioned several Chinese companies accused of supporting Iran’s military procurement network and providing satellite imagery that allegedly enabled Tehran to target US forces.
Beijing denies the allegations that Chinese entities aided Iran’s military.
The US and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28, prompting Tehran to respond with missile and drone attacks in the region and effectively close the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global energy supplies.
A memorandum of understanding signed in June by the US and Iran following Pakistani and Qatari mediation has since stalled amid disagreements, including over navigation in the strait.
Iran following up on missing Iranian pilots in Qatar: government spokesperson
An Iranian government spokesperson said on Tuesday that the Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs were following up on the issue of Iranian pilots in Qatar, and the Qatari government “pledged assistance” and announced its “readiness to cooperate in order to clarify their status”, according to ISNA.
The pilots have been missing since early in the beginning of the US-Israel war on Iran.
The spokesperson also said on the topic of internet throttling across Tehran that because “no part of the war has been completely stopped”, the “responsible agencies may be forced at times to reduce internet speed.”
UK PM Burnham claims Iran’s IRGC likely behind RAF Fairford incident
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham claimed on Monday that a suspected plot targeting the RAF Fairford air base in Britain was “highly likely” to have been coordinated in Iran, and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The RAF Fairford base in southwest England, which had been used by US bombers to carry out strikes on Iran, became the focal point for a major security response after five British men were arrested nearby in the early hours of September 27 on suspected terrorism and explosive offences.
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US officials have told Reuters that there had been a suspected plot involving Iran to launch a drone attack, and last week US President Donald Trump said a threat linked to Iran had prompted a decision to withdraw the bombers from the base.
“I can confirm our assessment that it is highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran, almost certainly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard,” Burnham told parliament.
Iran has rejected any connection with the Fairford incident.
“Tehran has had no involvement in this matter, and if the British government possesses any documents or evidence to support its claims, it should present them,” said Iran’s Ambassador to Britain, Seyed Ali Mousavi, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA.
Fairford plot details sketchy
Details around the suspected plot remain thin. The five detained men were later released without charge on police bail “under stringent conditions”, and two other arrested men, including a British-Iranian national, have also been released.
Detectives have said petrol but no viable explosive had been found in vans seized along with the five men. However, both police and Burnham have pointed towards the involvement of a foreign state.
British interior minister Shabana Mahmood told parliament a known individual, whom she did not name, who was based in Iran was believed to be behind what had happened.
“We will not tolerate these threats on our soil,” Burnham said. “We will crack down on Iran’s use of criminal networks, using our full range of powers to target them and their funding streams, and we will bring further sanctions to restrict the capacity of Iran and the IRGC to do us harm.”
Foreign ministries from almost 30 countries, including the US, Canada, France and Germany, issued a statement condemning “Iran’s use of violent attacks, including the acts of lethal plotting, arson, sabotage, cyber-attacks, and other hybrid activities against us and our partners”.
“The UK has also concluded this event demonstrates the IRGC’s continued willingness to project hostile activity beyond its borders through covert networks and proxy actors,” the statement said.
The British authorities have for several years pointed fingers at Iran for being involved in numerous plots and attempted assassinations in Britain using criminal networks and proxies, accusations Tehran has repeatedly denied.
Last year Britain alleged there had been 20 Iranian-backed threats to kill or kidnap individuals based in the UK.
In July, Britain used new powers to ban support for the IRGC and the group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), which had claimed responsibility for seven attacks earlier this year at locations linked to Jewish and Israeli communities, and Persian-language media.
British foreign minister Ed Miliband said he had summoned the Iranian ambassador while the ministry announced two Iranian nationals had been sanctioned.
The two men were Ruhollah Bazghandi, whom Britain claimed was the IRGC’s head of counterespionage operations, and Shahram Ali Reza Tamarzadeh Jakki, a facilitator for the already sanctioned Zindashti criminal network, which is accused of involvement in several plots against Iranian dissidents.
Holding Iran’s enemies accountable an ‘indisputable necessity’: Iranian FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that protecting the environment against military aggression and holding the enemies accountable was an indisputable necessity, according to IRNA.
Araghchi commented on an Instagram post featuring his attendance and speech at the first international conference “Ecocide: The Silent War Crime.”
He wrote that during his remarks on Sunday at the first ECOCIDE international conference, he stated that environmental destruction during war has consequences that extend beyond the battlefield.
Araghchi said that protecting the environment against military aggression and holding the enemies of this land and soil accountable is an indisputable necessity, adding, “We will neither forgive nor forget!”
