An Iranian court has issued death penalty for a person who has spied for the US intelligence service (CIA) in the country, Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmayeeli said on Tuesday.

The Iranian foreign ministry on Monday categorically denied possibility for holding bilateral negotiations with Washington, and stressed once again that the US is duty bound to lift the sanctions against Iran.

The US and Israel have been working hard and spending huge sums to depict Tehran as the main enemy of the Arab world in their so-called peace plans since 1991, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday, and added that some Arab states have also contributed to this smear campaign.

Commander of Basij (volunteer) forces Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani downplayed the threats posed by US President Donald Trump against Iran, saying that they are turned into opportunity by the nation.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says US President Donald Trump’s initiative for resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict seeks to fully compromise the Palestinian cause.

Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud, reiterated his country’s support for Damascus’s war against terrorism, reminding that the Arab country’s sovereignty and independence must be protected.

The commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has blasted US President Donald Trump’s so-called deal of the century on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the “shameful” plot is doomed to failure just as Washington’s previous attempts.

President Hassan Rouhani says the Iranian nation believes resistance is the only way to overcome the enemies' political and economic oppression.