A top Iranian military commander has refuted claims made by the administration of US President Donald Trump that Tehran had cut its defense budgets due to Washington's “maximum pressure” campaign against the Islamic Republic.

Iran's interior minister says over 24 million Iranians, out of a total of about 58 million eligible voters, took part in the recent parliamentary elections, putting the overall voter turnout at 42.57 percent.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic expects the European Union to object to the illegal measures taken by the United States against Iran and ignore Washington’s pressure policy in order to boost Europe’s ties with Tehran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has thanked the Iranian nation for its "satisfactory shining in the great election test", saying the country has yet to remain alert against plots by the enemy to harm Iran.

Two Iranian border guards were killed in a terrorist attack on a border post in Jakigor in Southeastern Iran.

Iran says the move by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place the country on its blacklist was a politically-motivated decision, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic can never be labeled with money laundering and financing of terrorism.

Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Rayeesi said results of the parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections underway in the country today will play a crucial role in the nation's future policies.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the Iranian Interior Ministry's Elections Headquarters is making wise efforts to safeguard people's votes in the country's 11th parliamentary elections and Assembly of Experts polls.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saudi Arabia was one of the three state sponsors of terrorism in the world which backed the decision to blacklist Tehran by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Iran's Foreign Ministry says new American sanctions targeting members of Iran's Guardian Council and its Elections Supervision Committee show that the US "fears democracy in Iran", and will have to learn to respect it.