Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali said enemies wanted to turn the country into the second Syria by fomenting unrests and riots after the peaceful rallies by people to protest at gasoline rationing.

The Iranian Foreign ministry announced that it has summoned Kuwait’s charge d’affaires to Tehran to vehemently protest about a recent meeting of the Arab country's officials with a representative of a notorious terrorist group which is responsible for killing dozens of Iranian civilians in its attacks.

Iran’s navy commander has said on the sidelines of a landmark joint drill in the Gulf of Oman that the US must leave the region.

Iranian Supreme Leader's Top Adviser for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati voiced his country’s strong opposition to the formation of any safe zone in the region, adding that such measures are plots to disintegrate the countries of the region.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a message on the occasion of Christmas underlined the need for adherence to the Jesus Christ's teachings which call for standing against tyranny.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that several world leaders have told him that their countries are suffering from Washington’s unfair use of dollar against them, adding that gradually the world will find a way to dump US dollar in international transactions.

It’s certainly not worth the paper it is printed on — any allegedly ground-breaking story which relies solely on anonymous sources.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami underlined that the ongoing crisis in Yemen has no military solution, but the warring sides should hold constructive dialogue and talks.

Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian blasted the foreign countries’ military presence in the Persian Gulf, and said that the countries of the region can maintain the security of their waterways themselves.

A ceremony marking the celebration of the anniversary of the epic 9th of Dey [December 3] ‎will be held with a speech by Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi at Feyziyeh Seminary of Qom.‎