Tehran’s provincial Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Seyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard blasted the US for continuing to re-impose its unilateral sanctions against Iran, and said that the Iranian people will keep on resisting the sanctions re-imposed by Washington against their country.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran welcomes “peaceful solutions” to a years-long war imposed by a Saudi-led military coalition on Yemen, stressing that it supports any initiative seeking to bring back prosperity to the impoverished country through dialogue.

Iranian Judiciary, the Intelligence Ministry, the Law Enforcement Police, and the Intelligence Department of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IDIRGC) all rejected a claim by BBC, a notorious anti-Iran media, that 10 Basij members have been arrested for charges in quelling the recent riots.

The Iranian intelligence ministry announced on Thursday that several suspects were arrested for planning to blow up the natural gas pipes used at the dormitory of a university in Tehran.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rapped the European states, specially Sweden, for rejecting supply of needed medicine to Iranian Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) patients.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined that given the US stubbornness in opposition to the removal of the sanctions against Iran, his country has no way but resistance against Washington.

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said that the Muslim states are now in their strongest conditions against enemies.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami lashed out at Western governments for their destructive role in the Middle East, adding that former colonialists are seeking to return to the region.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranian officials to treat those suspected of involvement in the recent riots over gasoline price hikes with “Islamic compassion.”

Commander of Iran's Law Enforcement Police Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari said foreign sides have been involved in the recent riots in the country after protests at gasoline rationing.