TEHRAN (defapress)- Iran’s representative to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, Mohammad Zare’iyan, deplored a new report by the UN rights rapporteur on the human rights situation in his country as part of the US "maximum pressure" strategy aiming to further hurt the Iranian nation.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas denounced Sudan’s current junta for its decision to follow suit amid normalization of relations between certain Persian Gulf Arab countries and the Israeli regime.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas slammed France for publishing cartoons that insult Islamic sanctities.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Yemeni military carried out retaliatory attacks on an airbase in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Asir, using domestically-manufactured combat drones.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Azerbaijan's President Aliyev announced that Baku is ready to hold talks with Armenia on a ceasefire in Karabakh.

TEHRAN (defapress)- A Palestinian teenager was martyred early Friday morning after he was severely beaten by Israeli occupation soldiers near the village of Turmus-Ayya, to the Northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian security and medical sources.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Presidency of the State of Palestine expressed on Friday its condemnation and rejection of the Israeli-Sudanese deal on normalizing the relations between the two counties, saying it will take the necessary decisions to protect the legitimate interests and rights of the Palestinian people.

TEHRAN (defapress)- NATO has reduced its military personnel in Afghanistan to fewer than 12,000, the Alliance's Chief Jens Stoltenberg stated.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Pakistan Foreign Minister said that his country will examine aspects of lifting arms embargo on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Saad al-Hariri secured enough support in parliamentary talks on Thursday to be named Lebanon’s prime minister and try to form a government to tackle the worst crisis since the country’s 1975-1990 civil war.