News in Brief
Baqeri: US power in decline
IRNA – Iran’s top military general said Russia’s campaign against NATO’s expansionism and China’s strengthening of its military capabilities signal the decline of US power in the world.
Addressing an annual conference of commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Tehran, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said that the global arrogance is seeking a unipolar world.
Raeisi: So-called rights advocates violate int’l law
IRNA – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said so-called human rights advocates have shown once again that they do not adhere to any international law with the violation of diplomatic immunity of other countries’ officials.
President Raeisi made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi who was recently released from a prison in Belgium.
Assadi was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was accused of plotting an attack against the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist outfit in the European country.
Iran, Lebanon discuss ties, regional developments
ISNA – Iranian Foreign Minister’s special assistant Mahdi Shoushtari held talks with Lebanese Parliament’s Speaker Nabih Berri and Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Saturday.
The latest developments in the region and Lebanon as well as bilateral relations were discussed during the meeting.