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Borrell: EU ready to pursue resumption of nuclear talks
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell expressed the bloc’s readiness to pursue the resumption of talks on the revival of Iran nuclear deal.
After a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in New York, Borrell posted a message on his X account, stressing the need to “find diplomatic solution to nuclear issue through JCPOA”.
Azerbaijan, Armenian forces reach cease-fire deal
AP – Azerbaijan and Armenian forces reached a cease-fire deal Wednesday to end two days of fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, officials on both sides said.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the intensity of the hostilities in the region “has decreased drastically.” Azerbaijani authorities said they had halted the military operation launched a day earlier once separatist officials said they were laying down arms.
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Ayatollah Khamenei recalled the years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution when all the big powers of the world, including the US, European countries and the East joined in the war against Iran.
“The achievements of the Holy Defense are not one or two. This would be a book with dozens of volumes. The whole world fought behind Saddam [former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein] to break this border and tried for eight years, but not an inch of this country’s soil was lost,” said the Leader.
“The Iranian nation discovered the greatness of its capacities in the Holy Defense. The Iranian nation recognized itself in the Holy Defense.”
The Leader explained that securing the country has been one of the achievements of the Holy Defense, which kept the country from possible future aggression to a great extent.
“It showed that if the enemy initiates an offensive, it will not be the one to terminate it.”
Ayatollah Khamenei said the “The Holy Defense” of the Iranian nation is a prominent moment in the history of the country.