In a post on his X account on Monday night, Pezeshkian said Iran participates in negotiations while preserving the nation’s rights and would under no circumstances retreat from the legal rights of the people and the country.

“We would continue to serve the people and protect Iran’s interests and dignity with logic and with all strength, to the last breath,” the president stated.

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Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters Major General Ali Abdollahi warned the US and its allies not to repeat a strategic mistake and miscalculation.

He said the enemies should know that Iran and its Armed Forces are now more prepared and stronger than in the past, remaining fully ready to act.

He warned that any renewed act of aggression or attack by the enemies against the Iranian land and nation would be met with a “swift, decisive, powerful, and extensive” response.

The American and Zionist enemies have repeatedly tested the brave Iranian nation and its powerful Armed Forces, the general noted, adding that Iran has proven, with divine determination and will, that it demonstrates its authority and capabilities on the battlefield in practice.

“If our enemies commit another mistake, we will confront them with power and capabilities far greater than during the Ramadan imposed war. We would defend the rights of the Iranian nation with all strength and would cut off the hand of any aggressor,” the general warned.

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In a post published on his X account, Esmaeil Baqaei said, “To every decent human being—regardless of religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, or any other distinction,

To Muslims, Jews, Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, and all others of faith,

And to those who follow no formal religion but hold deeply to the universal values of peace, justice, and human dignity:

The US – Israel launched this war of aggression on 28 February 2026, for a second time in less than a year, while Iran-US were engaged in diplomatic negotiations.”

“This is not merely a war over land, resources, or geopolitics. This is a war that will determine the very meaning of ‘good’ and ‘evil’ in our time and for future,” he added.

“What has been unleashed upon our peace-loving nation is not just another conflict. On one side stand those who delight in violating every law of war and basic human decency—those who murder for sport, who slaughter children to torment their families, who fire newest missiles at women’s sports halls simply to test their destructive power,” Baqaei stated.

“This is a war between those who boast of torpedoing unarmed vessels ‘for more fun,’ and those who go to extraordinary lengths to protect innocent lives. This is a war between professional liars who fabricate justifications for atrocity, and a proud people who defend their homeland and human dignity relying solely on their own strength and resolve,” he added.

“This is a war between those whose decisions are shadowed by moral compromise, and those who act with a clear conscience. This is a defining struggle for the future of humankind. It will decide whether civilization’s hard-won achievements—human rights, the rule of law, and basic morality—will survive or be swept away,” the spokesman noted.

“We must choose:

Do we accept a world ruled by modern slave masters—arrogant, domineering, and unaccountable—who govern through coercion, lies, and extortion?

Or do we stand for a world grounded in respect, justice, peace, and human dignity?” he asked.

“Humanity’s conscience is not yet dead. But in times like these, silence is complicity with evil. If you reject the path of barbarism and domination, then find the moral courage to speak, to act, and to stand on the right side of history—before the world descends into an abyss of lawlessness and subjugation. The choice is yours. And history will remember,” the Iranian spokesman added.

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Araqchi made the remarks at a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday with Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, who has traveled to Iran at the head of a diplomatic delegation for talks with Iranian officials.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed Iran-Norway bilateral relations, the US-Israeli war of aggression imposed against Iran, the security and economic consequences of the onslaught, as well as the latest status of the Islamabad negotiation process.

Araqchi described the excessive demands, threatening and provocative rhetoric of the American side, along with the lack of goodwill and honesty by Washington, as the main obstacle to the definitive end of the war and the achievement of a possible agreement.

He also said the main cause and source of the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz is the military aggression by the US and the Israeli regime against Iran, followed by repeated violations of the ceasefire and the continued naval blockade of Iran’s seaports.

Referring to Iran’s consultations on drafting executive arrangements to strengthen and facilitate safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in line with international law, Araqchi said Iran, as a littoral state of the strait, was engaged in consultations and discussions aimed at formulating regulations governing arrangements related to the waterway in accordance with international law.

Kravik, for his part, presented a report on his meetings and talks with Iranian Foreign Ministry officials, as well as his discussions with officials in Pakistan and Oman.

The Norwegian diplomat also stressed the need to establish lasting peace and stability in the region and to work toward safeguarding international law, while also expressing Norway’s readiness to assist and strengthen diplomacy and provide consultations on maritime safety and environmental protection.

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During a meeting on Monday with senior commanders of Iran’s Law Enforcement Command, Pezeshkian received a report on the force’s performance during the recent war of aggression imposed by the US and the Israeli regime.

Referring to the country’s confrontation with the US and Israeli aggression, the president said the Iranian nation and the country’s Armed Forces managed, through steadfastness and power, to prevent the enemy from achieving its objectives and forced it to accept a ceasefire and halt the war of aggression.

The president said Iran now faces several possible paths, including entering negotiations with dignity, strength, and preservation of national interests in order to secure the rights of the Iranian nation, remaining in a situation of neither war nor peace, or continuing the path of military confrontation.

Pezeshkian stressed that the “rational and logical option” consistent with Iran’s national interests is to complete the victory achieved by the Armed Forces on the battlefield in the diplomatic arena as well, and to secure the rights of the Iranian nation from a position of dignity and power.

The Islamic Republic of Iran, despite distrusting the enemy, considers negotiations possible on the basis of dignity, wisdom, and expediency, he stated.

Pezeshkian said Iran would remain committed to its obligations should an agreement be reached that takes into account the concerns of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei and the interests of the Iranian nation.