Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has chastised France and other Western countries for characterizing Israel’s ongoing genocide as “self-defense” in a meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

The International Olympic Committee says the games are not meant to be political.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani condemned the West’s double standards on the issues of terrorism and human rights.

Western media outlets have been brazenly whitewashing Israeli genocidal crimes against Palestinians in Gaza while going all out in their coverage and condemnation of a strike on a hospital in Kiev.

Iran has strongly condemned new EU sanctions against some of the country's officials and entities, stressing that the Islamic Republic reserves the right to respond.

Mainstream Western media and social media influencers have been pushing the Israeli narratives as part of a disinformation campaign against Palestinians.

Iran says any kind of hesitation and procrastination in condemning the desecration of the Qur’an bespeaks the violation of speech freedom.