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26 August 2025 - Iran Special Weapons News
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- Response to Iranian attacks Prime Minister of Australia 26 Aug 2025 -- Since the terrible events of October 7, 2023 we have witnessed a number of appalling antisemitic attacks against Australia's Jewish community. (...) Enough credible intelligence has now been gathered to reach the deeply disturbing conclusion that the Iranian Government has directed at least two of these attacks.
- Press conference - Parliament House, Canberra Prime Minister of Australia 26 Aug 2025
- Australia Moves To Blacklist Iran's IRGC, Increasing Pressure On UK And EU RFE/RL 26 Aug 2025 -- Australia has decided to expel Iran's ambassador and move toward officially designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, a step that could prompt the United Kingdom and European Union to do the same.
- Australian PM a 'weak politician' appeasing Netanyahu: Araghchi IRNA 26 Aug 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has criticized Australia's decision to expel Tehran's ambassador over allegations it organized "antisemitic" attacks in the country, saying Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a "weak" leader who appeases Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Iran FM says Australia's envoy expulsion 'appeasement' of Israel Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Minister has condemned Australia's decision to expel Tehran's ambassador over allegations of attacks on Jewish sites, describing it as an act of appeasement toward a "regime led by war criminals."
- 'Anti-Semitism just a ploy': Iran vows to retaliate after Australia expels ambassador Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- Iran has vowed to take appropriate reciprocal action after Australia's expulsion of the Islamic Republic's ambassador over allegations of "anti-Semitism," stressing that acts of religious discrimination have no place in the nation's culture, history, or faith.
- Tehran: Trump ignores US intel to justify attack on Iran's nuclear facilities IRNA 26 Aug 2025 -- US President Donald Trump has willfully ignored his own director of national intelligence, who said Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, to justify his unlawful attack on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities, says the Foreign Ministry's spokesperson.
- Iran rejects Trump's claim about building nuclear weapons Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- Iran has dismissed US President Donald Trump's accusations regarding the country's peaceful nuclear program, saying they are outdated remarks made by an ordinary Iranian citizen.
- Enemy seeks to obstruct Iran's progress and growth, nuclear chief says IRNA 26 Aug 2025 -- The Vice President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, says that the enemy's goal is to hinder the growth and progress of Iran.
- Iran and Russia discuss security issues in South Caucasus IRNA 26 Aug 2025 -- Iran's ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, and Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Alexander Fomin have discussed regional and international security issues, including the situation in the South Caucasus, Russia's Defense Ministry said, as reported by the TASS state news agency.
- Russia confirms circulating draft proposal aimed at preventing activation of 'snapback' Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- Russia has confirmed circulating a draft proposal at the UN Security Council aimed at averting activation of the so-called "snapback" mechanism that would restore the council's sanctions against Iran.
- Time for Europeans to give diplomacy 'time and space': Iran negotiator Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- Iran's deputy foreign minister has called on the E3 and the UN Security Council to grant diplomacy the necessary time and space, amid European threats to invoke the JCPOA's snapback mechanism, to prevent the expiration of the UN resolution enshrining the accord.
- Parliament expresses distrust in IAEA IRNA 26 Aug 2025 -- The National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, in a statement, has expressed distrust in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- Foreign Ministry making efforts to prevent activation of snapback mechanism IRNA 26 Aug 2025 -- The Foreign Ministry is pursuing extensive diplomatic efforts to block the activation of the so-called snapback mechanism by the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, its spokesperson said on Monday.
- Iran's Parliament speaker vows 'no self-restraint' in any future war Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- The speaker of Iran's Parliament has vowed that the Islamic Republic will not observe self-restraint in retaliating against any future war imposed on the country.
- Top Iranian and Pakistani generals express readiness to eradicate cross-border terrorism IRNA 26 Aug 2025 -- Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, says the Islamic Republic is prepared to eradicate terrorism and secure its borders with Pakistan
- Iran ready for joint action with Pakistan to wipe out terrorism: Top general Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has announced the country's readiness to eradicate terrorism and secure the borders of Iran and Pakistan.
- Iran has invested $10bn in its new petchem hub: NPC chief Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- Iran has invested around $10 billion in its emerging hub of petrochemical industries in the southeastern port of Chabahar, according to a senior official who says the country aims to turn the area into a major hub for production and exports of petrochemical products.
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