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\nIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is \u201cserious about finding diplomatic solutions, just as we are serious about defending ourselves,\u201d Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
\nAraghchi said there was no military solution to his country\u2019s conflict with the United States, as talks aimed at ending the war appeared to have reached an impasse, AFP reported.
\n\u201cIf our enemies again choose the path of military confrontation, our response will be stronger than before, and we will defend ourselves with even more force,\u201d Araghchi said at a gathering of foreign ambassadors.
\n\u201cThere is no military solution, nor any solution based on new sanctions,\u201d he added.
\nIran to increase the range of its missiles, army spokesperson tells Fars
\nIran will upgrade the range of its missiles following the war with the US, as American forces are now positioned as much as 1,000 km (621 miles) away from the Iranian coast, Army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia told Fars news on Sunday.
\n\u201cDuring this war, we concluded that we absolutely must increase the range of our missiles, and we have now moved in that direction,\u201d he said.
\nIran says Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until Islamabad MoU conditions are met: Nournews
\nThe Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, Nournews reported Iran\u2019s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Sunday, a few days after Tehran received Washington\u2019s reply to its diplomatic proposal.
\n\u201cThe Americans, who say something different in the media, have recently put forward proposals through a mediator. But they must understand that the period of dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands is over,\u201d Ghalibaf was quoted as saying.
\n\u201cThe position of the Islamic Republic of Iran is completely clear and firm, and the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until our seven conditions, based on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, are met.\u201d
\nIran ready to \u201cboth fight and negotiate,\u201d says parliament speaker
\nIran\u2019s parliament speaker said on Sunday that Tehran is \u201cneither excited nor intimidated\u201d by the US\u2019 actions, stressing that Iran is prepared to \u201cboth fight and negotiate.\u201d
\n\u201cWe are present in the military battlefield with all our strength and we will face them with new surprises, and we use the tools of diplomacy to establish our superiority in the military field and impose the rights of the Iranian people,\u201d Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told parliament, according to Iran\u2019s semi-official Tasnim news agency.
\nIran army plans volunteer training programme for \u201cnational defence\u201d
\nThe Iranian army plans to begin training volunteers under a programme aimed at preparing citizens for \u201cnational defence\u201d, Al Jazeera reported, citing the West Asia News Agency (WANA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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