Governor General of Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan summoned Pakistani consul to warn him about the delayed repatriation of the 12 hostages released by that country’s police after being kidnapped by armed bandits on Sunday

Member of Iran’s leftist Mosharekat party condemned the recent efforts made by the US to label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist group, and called on all Iranians to show strong reaction against the measure

Commander of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police said that his troops would increase security measures and arrangements to defuse and confront terrorist operations by anti-Iran groups.