Iran says it will not take part in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca because of "obstacles" created by Saudi Arabia.
Iran has condemned a decision by the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council to blacklist Lebanon’s Hezbollah, saying the resistance movement is in fact a “potent symbol” of struggles against terror and Israeli occupation.
Iran's cultural attaché in Lebanon Ebrahim Ansari has been killed in deadly bomb blasts that hit the Lebanese capital, Beirut, al-Alam reports.