Ten days ahead of Iran's legislative elections, Iranian Chief of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri said on Tuesday that the upcoming polls in his country will showcase to the world the face of “true democracy.” Electoral campaigns for the parliamentary elections kick off across Iran next Thursday in the absence of any signs showing that political forces were capable of increasing the people’s motivation to head to the polling stations.
Iran responded to the US State Department's annual report on terrorism, accusing Washington of using terrorism as a tool against others, and demanded that it prosecute those involved in the assassination of al-Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly criticized the annual report by the State Department on global terrorism, labeling it as "biased and politically motivated."
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday underlined his country’s strategy to turn security borders with Pakistan into safe and economic zones, state media cited his office as saying. Raisi received Pakistani army commander Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran. He said accelerating the implementation of agreements with Pakistan will improve economic and commercial cooperation and political relations between them.
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