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16.05.2026 17:11 Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, in a message on Friday, placed Iran's cultural identity at the heart of the nation's current situation, calling on writers, artists, and intellectuals to follow in the path of Ferdowsi and immortalise the Iranian nation's latest "sacred defence."

16.05.2026 17:11 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the US's unprovoked aggression towards Iran has burdened ordinary Americans with avoidable economic costs.

16.05.2026 17:11 Top diplomats from BRICS grouping of nations -- including bitter enemies Iran and the United Arab Emirates -- did not issue a joint statement on May 15 after a two-day summit in Delhi.

16.05.2026 17:11 Following a private meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in central Beijing, US President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One on Friday and departed for the US, bringing this historic state visit to a conclusion.

16.05.2026 17:11 Chinese and U.S. presidents had in-depth communication and achieved fruitful outcomes in their Beijing meeting, China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday.

16.05.2026 17:11 President Donald Trump has signaled he would be agreeable to Iran suspending its nuclear program for 20 years.

16.05.2026 17:11 Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said here on Friday that the situation around the Strait of Hormuz was "very complicated," local media reported.

16.05.2026 17:11 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran and the United States have almost reached an impasse over the "very complicated" issue of uranium enrichment, which is not on the agenda of talks for the time being.

16.05.2026 17:11 Iran has censured certain neighboring countries for their betrayal during the recent illegal US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

16.05.2026 17:11 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on May 15 said Tehran had received messages from the United States indicating that the Trump administration is seeking continued talks aimed at ending the Middle East war.

16.05.2026 17:11 Mohammad Ali Jafari, the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps , has said there will be no further peace negotiations "until the war is over on all fronts, sanctions are lifted, frozen funds are released, damages caused by the war are compensated, and Iran's sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz is recognized."

16.05.2026 17:11 China's ambassador to the UN on May 15 criticized a proposed US-Bahraini resolution on the ⁠Strait of Hormuz, ⁠that would have demanded that Iran cease attacks and mining in the crucial waterway.

16.05.2026 17:11 China maintains that on the basis of sustaining the ceasefire, the Strait of Hormuz should be reopened as soon as possible, and at the same time believes that the fundamental solution to issues concerning the strait lies in the realization of a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire, said China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday.

16.05.2026 17:11 When responding to a foreign media reporter's question stating that the White House claims that during the China-US leaders' meeting, China agreed to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and whether the Chinese Foreign Ministry could confirm that information, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that China's position on the Iran situation is very clear. The conflict has inflicted severe losses on the people in Iran and other regional countries. With the spillover still expanding, the conflict has put a heavy strain on global economic growth, supply chains, international trade order and the stability of global energy supply, which hurts the common interests of the international community.

16.05.2026 17:11 China says it sees "no point" for the United States to continue its war against Iran, as the conflict is taking a heavy toll on global stability and energy security.