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Iran’s president-elect holds phone talks with Erdogan, Putin

IRGC Chief-Commander Hossein Salami said on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has made the United States "weaker on the inside" over the past decades. "We have worn down America. Don’t think this is the same America of 20 or 30 years ago. This America has become smaller and weaker, losing its influence gradually due to the friction and erosion caused by the Islamic Revolution," Salami said."It has become osteoporotic. Perhaps America still appears formidable on the outside, but it is weak on the inside."

Iran widens two sites of missile productions, according to new satellite images and senior Iranian officials: Reuters

The IRGC militia headquarters in the city of Al-Bukamal, east of Deir ez-Zur, have been completely evacuated followed reconnaissance drone flights over the city eastern Syria

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Tehran considers support for Lebanon a principle and will come at the appropriate time

U.S. Central Command: In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.Additionally, partner forces successfully destroyed two Houthi UAVs over the Gulf of Aden. There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or merchant vessels .It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels

Conservative presidential candidate Saeed Jalili met Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, congratulating his win in the election and discussing the major issues in the country. Pezeshkian said he is ready to receive the views and suggestions of Jalili on different issues

Iranian President-elect: We must open a new page in the country

Iranian Interior Ministry: Masoud Pezeshkian, the 9th President of the Republic

Iranian President-elect: The elections are over, and this is the beginning, and we will walk the difficult path together

Iranian Foreign Minister: The Iranian people proved to the world that the elections are free and fair

Iranian Interior: Masoud Pezeshkian wins in the second round of the Iranian presidential elections

Iranian Election Commission: Announcing the final results of the runoff round of the presidential elections within hours

U.S. Central Command: In the past 24 hours U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed surface vessels (USV) in the Red Sea and one Houthi radar site in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. It was determined the USVs and radar site presented an imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure

U.S. Central Command: In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi radar sites in Houthi controlled areas of Yemen and two uncrewed surface vessels (USV) in the Red Sea

Iran's Khamenei says turnout in presidential election was "lower than expected" - Tasnim -Reuters

Blinken: none of the main actors on the Lebanon-Israel front want war - Israel, Hezbollah, Lebanon and Iran. On the other hand there are forces, momentum that may be leading in that direction, which we are determined to try to stop

Senior Biden aide Amos Hochstein is expected to meet officials in Paris tomorrow to discuss US efforts to end cross-border fighting between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel. The Iran-backed group’s no. 2 official said he met Germany’s deputy intel chief in Beirut on Saturday

Acting Iranian Foreign Minister: The resistance in Lebanon will incur a heavy price for Israel in response to any attack

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that Iran's message of an "obliterating war" made it worthy of destruction

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian and conservative hardliner Saeed Jalili will go to a run-off vote in Iran's presidential election, the country's electoral authority says

The Iranian Election Commission announces a second round of presidential elections next Friday

Iranian Interior Ministry: Popular participation in the presidential elections reached 40%

Iran’s acting FM had phone calls with EU FP chief, UN Secretary General as well as foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Cyprus in past 24 hours to discuss the situation in Gaza

IAEA report seen by Reuters: at underground plant at Natanz, Iran has fed natural uranium into three more IR-2m cascades and three IR-4 cascades for passivation (preparing for enrichment) @reuters

The Iranian Election Commission extends the voting period until eight o'clock in the evening, local time

The US sanctioned three entities and eleven vessels for trading oil and petrochemical products with Iran

Iranians are voting on Friday in a presidential election called after the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month

The Commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard calls on the people to elect the candidate who completes the career of the late President Ebrahim Raisi

Second conservative presidential candidate and the mayor of Tehran, Alireza Zakani, withdrew from the race, urging major conservative contenders, Jalili and Ghalibaf, to unite in order to defeat the reformist hopeful Pezeshkian