Khamenei's aide warns of stronger retaliation if new attacks begin

Iran has summoned Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran to protest recent comments by Ukrainian officials, which it described as supporting Israeli and US military actions against Iran, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

The envoy was summoned by Shahram Farsaei, head of the foreign ministry's First Department for Eurasia, who delivered an official note of protest and conveyed Iran’s "strong objection" to the statements, ISNA's report said.

Farsaei accused Ukrainian officials of backing "military aggression" against Iran adding that the comments violated Ukraine’s international obligations under the UN Charter and the Geneva Conventions.

Iran’s exiled prince Reza Pahlavi said on Monday he was in London meeting political leaders to urge support for the Iranian people’s fight for a secular, democratic Iran.

Earlier in the day, Middle East Eye reported, citing sources within the UK parliament and the Labor Party, that Pahlavi is set to address British MPs and peers on Monday to discuss the situation in Iran and his plans for a transition to secular democracy.

According to the report, Pahlavi will brief lawmakers on “the ongoing situation in Iran and his plan for the collapse of the current regime and for a stable transition to a secular democracy.”

The event, co-hosted by Labor MP Luke Akehurst and Conservative MP Aphra Brandreth, is scheduled for 5pm in a parliamentary committee room, the report said.

Several currency exchanges in Iran experienced technical disruptions on Monday morning, according to information received by Iran International.

The disruption followed government efforts to restrict the public’s ability to move capital out of the country, informed sources said.

In recent days, amid cyberattacks on Sepah and Pasargad banks, a significant volume of funds has been transferred abroad through exchange offices due to widespread public distrust of the banking system.

A senior Iranian lawmaker warned on Monday that Israel had infiltrated Iran with relative ease and said failure to engage in negotiations with the United States could lead to further escalation under President Donald Trump.

“If we do not negotiate with the United States, Trump will stick to his word and attack Iran, and Iran will respond — and this ping-pong will continue,” said Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament, in comments to the Jamaran news site.

“A team should be sent for negotiations that has reviewed all the problems over the years and can move the process forward,” he added.

His remarks came as Trump on Monday said he was “not speaking” to Iran and was not offering the country “anything.”

Former Iranian deputy parliament speaker on Monday criticized Russia for refusing to provide Iran with the S-400 air defense system, despite Tehran supplying drones used in the war in Ukraine.

“Russia has given the S-400 air defense system to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, but does not give it to Iran, which has provided it with drone assistance in the war with Ukraine, because it might be used against Israel,” Ali Motahari wrote in a post on X.

“This is what the strategic cooperation with Iran that Mr. Putin talks about looks like,” he added.