Iranian MP accuses IAEA of acting as ‘spy’

“We warn the government of Ecuador not to serve the global domination system, America and Israel, and not to assist the false and satanic front,” the military body said in a statement carried by state media on Sunday.

Ecuador’s government on Tuesday designated the IRGC, along with Hamas and Hezbollah, as terrorist organizations.

The three groups, the decree added, pose a direct threat to public security and sovereignty of Ecuador.

Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar welcomed the decision on Tuesday.

“Ecuador’s courageous step sends a clear message against Iran’s terror network and strengthens global security,” Sa’ar wrote in a post on X expressing his thanks to Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld.

Canada, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have similarly blacklisted the IRGC.

Paraguay designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization in April and expanded its classification of Iran's Gaza and Lebanon-based military allies, Hamas and Hezbollah, to include all components of both groups.

The statement concluded that Iran’s military would continue to stand with Palestinians, Lebanon and Gaza, and that “no threat will weaken our resolve.”

Zahra Ershadi, director-general for the Americas at Iran’s foreign ministry, also criticized Ecuador’s move, describing it as “inappropriate”, warning that it would inflict serious damage on bilateral ties.

Lawmakers should pass a resolution branding European heads of state as “terrorist leaders” in response to the snapback of UN sanctions, Hosseinali Haji-Deligani, a member of Iran’s parliament said on Sunday.

Iran had endured harsher measures in the past, he said, describing the move as “a psychological operation aimed at destabilizing the economy.”

Unity among Iranians since the recent 12-day war, guided by the Supreme Leader, makes a new conflict unlikely, Haji-Deligani added. The parliament, he said, is considering several options, including possible withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it is ready to confront adversaries, highlighting lessons it says were learned from past conflicts.

“Any new miscalculation and aggression by the enemy will bring another deadly and instructive response,” the Guards said in its Sunday statement.

The Islamic Republic would hold the initiative in any confrontation and impose heavy costs on its opponents, the IRGC added.

US president Donald Trump on Saturday night said he destroyed Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium by ordering a long-range bombing raid, praising American pilots for carrying out the operation.

B-2 stealth bombers flew a 37-hour mission supported by 52 refueling tankers and hit every target, Trump said at a dinner hosted by the conservative American Cornerstone Institute.

“I also obliterated Iran’s nuclear hopes by totally annihilating their enriched uranium,” he added, saying that the airmen told him they had practiced the strike for 22 years but he was the only president who allowed them to execute it.

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“I also obliterated Iran's nuclear hopes by totally annihilating their enriched uranium,” Trump told a dinner hosted by the conservative American Cornerstone Institute. He described the B-2 stealth bombers that executed the raid as “beautiful” and said the pilots flew for 37 hours with the support of 52 refueling tankers.

“Every single one of those bombs hit its targets. It was absolutely amazing and they were the heroes,” he said.

Trump recounted meeting the pilots and mechanics after the mission, comparing them to film star Tom Cruise. According to his account, the airmen said they had practiced the strike for more than two decades and told him he was “the only president that had the courage to let us go and do our thing.”

His remarks come as the dispute over uranium enrichment remains the central obstacle in nuclear talks. Iranian officials insist their country’s right to enrich uranium on its own soil is non-negotiable under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, framing it as a matter of sovereignty. The United States argues that enrichment inside Iran poses an unacceptable proliferation risk and maintains Tehran can meet civilian nuclear needs through international supply.

Negotiations have stalled over this gap, with Tehran refusing to sign any accord without recognition of its enrichment rights, while Washington and European allies see such recognition as legitimizing a path to weaponization.

The deadlock has deepened after US strikes in June shut down Iran’s nuclear facilities, halting production and leaving the fate of hundreds of kilograms of enriched uranium unclear.

The European push to trigger the UN snapback mechanism this month means sanctions suspended under the 2015 deal will now return, further isolating Tehran.