Washington’s goal is the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, IRGC-linked paper says

Traders also quoted the euro around 1,386,500 rials and the pound at about 1,591,200.

The UN measures, restored over Iran’s nuclear program, have added pressure to an economy already struggling with high inflation and repeated supply strains. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.

Visiting Bandar Abbas on Thursday, Pezeshkian said savings and better management could soften the blow.

“We can organize livelihoods, living conditions and housing by saving 10% in costs, which is equivalent to $16–18 billion a year,” he said.

“They say with snapback, they will sanction you, while we have sanctioned ourselves,” he added, arguing that curbing waste and relying less on oil and gas would blunt external pressure.

“They scare us with snapback because we tied our life to oil and gas,” he said. “I think of a day when we have neither oil nor gas. Should we die?”

The president called for practical conservation across government. He said employees and managers could work in smaller offices and avoid unnecessary energy use, recalling that at the United Nations “the corridor was partitioned and managers worked there in 2-by-3 rooms, next to the Secretary-General’s office. In Iran, everyone has a room, and the secretary has a room. You can avoid keeping all the lights on.”

The Iranian rial plunged further on Thursday as the US dollar crossed 1.18 million rials in Tehran’s open market, continuing its climb following the activation of the snapback mechanism.

The rate had already risen by over ten thousand rials Wednesday evening, hitting 1.164 million rials.

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The Wall Street Journal reported that a senior Arab government official close to the Trump administration has urged Washington to avoid further military confrontation with Iran, warning that renewed conflict with Israel could destabilize the region and that de-escalation should be the priority.

“The region today cannot go through the same Iranian-Israeli war or the other wars of the last two years. The cost is too high,” the official said, adding that he is advising US counterparts that de-escalation is the only alternative.

He said Iran’s weakened state is a reason for caution and argued that fresh strikes risk triggering instability reminiscent of post-Saddam Iraq.

“Diplomacy has to be the way forward,” the official said, according to the WSJ.

An Iranian cleric representing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the Revolutionary Guards escalated rhetoric against Israel, likening it to a cancer to be removed and saying such an outcome would undermine US claims of global leadership.

Abdollah Hajj Sadeghi criticized US President Donald Trump, accusing Washington of backing Israeli action and misrepresenting June’s 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel.

He said Iran would answer any future Israeli move with a unified response both diplomatically and in the battlefield, and argued opponents had misread Iranian society after years of economic pressure.

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Russia said on Thursday the restoration of UN snapback sanctions on Iran was illegal and deepened the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear program, accusing Britain, France and Germany of manipulation.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told a news briefing, "Accordingly, the results... are legally null and void and cannot impose any legal obligations on other states," echoing the argument expressed by Tehran.

Moscow, which says it supports Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy, also condemned US and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June.