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Iran speaker says Tehran will resume action if US 'fails to honor understandings'

Jul 3, 2026, 09:43 GMT+1

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Friday that Iran would resume what he described as proportionate measures if the United States and Israel failed to honor the understandings reached with Tehran.

"We will firmly demand the full implementation of the understandings that have been reached," Ghalibaf said during a meeting with Belarusian Speaker of the House of Representatives Igor Sergeyenko, according to state media.

"If the United States and the Zionist regime do not honor their commitments, the Islamic Republic of Iran will resume its proportionate measures," he said.

Ghalibaf added that the United States had learned during the conflict that it could not confront Iran militarily and said Israeli claims had been "nothing but baseless propaganda."

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Revolutionary Guards warn against any new attack ahead of Khamenei funeral

Jul 3, 2026, 09:13 GMT+1

Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Friday that any new attack by Iran's enemies would be met with a stronger response than ever before, ahead of funeral ceremonies for former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

"Any new aggression will be met with a decisive response, more crushing than ever before," the Guards said in a statement carried by Iranian state media.

The Guards said they, together with Iran's other armed forces, "remained fully prepared under the leadership of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei."

Turkmen, Armenian leaders meet Iran's Pezeshkian in Tehran

Jul 3, 2026, 08:53 GMT+1

Turkmenistan's national leader, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Friday after arriving to attend funeral ceremonies for former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian state media reported.

In a separate meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also met Pezeshkian after arriving in Tehran for the funeral ceremonies, the reports said.

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Belarus parliament speaker meets Iran's Ghalibaf ahead of Khamenei funeral

Jul 3, 2026, 08:31 GMT+1

Belarusian Speaker of the House of Representatives Igor Sergeyenko met Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Tehran on Friday after arriving to attend funeral ceremonies for former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian state media reported.

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Ghalibaf tells China Iran will not allow US 'interference' in Strait of Hormuz

Jul 3, 2026, 08:05 GMT+1

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called on Friday for closer strategic ties with China and said Iran would not allow any US "interference" in the Strait of Hormuz.

"What is expected is to raise the level of strategic relations between the two countries," Ghalibaf told He Wei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, according to Iranian state media.

"I say clearly that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not allow any US interference in the Strait of Hormuz," he said, adding that Iran had resolved issues affecting the transit of Chinese vessels through the waterway.

Ghalibaf said close political and economic coordination between Iran and China was important to reduce tensions and prevent their spread. He also said Israel was seeking to undermine the understanding reached between Iran and the United States, but that Iran's deterrence would prevent a new war.

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Former Iran volleyball coach charged with sex offences in Canada

Jul 3, 2026, 06:17 GMT+1
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Former Iran national volleyball coach Iraj Mozaffari

Former Iran national volleyball coach Iraj Mozaffari has been charged in Canada with 10 sexual offences, most involving teenage girls, Canadian media reported, citing police.

Mozaffari, 57, founder and head coach of the Toop O Toor Volleyball Club in North Vancouver, faces three counts of sexual interference involving a person under 16, two counts of sexual touching of a young person and five counts of sexual assault, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.

Police said the alleged offences took place in North Vancouver between January 2016 and December 2024. Four of the five alleged victims were under 18 at the time of the alleged offences.

Canadian media said Mozaffari captained Iran's national youth team and Iran's B national team before later coaching Iran's national volleyball team. He later immigrated to Canada and founded the North Vancouver-based club.

Mozaffari has not entered a plea, and the allegations have not been proven in court. He was released on conditions that include not coaching or mentoring any sport, not holding positions of trust over anyone under 18, and surrendering his travel documents. He is due back in court on July 15.