Tehran (IP): The government spokesman said on Tuesday that the active diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Vienna, in the field of lifting sanctions, is progressing well.

Iran PressIran News: Ali Rabiee, in a press conference on Tuesday, referring to the beginning of registration of volunteers for the 13th round of the presidential election, said: "All social classes should have their own candidates in the presidential election."

"We are facing Eid al-Fitr, I congratulate this holiday to all the people of Iran and Muslims around the world," he added.

The government spokesman added: "The balance of power, as stated by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in his message on the International Quds Day, is in favor of the oppressed people of Palestine and the issue of al-Quds as the priority of the Muslim Ummah."

Rabiee pointed out that the active diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Vienna, in the field of lifting sanctions, is progressing well and at the regional scale, Tehran is cementing ties with neighbors to resolve fraudulent issues and expand relations.

"Reducing tensions and increasing hopes for the nation is a priority in our foreign policy," he said.

Referring to Kabul terrorist attack, Rabiee added: "Extremism and blind violence stabbed and wounded the body of the Islamic ummah."

"Once again, and this time more painfully than ever, the terrorists in Kabul killed our children and students on their way back from school and hurt the feelings of the Muslim nations. Those torn bodies, the students, and those books stained with the blood of the innocent show the enmity of ISIS terrorists," he noted.

The government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran stand by the people and government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in this tragedy, the official highlighted.

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