Iran Press/ Iran news: Late martyr Ebrahim Raisi, was the eighth Iranian President and administrator of the 13th Iranian Government from 2021 until his martyrdom in a helicopter crash in the Varzaghan region in the northwest province of East Azarbaijan on 19 May 2024.
One of the martyrs in the helicopter crash was Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, former Iranian Foreign Minister.
After the Iran Snap Presidential Election and the victory of Masoud Pezeshkian, the Late President Raisi's administration now led by Acting President Mohammad Mokhber will transfer power to the upcoming administration in less than two months.
Nasser Kanaani in his weekly press conference on Monday told Reporters that the late President Raisi's administration placed a special emphasis on shoring up relations with the neighbors and pursuing multilateralism.
Establishing relations with neighbors in various areas, resuming political relations with some countries in the region that were damaged before, and strengthening relations with other countries in the region, were the first advances he referred to as achievements.
Adding to the achievements, Kanaani touched on the Islamic Republic's success in getting full membership in the regional international forums including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS to expand multilateralism.
Boosting cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union and expanding relations with the union, pursuing free trade through signing agreements, strengthening relations with the Caucasus region for playing an effective role in regional stability, and shoring up regional cooperation to fight terrorism and ensure the region's security, were the other points of Iranian foreign policy successes he mentioned.
Late President Raisi's Government spares no effort to secure the Iranian nation's rights within the JCPOA
Kanaani stressed that the 13th government has used all its efforts and diplomatic initiatives within the framework of the fundamental approaches of my system and the general policies set in this regard until this very moment and will continue all its efforts within the framework of the pre-defined mechanisms until the day it is in charge of the affairs."
Kanaani further said: "We have to wait for the new government to see how it will be done in the future. I will not comment on future approaches."
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs then stated: "We have made all efforts to secure the interests of the nation and their definite and defined rights and we will continue the necessary efforts."
Kanani strongly denied Western news reports about Russia ending Iran's membership process in BRICS.
About bank transfers between Iran and Russia, the spokesperson of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "According to the goal setting between the two countries, technical negotiations have been conducted and technical infrastructures have been provided. Consultations between the authorities of the central banks of the two countries have been held recently and we will see the possibility of the citizens of the two countries using bank transfers and using the common infrastructure of the two countries."
Iran's senior diplomat further explained: " We provided the technical conditions for the settlement of commercial accounts using the national currencies of the two countries. We are currently negotiating and Iran presented its proposal to Russia that we can extend this mechanism to the BRICS member states and use this as a common mechanism in the BRICS field, and the Russian side has a positive view.
Iran Won't Allow Israel to Attack Lebanon
In response to a question about the possibility of the Israeli regime's attack on Lebanon and Irani's positions in the country, the Iranian MFA spokesman stressed that Iran would not allow such developments to happen.
"We have a clear position about Lebanon, any aggression of the regime against Lebanon will lead to the escalation of tension and instability in the region and will threaten peace and stability in the region."
He said that the Lebanese nation, government, and army are powerful in defending their national security with the Resistance Front in Lebanon being more ready than ever to protect the Lebanese citizens and security.
Kanaani stressed: "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the defense of the security and people of Lebanon as a principle and will not hesitate to support the Lebanese nation at the due time.
The Israeli regime must become aware of the aftermath of its adventurous actions in the region, he noted.
Negotiation Channels with JCPOA Ongoing
As with the JCPOA negotiations, Kanaani told reporters that diplomatic channels are active with negotiating parties, including the US, for exchanging messages, and the negotiation process is ongoing.
He expressed hope that the negotiations would bring the due results for Iran, pointing out that the Islamic Republic has so far fulfilled all of its commitments to the JCPOA.
Iran's international nuclear agreement or the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed between the country and P5+1 countries (Russia, China, UK, Germany, France, and the US) in 2015, to lift the West's sanctions on Iran, but the US scrapped it on May 18, 2018, re-imposing more sanctions on Iran.
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