A senior Iranian Army commander praised the nation for demonstrating “exceptional unity” during the illegal Israeli-US aggression against the country and disregarding calls by the Tel Aviv regime to take to the streets.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry commemorates the National Day of Resistance and Withstanding that is named after the resilience of the city of Dezful in the face of Iraqi attacks during the 1980s imposed war. 

Iran’s armed forces are holding military parades nationwide on the first day of Sacred Defense Week.

Iran’s foreign minister and a group of survivors of chemical weapons visit Japan as the country remembers the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.