Iran says the UAE's baseless claims over three Persian Gulf islands are a flagrant violation of international law and the UN Charter.

President Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran will not allow any separatist group to have weapons and stir sedition against the Islamic Republic near its borders.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 2:00 GMT on September 21, 2023.

In a meeting with American media executives on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi answered a barrage of questions and advised the American media to ‘tell the truth’ about Iran

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has seized two foreign oil tankers smuggling fuel in the Persian Gulf.

A senior Iranian official says the UAE will destabilize the region’s security by repeating its claims of ownership over the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.

Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric condemns the opening of a new Israeli embassy in Manama.

Bahraini human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja says she will travel home next week and take the risk of detention in order to raise awareness over her father’s imprisonment.

Tehran rejects a joint statement by Japan and some Arab countries about Iran’s sovereignty over three islands in the Persian Gulf.

A senior Iranian Army commander says the presence of extra-regional states in the Persian Gulf has had no result but insecurity.