Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says it is still possible for parties to the 2015 Iran deal to reach an agreement if the American side proves capable of making a realistic decision.

Iran has strongly denounced attempts by the Canadian government to scuttle a friendly match between the national Iranian men's football team and Canada in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, stating that the sporting event must not be used as a political plaything.

President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Oman on Monday for a one-day visit to meet Omani sultan and senior officials to expand relations.

First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber in a meeting with Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister said that the two countries of Iran and Kazakhstan have the potential to become the region's hub for food security and transportation.

The U.S. was heavily defeated in a wargame the Pentagon designed two decades ago to simulate what a war with Iran would be like, online international affairs website 19FortyFive, a bipartisan US defense, national security, and military-focused publication, has reported.

President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi said that some free and special zones at times became places for imports, adding, "Reports show that the free and special economic zones are becoming close to their main philosophy of production, employment, entrepreneurship and capital attraction".

Congratulating the World Public Relations Day to all activists in the field, President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi said, "Public relations and communications are the beacons of the development of awareness and jihad of enlightenment in society and have an important role in informing the public".

Iran will swap its crude oil for grain shipments from Cuba as part of agreements reached between senior officials from the two countries in recent weeks, says a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official.

Emphasizing the need for knowledge-based and increasing exports of oil, gas, refining and petrochemical industries, President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi said, "Apart from qualitative development, quantitative development of oil, gas, refining and petrochemical industries can lead to job-creating employment and improving the country's export capacity."

President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi describes the position of Sunni people and clerics in Iran important in the history of the country and said, "Sunni clerics and thinkers have provided many services in their own country, and Shiites and Sunnis have lived together in Islamic Iran for many years".