Iran marked its National Army Day by parading the latest military achievements, including home-grown air defense systems, inside selected military bases across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Secretary of Iranian Free Zones High Council Hamidreza Momeni said the trade balance of the country’s free and special economic zones has been positive in the past two years despite the negative balance of the country's foreign trade, IRNA reported.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned against protracted talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, reiterating that Iran will only return to its commitments under the accord once it has verified that all U.S. sanctions have been removed.

Deputy Head of Commission on Industries and Mines of Majlis says Chinese and Russian companies have announced their readiness for financing projects in Iran, reiterating that those companies which left the country after the U.S. sanctions will not be allowed to easily enter Iran’s market.

Chairman of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce says the impact of domestic and political policies on the economy should be minimized and if the country’s first priority is its economy, all of behaviors should be in the direction of improving livelihood of the people and economy.

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has slammed the act of sabotage against the country’s nuclear site in Natanz earlier in the day, noting that the international community, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), must deal with such “nuclear terrorism” that targets Iran’s facilities.

Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Sunday that Iran placed travel ban on 39 countries amid the fourth wave of coronavirus pandemic in Iran.

Iran has unveiled 133 new nuclear achievements made by the country’s experts in different areas of the nuclear industry, including quantum, enrichment, heavy water and deuterium compounds, radiopharmaceuticals, lasers, and etc.

A senior Iranian official has told Press TV that the country will not accept any division of the sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran into those that had been removed under the 2015 nuclear deal and the ones unrelated to the nuclear deal.

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed the strong efforts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in defending the Islamic Revolution, calling on the elite force to keep up the good work.