TEHRAN(Basirat): Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani underlined that his country will never compromise its security and national interests, and said martyrdom of IRGC Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassemi Soleimani further reinforced the resistance front.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Ali Mourad, journalist, says the history of modern resistance shows American and Israeli policy of assassinating resistance figures always results in stronger resistance.

TEHRAN(Basirat): The Civil Aviation Organization of Iran said it will not hand over flight recorders from the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed near Tehran on Wednesday, either to the aircraft’s manufacturer or US aviation authorities.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami has vowed a “proportional response” to any action the United States might take against the Islamic Republic.