TEHRAN (Basirat): An American analyst said a visit to Moscow by Ayatollah Khamenei’s senior adviser is similar to a visit to Mikhail Gorbachev at the behest of Imam Khomeini in 1989, noting that the trip indicates that Iran has more “concert goals” in mind regarding its bilateral ties with Russia.

TEHRAN(Basirat): In a meeting with Establishment officials, a large number of people from all walks of life and the ambassadors of Muslim countries on the occasion of the auspicious Eid al-Fitr, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said unity and the settlement of disputes is one of the most important reasons for, and elements of nobility and grandeur of the Islamic society and Islamic Ummah and stressed that the Zionist regime is the main reason for the creation of conflict in the region and among Muslim countries. He said, “The problem of the Zionist regime is a lack of legitimacy and [that it is] a regime created based on invalid grounds, and it will definitely be destroyed and eliminated by God’s grace and with the endeavor of Muslim nations.”