SHANA (Tehran) – The national gas network is operating steadily, according to the National Iranian Gas Company.

SHANA (Tehran) – The head of the Iranian Central Oil Fields Company said the company successfully met its gas production and storage commitments in the first half of this year at the Shurijeh and Sarajeh reservoirs.

Tehran, IRNA – Former foreign minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif says peace and stability pose the “biggest and only threat” to Israel, arguing that the occupying regime has consistently opposed any prospect of regional calm, including the 2015 nuclear agreement.

An Arabic-language media outlet wrote in an analysis that amidst the rapid changes in the global balance of power and the widening gap between East and West, Iran has consolidated its position more than ever in the Eastern bloc—a position built on strategic cooperation with Russia and China. This approach, a direct consequence of US and European pressure and the return of sanctions against Tehran, has now become a core component of the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy.

The American media outlet reported that the status of Iran's nuclear program—including the unknown conditions and location of its high-enriched uranium stockpile following the aggressive attacks by the US and Israel on its atomic facilities—will be a topic at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting. Citing diplomats, the report states that Western countries are set to draft new guidelines for Agency inspectors' monitoring in Iran.