Iran's President said that promoting regional stability and security is very important for the Islamic Republic of Iran and stressed that the only way to protect security in the region is deepening friendships and cooperation among neighbours.

Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Ukraine spoke by telephone on Thursday and expressed condolences over the Ukrainian passenger plane crash and emphasised the need to investigate the causes of the accident closely.

Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari hailed the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps for hitting hard the US military bases in Iraq, and said the IRGC missile strike only triggered the start of the revenge.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slams US President Donald Trump for constantly bragging about the size of the US military and its advanced equipment, reminding him that it is people, not “beautiful military equipment,” that rule the world.

Venezuelan Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino Lopez condemned the US for assassinating Iran’s revered commander, Lt. General Qassem Soleimani, as “a terrorist act” and said Caracas sides with Tehran in the campaign against the global arrogance.

President described the incorrect, harmful calculations of the United States as the result of their lack of knowledge about Iran and the region and stressed that the European Union must take stances independent from Washington and do not let Iran become completely disappointed in Europe.

Iran's President sent a message to appreciate people’s timely, enemy-breaking presence at the funeral ceremony of Martyr Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, saying, "The clear message of this epic Ashura-like presence means renewing allegiance to lofty goals of the Revolution and martyrs, and the continuation of the excelling path of that honourable general and resistance against a criminal country”.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expressed condolences over the loss of lives in two separate incidents in Tehran and Kerman.

President described the Americans’ martyring of the brave general of Islam Martyr Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and his companions in Iraq against all international regulations and norms and an international terrorism and crime, saying, "The Americans failed to achieve their goals by this criminal act”.

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres blasted the US assassination of the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Cords (IRGC) Qods Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, and said that the Islamic Republic reserves the right to self-defense against any threat following Washington’s crime.

Iran has summoned Brazil's chargé d’affaires in Tehran after the government in Brasilia expressed support for the US assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Senior Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US in Iraq, has been laid to rest in his hometown Kerman, shortly after Iran’s Armed Forces launched retaliatory missile strikes on American bases in Iraq.

Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri warned that the US will face a harsher response if it conducts any further mischief after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps fired tens of ballistic missiles at American bases in Iraq.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said Iran’s early morning retaliation against US assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani was just “a slap”.

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran referred to the important, determining role of Martyr Lieut. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in protecting regional security and fighting terrorism, saying, "Regional nations and even people of Europe owe him a lot for fighting ISIS and if it were not for his activities against ISIS, Europe would be under great threat today".