Iran has rejected as "hackneyed and groundless" the US administration’s claims of Tehran’s interference in the forthcoming American election.

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry denounces the latest Israeli settlers incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound as a move aimed at escalating tensions in West Asia.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani condemned the West’s double standards on the issues of terrorism and human rights.

Iran says it is entitled to punish Israel for the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Iran says Israel’s terrible brutality, war crimes and terror acts in the region will fail to change the strategic balance in Palestine.

Iran urges the Muslim world to provide more effective and practical support to millions of the Palestinian people.

Nasser Kan’ani has censured torture of Palestinian detainees by Israeli prison authorities, calling on human rights groups and international organizations to fulfill their legal and humanitarian responsibilities in this regard.