[Iran Closes French Language Center in Tehran, Accusing it of "Illegal" Activities] According to Al Jazeera, Iranian authorities have closed a French language center in Tehran, affiliated with the French Embassy in Iran, under a judicial order. Iranian authorities stated that the institution had been operating under the guise of foreign language teaching for many years, failing to comply with repeated requests for licenses. Iran accuses the center of engaging in activities "harming Iranian culture and national security," including identifying and establishing networks and facilitating the departure of Iranian technical personnel from the country.

According to Iranian state media, the Central Command of the Iranian Armed Forces stated that the United States is planning new actions against Iran, with the permission of its regional allies. These plans were coordinated and formulated at a European summit.

According to Iranian state media, the Central Command of the Iranian Armed Forces warned that regional countries involved in any US attack on Iran should not expect restraint from the Iranian armed forces. Any US attack will provoke Iranian retaliation, and Iran will "not impose any restrictions or considerations on US bases and interests."

[Iran's Top Security Official: The US Will Leave; Gulf States Should Promote Regional Cooperation] Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated in an interview: "The US and Trump will leave. Everyone knows that the US economy is actually on the road to collapse. The US will not be what it is today in the next 10 years. But we and the Arab countries will continue to exist. We are the ones who must solve the problems in the region. We must establish a security mechanism in the Persian Gulf. We must establish economic cooperation agreements and become friends in the region. We are one family—the Persian Gulf family. We have eight countries, and we must focus on reconstruction and economic development, strengthen cooperation, participate in each other's investments, and even establish a single currency and a unified common market."

[Iran's Top Security Official: Iran Also Protected Arab Countries] In an interview, Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated: "I want to ask Arab officials: If Iran hadn't resisted and had been forced to surrender, wouldn't Israel be attacking Saudi Arabia today? Wouldn't Israel have advanced all the way to Damascus? Wouldn't Israel have attacked Iraq? We have already paid the price with our martyrs here; we are defending Arab countries. If we hadn't given the US and Israel a 'brutal nose' here in Iran, if they had won in Iran, then no force in the region would have been able to stand against them. Israel would have attacked all Arab countries, and the US would have supported that action. We resisted, we defended our country, and our defense has also benefited Arab countries."

[Iran's Top Security Official: If the US is Serious, It Will Send Ground Troops into Iran] Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated in an interview: "If the Americans are serious, let them send their soldiers into Iran. Why don't they come in? In war, the final decision is always made by ground troops. Why don't the airborne troops come in? Why don't the US ground troops enter Iran? Why do they just bomb from the air and then leave?"