​Iran's top security official says US airstrikes on Syria’s northern province of Raqqah using banned weapons amount to genocide in the war-stricken Arab country.

​"The identity of the Islamic Ummah, in the here and now, is under threat," stressed the Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought.

Islamic Consolidation Conference with Iranian and Azerbaijani intellectuals in attendance has kicked off in Tehran.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani plans to submit the list of his candidates for cabinet posts to the parliament on Tuesday, according to the spokesman for the presiding board of the parliament.

Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “The presence of people at the ballot box signifies their acceptance of the elected person and according to the constitution, the presidency will be validated by the leadership to give it legitimacy.”

An Iranian official slammed the US notion of inspection of Iran’s military centers as absolute nonsense, stressing that the country would never allow Americans to have access to its security sphere.

Iran, Turkey and Qatar held a meeting in Tehran to explore avenues for the enhancement of economic cooperation and for facilitated export of Turkish goods to Qatar via Iran.

"In present situation the region is plunged into war and terrorism, preserving unity and Islamic solidarity is a necessity," stressed the Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought.

The vice-chairman of the Supreme Islamic Shi’ah Council of Lebanon emphasized the importance of the presence of the Islamic Resistance to protect Lebanon.