Shamkhani: Iran is going [to Rome] to achieve a balanced agreement; not surrender.
Shamkhani: Agreement also stipulates speed [in implementation], refraining from threats, reining in troublesome parties like "Israel", and facilitating investment.
Shamkhani: Agreement based on nine principles, including seriousness, guarantees, balance, lifting sanctions, and refusal of Libya/UAE models.
Ali Shamkhani, Advisor to Iran's Leader: Negotiators headed to Rome with complete authority to arrive at comprehensive agreement.
Sheikh Qassem: Reconstruction is not a favor from anyone, and we will not accept blackmail under this pretext.
Qassem: Lebanon cannot move forward under US guardianship, and the US must respect the Lebanese people’s will for independence and non-interference in its affairs.
Sheikh Qassem: They say they are linking reconstruction to disarmament, we say we are the ones linking weapons to reconstruction.
Sheikh Qassem: Moving to the second phase requires implementing the first phase, which includes the withdrawal of “Israel,” an end to its aggression, and the actual start of reconstruction.
Sheikh Qassem: Hezbollah has fulfilled its responsibilities; let “Israel” fulfill its own, and let the Lebanese state fulfill its own.
Qassem: We will not discuss the details of the defensive strategy in the media, nor will we preempt the principles that will be agreed upon once we sit at the dialogue table.
Harris-Biden administration sends money to 'Israel': protesters at DNC
At the Democratic National Convention's welcome party at Navy Pier, Chicago, a pro-Palestine protester rushed onto the stage, took the mic, and called out the Biden-Harris administration for funding the Israeli occupation. Footage of the incident circulating online shows the protester being escorted off stage. It is noteworthy that pro-Palestine protestors have committed to protesting at the DNC to send a message to the administration calling for a weapons embargo on "Israel". One group, known as "Delegates Against Genocide," expressed that it will exercise its freedom of speech rights during main events at the four-day Democratic National Convention convening on August 19.