Iran’s Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei said a long-running series of US hostile actions since the Islamic Revolution — including support for separatist groups, coup plotters and the so-called People’s Holy Warriors Organization, which he accused of killing Iranian elites and civilians — have aimed to force Iran to submit. He added that recent US pressure has abandoned the usual international pretence and openly sought to split Iran, compel its people, overthrow the regime and destroy Iranian civ

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Five ministries issued an Implementation Plan for a Comprehensive Energy‑Saving Strategy targeting energy‑ and carbon‑intensive sectors — steel, non‑ferrous metals, petrochemicals, chemicals and building materials — with sector‑ and firm‑level tailored retrofits to raise efficiency. The plan mandates energy‑saving upgrades for existing buildings and scale‑up of ultra‑low‑energy buildings; promotes energy‑efficient, low‑carbon transport with a directive to reasonably optimize vehicle energy‑consumption limits and accelerate deployment of new‑energy heavy trucks and ships powered by green fuels; and calls for stepped‑up energy‑saving retrofits in public institutions using third‑party models such as energy‑performance contracting.