Khamenei adviser Ali Akbar Velayati vows Islamic Republic 'will certainly not remain silent' in opposing the peace initiative

Day after strike near Damascus, Russian news agency publishes interview with senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati saying Israeli airstrikes ‘will not pass without a response’

New restrictions come on 40th anniversary of attack on US embassy, and as Iran ups enrichment, targeting senior military officers, chief justice, and advisers to supreme leader

French president Macron tells Iranian counterpart by phone that he is concerned about weakening of nuclear deal; Tehran says it will up enrichment level

Top aide to Khamenei accuses Europeans of having 'indirectly violated' nuclear deal, says upping enrichment beyond terms of pact backed 'by every component of the establishment'