US President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress on Friday to complete the sale of over $8bn worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Jordan.

The United Nations' envoy to Libya has bitterly denounced the conflict raging in the North African country, describing it as a "suicide" that was robbing its inhabitants of the land's vast oil riches.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the necessity for the young Iranian people to play a bigger role in management of the country.

US authorities said on Wednesday that a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died last year after being held by border authorities in a previously unreported case.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said there are numerous cases of crimes against civilians on which the UN Security Council has remained silent, including the massacre of women and children in Yemen and Palestine.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi emphasized the need for decent judicial support from all Iranian organizations for the nationals residing abroad.

Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami has rebuked the United States for “trapping Iranian scientists”, saying that Tehran is following the case of the Iranian professor detained in the US.

A new survey has shown that the majority of American people oppose a military conflict with Iran amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

UN human rights experts have appealed to Bahrain to halt the imminent executions of Ali Mohamed Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab and Ahmed Isa Ahmed Isa al-Malali, amid serious concerns that they were coerced into making confessions through torture and did not receive a fair trial.

A top security expert at the United Nations has warned that the risk that nuclear weapons could be used is at its highest since World War II, calling it an "urgent" issue that the world should take more seriously.