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Latest News and Views from Iran and the World

Top diplomat says Israel utilized US-provided flight route over Iraq to attack Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stated that during its recent act of aggression against Iran, Israel used Iraqi airspace and that of other countries provided by the United States.

Iran’s minister of communications announces iPhone registry issue resolved

Iran's Minister of Communications Sattar Hashemi announced on Wednesday that the restriction on registering iPhone cellphones has been removed.

Small number of North Korean soldiers already in Ukraine: Report

A small number of North Korean soldiers are already on the territory of Ukraine, fighting for Russia, CNN has reported, citing two Western intelligence officers.

Microsoft says Russian hackers targeting US officials

Russian hacker group Midnight Blizzard has been sending highly targeted phishing emails to American individuals working in government, academia, defense, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft has warned in a blog post.

Around 12k Palestinian students killed by Israel in Gaza, West Bank: Education Ministry

More than 11,825 Palestinian students have been killed in Israeli attacks since October last year, the Palestinian Education Ministry has announced.

Palestine UN envoy warns residents of northern Gaza face imminent execution by Israel

Palestine's permanent representative to the United Nations has warned that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza face imminent execution for refusing to abandon their land and homes, criticizing those who protect Israel, their tormentors.

Defense chief dismisses reports regarding violation of Iran’s airspace by Israeli fighters

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh has denied reports claiming that Israeli warplanes had violated Iran's airspace during the recent act of aggression against some military sites inside Iran.

Iran’s UN envoy voices deep concern about humanitarian crisis in Gaza; says aids halted for 2 weeks

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani has voiced grave concerns over the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza during a UN Security Council meeting.

Hezbollah’s Sheikh Qassem will ‘strengthen’ resistance: Iran’s Pezeshkian

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the appointment of Sheikh Naim Qassem to succeed Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah leader would “strengthen” the resistance.

Iran says Europe ‘hypocritical’ after criticism over execution of terror group’s ringleader

Iran on Tuesday said European countries are acting hypercritically, following remarks by EU chief Josep Borrell stating the bloc was "considering measures in response" to the execution of Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd.

WFP warns lack of aid to Gaza could have “catastrophic consequences”

A lack of food and humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip will likely have “catastrophic consequences” as winter approaches, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.

UN chief pens letter to Israel’s PM protesting UNRWA ban

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres sent a letter to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, protesting a new Israeli law that could effectively cripple the UN agency responsible for aiding Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

Palestine says Israel’s UNRWA ban ‘new level in war against UN’

Israel’s move to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) marks a “new level” in its war with the global body, the Palestinian envoy to the UN has stated.

Iran summons German ambassador over Berlin’s interference in judicial matters

Tehran on Tuesday summoned the German envoy over the "interventionist stance" of Berlin following the execution by Iran of Jamshid Sharmahd, the ringleader of a US-based terror group.

Former Iran football federation chief sentenced to 15 years for cryptocurrency fraud

Shohreh Mousavi, former director of Iran’s Football Federation, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison as part of the high-profile “King Money” case involving widespread economic disruption and fraud.

Ex-Iranian MP warns against escalation amid Israeli regime’s internal tensions

Heshamatollah Falahatpisheh, a former member of the Iranian Parliament, has warned that rising tensions have reached Israeli homes, urging Iran not to let extremist Zionists bring conflict to Iranian soil to mask their ideological defeats.

Iran hits back at Germany over execution of terror group ringleader

Irabian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, addressing his German counterpart, has stated that no terrorist is immune in Iran, even if he or she is supported by Berlin. He added that holding a German passport will not grant immunity to terrorists, including criminals.

Iran’s Abadan refinery “unaffected” by Israeli regime’s attack

According to ISNA, none of the tanks or facilities at Iran’s Abadan refinery were damaged in the recent Israeli regime’s attack and refining operations and product output remain normal and stable.

Iran’s FM: UNSC should sanction Israel over Gaza, Lebanon onslaught

The foreign minister of Iran, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, has reminded the United Nations Security Council of its statutory obligation to impose strict sanctions on Israel to force it to stop the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Over 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Gaza residential building

More than 90 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to a medical source.

Israeli Defense Ministry says 12k soldiers entered rehab programs since start of Gaza war

The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Department announced it has received some 12,000 soldiers since the beginning of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, including those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Naim Qassem elected as Hezbollah’s new chief

Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has been elected as the new secretary-general of the Lebanese resistance movement after his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, was assassinated in an Israeli attack on southern Beirut last month.

EU ‘considering measures’ against Iran following execution of terror ringleader Jamshid Sharmahd

The European Union condemns the execution of 69-year-old German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd and will consider taking measures in response, the bloc’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said Tuesday. Sharmehed, the ringleader of the US-based Tondar (Thunder) terrorist group, who for years planned numerous terrorist operations against Iran, was executed on Monday.

Israel sabotaging polio vaccination campaign: Gaza Health Ministry

The Gaza Health Ministry has announced that Israeli soldiers are preventing campaign teams from reaching the northern part of the besieged enclave and are placing obstacles to the implementation of vaccinations in Gaza City as well.

Iran urges UN Security Council to condemn Israel’s acts of aggression

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, in a phone conversation with his British counterpart, called on the United Nations Security Council to immediately condemn the Israeli assault against Iran, which he identified as, continuation of the regime’s atrocities in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.