Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that foreign adversaries should understand they cannot force the Iranian nation into submission through military pressure. The president emphasized the resilience and determination of the Iranian people in the face of recent crises.
An end to the Ukraine war will most likely require “painful concessions” from Kiev, including on territorial issues, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has stated. Its chance to stop the hostilities has “never been greater” than now, he told Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung (NOZ) on Tuesday.
France is still exploring ways to directly involve itself in the Ukraine war, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has announced, citing a new government decree that authorizes the use of private military companies to assist foreign states engaged in armed conflict.
The Iranian Actors Guild has issued a statement expressing “deep regret and concern” over the recent arrest of several well-known actors during a private gathering and the subsequent media coverage of the incident.
The 43rd Fajr International Film Festival entered its sixth day on Tuesday in southern Iranian city of Shiraz, featuring a full schedule of screenings, panel discussions and critical review sessions at the Honar-e Shahr-e Aftab cultural complex.
Iranian Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani has reiterated that Tehran’s interaction with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is based on the law enacted by the parliament.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has opposed the European Union’s initiative to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine via a reparations loan, Politico Europe has reported, citing two senior European diplomats.
A Russian-flagged tanker en route to Georgia has been attacked in the Black Sea, Ankara has confirmed. Last week, Russian authorities accused Kiev of carrying out drone attacks on commercial vessels in the area.
The European Central Bank has refused to support a proposed €140 billion payout to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets held at Belgium’s Euroclear, the Financial Times has reported, citing officials familiar with the discussions.
Iran’s Judiciary announced on Tuesday that a Tehran civil court has issued a wide-ranging verdict ordering the US government, senior American officials, affiliated institutions and individuals to pay more than $22 billion in damages over Washington’s support for the 2022 unrest in Iran.
Fifteen EU countries will send arms and military equipment worth billions of euros from the EU's SAFE militarization program (formerly ReArm EU) to Kiev, European Commission representative Thomas Regnier has stated.
A recent statement by a NATO general that the bloc could consider a “pre-emptive strike” against Moscow shows that it is seeking escalation and wants to derail the Ukraine peace process, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated.
UK special forces in Afghanistan executed suspects without facing repercussions despite widespread knowledge of their behavior in the army chain of command, a former senior British officer told a public inquiry.
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi has blamed US “excessive demands” for the failure of recent Tehran–Washington nuclear negotiations, saying certain actors inside the United States “did not want the talks to succeed,” ultimately preventing any outcome.
The death of the spouse of Iran’s Vice President Esmaeil Saghab Esfahani and the brain-death of his daughter mark a tragic outcome of a major road accident involving his family.
The world’s biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services in 2024 as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as countries’ rising military spending, according to a report released Monday.
NATO member states in Europe are pressing Washington to maintain its troop presence in the region, stressing that November drills in Romania highlighted European countries’ dependence on US support, Bloomberg has reported.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has warned that Israel’s escalating incursions into Syria and Tel Aviv’s territorial ambitions there pose serious risks to security and stability across the wider West Asia region.
The sons of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan fear that authorities may be hiding “something irreversible” about his condition, after more than three weeks without any evidence that he is still alive.
According to the latest joint findings by Elsevier and a team of researchers from Stanford University, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and the University of Tehran hold the highest number of researchers ranked among the world’s top two percent most cited academics.
The death toll in the flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday, as the hardest-hit countries — Sri Lanka and Indonesia — deployed military personnel to assist survivors.
The Afghan suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington may have been radicalized after entering the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has stated when questioned about his motive on Sunday talk shows.
