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

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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.
Middle East

Over 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Gaza residential building

IFP Media Wire -
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.
Middle East

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

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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.
Middle East

Naim Qassem elected as Hezbollah’s new chief

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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.
Europe

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

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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.
Middle East

Israel sabotaging polio vaccination campaign: Gaza Health Ministry

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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.
Foreign Policy

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

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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.
Security

Iran announces substantial 200% increase in military budget

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Iran has announced a whopping increase of 200 percent in its military budget for the upcoming year, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
Europe

Pentagon says North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia

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North Korea has sent about 10,000 forces to Russia for training, some of whom are already moving toward the front lines near the Ukrainian border, the Pentagon has said.
Middle East

Gaza war ‘should end’: Biden

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US President Joe Biden has stated that Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip “should end”, adding that he is renewing endeavours for a ceasefire after Egypt proposed one that would last two days.
Middle East

Israeli Cabinet discusses 2nd raid on Iran following drone strike near Netanyahu’s home

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Israel’s Security Cabinet met for hours on Sunday night to deliberate on a possible second military attack on Iran, following a drone raid that struck the Caesarea residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this month, according to Israel’s Channel 13.
Middle East

Israel’s parliament votes to ban UN relief agency

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The Israeli parliament has approved two controversial bills to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating in the occupied territories and areas under the regime’s control.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s UN envoy slams Israel’s aggression; UNSC urges restraint

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Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has strongly condemned Israel’s recent aggression against Iran as a blatant violation of international law, asserting Tehran’s potential retaliation will be in accordance with the international law.
Judiciary

Ringleader of terror group Jamshid Sharmahd hanged by Iran

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Jamshid Sharmehed, the ringleader of the US-based Tondar (Thunder) terrorist group, who for years planned numerous terrorist operations against Iran, was executed.
Middle East

South Africa files 750-page evidence against Israel to ICJ over Gaza war

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South Africa has filed a detailed submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) outlining evidence of Israel’s violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention in its ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Gaza death toll from Israeli strikes surges past 43,000

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At least 43,020 Palestinians have been killed and 101,110 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the health ministry in the besieged strip announced on Monday.
Middle East

Lebanon lodges complaint with UN against Israel over attack on civilians, journalists, paramedics

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Lebanon lodged a complaint with the United Nations Security Council on Monday over Israel’s deliberate attacks on journalists, paramedics, and civilians.
Local

Judiciary spokesman clueless if Mousavi and Karroubi’s house arrest has ended   

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A spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says it has no information about whether the house arrest of former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi and the latter’s wife Zahra Rahnavard has come to an end. 
Middle East

182 journalists killed in Gaza by Israel since start of war: Report

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Five more Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, bringing the overall death toll among media staff since October last year to 182, the government media office has announced.
Security

Security chief says Iran’s military power unscathed by Israeli attack

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Israel's recent attack has not had the slightest effect on Tehran’s military power, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian has stated.
Security

Police chief: 850,000 undocumented Afghan migrants expelled from Iran

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The chief of Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces announced on Monday that 850,000 illegal Afghan migrants have been repatriated from Iran, as part of a broader plan to deport 2 million illegal residents by the end of the Iranian year, which ends on March 20.
Security

Israeli fighter jets did not enter Iran’s airspace during  assault: Spokesman

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail baghaei dismissed reports  that Israeli warplanes violated Iran's airspace during the regime's aggression against some  military sites inside Iran.
Asia

China says supports Iran’s sovereignty, national dignity

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Beijing's envoy to Tehran Cong Peiwu has emphasized that China has always supported the sovereignty, security, and national dignity of Iran and advocates for a diplomatic resolution to disputes, especially in addressing current tensions in West Asia.
Local

Iranians bid farewell to Army servicemen killed in Israeli attacks

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Iranians have attended mass funeral processions for four Army officers who were killed in Israel’s strikes against the country.
Middle East

Iraq complains to UN over Israel’s use of its airspace for strike on Iran

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Iraq has condemned Israel’s use of its airspace to attack neighbouring Iran in a protest letter sent to United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, and the UN Security Council.
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