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Iran reports severe environmental damage from 12-day aggression by Zionist regime

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The report warns of significant damage to the country’s water resources and soil and also warns of the serious risks to public health due to the attacks.

The Department of Environment said beyond the human casualties and infrastructure destruction, the Zionist regime’s attacks have caused extensive environmental harm with long-term ecological implications. It further condemned the aggression, calling for legal accountability and reparations.

The Department of Environment also confirmed that comprehensive assessments of environmental damage are underway nationwide, and a detailed report will soon be released.

Iranian Army announces military drills in Esfahan, warns of possible explosions

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The Army said controlled explosions and loud sounds may be heard during this period as part of pre-planned drills.

It underlined that these activities are routine and pose no threat to public safety.

The Army urged people in Esfahan and its suburbs to be alarmed, as all operations are conducted under approved safety protocols within the designated area.

Iran’s Ettela’at Daily: Calls for assassinating President Pezeshkian, reckless, divisive

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Masoud Pezeshkian

The editorial described such remarks as reckless, divisive, and aligned with enemy agendas, warning against incitement during a time of national crisis.

The article criticized those who exploit wartime tensions to sow discord, calling the assassination wish “an appeal to Netanyahu” and a betrayal of unity.

It underlined that Pezeshkian, elected by the people and endorsed by the leader, has worked diligently to maintain national security and support the military in recent conflicts.

Ettela’at also addressed recent incendiary comments by lawmaker Abolfazl Zohrevand, who accused the administration of incompetence and conspiracy, alleging internal sabotage and coup attempts. The newspaper warned that such rhetoric fuels polarization and emboldens adversaries.

While referring to the resilience of the Iranian people and the state during the recent 12-day confrontation with the Zionist regime and the U.S., the editorial said, “The people of Iran stand with their elected government…Iran’s history is one of resistance and pride, not treachery”.

Iran among top 10 global producers of heavy water

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Heavy water, which is produced domestically at the Khondab Heavy Water Complex near Arak, in central Iran, plays a crucial role in nuclear reactors, radiopharmaceutical production, and scientific research.

The Khondab facility, with an annual production capacity of approximately 20 tons, was designed and built indigenously, officially launching operations in 2006.

Over the years, Iran has exported dozens of tons of heavy water globally including 32 tons to the United States and 38 tons to Russia. Buyers from Asia and Europe have also shown strong interest due to the product’s high quality.

On June 18, 2025, the Zionist regime carried out a military strike near the Khondab complex. However, authorities confirmed there were no casualties or radioactive leaks, as the site had been preemptively evacuated.

Iran faces severe water shortages as dam inflows drop by 43%

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Outflows also declined by 21%, and total dam storage has decreased by 26%, now standing at 23.67 billion cubic meters.

National rainfall has dropped 39% below the long-term 57-year average and 40% compared to last year.

The hardest-hit provinces include Hormozgan (-78%), Sistan and Baluchestan (-76%), and Bushehr (-54%). Tehran’s major dams — including Amirkabir, Lar, Taleqan, and Latian — have also seen significant declines in water levels.

Experts attribute these alarming figures to climate change, rising temperatures, and increased evaporation, urging immediate water consumption management across households, agriculture, and industry.

Only Gilan province saw a slight rainfall increase (+7%), while all others recorded deficits.

Fars News reveals new details of Zionist regime’s attack on Iran’s Supreme National Security Council meeting

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According to the report, the attack occurred shortly before noon on Monday, June 16, during a meeting attended by the heads of the three branches of power including Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and also other senior officials.

The session was taking place in the lower levels of a secure government facility in western Tehran when the assault began.

Fars adds the attack was modeled after an Israeli plan to assassinate Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, involving the launch of six bombs or missiles aimed at entry and exit points to block evacuation routes and disrupt ventilation.

Following the explosions, power was cut to the targeted floor. However, Iranian officials reportedly managed to escape through a pre-designated emergency hatch. Some, including the president, are said to have sustained minor leg injuries while evacuating the premises.

Fars also criticized the hypocrisy of Western and pro-Zionist media outlets, saying they ignore acts of state terrorism while simultaneously attack Iran for calling Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu “enemies of God” (mohareb) based on Islamic jurisprudence.

Iranian MP: Suspicious microchips found in shoes of IAEA inspectors

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IAEA Team

Deputy Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mahmoud Nabavian also said that the presence of microchips in inspectors’ shoes suggests potential espionage activity.

“Why is it that when IAEA inspectors enter our nuclear sites and undergo body searches, we find microchips in their shoes? What are they trying to monitor?”, Nabavian asked.

He went on to accuse the IAEA of acting on intelligence provided by hostile sources, particularly Israel.

“The agency raises questions about three of our sites, but isn’t it true that Israel stole our documents and gave them to the IAEA? Why is the agency listening to a regime that’s not even a member of the NPT?”, the lawmaker added.

Nabavian further noted that classified Iranian reports submitted to the IAEA had been passed to the Zionist regime by the agency’s Director General Rafael Grossi.

“We submit our reports as an NPT signatory, and yet Mr. Grossi hands them to the Zionist regime and we later recovered the same documents, nearly 10 million of them, through operations carried out by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence.”

The lawmaker underscored that what he says is not speculative. “We’re not making slogans; we have evidence and that is why we say espionage is taking place under the cover of international inspections”, Nabavian said.

He also recalled previous incidents where confidential Iranian information submitted to the IAEA was leaked to the press even before being discussed in official IAEA meetings.

UK: Over 80 protesters arrested at Palestine Action protests

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The government proscribed the activist group under anti-terror laws on 4 July, after the group broke into RAF Brize Norton earlier this month and spray-painted two planes that they said were “used for military operations in Gaza and across the Middle East.”

The legislation made membership of, and support for, the group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison, marking the first time a direct action group has been proscribed in the UK as a terrorist group.

In response, the DOJ announced rallies on Saturday in several UK cities to protest the ban and Israel’s war on Gaza.

In a statement on X, the Metropolitan Police in London said it had “made 41 arrests for showing support for a proscribed organisation”.

The DOJ said additional arrests were made during protests in Manchester, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

“Over 300 police officers have been seen carrying away dozens of people from the foot of statues of Nelson Mandela and Gandhi for alleged ‘terrorism offences’,” the group said in a statement on X.

“Those arrested are accused of holding signs in support of Palestine Action,” it added.

This marks the second successive week of a police crackdown on Palestine Action supporters.

On 5 July, twenty-seven people were arrested in London’s Parliament Square, including an 83-year-old priest, a former government lawyer, an emeritus professor, and health workers.

UN experts, human rights groups, and leading figures have condemned the ban as draconian and warned that it will have major adverse consequences for the freedom of expression, with implications for the rule of law.

“Terrorism legislation hands the authorities massive powers to arrest and detain people, suppress speech and reporting, conduct surveillance, and take other measures that would never be permitted in other circumstances,” Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive, said in a statement ahead of the ban.

“Using them against a direct-action protest group is an egregious abuse of what they were created for,” Deshmukh added.

Family of American citizen killed by Israeli settlers in West Bank demands US probe

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Musallet’s family said in a statement that Israeli settlers surrounded him for three hours during the assault on Friday and attacked medics who were attempting to reach him.

The slain young man, known as Saif, was a “kind, hard-working, and deeply-respected young man, working to build his dreams”, the family announced.

“This is an unimaginable nightmare and injustice that no family should ever have to face,” the statement added.

“We demand the US State Department lead an immediate investigation and hold the Israeli settlers who killed Saif accountable for their crimes. We demand justice.”

Washington has previously resisted calls to investigate the killing of US citizens by Israeli forces. Instead, US officials say that Israel is capable of probing its own abuses.

But Israeli investigations rarely lead to criminal charges against settlers or soldiers, despite their well-documented violations against Palestinians.

The State Department said late on Friday that it “has no higher priority than the safety and security of US citizens overseas”.

“We are aware of reports of the death of a US citizen in the West Bank. When a US citizen dies overseas, we stand ready to provide consular services,” a department spokesperson told Al Jazeera, declining to provide further details, citing the privacy of the victim’s family.

Israeli forces have killed at least nine US citizens since 2022, including veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.

But none of the incidents have resulted in criminal charges.

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said the US “must stop treating Palestinian American lives as expendable”.

“Israeli settlers lynched 20-year-old Palestinian American Sayfollah Musallet, while US officials stayed silent,” the advocacy group announced in a statement.

“Sayfollah was born and raised in Florida. He was visiting family for the summer in the West Bank when settlers beat him to death while he protested illegal land seizures.”

American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) questioned whether Trump will stay true to his pledge to prioritise US interests.

“Will he uphold his ‘America First’ promise when it’s a Palestinian-American whose life was taken? Or will he once again bow his head to Israel, no matter the cost in blood?” AMP said in a statement.

But the group stressed that US citizenship should not be a condition for justice. Another Palestinian was killed in the same settler attack as Musallet on Saturday.

“And let’s be unequivocally clear: whether a Palestinian holds American citizenship or not, every single murder committed by this regime must be explicitly prohibited, punished, and condemned,” AMP added.

The US provides billions of dollars in military aid to Israel. It also protects its ally diplomatically at international forums, often using its veto power to block United Nations Security Council proposals critical of Israeli abuses.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on supporters on Saturday to contact their lawmakers and urge them to condemn the killing of Musallet.

“This was not an isolated incident. It was part of a long, unpunished pattern of violence against US citizens by Israeli soldiers and settlers,” the group announced in a statement.

Sarah Leah Whitson, the head of rights group DAWN, stated that the US has tools to pursue accountability in the Musallet case, noting that Washington is pursuing criminal charges against Hamas officials for the killing of US citizens during the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel.

“What is really missing [in the current case] is the political will from the United States government to protect American citizens of Palestinian origin or Americans protesting Israeli actions in the West Bank,” Whitson told Al Jazeera in a TV interview.

“What it really does is it sets a precedent of encouragement and sets a precedent for open season on Americans just as there is open season on Palestinians.”

Trump considering dispatching new funds to Ukraine for first time since taking office: CBS News

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Russia Ukraine War Weapons Arms

The news comes shortly after Reuters reported that Trump plans to greenlight new weapons for Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority for the first time, heralding a major shift in his administration’s approach to military aid.

Sources told CBS News that the funds for Kyiv may be part of a message the White House hopes to send Russia, which has drastically ramped up mass missile and drone attacks against Ukraine in recent months.

It is not clear where these new funds for Ukraine would come from, but current and former U.S. officials outlined some possible options. Trump has around $3.85 billion from the Presidential Drawdown Authority remaining from former U.S. President Joe Biden, officials said.

Trump also has the power to confiscate about $5 billion in frozen Russian assets and channel those funds to Ukraine, former officials said. Neither Trump nor Biden have previously exercised that authority.

Reports of new U.S. aid for Ukraine come ahead of a “major statement” on Russia that Trump is expected to make on July 14. Trump teased the announcement after expressing frustration with Russia and its escalating attacks.

“I’m disappointed in Russia, but we’ll see what happens over the next couple of weeks,” Trump told NBC News, adding, “I think I’ll have a major statement to make on Russia on Monday.”

Trump also stated he had worked out an agreement with NATO to transfer U.S. weapons to Ukraine.

“We’re sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, 100%. So what we’re doing is the weapons that are going out are going to NATO, and then NATO is going to be giving those weapons (to Ukraine), and NATO is paying for those weapons,” he continued.

Trump has previously criticized U.S. military aid to Ukraine, lambasting Biden for the billions of dollars sent to Kyiv following Russia’s full-scale invasion. His administration has not authorized any additional weapons or funding for Ukraine and has said it plans to reduce the amount of military aid to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget.

The Pentagon in early July also halted Ukraine-bound shipments of weapons — including vital air defense munitions — citing concerns over dwindling U.S. stockpiles. Washington has reportedly since resumed some deliveries, though questions remain about the flow of weapons and Trump’s involvement in the decision.

But in recent days Trump’s attitude appears to have shifted. He is reportedly considering providing Ukraine with another U.S. Patriot air defense battery and is working with NATO partners to get weapons to Kyiv. His upcoming statement on Russia could also signal new willingness to mount pressure on Moscow — a step his administration has been slow to take.

Russia’s wave of mass attacks have upended Trump’s hopes of securing a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine and drew rare criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin from the White House.

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