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Probe finds Israeli military used US-made bombs in Gaza’s al-Mawasi strike

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At 12:34am local time (09:34 GMT), several Israeli missiles struck a refugee camp in the al-Mawasi area, located within the humanitarian zone designated by the Israeli army for displaced civilians – west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

The Israeli bombing caused widespread damage to the tents, homes, and facilities in the area.

Photos from the bombing site reveal widespread devastation, with craters 10 to 15 metres (33 – 49 feet) deep, burying dozens of tents.

Civil defence teams faced immense challenges retrieving the bodies of the dead and injured, with rescue operations continuing into the next morning.

At least 19 people have been killed and many wounded in the Israeli attack on the designated “safe zone” in southern Gaza, according to officials.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced that the bodies of the victims recovered so far were taken to hospitals after the missile attack on the tent camp in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis where Palestinians were sheltering, early on Tuesday.

“A number of victims are still under the rubble, under the sand, and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defence crews cannot reach them and retrieve them, and they have not reached hospitals yet,” the Health Ministry noted in a statement.

Israeli evacuation orders, which now cover much of the territory, have pushed hundreds of thousands of people into al-Mawasi. Aid groups have struggled to provide even basic services.

Israeli attacks have frequently hit areas where its military had previously directed civilians seeking safety.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 41,000 people, caused vast destruction and displaced about 90 percent of the enclave’s population of 2.3 million, often multiple times.

The United Nations boss denounced Israel’s air raids on the Israeli-designated “safe” zone in southern Gaza, calling the use of heavy weapons in a densely populated area “unconscionable”.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep alarm at the continuing loss of life in Gaza and reiterated no place in the territory is safe, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.

Guterres reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and the immediate and unconditional release of all captives taken by Hamas on October 7, Dujarric added.

Without international action, ‘West Bank will become a new Gaza’: EU

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Addressing the Arab League in Cairo, Joseph Borrell argued “Without action of the international community, the West Bank will become a new Gaza.”

He added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is working to make it impossible to create a future Palestinian state and that a ceasefire agreement initiated by US President Joe Biden is unlikely to be signed because “those waging the war have no interest in putting an end to it.”

Dozens of Palestinians were killed after Israeli forces recently launched the largest military onslaught in two decades on the West Bank.

Since the Gaza war began on October 7, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 690 Palestinians in the West Bank.

Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank hit a record in 2023, and the EU has said last year saw the most settlement building permits issued in decades.

Iran says to take reciprocal measures in response to West’s Ukraine-related sanctions

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Nasser Kanaani

Kanaani has harshly slammed an uncustomary statement by the British, French and German foreign ministers on revoking bilateral deals for providing air services to the Islamic Republic of Iran and imposing sanctions on Iran’s airline, Iran Air, under the pretext of involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.

“The move by the three European countries is in line with the West’s hostile policy and economic terrorism against the Iranian people, and will face the corresponding and proportionate move by the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

The spokesperson of the Iranian diplomatic service reiterated Iran’s transparent and proclaimed stance on the war in Ukraine, adding, “As we have stressed in the past, any claim that the Islamic Republic of Iran has sold ballistic missiles to the Russian Federation is completely baseless and false.”

“The US and the three European countries are the main sources of supplying weapons to the Zionist regime and are accomplices in the massive massacre of the Palestinian people and genocide in Gaza, and they must be held accountable for their wrong policies,” he continued.

Iran has rejected allegations of supplying ballistic missiles to Russia as baseless and misleading.

The mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations said on Friday that the country regards as inhuman any military assistance to parties of the Ukraine conflict that would increase damage to lives and infrastructure in Ukraine.

Therefore, not only does it not do so, but also invites other countries to stop sending weapons to the parties involved in the conflict, the mission added.

OPEC data show Iran’s oil production keeps rising despite US sanctions

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OPEC data cited in a Tuesday report by the official IRNA news agency showed that Iran’s oil production had averaged 3.277 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, up just 4,000 bpd from July.

The increase came despite a fall in total OPEC output in August as the bloc produced 26.588 million bpd of oil, down 0.197 million bpd from July.

Iran remained the third largest OPEC producer in August after Saudi Arabia an Iraq which pumped 8.983 million bpd and 4.228 million bpd, respectively, showed the OPEC data.

Nigeria had the largest increase in oil production among OPEC members in August as the African country raised its output by 57,000 bpd compared to July.

Iran, Venezuela and Libya are exempt from a series of output cuts agreed between members of the OPEC and allied countries like Russia, a grouping which is known as the OPEC+.

Iran has significantly increased its oil exports and production in the past three years despite US sanctions that restrict its oil sales.

Exports have reached over 1.5 million bpd from lows of around 0.3 million bpd seen in 2019. The Iranian government has offered discounts to private buyers in China while relying on the expertise and investment provided by domestic companies to develop its oilfields.

Latest OPEC data, which is based on information from secondary sources, showed that the average price of Iran’s heavy oil grade had declined by $6.94 to $77.63 in August. That came against a $6.2 rise in OPEC basket prices which reached $83.3 last month.

OPEC’s forecast about global oil demand in 2024 was flat on figures announced in July when the organization said that the world’s oil demand will increase by 2.3 million bpd to 104.024 million bpd this year.

Ukraine says it may severe ties with Iran over missile supply to Russia

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Local residents react at a site of an apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kryvyi Rih.

“I will not say now exactly what is meant by ‘devastating consequences’ so as not to weaken our diplomatic position, but I can say that all options, including the one you mentioned, are on the table,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tykhyi said when asked if Kyiv could end relations with Tehran.

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said in a post on X that reports of Iranian weapons transfers to Russia are “ugly propaganda” to conceal Western military support to Israel.

“The publication of false and misleading reports about the transfer of Iranian weapons to some countries is simply an ugly propaganda to conceal the large illegal arms support of the United States and some Western countries for the genocide in Gaza,” he added.

It comes as Germany, France, and Britain imposed new sanctions on Iran, accusing it of delivering ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war, despite repeated denials by Tehran.

The three countries said that, despite their warnings of “new and significant measures against Iran” in case it sent missiles, “we now have confirmation that Iran has made these transfers”.

The statement described the alleged transfer as a “further escalation of Iran’s military support” to Russia, posing a “direct threat to European security” with the potential for Iranian missiles to reach European soil.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also announced that Washington would impose fresh sanctions on Tehran soon.

Iran President Pezeshkian scheduled to visit Iraq Wednesday

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IFP Editorial Staff
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This marks President Pezeshkian’s first foreign trip since assuming office. He will lead a high-ranking delegation of political and economic officials on a three-day official visit to Iraq.

During the trip, the president will engage in a series of official meetings with the Iraqi Prime Minister, President, parliamentary leaders, and judiciary officials. Additionally, Pezeshkian is expected to sign several bilateral cooperation agreements and hold meetings with Iranian businesspeople and expatriates residing in Iraq.

Following his official engagements in Baghdad, the president will make a pilgrimage to the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, where he will visit the shrines of Imam Ali and Imam Hussein, the first and third Shia Imams.

Pezeshkian’s itinerary also includes a visit to Basra, where he will inspect several Iranian projects underway in the region.

At the invitation of Kurdish regional authorities, he is set to conclude his trip with visits to the northern cities of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

US says to target Iran with new sanctions over “missile transfer to Russia”

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“Russia has now received shipments of these ballistic missiles and will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine against Ukrainians,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in London on Tuesday.

Blinken, speaking alongside British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during a visit to London, added that sanctions would be announced later Tuesday.

Lammy, for his part, called the supply of ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia a “significant escalation”.

France, Germany and the United Kingdom have also issued a joint statement, saying they strongly condemn “Iran’s export and Russia’s procurement of Iranian ballistic missiles”.

The three European states added that this is “a further escalation of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine” and will see “Iranian missiles reaching European soil, increasing the suffering of the Ukrainian people”.

“This act is an escalation by both Iran and Russia, and is a direct threat to European security.”

“The E3 has privately and publicly been clear that we would take new and significant measures against Iran if the transfers took place. We now have confirmation that Iran has made these transfers,” the statement reads.

“We will be taking immediate steps to cancel bilateral air services agreements with Iran. In addition, we will pursue the designations of significant entities and individuals involved with Iran’s ballistic missile programme and the transfer of ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia. We will also work towards imposing sanctions on Iran Air,” Paris, Berlin and London noted.

“The E3 are closely coordinating our strong response to these transfers with our European and international partners. We call on Iran to immediately cease all support to Russia’s war against Ukraine and halt the development and transfers of its ballistic missiles.”

The remarks came hours after White House national security spokesman John Kirby stated that Washington cannot confirm reports that Tehran had delivered its ballistic missiles to Moscow.

CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing unidentified sources, that Iran had transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, as Moscow continues to wage the war in Ukraine more than two and a half years after its 2022 invasion.

A senior Iranian official denied the reports on Monday, describing them as “psychological warfare”.

Deputy Commander of Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Fazlollah Nozari was quoted by the Iranian Labour News Agency as saying: “No missile was sent to Russia and this claim is a kind of psychological warfare.”

“Iran does not support any of the parties to the Ukraine-Russia conflict,” Nozari added.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has also said he had seen the report but that not all such reports were correct.

“Iran is our important partner, we are developing our trade and economic relations, we are developing our cooperation and dialogue in all possible areas, including the most sensitive ones,” Peskov told reporters on Monday.

Gaza death toll surges past 41,000

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IFP Media Wire
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A ministry statement said that some 94,925 others have been injured in the ongoing assault.

“Israeli forces killed 32 people and injured 100 others in three ‘massacres’ of families in the last 24 hours,” the ministry noted.

“Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Palestinian group Hamas.

Over 11 months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel faces accusations of genocide for its actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice.

Iran House of Cinema: Hundreds of cinema artists held back by legal cases

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Rasul Sadr Ameli, who himself is a veteran film director and screenwriter, made the remarks in a press conference on Monday attended by prominent actor and head of the House of Cinema, Ali Dehkordi.

Sadr Ameli noted the last time House of Cinema celebrated the National Cinema Day Festival dates back to before the coronavirus pandemic, adding the interval is due to the ‘unfair’ situation created over the absence of old-timers in cinema over their legal challenges.

He said the festival will not be held until those excluded from cinema will return back to the fold.

On a promising note, he said the newly-designated Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi has pledged he would take immediate measures to resolve the issue through the ministry’s legal team.

The Iranian judiciary has yet to comment on this.

US calls on Israel to conclude probe into killing of American activist in West Bank

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IFP Media Wire
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Turkish and Palestinian officials reported on Friday that Israeli troops shot 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion.

“Our understanding is that our partners in Israel are looking into the circumstances of what happened, and we expect them to make their findings public, and expect that whatever those findings are, expect them to be thorough and transparent,” US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel told a news briefing.

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby later said Israel was understood to be “moving swiftly on this investigation” and was expected to present its findings and conclusions in the coming days.

Palestinian news agency WAFA reported the incident took place during a regular protest march by activists in Beita, a village near Nablus that has seen repeated attacks on Palestinians by Jewish settlers.

Israel’s military announced it was looking into reports that a female foreign national “was killed as a result of shots fired in the area. The details of the incident and the circumstances in which she was hit are under review”.

Patel and Kirby did not provide further information on the circumstances of the killing and stated Washington would withhold judgment until Israel presents its findings.

A rise in violent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank has stirred anger among Western allies of Israel, including the United States, which has imposed sanctions on some Israelis involved in the settler movement.

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