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Trump says he made decision on supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles

IFP Media Wire

October 7, 2025

“I’ve sort of made a decision on that. I would have to ask the question where are they sending them,” he told journalists at the White House on Monday.

“I’m not looking to see escalation,” Trump stressed.

Last month, US Vice President J.D. Vance revealed that the White House was considering supplying Kiev with the rockets, which cost an estimated $1.3 million each and have a range of 2,500km (1,550 miles), meaning that they could potentially reach Moscow and far beyond.

Russian President Vladimir Putin later warned that relations between Moscow and Washington would be ruined in that case. He also argued that Kiev’s forces would be unable to operate such a sophisticated system without the “direct participation of American military personnel.”

Reuters, citing anonymous sources, reported that the US was unlikely to supply Tomahawks to Ukraine, as the current inventories were committed to the US Navy and other uses. The Financial Times also reported that some people inside Trump’s inner circle were skeptical as to the Tomahawks’ ability to change battlefield dynamics.

Hamas representative in Tehran rejects disarmament, demands guarantees before talks

IFP Editorial Staff

October 6, 2025

Qaddoumi stressed that serious negotiations cannot begin without guarantees from the US and from Arab and Islamic countries that have engaged with Washington.

He said that a halt to fighting must include the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the reopening of crossings for humanitarian aid, and a clear plan for reconstruction.

He added that prisoner exchanges and other details remain on the negotiating table and will be discussed by the delegation currently in Cairo.

On the question of who should manage Gaza after the war, Qaddoumi rejected foreign administration.

He endorsed a technocratic Palestinian committee for short-term reconstruction only if the committee is Palestinian-led and includes representatives of Hamas and other local political groups.

He added that there is no place for figures such as former UK prime minister Tony Blair or other foreign appointees in Gaza’s governance.

Qaddoumi underlined that responsibility now rests with the US and the regional states that met with Washington to press the Zionist regime to implement any agreement. Without credible external guarantees, he warned, Hamas cannot move toward binding negotiations.

Iran announces major discovery of new gas and oil reserves in Fars Province

IFP Editorial Staff

October 6, 2025

The newly found field contains an estimated 10 trillion cubic feet of gas, which could play a key role in reducing the country’s future energy imbalance. After an eight-year pause in exploration, drilling resumed on the second well of the Pazan field. According to the Iranian oil minister, the field’s development contract has been awarded, and operational work will begin soon.

Production is expected to start within 40 months. Paknejad noted that, for the first time, Iranian exploration teams have drilled into a horizontal layer containing at least 200 million barrels of crude oil. Further studies may reveal even larger reserves.

He added that the newly discovered field increases Iran’s total gas reserves by 10 trillion cubic feet.

This comes as Iran is already the world’s second-largest holder of natural gas reserves.

Iran’s court acquits French-German national accused of ‘espionage’

IFP Media Wire

October 6, 2025

“The Revolutionary Court, taking into account legal principles and doubts about the crime, has issued a verdict of acquittal of the accused, although according to the law, the prosecutor has the right to object to the verdict,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.

Monterlos, 19, was arrested on June 16 in the southern city of Bandar Abbas while cycling alone across Iran, on the third day of the war between Tehran and the Zionist regime.

Russia, asked if China is sharing satellite intel for Ukraine, says it has its own capabilities

IFP Media Wire

October 6, 2025

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question about the matter after Oleh Aleksandrov, an official with Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Agency, told the state Ukrinform news agency, that China was passing on satellite intelligence on targets, including those benefiting from foreign investment.

“We have our own capabilities, including space capabilities, to accomplish all the tasks the special military operation poses,” Peskov told reporters.

Iran: Cairo Agreement defunct, no IAEA inspections currently underway

IFP Editorial Staff

October 6, 2025

Speaking at his weekly press conference, Baqaei explained that the previous inspection was conducted under a bilateral agreement related to technical cooperation with Russia.

“At the moment, there are no IAEA inspectors in Iran,” he stated, emphasizing that any future decisions on the matter would be made by the Supreme National Security Council, which is the competent authority in such cases.

Baqaei also said that the Cairo Agreement, reached earlier with the IAEA, is no longer valid or implementable after the three European countries – the UK, France, and Germany – triggered the so-called snapback sanctions mechanism on Iran.

The spokesperson reiterated that Iran’s nuclear activities remain within the framework of national decisions and that Tehran will determine its cooperation with international bodies based on its own interests and the behavior of other parties.

Meanwhile, Baqaei expressed appreciation for Iraq’s efforts to mediate between Tehran and Washington but said tensions persist because of US “excessive demands and miscalculations.”

Referring to the latest discussions in New York, he said the US had proposed delaying the reinstatement of UN resolutions against Iran by three to six months in exchange for Iran transferring its enriched uranium.

He slammed the suggestion as “an example of Washington’s flawed understanding of Iran’s rights and logical expectations.”

Taliban says will never hand over Bagram Air Base to US

IFP Media Wire

October 6, 2025

Afghanistan Goodbye Bagram — A gate is seen at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Friday, June 25, 2021. In 2001 the armies of the world united behind America and Bagram Air Base, barely an hours drive from the Afghan capital Kabul, was chosen as the epicenter of Operation Enduring Freedom, as the assault on the Taliban rulers was dubbed. It’s now nearly 20 years later and the last US soldier is soon to depart the base. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Zabihullah Mujahid said: “Afghans will never allow their land to be handed over to anyone under any circumstances.”

But the senior Taliban member stated that his government had held talks with the US about reopening the Afghan embassy in Washington DC and the US embassy in Kabul.

He added: “We have discussed this matter and we wish to see the embassies reopened both in Kabul and in Washington.”

It is four years since the Taliban swept to power and only Russia has formally recognised their government.

But Mujahid denied that they have a “legitimacy problem”, claiming that many countries privately had acknowledged their leadership.

“It is not only Russia that has openly recognised the Islamic Emirate. There are several other countries that have extended recognition, though not publicly.”

The Taliban government has increasingly placed restrictions on women and girls, and girls over the age of 12 still cannot attend school.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two of the Taliban’s top leaders, including the Supreme Leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of persecuting women and girls in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is in the middle of an economic crisis and has experienced severe droughts.

But in a wide-ranging interview, Mujahid said the country had enjoyed “relative peace and stability under a unified government” with more security and “visible signs of economic recovery”.

But malnutrition has soared in the country, and 90% of children under five are in food poverty, according to UNICEF.

Mujahid added it was the “result of decades of conflict and two major invasions that devastated Afghanistan’s infrastructure and economy”.

Iran Spox: European trio has proven diplomacy with them is ineffective

IFP Media Wire

October 6, 2025

Speaking on Monday to reporters about the activation of the snapback mechanism and renewed calls by Europe for negotiations, Baqaei criticized the approach of the UK, France, and Germany as “irresponsible and destructive,” particularly in recent months.

He said the three countries had misused the dispute resolution mechanism to impose Washington’s demands on Tehran.

According to Baqaei, all three conditions set by the Europeans were unreasonable. Nevertheless, Iran chose to engage in discussions with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which resulted in an understanding aimed at creating a new framework for cooperation — a framework the Agency initially welcomed but was later rejected.

He added that the conditions set by the three European states for entering talks with the United States were illogical, and they failed to present themselves as independent actors. “Therefore, the situation will be different from now on,” he stated.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed that the diplomatic path is never completely closed and that “whenever we conclude that diplomacy can deliver results, we will not hesitate to use it.”

Baqaei also reacted to comments by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, who claimed that his latest report was unrelated to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. He argued that the IAEA report and the Europeans’ misuse of it to pass a resolution against Iran had created a pretext for those attacks. “For this reason,” Baqaei said, “the Agency should have condemned the US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.”

Iran says welcomes decision by Palaetinians regarding Gaza ceasefire

IFP Editorial Staff

October 6, 2025

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, recalling the legal and moral responsibility of the international community to confront the ongoing genocide in Gaza under the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and the legal and moral responsibility of all governments to support the legitimate and lawful struggle of the Palestinian people to realize their right to self-determination and liberation from the yoke of occupation, apartheid, and colonialism by the Zionist regime, said it has consistently supported any initiative that entails the cessation of ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Gaza and paves the way for the realization of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.

It says, taking into account the dangerous dimensions and aspects of this proposal, and while reiterating its warning about the repeated breaches and obstructionism by the Zionist regime in fulfilling its promises, especially in light of its expansionist and racist plans, the Islamic Republic of Iran considers any decision in this regard to be within the authority of the Palestinian people and resistance.

It welcomes any decision by them that guarantees halting the genocide of Palestinians, the withdrawal of the occupying Zionist army from Gaza, respect for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, the entry of humanitarian aid, and the reconstruction of Gaza.

“The cessation of crimes and genocide in Gaza does not negate the responsibility of governments and competent international institutions to pursue legal and judicial action against the crimes of the Zionist regime, nor the identification and prosecution of those who ordered and carried out war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, with the aim of ending the decades-long impunity of the Zionist regime.”

The Islamic Republic of Iran, while expressing hope for the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to the oppressed people of Gaza, declared its readiness to participate in this effort.