The Iranian wrestlers gained 173 points after scooping 2 gold, 2 silver, and 8 bronze medals.
Mohammad Hadi Saravi won a gold medal in the 97 kg category on the last day of the event, putting the team on top of the ranking.
Fardin Hedayati was the other gold winner who stylishly beat his Georgian rival Iakobi Kajaia in the 130kg category 5-0 on Saturday.
Georgia and Hungary stood second and third with 137 and 113 points respectively.
“Netanyahu is preventing us from advancing toward true victory. That is why we are leaving the emergency government today, with a heavy heart but with full confidence,” Gantz said at a televised news conference on Sunday.
He called for early elections, saying “there should be elections that will eventually establish a government that will win the trust of the people and be able to face challenges”.
“I call on Netanyahu: set an agreed election date,” he added.
Gantz last month threatened to leave the emergency government – formed last year to oversee the war on Gaza – if Netanyahu failed to present a post-war plan for the besieged and bombarded Palestinian territory, where Israel is continuing a ground and aerial bombardment campaign that has killed more than 37,000 people since October 7, according to Gaza health officials.
Demonstrations against the Netanyahu-led government are important but must be lawful, Gantz stated.
“The protests are important, however, they need to be conducted in a legal manner and they must not encourage hatred. We are not each other’s enemies. Our enemies are outside of our borders,” he told reporters.
“I will be part of a national unity government that includes all centrist parties and only that option will allow us to face all the challenges that stand before us, even with Netanyahu. Like I said, what we need is true and genuine unity and not partial unity.”
Gantz also called on Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to “do what is right”.
Netanyahu issued a brief statement calling on Gantz not to “abandon the front”, but his departure will not endanger the parliamentary majority of 64 seats in the 120-seat Knesset held by the ruling right-wing coalition.
Gantz is seen as Netanyahu’s main political rival in Israel. He was a leading figure in the opposition before joining the war cabinet.
Smotrich reacted to Gantz’s resignation in a post on X, saying, “There is no act less stately than withdrawing from the government during a war,” he said.
“This is exactly what [Yahya] Sinwar, [Hasan] Nasrallah and Iran were aiming for, and unfortunately you are fulfilling their request,” Smotrich added, referring to Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.
“I call on all the leaders of the Zionist parties for whom the State of Israel is important to join the unity government until victory.”
Smotrich’s far-right party draws support from Israel’s settler community.
Earlier reports said that French President Emmanuel Macron had been trying to form a coalition willing to deploy specialists to train the Ukrainian military on the ground. Macron confirmed that at a press-briefing on Friday, adding that several nations had already agreed to join the effort.
According to information obtained by Welt, on the French president’s orders, the chief of staff of the French Army, Gen. Thierry Burkhard, wrote to some of his NATO colleagues last week inviting them to take part in a training mission in Ukraine as part of a multinational “coalition of the willing”. The letter was reportedly addressed to the US and around ten European countries, including the UK, Poland, the Netherlands, the Baltic states, Denmark, and Sweden.
Germany, however, was not included in the dispatch, the newspaper claimed, because it had already made clear during recent negotiations in Brussels that German soldiers would not take part in a mission on Ukrainian soil. According to the publication, the German government, along with Italy and Spain, has expressed concern that training Kiev’s troops on site could escalate the conflict and drag the West into a war with Russia.
Macron started pitching the idea of a troop deployment to Ukraine in February, sparking pushback from most NATO allies. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has repeatedly voiced opposition to sending soldiers to Ukraine, saying that Berlin is opposed to any action that could turn NATO, or Germany in particular, into a party to the Ukraine conflict.
The US has also reportedly rejected the French leader’s idea of sending instructors to Kiev. According to a Politico report on Friday, US President Joe Biden expressed concern that NATO troops deployed to Ukraine, even as trainers, could end up in the line of fire. At a press-briefing the same day, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said that Biden has repeatedly stressed “there’s not going to be US boots on the ground in combat in Ukraine”.
Moscow has long condemned the West for providing military aid to Kiev, and warned against sending foreign military personnel to Ukraine, which it has said would be considered legitimate targets for attack.
The storm, which started in the early afternooncon Sunday, quickly intensified, making it difficult for drivers to see and navigate the roads.
Local authorities reported that the strong winds led to numerous incidents of tree branches breaking, which in turn blocked roads and damaged property.
The dust and debris carried by the wind also created hazardous conditions for pedestrians and motorists alike.
Residents were advised to stay indoors as much as possible to avoid the health risks associated with the dust particles.
Those with respiratory conditions were particularly cautioned to take necessary precautions, such as wearing masks and using air purifiers.
In addition to physical damage, the storm caused significant disruption to daily life. Schools and businesses were forced to close early.
Meteorologists have warned that the storm might persist for the next 24 hours.
Asadi, who had recently fallen into a coma due to cardiac arrest, passed away on Sunday.
Asadi was considered one of the prominent figures in Iranian futsal.
He had a distinguished career, playing for Farsh Ara Mashhad in the Iranian Premier League for several years.
His prowess on the court also saw him playing as a legionnaire in international leagues, including Hangzhou in China and Naft Al-Wasat in Iraq.
Two seasons ago, Asadi was active in the Chinese league, where he made a significant impact by scoring 12 goals in eight matches during the second half of the season.
His contributions helped Hangzhou secure second place in the league, just one point shy of the top spot.
Iran Front Page extends its heartfelt condolences to Asadi’s family, friends and teammates during this difficult time.
In an interview with Ebtekhab news outlet, Karbaschi stated that if the reformists mobilize and support Pezeshkian, who he described as a capable and honest individual, there is a real chance of winning.
He emphasized the importance of engaging the “gray vote” – undecided or apathetic voters – as crucial for a reformist victory.
According to Karbaschi, if the election sees a turnout of 25 million voters, Pezeshkian’s chances of winning would increase significantly.
Karbaschi also commented on the likely polarization of the election between Pezeshkian and Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, the current speaker of the Parliament.
He suggested that Pezeshkian holds a stronger position compared to Ghalibaf.
Karbaschi highlighted the ongoing conflicts among principlist candidates, noting that they have historically been more prone to internal conflicts than reformists.
He warned that public disillusionment with these political infighting could lead to political apathy, which would be detrimental to both reformists and principlists.
Iran’s Interior Ministry on Sunday announced the list of finally approved cabdidates to run for the snap presidential vote, set for June 28.
Among the qualified candidates, Pezeshkian is the only reformist political activist.
At least 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 wounded by Israel’s brutal attack on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Sunday.
That brings the death toll of Palestinians killed by Israel’s war on Gaza since 7 October to 37,084.
At least 84,494 others have been wounded during that time, the ministry added.
Saturday was Gaza’s deadliest single day since mid-December, it noted.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called “a gruesome massacre” by Israel as it rescued four hostages.
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Palestinian enclave since an Oct. 7 Hamas attack despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the enclave.
Nearly eight months into the Israeli war, vast swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel stands accused of “genocide” at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which in its latest ruling has ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.
On Thursday, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said his country had never trained troops on Ukrainian territory, but added that the option of sending French instructors to the country is “not taboo”. Later, President Emmanuel Macron – who suggested that the West should not rule out stationing soldiers in Ukraine – said that several of Paris’ allies had already agreed to deploy military trainers. However, he did not say which counties were on board with this policy.
Commenting on the French officials’ remarks on Sunday, Lavrov told journalist Pavel Zarubin that “The prime minister of France suddenly began to say that they do not have instructors there [in Ukraine]. It’s not true and they know it”.
The foreign minister went on to suggest that Western nations want to “quietly teach” the global community that their decisions on Ukraine – including allowing Kiev to strike deep into Russia and stationing military personnel in the war-torn country – are of no real importance or consequences.
“We see all this, and we fully understand what they are doing and what role they are playing in the war unleashed against us. And we know how to fight this,” he stressed.
Lavrov went on to say he is certain that Western analysts will heed the warnings of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who stated deliveries of long-range weapons to Ukraine could trigger an “asymmetric” response from Moscow, including shipments of similar weapons to regions of the world where they could be used against sensitive sites of the countries that are supplying Ukraine with these weapons.
In an interview with CNN Turk on Saturday, Bagheri Kani said Israelis are well aware that Iran will “wisely” and “effectively” use its power to “put them in their place.”
“The Zionists’ airstrike on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus prompted the country to effectively and wisely utilize its power components in order to ensure the security and stability of the region,” he stated.
“I think Zionists know very well that in case they try to destabilize the region and undermine its security, Iran will use its might to contain them and put them in their place,” he added.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched extensive missile and drone strikes late on April 13 on the Israeli-occupied territories. The series of retaliatory strikes, dubbed Operation True Promise, inflicted damage on Israeli military bases across the occupied lands.
The operation came in retaliation for the Israeli attack on April 1 against the Iranian consulate in Damascus, located next to the embassy building in Damascus’s Mezzeh district.
The airstrike killed two senior Iranian military personnel who were on an advisory mission to Syria as well as five of their accompanying officers.
The interim Iranian foreign minister also urged Muslim countries to halt all political and economic cooperation with the Israeli regime and impose a mass boycott on Israeli products.
Such measures would be the most effective means for Muslim nations to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian cause, and oppose Israeli policies, Bagheri Kani stressed.
The senior Iranian diplomat also pointed to Tehran’s civilian nuclear program, stressing that the Islamic Republic’s atomic program is in strict accordance with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) requirements and international treaties.
“Iran’s nuclear program and activities are fully legal and under the supervision of the IAEA,” Bagheri Kani noted.
On Wednesday, the IAEA’s Board of Governors passed a resolution against Iran during its meeting, despite warnings from Tehran that it would react decisively to such a measure.
The resolution, supported and put forward by Britain, France and Germany, urged Iran to cooperate more with the IAEA and to allow an increased number of inspectors to visit nuclear sites in the country.
Tehran “rejected all the allegations” in the E3’s letter and “reiterated its position concerning its peaceful nuclear program and the JCPOA”.
Iran has already agreed to some additional IAEA inspections and resolved issues related to one of the three sites and the alleged presence of uranium particles there.
Over the past years, Iran has made great strides in its peaceful nuclear energy program in defiance of illegal sanctions and other hurdles created by the Western governments.
Iran is also among the original signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has been closely cooperating with the IAEA.
By signing the 2015 nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with six world powers, Iran also proved to the world the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.
But, Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from JCPOA in May 2018 and its subsequent re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran left the future of the deal in limbo.
The endangered species were spotted in Siah Mazgi protected area in Shaft County.
Due to its ecological and climatic conditions, Gilan has a unique variety of plant and animal species and is a breeding ground for unique species such as leopards, bears.
Brown bears and roe deer are on the list of protected species of Iran’s Environmental Protection Department.
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