Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, has publicly confirmed for the first time that Israel was responsible for the death of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran last July. In a recent speech, Katz pledged to target the leadership of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, which has been launching missiles and drones at Israel….
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has stated that Tehran will “use all available tools” to respond to Israel’s recent military strikes on Iranian targets. Although Iran initially downplayed the impact of Israel’s air attack on Saturday, describing the damage as minimal, U.S. President Joe Biden has called for an end to the escalating tensions…
The Iranian army confirmed two soldiers were killed after it said the attacks on Saturday targeted military bases but resulted in only “limited damage”, the barrage marking an escalation in the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. The Israeli army announced that the operation was complete, and military spokesman Daniel Hagari said that if Iran…
Israel struck military sites in Iran early on Saturday, saying it was retaliating against Tehran’s strikes on Israel this month, the latest attack in the escalating conflict between the heavily armed rivals. Hours later the Israeli military said its strikes had been completed and its objectives achieved, but a semi-official Iranian news agency vowed a…
Gulf states are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s oil sites because they are concerned their own oil facilities could come under fire from Tehran’s proxies if the conflict escalates, three Gulf sources told Reuters. As part of their attempts to avoid being caught in the crossfire, Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, the…
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is delivering a speech at the commemoration ceremony of the late Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in Imam Khomeini’s Grand Mosalla in Tehran. In his Friday Prayer sermons, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized the importance of Muslim unity, stating that if Muslims come together, they can overcome…
Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was over barring further provocation, while Israel and the US promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified. Washington said it would work with longtime ally Israel to make sure Iran faced “severe consequences” for Tuesday’s attack, which Israel said…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Iraq on Wednesday on his first foreign trip, signalling the clerical establishment’s intention to strengthen ties with a strategic ally of Tehran and Washington as regional tensions rise. Pezeshkian, a relative moderate who was elected in July, met Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the start of a three-day…
