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Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah and an Iranian Opposition figure, has released a statement terming the strike on Iran as ‘humanitarian assistance’ and calling for ‘reclaiming Iran’. “The aid that the President of the United States promised to the brave people of Iran has now arrived. This is a humanitarian intervention;…
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Explosions were heard in Tehran on February 28, 2026, Iranian media reported. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday (February 28, 2026), pushing West Asia into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran’s long-running nuclear dispute with the West….
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Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters A senior Iranian official warned Monday (August 18, 2025) that war with Israel could erupt at any moment, describing the current lull after June’s 12-day conflict as only a temporary halt. “We must be prepared at every moment for confrontation; right now, we are not even in a…
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi meets the deputy chief of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi, upon his arrival at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran November 13, 2024. Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran/WANA | Photo Credit: Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi…
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Newly appointed Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday said Iran was “more exposed than ever to strikes on its nuclear facilities”. In my first meeting today with the @IDF General Staff Forum, I emphasized: Iran is more exposed than ever to strikes on its nuclear facilities. We have the opportunity to achieve our most…
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Sidon, Lebanon: Rescuers did not expect to find two-year-old Ali Khalifeh alive after an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed his entire family and left him trapped under the rubble for 14 hours. Amputated, bandaged and hooked to a respirator in a hospital bed that was way too big for him, “Ali is the sole…
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Sidon: The Lebanese army said an Israeli strike on a vehicle near a checkpoint in the southern city of Sidon on Thursday killed three people and wounded troops and UN peacekeepers. “The Israeli enemy targeted a car while it was passing through the Awali checkpoint,” the main northern entrance to Sidon, the army said. With…
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A handout picture provided by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 2, 2024, shows him waving to the crowd during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran. Khamenei vowed to respond to attacks on Iran and its allies. | Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO/HO/KHAMENEI.IR Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday (November 2,…
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday said that Hezbollah’s new chief, Naim Qassem, was a “temporary appointment” and that he won’t last “long”. His reaction came hours after the Iran-backed group announced that it had chosen deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s Beirut…
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