JERUSALEM (AA) – A private Israeli broadcaster, in an investigative report aired late Saturday, said a bomb was planted in Ismail Haniyeh’s room in his Tehran residence. Haniyeh was killed inside his residence during a visit to Tehran on July 31. The assassination was carried out with a “precision bomb” placed inside Haniyeh&...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that his country does not seek war but will defend its people and respond in a “proportionate” manner to the latest Israeli attack. “We do not seek war, but we will defend our country and the rights of our people. We will give a […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Two Iranian soldiers were killed in Israel’s overnight attack on the country, the Iranian military announced in a statement Saturday. The statement said the soldiers lost their lives while “defending Iran’s security and preventing harm to the Iranian people and interests, in response to projectiles launched by t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – UAE-based air carrier Emirates canceled its flights from and to Baghdad, Basra, Tehran and Beirut. According to a travel update from the carrier, the cancelations will end on Oct. 16 for Iraq and Iran and on Oct. 15 for Beirut. Previously, several airlines took similar steps for the region, where geopolitical tensions [&h...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran on Tuesday rejected Western calls to stand down its threat to retaliate against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month. The Islamic republic and its allies have blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s killing on July 31 during a visit to the Iranian capital for [&hellip...
Washington, United States – AFP An Israeli strike that killed a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Tehran “don’t help” regional tensions but there are no signs of an imminent wider conflict, the White House said Wednesday. “These reports over the last 24, 48 hours cer...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas announced early Wednesday that its political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran. “Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian people, to the Arab and Islamic nations, and to all the free people of the world, ...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the country’s armed forces for their “success” in his first public comments since Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel. In a meeting with Iranian military commanders on Sunday, Khamenei praised the armed forces for their &#...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned against any “reckless” Israeli retaliation to Tehran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack, as world leaders urged restraint. Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israeli territory, marking a major escalation of the ...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran on Friday in a show of support for Palestinians amid a bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas. The demonstrators waved the flags of Iran, Palestine and Hezbollah and set fire to the flags of the US and Israel, according to witnesses. They […]
