Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said he was not seeking to be a mediator between Iran and Israel, and was only suggesting ideas for how the countries could resolve the escalating crisis. The Kremlin has spent much of the week positioning Moscow as a potential peacemaker after Israel launched strikes on Iran, which retaliated…
Thousands of people joined a protest against Israel in the Iranian capital on Friday after weekly prayers, chanting slogans in support of their leaders, images on state television showed. “This is the Friday of the Iranian nation’s solidarity and resistance across the country,” the news anchor said. Footage showed protesters in Tehran holding up photographs…
United States President, Donald Trump, will decide on US involvement in Israel-Iran conflict within two weeks, White House said yesterday. Trump’s press secretary told a room full of reporters at the White House that she had a message from the president: “I have a message directly from the president, and I quote: ‘Based on the…
The United States has resumed processing student visa applications for foreign nationals following a temporary suspension in May 2025, with a new requirement that all applicants are now required to make their social media accounts available for vetting purposes. The development follows the U.S. Department of State’s aim at strengthening national security and ensuring that…
The London-based NetBlocks organisation that monitors cybersecurity said Iranians are largely cut off from global communications after their internet went down. “Metrics show Iran has now been offline for over 12 hours as authorities impose a nation-scale internet shutdown, citing Israel’s alleged ‘misuse’ of the network for military purposes,” the non-profit organisation posted on X…
Iran launched a medium-range ballistic missile, the Sejjil, at Israel for the first time, stated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the Iranian news outlet Tasnim News. The IRGC claims that as part of the twelfth wave of the True Promise 3 operation, ” two-stage super-heavy long-range Sejjil missiles” were fired at Israel….
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Wednesday that his country would show no mercy towards Israel’s rulers, hours after US President Donald Trump demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender”. “We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime. We will show the Zionists no mercy,” Khamenei posted on X. Israel last week launched…
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday demanded that Israel immediately cease its “illegal” strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, warning that continued assaults could trigger a “nuclear catastrophe.” In a statement issued in Moscow, the ministry accused certain Western powers of exploiting the situation to score political points. “The ongoing intensive attacks by the Israeli side on…
Iran launched a new wave of attacks targeting Israel on Tuesday, state TV reported, as fighting between the longtime foes raged for a fifth straight day. “The tenth wave of Operation Honest Promise 3 against the occupied territories (Israel) has begun,” state TV said, with the Tasnim news agency reporting that the new barrage consisted…
President Donald Trump dramatically stepped up his rhetoric against Iran’s supreme leader Tuesday, saying on social media that the United States knows where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is located but will not kill him “for now.” In another post, Trump also appeared to demand Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” as he fueled questions about whether the United States…