President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “we” have control of the skies over Iran as questions grew over whether the United States will join Israel’s strikes against the Islamic republic. “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran,” Trump said on Truth Social, hailing the use of US-made weaponry although without…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday did not rule out plans to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying it would “end the conflict” between the two arch-foes. In a 20-minute interview with US network ABC News, the Israeli leader insisted his country’s deadly aggression to “defang” Iran was justified, and equated Khamenei…
Iran condemned Israel’s attack on a state TV building in Tehran on Monday as a “war crime”, and called on the UN Security Council to take action. The strike on the offices of IRIB during a live broadcast was a “wicked act” and a “war crime”, said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei. “The UNSC must…
US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior US official told AFP Sunday. “We found out that the Israelis had plans to hit Iran’s supreme leader. President Trump was against it and we told the Israelis not to,” said the US official, speaking on condition…
Donald Trump warned Iran on Sunday that it would experience “the full strength” of the US military if it attacks the United States, reiterating that Washington “had nothing to do” with Israel’s strikes on Tehran’s nuclear and intelligence facilities. Israel’s operation, which began early Friday, has targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites, killing dozens of…
The federal government has condemned Israel’s “pre-emptive” strike on Iran which triggered an escalation of hostilities between the two countries. On Friday, Israel launched a fusillade of attacks targeting Iran’s nuclear programme and military leadership. Israeli defence officials said the missiles killed members of Iran’s general staff, including Hossein Salami, commander-in chief of Iran’s Islamic…
An Indian police source said on Saturday that 279 bodies had been recovered from the site where a passenger jet crashed into a residential district of the city of Ahmedabad. The revised toll from a senior officer in the city, who requested anonymity in order to speak to the media, raises an earlier figure of…
In a dramatic escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, Iran has confirmed it launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel, targeting what it described as “dozens of military centres and airbases” across the country. The assault, dubbed “Operation True Promise 3” by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), marks one of the most…
At least 78 people were killed in the province of Tehran alone during a large-scale Israeli attack on Iranian territory on Friday, according to media reports. Several Iranian media outlets reported that 329 people were injured in the province. There were no official figures on casualties. The targets of the Israeli attacks in Tehran overnight…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday appointed new military commanders following the deaths of key security officials in Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, local media reported. The appointments comes after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes early Friday targeting Tehran and other Iranian cities. The strikes killed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Mohammad…