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Operation ‘Rising Lion’: Israel lifts order for its citizens to stay near shelters – 10 things to know

NYT I Israel launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran, targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites. The Iranian state-run news agency acknowledged the explosions. Air-raid sirens preventatively rang out in Israel.The strikes occurred amid heightened tensions regarding Iran’s nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors issued its first censure against Iran in 20 […]

Operation ‘Rising Lion’: How world leaders reacted to Israel’s strike on Iran; Netanyahu vows to continue operation

Israeli PM Netanyahu, left, and New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon World leaders reacted swiftly on Friday to Israel’s military operation against Iran, launched late Thursday night with explosions reported in the capital, Tehran.Iran’s state-run news agency confirmed the blasts, while Israel’s defense minister described the attacks as “preemptive strikes.”The strikes come amid rising tensions surrounding […]

Operation Rising Lion: Before strike, Trump called for diplomacy; hours later, Israel hit Iran

Just hours before Israel launched a military strike on Iran, US President Donald Trump called for a peaceful resolution to tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. In a message posted late Thursday on his Truth Social account, Trump wrote, “We remain committed to a Diplomatic Resolution to the Iran Nuclear Issue! My entire Administration has been […]

Israel’s Operation Rising Lion: Iran warns ‘sworn enemies’ should expect retaliation; says US ‘responsible for consequences’

ranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Image credit: AP) Iran warned Israel after it launched “Operation Rising Lion” on Thursday in Tehran, targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday, issued a statement stating that Israel’s strike reveals their malicious nature. “Israel opened its wicked and blood-stained hand to […]

Israel attacks Iran: Iraq closes airspace; all flights halted

Israel’s military operation against Iran (Image credits: AP) Iraq closed its airspace and suspended all air traffic Friday following Israel’s military operation against Iran.“The ministry of transport closes Iraqi airspace and suspends air traffic at all Iraqi airports,” the Iraq News Agency reported.Israel launched the operation late Thursday, with explosions reported in Tehran, the capital […]

‘We are not involved’: US distances itself from Israeli strikes on Tehran; warns Iran against retaliation

Marco Rubio, AP file photo The United States has made it clear that it is not involved in Israel’s latest strikes on Iran and has warned Tehran against targeting American forces in response. The statement came from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio late Thursday, just hours after Israel carried out airstrikes on Iran. “We […]

Iran rejects IAEA concerns after report highlights surge in enriched uranium stockpile | World News

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (AP file photo) Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Mariano Grossi early Sunday, amid rising tensions over a confidential UN report that flagged Iran’s growing stockpile of uranium enriched close to weapons-grade levels.In a post on Telegram, Araghchi said he reaffirmed Iran’s […]

Iran says it will continue nuclear talks with the US, shrugging off Trump’s threats

Iranian Presidet Masoud Pezeshkian (AP) TEHRAN: Iran’s president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of US threats. “We are negotiating, and we will negotiate , we are not after war but we do not fear any threat,” […]

Iran, US begin second round of nuclear talks in Rome amid high regional tensions

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and White House special envoy Steve Witkoff (File photos) Second round of high-stakes nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States have officially begun in Rome, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff meeting face-to-face for talks mediated by Oman. The discussions, taking place […]

‘Neither optimistic nor pessimistic’: Iran’s Khamenei on nuclear talks with US

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday reacted to the recently held nuclear talks with the US, saying that he was “neither radically optimistic about the talks nor radically pessimistic” about it. He, however, added that the talks went “well”.“We are neither radically optimistic about the talks nor radically pessimistic about the talks,” he […]