TEHRAN – The Deputy Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly has highlighted the critical role of voter participation in bolstering national strength, emphasizing that the Iranian nation faces a crucial test in the upcoming runoff election. In a speech at the public session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Sunday, Hamidreza Haji-Babaei addressed the importance
The head of a UK-based medical charity working in Gaza says the health situation has reached a “catastrophic stage” because of the impossibility of acquiring supplies to treat the hundreds of patients flowing into field clinics. David Wightwick, CEO of UK-Med, said his team is focusing on the southern city of Khan Younis where the
Palestine called an extraordinary meeting of the Arab League to discuss Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip and settlement expansion in the West Bank. “The meeting will be held at the level of permanent delegates this week to discuss confronting the Israeli crimes of genocide and colonial expansion in the West Bank,” Palestinian delegate
Israeli tanks pushed further into Rafah and parts of central Gaza and Shujaiya on Sunday as it intensified its ground assault on the besieged enclave. Residents told Reuters that Israeli tanks had killed at least six people and destroyed several homes in Rafah on Sunday. Speaking after his weekly Sunday cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday that the West Asia region is going through “serious changes” amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reported. “The region is going through serious changes recently amid intense Israeli war in the Gaza Strip and attempts to impose forced displacement towards Egyptian territories,” he said. In
Hezbollah in Lebanon is one of the five superpowers in terms of the number of rockets it possesses, a former Israeli official suggested on Saturday. Ram Aminach, the former economic advisor to the Israeli Chief of Staff, pointed out that “the Israeli public does not understand the extent of Hezbollah’s threats as it has a
TEHRAN – Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has said the resistance movement will respond in kind if Israel launches a full-fledged war against Lebanon. “If Israel expands the war, we will do the same. If it launches a full-scale conflict, we will not hesitate to respond in kind,” Qassem told Mehr News Agency. He
TEHRAN – Mohammad Mokhber, Iran’s acting president, has praised the Iranian people for their participation in the June 28 presidential election, asserting that the upcoming runoff vote will prove a disappointment to the Islamic Republic’s detractors. Mokhber made these remarks on Saturday, following the initial election round held on Friday. The election will see a
TEHRAN – The fierce controversy surrounding the first televised debate between incumbent US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump remains in the limelight days after they locked horns over domestic and global issues. Trump and Biden missed no opportunity to smear each other at the debate in Atlanta, Georgia, by trading terrible insults
