Jerusalem: Vowing to deliver a “decisive blow” to Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he has given instructions to his forces to continue to escalate their offensive over Tehran. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on Saturday in a coordinated US-Israeli airstrike on Tehran with his death confirmed on Sunday….
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. “Please accept my deepest condolences in connection with the assassination of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran … committed in cynical violation of all norms…
United Nations: The US and Israel clashed with Iran in the UN Security Council as Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that military action in the Middle East risks igniting an uncontrollable “chain of events” in the world’s most volatile region. “We are witnessing a grave threat to international peace and security. Military action carries the…
Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vowed on Sunday to punish the “murderers” of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, after his death was confirmed by state television. “The hand of revenge of the Iranian nation for a severe, decisive and regrettable punishment for the murderers of the Imam of the Ummah will not let go of them,” the…
United Nations: The United States and Israel clashed with Iran at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Saturday where the U.N. chief and many countries urged a halt to their attacks and a return to negotiations to prevent the conflict from spreading further into the region and beyond. Secretary-General António Guterres told…
Tehran: Born in the north-eastern city of Mashhad in 1939, the son of a religious scholar, Ali Khamenei, joined the religious opposition movement of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1962. After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Ali Khamenei became deputy defence minister and helped organise the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC). When Khomeini died in June 1989,…
Tehran/Washington: Hours after US President Donald Trump indicated that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed in US-Israel airstrikes, state-run agency IRNA has confirmed the death of the Ayatollah. Along with Khamenei, his daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law were also killed, reported state media. Earlier, Iran had retaliated to the U.S. and Israeli attacks…
West Palm Beach: US President Donald Trump announced a major attack against Iran on Saturday, vowing to “annihilate” the country’s navy and missile sites, and urging Iranians to overthrow their government. In a video address, after the United States and Israel started bombing Iran. Trump made clear the goal was the destruction of the Islamic…
Tehran: The Indian Embassy in Iran on Saturday issued an advisory for its citizens, urging them to exercise “utmost caution” and “remain indoors as far as possible” amid the ongoing regional tensions. “In view of the developing situation, all Indian nationals in Iran are advised to exercise utmost caution, avoid unnecessary movements and remain indoors…
New York/Tel Aviv: Israel and the United States launched a joint daylight attack across Iran, including its capital, Tehran, on Saturday, as US President Donald Trump confirmed that American forces had begun “major combat operations” against the Islamic Republic. Trump also offered the Iranian military a choice between “immunity” or “certain death”, further urging Iranian…
