Abbas Araghchi demands clarification on reports Saudi crown prince urged Donald Trump to ‘hit the Iranians hard’ Some Gulf states hosting US forces may be covertly encouraging the slaughter of Iranians, Iran’s foreign minister has claimed in a thinly-veiled attack on Saudi Arabia. Abbas Araghchi demanded clarification on reports that Mohammed bin Salman was in regular private conversations with Donald Trump, urging the US president “to continue hitting the Iranians hard”. Araghchi was responding to the second US media report in a week claiming the Saudi crown prince’s public opposition to the US attacks on Iran did not reflect his private position. “Stances should be promptly clarified,” he said in a post on X after stating that hundreds of civilians had been killed in US-Israeli attacks, including more than 200 children. Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s supreme national security council, issued an appeal directed at Muslim populations in the Gulf states urging them to ask themselves which side they were on in the war and why no Islamic country had stood by the Iranian people. Defending Iran’s attacks on Gulf states, he said: “Are we being asked to stand idly by while US bases
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Ukraine says Russian spy satellite had photographed base before strike, as Moscow accused of helping Tehran The destruction of a US E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft in an Iranian strike on…
Read original at The Guardian →In the month since the US and Israel began their aerial bombing campaign of Iran, thousands of people have been killed across at least nine countries in a rapidly escalating conflict that is costing economies billions…
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Read original at BBC →⢠Follow the latest updates on the war with Iran here. ⢠State of possible talks: The White House said talks with Iran are proceeding apace, even after Tehran did not immediately accept a 15-point plan to end the…
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Read original at The Guardian →If Brendan Carr and the US presidentâs attacks on the press arenât stopped, the outcome could be dire Over the weekend, Donald Trump fumed on Truth Social about newspapers covering attacks on US tanker aircrafts in…
Read original at The Guardian →Abbas Araghchi demands clarification on reports Saudi crown prince urged Donald Trump to ‘hit the Iranians hard’ Some Gulf states hosting US forces may be covertly encouraging the slaughter of Iranians, Iran’s foreign…
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Ukraine says Russian spy satellite had photographed base before strike, as Moscow accused of helping Tehran The destruction of a US E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft in an Iranian strike on a Saudi Arabian…
View source →In the month since the US and Israel began their aerial bombing campaign of Iran, thousands of people have been killed across at least nine countries in a rapidly escalating conflict that is costing economies billions of dollars a day. The…
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View source →After a month of threats, Yemenâs Iran-backed Houthi rebels finally entered the Middle East conflict on Saturday, firing two missiles towards Israel. And in recent days they have also warned they could close a key waterway at the…
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