Following the U.S.-Israel strikes, Iran has called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to be held on Monday (2 March), and vowed strong retaliation to the attacks. Touraj Shiralilou sent this update from Tehran.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, announced that Tehran had demanded the meeting on Saturday (28 February), hours after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran.
The Supreme National Security Council also issued an advisory to people in Tehran to leave the capital city, if they have somewhere they can go to.
In the same statement, the Council announced that schools and universities would be closed until further notice, but banks would remain open.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who earlier this week held indirect nuclear talks with the U.S. in Geneva, held phone calls with his international counterparts on the ongoing developments in Iran and urged them to condemn the attacks.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) announced that it had targeted Israeli and U.S. bases in the region including in Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait. They said ballistic missiles and drones had been deployed in retaliation for the attacks on Iran.
Iran’s Red Crescent Society has confirmed that dozens of students were killed and injured at a girl’s school in Minab, in the southern Hormuzgan Province, during the early hours of the attacks.
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Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for the 22nd May, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Asian stocks surged on Thursday as some vessels resumed passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while forecast-beating results at Nvidia and a suspended workers' strike at Samsung Electronics lifted shares of chipmakers.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarus will not be dragged into the war in Ukraine, while also stressing that Minsk and Moscow would jointly respond to any aggression against them.
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NATO fighter jets were activated on Thursday (21 May) after at least one drone entered Latvian airspace, according to Latvia’s armed forces, marking the latest in a series of security incidents across the Baltic region linked to the war in Ukraine.
A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio–Paris crash, marking a major development in a case that has stretched on for 17 years.
Fighting in the Russia–Ukraine war has intensified sharply, with both sides launching significant strikes far beyond the front lines as the conflict enters its 1,549th day.
A Turkish court has effectively removed the main opposition leader, Özgür Özel, in a ruling that has deepened political tensions and rattled financial markets.
A 13-year-old boy was killed in northern Gaza on Thursday (21 May) after an Israeli drone strike hit the town of Beit Lahiya, according to local health officials, as residents reported a renewed increase in Israeli evacuation warnings ahead of attacks.
Azerbaijan is stepping up efforts to strengthen its position as a regional hub for investment and connectivity ahead of the second Azerbaijan International Investment Forum in Baku this September.
Iran and Pakistan discussed developments in stalled Iran-U.S. negotiations during a visit to Tehran by Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsen Raza Naqvi, amid Islamabad’s ongoing mediation efforts.
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