Four weeks into the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, military and civilian officials have strongly warned of immediate tit-for-tat attacks against U.S. targeting of its power plants in reaction to blocking of the strategic waterway of Strait of Horumz.
In addition to the Army’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Command and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref, and Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi have, in separate statements, promised swift and forceful retaliation against Israel, as well as against regional countries hosting U.S. bases.
In New York, Iran’s mission to the United Nations said in a letter to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to deliberately bomb Iran’s civilian infrastructure constitutes a blatant violation of UN conventions and international humanitarian law.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran once again emphasises its inherent right to self-defence, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, and reserves the right to take all necessary and proportionate measures to fully protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and vital national interests,” the letter read.
In Tehran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called for an end to the ongoing war.
He set out Tehran’s conditions as a permanent cessation of hostilities, guarantees that the U.S. and Israel will not launch further attacks on Iran, and the payment of compensation by the aggressors, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
Meanwhile, Iran’s top diplomat held telephone conversations with his Omani and Indian counterparts, as well as with the EU’s foreign policy chief.
According to official media reports quoting Foreign Ministry statements, the talks focused on the latest developments in the war, during which Araghchi reiterated Tehran’s right to self-defence.
Diplomatic mediation efforts have also been reported, though there are no clear signs of de-escalation as the U.S.–Israel war on Iran enters its 24th day.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is on a five-day visit to China, his fourth trip in four years, highlighting Spain’s push to strengthen economic and strategic relations with the world’s second-largest economy.
Hungarians vote in elections on Sunday that could see the end of hard right nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s more than 15 year rule. Opinion polls show Orbán’s Fidesz party trailing 45-year-old Péter Magyar’s centre-right opposition Tisza party.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators held their highest-level talks in half a century in Pakistan on Saturday in an effort to end their six-week war, as President Donald Trump said the U.S. military had begun the process of clearing the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel has reprimanded Spain’s most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv after a giant effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was blown up in a Spanish town.
At least 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede at Haiti’s Laferrière Citadel World Heritage Site, with authorities warning that the death toll could rise.
Donald Trump has warned that any Iranian ships approaching a declared U.S. blockade zone in the Strait of Hormuz will be “immediately eliminated”, as tensions escalate over maritime restrictions in the Gulf. The comments come after weekend peace talks in Pakistan failed to reach an agreement.
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Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society representatives have convened for a new round of dialogue under the ‘Peace Bridge’ initiative, as both sides seek to sustain engagement ahead of key political developments in the region.
The reopening of Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran reflects the “special relationship” between the two countries, a regional expert has said.
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