Iran’s well-defended Fordow enrichment facility is a possible U.S. target; it is buried under a mountain and generally considered by military experts to be out of reach of all but the most powerful bombs. In a separate development earlier, the New York Times reported, citing a senior Iranian official, that Iran would accept US President […]
But rescue efforts had been hampered by missile barrages that made it “too risky” for civilian aircraft to land in either country, Wong said. Some 1,500 Australians had registered to be evacuated from Iran, while more than 1,200 were seeking to get out of Israel, she said. “There’s no capacity for people to get civilian […]
The moves come as President Donald Trump kept the world guessing whether the United States would join Israel’s bombardment of Iran’s nuclear and missile sites, as residents fled its capital on the sixth day of the air assault. Separately, the U.S. embassy in Qatar issued an alert on Thursday temporarily restricting its personnel from accessing […]
“The missiles roared over Tel Aviv,” the Iranian news agency Fars reported, while state television broadcast live images of the commercial hub. Sirens sounded across Israel early Thursday as the Israeli military said it detected incoming missiles from Iran. “A short while ago, sirens sounded in several areas across Israel following the identification of missiles […]
The newspaper, citing the official, added that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi would accept such a meeting to discuss a cease-fire with Israel. Trump, who has indicated he wants talks to focus on the Iranian nuclear program, said on Monday that he might send U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff or Vice President JD Vance […]
Following a first, urgent meeting after Israel attacked last Friday, this second session was requested by Iran, with support from Russia, China, and Pakistan, a diplomat told AFP on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain plan to hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva, a German diplomatic […]
Putin told senior news agency editors in the northern Russian city of St Petersburg that Moscow had “a very good relationship with Iran” and that Russia could ensure Iran’s interests in nuclear energy. Russia has offered to take enriched uranium from Iran and to supply nuclear fuel to the country’s civil energy programme. Questioned about […]
The selling rate of Saudi Riyal also moved up accordingly and settled at Rs76.08 after gaining eight paisas in open market. The official currency of Saudi Arabia, denoted as Saudi Riyal or SAR, is divided into 100 halalas. Managed by the Saudi Central Bank, it has been pegged to the US Dollar since 1986, ensuring […]
Ryabkov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that Russia cautions the U.S. against supplying such assistance to Israel, or even considering it. He said Moscow was in contact with both Israel and Iran. In separate comments, the head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, Sergei Naryshkin, was quoted as saying that the […]
“It is a very natural, legitimate and legal right for Iran to defend itself against Israel’s thuggery and state terrorism,” the Turkish leader said, a day after referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “the biggest threat to the security of the region”. “These attacks were organised while the Iranian nuclear negotiations were taking […]
