It will be his first foreign trip in the wake of tensions between Iran and Israel. On Saturday, Iran launched drones to attack Israel. Ebrahim Raisi is the first foreign head of state/government who will visit Pakistan after Shehbaz Sharif took charge as the prime minister last month. Iran Embassy sources told The News Sunday […]
The Islamic Republic’s leadership was in 2022 shaken by mass protests that saw women denounce the dress code but have made clear it has no plan to abandon the obligatory hijab imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Amnesty said in a report, based on testimony from over 40 women inside Iran published ahead of the […]
The Iranian oil minister stated on state TV that sabotage was the reason for two explosions that occurred on Wednesday along Iran’s main south-north gas pipeline network, although he did not name any suspects. Additionally, according to official media, authorities refuted accusations that the incident resulted in gas shortages for offices and industry in some […]
The strikes, which included the use of long-range B-1 bombers flown from the U.S., are the first in a multi-tiered response by President Joe Biden’s administration to the attack by Iran-backed militants, and more U.S. military operations are expected in the coming days. While the U.S. strikes did not target sites inside Iran, they signal […]
Since 2014, there have been numerous delays in the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, which has resulted in heightened tensions between the two countries. Iran has made a big step by extending the deadline by 180 days, till September 2024, in response to the project’s ongoing problems. This action is coupled by a strong warning, though, […]
Following a recent spike in hostilities, Pakistan and Iran agreed to restore their ambassadors on January 26, 2024, indicating a diplomatic settlement. After Pakistan withdrew its ambassador on January 17, in response to Iran’s missile strikes on militant bases inside Pakistani territory, the move was a momentous one. The first gap appeared when Iran launched […]
Following airstrikes on each other’s soil, Pakistan extended an olive branch to Iran on Friday, proposing to tackle every issue with trust as their guide days after tensions spiked as both sides launched air strikes inside each other’s borders The resolve came during caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani’s telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart, […]
The simmering tensions between Pakistan and Iran seem to be de-escalating as the top officials of the countries exchanged positive messages. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch shared a tête-à-tête between Additional Foreign Secretary Rahim Hayat Qureshi and his Iranian counterpart Seyed Rasoul Mousavi on her X handle, saying: “Some positive exchanges. Some positive exchanges […]
Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, has harshly condemned Iran for violating Pakistan’s airspace and called for an investigation into the events that preceded this incident. Khan emphasized the importance of determining how the situation came to such a dangerous point during an unofficial media discussion with the […]
Pakistan appears to have retaliated against Tehran for violating its airspace more than a day prior by conducting early-morning airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in Iran’s Siestan-o-Balochistan province on Thursday. Shortly afterward, the Foreign Office (FO) issued a statement confirming the unusual step. “Pakistan launched a series of precisely targeted, well-coordinated military attacks this morning against […]
