US, Israel and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump seizes diplomatic offramp
TEHRAN, Iran(RAHNUMA): US President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate or face a major escalation. Trump said he was holding off on his threatened attacks on Iranian bridges, […]
Spanish PM affirms opposition to war in Middle East, defends economic measures
Madrid, March 25 (IANS) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday reiterated his opposition to the war in Iran, which has spread across the Middle East, criticising the military actions of the United States and Israel. The Spanish premier also defended his government’s economic package aimed at mitigating the impact of the conflict. Sanchez stressed […]
Iran warns of intensified retaliation if US, Israel strike energy sites again
Tehran, March 19 (IANS) Iran warned on Thursday that it would carry out more severe retaliatory strikes if the US and Israel attack its energy facilities again. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said in a statement published by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Sepah News that Tehran had not sought to […]
Iran says Israel, US strike South Pars – world’s largest gas field
TEHRAN(RAHNUMA): US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian facilities at a major Gulf gas field on Wednesday causing a fire, Iranian state television reported. “Moments ago, parts of the gas facilities located in the South Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Asaluyeh were struck by projectiles fired by the American-Zionist enemy,” state television reported, citing Ehsan Jahanian, the […]
Iran’s UN envoy says 1,332 Iranian civilians killed in war
UNITED NATIONS, The United Stations(RAHNUMA): Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said on Friday that at least 1,332 Iranian civilians have died so far in the conflict with Israel and the US, and that thousands more have been injured. Speaking to reporters at the United Nations in New York, Iravani asserted that the US and […]
US State Department approves ‘emergency’ weapons sale to Israel
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): The US State Department approved the “emergency” sale of 12,000 bomb casings to Israel on Friday as the countries engage Iran in an escalating Middle East war. The requested sale of 1,000-pound (450-kilogram) bomb casings, worth an estimated $151.8 million, was approved by the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, according to a press […]
Damage to Israeli economy from Iran war could top $2.9 billion a week, ministry says
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Damage to Israel’s economy from the air war with Iran could reach more than 9 billion shekels ($2.93 billion) a week, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. Under current “red” restrictions by Israel’s Home Front Command that limit traveling to work and school closings, along with callups to the reserves, economic loss is estimated […]
Rubio admitted US entered ‘war of choice’ for Israel, says Iranian FM
Tehran, March 3 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday responded sharply to remarks made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asserting that there was never any “Iranian threat” and blaming what he termed “Israel Firsters” for the bloodshed of both Americans and Iranians. Rubio had said on Monday (local time) that Washington […]
US embassy in Saudi Arabia hit by Tehran’s drones; Israel, US continue pounding Iran
New York, March 3 (IANS) As the war continued unrelentingly, Iran’s drone hit the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday leading to its closure while the US and Israel continued to pound targets across Iran. Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said that two drones hit the Embassy damaging it slightly, and there were no reports […]
Nine people killed in missile strike on Israel’s Beit Shemesh
Jerusalem, March 1 (IANS) As many as nine people were killed in an Iranian missile strike on the civilian neighbourhood of Beit Shemesh in Israel on Sunday, local media reported. The missile hit a residential area in the city, destroying a synagogue and a public bomb shelter while nearby homes suffered extensive damage, The Times […]
