Massive clouds of smoke billowed across the sky in Iran’s Bandar Abbas as a powerful explosion ripped through the Shahid Rajaee port, injuring over 500 people on Saturday. The impact of the blast, which was felt over a radius of several kilometres, also led to the collapse of a building, AP reported. Videos showed glass…
Quick Take Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. A massive explosion at Shahid Rajaee port in Iran injured 280 people, causing extensive fire and smoke. The incident, linked to multiple container blasts, prompted emergency response teams, with victims being transported to medical facilities. Several containers exploded, causing a massive blast and fire, at a key…
Damascus: Tehran’s top diplomat in Damascus on Saturday threatened an “even stronger” reaction to any aggression, as Israel readied its response to an Iranian missile attack earlier this week. “Our reaction to any attack by the Zionist regime is completely clear,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in the Syrian capital, where he met top…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to defeat the country’s “enemies” in his rare Friday sermon, backing Palestinians and Lebanese movements against Israel. Addressing a gathering of tens of thousands of supporters at a mosque in Tehran, Khamenei justified its missile strikes on Israel as a “public service”. “Israel will not in any way…
BEIJING: China on Sunday called on “parties concerned, especially Israel“, to immediately take actions to cool down tensions to prevent the conflict in West Asia from going out of control in the aftermath of the killing of Iran-backed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli bombing. “China is closely following the incident and is deeply concerned…
United States said Tuesday it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran’s missile and drone program. Washington: The United States said Tuesday it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran’s missile and drone program after its weekend attack on Israel, and that it expects its allies and partners to follow with parallel measures. US National…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, prior to a bilateral meeting for a new round of Nuclear Talks with Iran at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Geneva, Switzerland. File. | Photo Credit: AP Washington and Tehran have not had diplomatic relations for decades, but before Iran’s…
BEIJING: China’s foreign minister held phone discussions with his Iranian counterpart, Beijing state media said Tuesday, reporting that Iran said it was “willing to exercise restraint” after its first-ever attack on Israel‘s territory.Israel has vowed to respond to the unprecedented Iranian missile and drone strikes over the weekend, which have prompted appeals for de-escalation by…
Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran has frequently called for Israel’s destruction. Tehran: Iran’s missile and drone barrage against Israel was the first act of a tough new strategy, Tehran says, warning arch-foe Israel that any future attack will spark “a direct and punishing response”. This spells a dramatic shift from past years in which…
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that he had taken up the release of the Indian crew members during his conversation and also discussed the strikes. | Photo Credit: AP Iran said that it will allow Indian officials to meet with the 17 Indian crew members detained after its forces seized an Israel-linked ship MSC Aries…
