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The outgoing E.U. diplomat did not clarify who Brussels deems hampering de-escalation.
Iran will make its case and attempt to gather diplomatic support in an emergency meeting with foreign ministers from the OIC in Saudi Arabia.
Israel’s Health Minister Uriel Buso has held a series of emergency assessments with hospital directors and health officials amid spiraling regional tensions.
A powerful entrenched elite fearful of losing its prerogatives and a hostile Majlis dominated by conservatives place limits on how far Pezeshkian can go in his desire for economic reform and outreach to the West.
The request came following a day-long visit to Tehran by a top Moscow official.
Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi tweeted his hope that the “Zionist plague” would be wiped off “the holy lands of Palestine.”
The conservative “Tasnim” news agency published a lengthy article addressing Israel’s reasons for assassinating Haniyeh without mentioning the Islamic Republic’s immediate threat of retaliation.
On the agenda are supposed “atrocities” committed by Israel against the Palestinian people.
U.S. intelligence indicates Hezbollah and Iran will attack separately, and that their plans are still “works in progress,” according to U.S. officials.
The CENTCOM commander was in Israel as part of a Mideast trip to mobilize the coalition against upcoming attacks.
At least five U.S. personnel wounded by rocket strike on the Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq • Biden briefed about timing and nature of Iranian strike on Israel • Details still not clear, U.S. officials say.
With its multi-layered air defense systems at peak readiness, Israel is preparing a range of strike options against the Iranian axis.
