Officials cite damage to cultural sites in airstrikes, call for international action

TEHRAN – Iranian officials have raised alarm over airstrikes by the United States and Israel that have damaged cultural heritage sites, prompting calls for accelerated assessments, potential legal action, and stronger international engagement.

Airstrikes damage 17th-century mosque in Isfahan

TEHRAN – Recent airstrikes on the Iranian city of Isfahan have damaged the historic Imam Mosque, also known as Masjed Jameh Abbasi, according to a provincial heritage official.

IRGC attacks Israel after US-Israeli strikes on Iran

TEHRAN - Iran has initiated a military response against Israel, launching missile and drone attacks on Israeli targets in the occupied territories less than two hours after the regime, together with the United States, conducted airstrikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities Saturday morning.

Israeli airstrikes kill seven Palestinians in Gaza despite declared ceasefire

Gaza health officials reported seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli airstrikes since midnight, as the conflict persists despite a declared ceasefire, Al Mayadeen reported Friday.

Deadly air raids fuel rising tensions between Islamabad and Kabul

A senior Pakistani official claimed military air raids along the Afghan border killed at least 70 fighters, though Kabul denied these figures amid escalating regional tensions, Al Jazeera reported Monday.

Israeli airstrikes kill two in Lebanon despite truce

Two brothers have been killed in an Israeli air raid on a vehicle between the southeastern Lebanese towns of Ain Ata and Shebaa, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency, in the latest flagrant violation of a one-year-old ceasefire.

Archaeologists evacuate Gaza artefacts from storehouse threatened by Israeli strike

TEHRAN – Archaeologists evacuated nearly three decades of finds from a Gaza City building on Wednesday after Israeli authorities warned it would be targeted in an air strike, officials said.

‘Killed for their potential’

Brother of Iranian scientist murdered in Israeli strike speaks out

TEHRAN – An Iranian survivor whose entire family was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Astaneh Ashrafiyeh has accused the Israeli regime of deliberately targeting civilians with intellectual and scientific potential.

Fake claims, real crimes: Israel targets hospitals

TEHRAN - As Iran faces an aggressive wave of Israeli strikes on civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, it now finds itself in another battlefront -- the war of narratives. 

Iran calls on UN to enforce resolution 487 following Israeli strike on Arak reactor

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has strongly condemned the recent Israeli airstrike on Iran’s Arak Heavy Water Reactor, calling on the United Nations Security Council to uphold international law.

No damage to archaeological sites in Israel, antiquities authority says 

TEHRAN - No archaeological site or artifacts in Israel have so far been damaged by Iranian missile strikes, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

National unity Is Iran’s path to victory amid U.S. tensions: Leader's aide

TEHRAN - Ali Larijani, advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has emphasized that national unity will be crucial for Iran’s success in the face of external pressures. 

NAM ambassadors express strong support for Iran at Geneva meeting

TEHRAN - In a recent meeting of ambassadors from Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries held in Geneva on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council session, Iran’s Permanent Representative Ali Bahreini delivered a firm statement supporting Tehran’s stance. 

Swarms of Israelis fleeing to Europe via the Sinai Peninsula

TEHRAN- Israeli media says a large number of Israeli residents are trying to enter the Sinai Peninsula in order to flee to Europe via Egypt, as Iranian missiles continue to pummel the occupied territories and the Israeli military appears unable to intercept the vast majority of them.

Family members martyred in Israeli strike on residential complex in Tehran

Tehran – A devastating airstrike on a civilian residential building in northern Tehran on Sunday, carried out by Israeli forces, claimed the lives of three members of a family. 

OIC chief condemns Israeli aggression

TEHRAN – Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hussein Ibrahim Taha held a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday to discuss the recent Israeli attacks against Iran, expressing deep concern and strong condemnation of the aggression.

‘I burn, I fade, I become smoke’: The story of Parnia, a young poet silenced in Israeli airstrike

TEHRAN – Just ten days before her 24th birthday, Parnia Abbasi – a poet, English teacher, and bank clerk – was martyred along with three members of her family in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a civilian residential building in western Tehran. 

Black smoke near Shahran oil depot due to burning petroleum derivatives, not gasoline 

TEHRAN – The black smoke seen around the Shahran oil depot is a result of petroleum derivatives burning, officials confirmed on Saturday night, assuring the public that fire control operations are ongoing and the situation is under control.

All extra IAEA monitoring in Iran to be suspended : Iran MP

TEHRAN- Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the National Security Committee of the Iranian Parliament, strongly criticized the recent actions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General, stating: "The IAEA’s wrongful conduct and the biased report of its Director General, which was presented despite Iran’s full cooperation, clearly demonstrate an abuse of our goodwill."

Israel sabotaged the diplomatic process of negotiations: Iran’s deputy FM

TEHRAN - Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi highlighs Israel's deliberate undermining of diplomatic efforts, emphasizing that the United States is complicit in the Zionist regime’s recent aggressions.