Iran fears regional war as fighting rages around Nagorno-Karabakh

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Iran’s president warned on Wednesday that fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces in the South Caucasus could trigger a regional war as the death toll rose on the 11th day of hostilities. More than 300 have now died in the renewed fighting in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, which under international law belongs to Azerbaijan but is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijan says Azeri cities outside the conflict zone have also been attacked in the deadliest fighting in more than 25 years,…

King Salman targets Iran during debut at United Nations

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz took aim at Iran during his debut on Wednesday at the annual United Nations meeting of world leaders, calling for a comprehensive solution to contain Riyadh’s regional rival and stop it from getting weapons of mass destruction. He said Iran has exploited a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers “to intensify its expansionist activities, create its terrorist networks, and use terrorism,” adding that this had produced nothing but “chaos, extremism, and sectarianism.” “A comprehensive solution and a firm international…

UAE Betrays Islamic World, Palestinians By Signing Agreement With Israel

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has said that the United Arab Emirates has betrayed the Islamic world and the Palestinians by signing an agreement to normalize relations with Israel. According to the details, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the UAE rulers opened the door of the region to the Zionists, and they have ignored and normalized the question of Palestine, which is a question about the usurpation of a country. This stigma will remain on them. “The nation of Palestine is under various, severe pressures. Then, the UAE…

Satellite image: Iran blast struck by suspected missile site

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ An explosion that rattled Iran’s capital came from an area in its eastern mountains that analysts believe hides an underground tunnel system and missile production sites, satellite photographs showed Saturday. What exploded in the incident early Friday that sent a massive fireball into the sky near Tehran remains unclear, as does the cause of the blast. The unusual response of the Iranian government in the aftermath of the explosion, however, underscores the sensitive nature of an area near where international inspectors believe the Islamic Republic conducted high-explosive…

Covid-19: Mosques and schools to reopen in Iran’s low-risk areas

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The health ministry said on Saturday that the trajectory of infections has started a “gradual” downward trend in Iran, where the death toll is 6,156 and total number of diagnosed cases has reached 96,448.(Bloomberg file photo ) COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Iran plans to reopen mosques and schools in areas that have been consistently free of the coronavirus as President Hassan Rouhani’s government starts to ease restrictions that were aimed at containing the outbreak. With mosques closed and religious gatherings banned since mid-March as the outbreak spread in the Middle East’s…