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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, discussed the latest escalation in the Middle East in a conversation on Tuesday, the Kremlin said. On April 1, Israel delivered an airstrike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus and on April 13, Tehran fired missiles and drones toward the Jewish state after warning regional players. Tehran said it had targeted military facilities only. “Vladimir Putin said all parties would hopefully show a reasonable degree of constraint to avoid a new bout of tensions that may cause disastrous consequences for the entire region,” the Russian presidential press service said. According to…

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran has warned the United States about potential consequences of repeated Israeli military adventurism against the Islamic Republic. The top diplomat made the remarks in a Monday phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. “We have clearly warned the White House that, in case of [fresh] adventurism by the Zionist regime in repeating terrorist aggression against Iran’s interests and security, Tehran’s subsequent response and action would be decisive, immediate, and extensive,” Amir-Abdollahian said. On April 1, the Israeli regime committed a terrorist attack against Iran’s diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital Damascus. The Israeli…

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia and Türkiye have a lot of issues on the agenda of bilateral contacts, including those related to the Black Sea. Commenting at a press briefing in Moscow on media reports claiming Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine had been negotiating an agreement on safe navigation in the Black Sea but failed to achieve any results due to Kyiv’s position, Peskov said: “Indeed, we have many different topics on the agenda with our Turkish partners, we are discussing various issues, including issues related to the Black Sea. But I have nothing to say specifically…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has criticized Britain’s extensive support for Israel even as the regime continues to kill innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. “What good is it for the British government to provide this amount of irresponsible support [to Israel]?” Amir-Abdollahian asked British Foreign Secretary David Cameron during a phone conversation on Monday. It is strange that Britain is concerned about Iran’s response to Israel’s brutal attack on the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic premises in Damascus, but shows no concern about the thousands of tons of bombs dropped on Palestinian homes by the Tel Aviv regime over the past six months. He emphasized that Iran’s retaliatory strikes against…

Recent attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are violating one of the principles that were agreed to reduce risks for the plant’s safety, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said at a UN Security Council meeting. “Over the past 10 days the first of these principles has been violated repeatedly in what marks a step change, increase in risk to nuclear safety and security at the plant,” he said. Grossi reminded the Security Council that last year he outlined the principles of ensuring safety at the ZNPP to avert the danger of a nuclear incident and called…

The foreign minister of Iran admired Indonesian for supporting Palestine and condemning the Israeli regime’s airstrike on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Syria. In a telephone conversation with his Indonesian counterpart on Tuesday, Hossein Amirabdollahian lauded the Southeast Asian nation for its efforts to help the Palestinian people and restore their rights. He also hailed Indonesia’s vote in favor of Iran and against a resolution proposed at the UN Human Rights Council about the situation of human rights in Iran. Expressing gratitude to Indonesia for condemning the fatal strike the Zionist regime launched on Iran’s diplomatic mission in…

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from his Chinese counterpart on Monday, Saudi Press Agency reported. During the call, Prince Faisal and Wang Yi discussed developments in the Gaza Strip and its surroundings, the recent escalation in the region, the importance of joint coordination, and efforts to prevent the aggravation of the situation. Also on Monday, the Kingdom’s foreign minister arrived in Pakistan for a two-day official visit. Source: Arab News

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi has slammed the strike on the containment dome of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant’s (ZNPP) Unit 6 as a dangerous precedent, although no serious damage was done. “The ISAMZ (IAEA Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporozhye – TASS) team was able to inspect the location of one direct strike at the apex of the containment dome of the Unit 6 reactor building. Whilst the damage to the structure is superficial, the attack sets a very dangerous precedent of the successful targeting of the reactor containment,” he said at a…

The Syndicate says in March, three journalists were martyred after Israeli forces bombarded their homes, while three others were martyred due to gunshot wounds and missile shrapnel. The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) announced that six journalists were martyred as a result of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, while nine others were seriously injured in March. A statement from the Syndicate mentioned that three journalists were martyred after their homes were bombarded by Israeli airstrikes, while three others were martyred due to gunshot wounds and missile shrapnel. According to the statement, the nine wounded journalists suffered serious injuries from missile…

President Ebrahim Raeisi has warned that any slightest action against Iran’s interests will be met with an “extensive and painful response.” Raeisi issued the warning during a telephone conversation with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Monday, two days after Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at the occupied territories in retaliation for Israel’s terrorist attack against the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic premises in Syria. “Now, we declare with conviction that the slightest action against Iran’s interests will definitely be met with a severe, extensive and painful response against all its perpetrators,” the Iranian president said. Israel’s April 1 strike on the Iranian consulate…