Author: Steven Sahiounie

Coinciding with Palestinian Prisoners Day, Palestinians across the occupied West Bank rallied on Wednesday to demand the fulfillment of detainees’ rights in Israeli occupation prisons. The demonstrations which traditionally take place on April 17 each year gained significance this year amidst heightened settler violence and increased detainments across the occupied territory. Cities like Ramallah, Al-Khalil, Ariha, and Nablus saw multiple gatherings of Palestinians calling for the release of detainees held by the Israeli regime without charge and demanding that Israeli authorities allow families to visit their incarcerated loved ones. Israeli occupation authorities have worked meticulously to limit support to detainees, as some…

The Intercept has revealed that Biden’s State Department has lobbied nations, including Ecuador, to vote against Palestine’s bid for statehood in the UNSC. Cables obtained by The Intercept reveal that the White House lobbied nations to reject the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) bid for Palestine’s full United Nations membership.  Hoping to avoid a PR embarrassment, the United States is attempting to convince other nations to vote against the bid, so that it would not be forced to veto the decision in an upcoming UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting. The leaked unclassified State Department cables come at complete odds with President Joe Biden’s supposed support for…

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Wednesday an Israeli retaliation against Iranian strikes could bring a real risk of dragging the whole region into a devastating war.In an interview released by state media, Safadi said his country was lobbying major powers against an escalation that would have far-reaching consequences for regional stability and security.“The risks are enormous. That could drag the whole region into war, which would be devastating to us in the region and we’ll have very, very serious implications for the rest of the world including the U.S,” Safadi said.“The situation is too dangerous. The chances of…

According to the media outlet, “the US administration will support the plan for a military operation in Rafah put forward earlier,” which provides for dividing the city into numbered sectors that will be mopped up one by one

UNITED NATIONS, April 18. /TASS/. Without a comprehensive and durable ceasefire, humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip are doomed to fail, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya told the UN Security Council meeting.

The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed a ruling by an Argentine court that blames Iran for two bombing attacks in the country during the 1990s, labeling the claims in the verdict as unsubstantiated and politically motivated.

The European Union has decided to impose new sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile programs under the pretext of Tehran’s recent retaliatory operation against Israel.

The United Nations Relief Works and Agency (UNRWA) has warned that the grip of a “man-made” famine is tightening its grip across the war-torn Gaza Strip, as Israel has severely blockaded the Palestinian territory plunging it into a humanitarian crisis.

President Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran’s retaliatory operation against Israel inflicted not only a military defeat but also a strategic setback on the occupying Tel Aviv regime, and dissuaded certain regional Arab countries seeking to normalize diplomatic ties with the Zionist entity.

Iran’s top human rights official says the United States and the West should stop their discriminatory approach and double standards to Israel’s acts of terror.