Author: Steven Sahiounie

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…

Chinese state agency Xinhua states that Amir-Abdollahian said his country was “willing to exercise restraint” with no intention of escalating tensions further. Chinese state media Xinhua confirmed on Tuesday that following phone discussions between China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, it was confirmed that Iran said it was “willing to exercise restraint” following the retaliatory strikes on “Israel”. According to Xinhua, citing a readout, Amir-Abdollahian relayed to Wang that the United Nations Security Council “did not make a necessary response to this attack” as he referred to the April 1 Israeli aggression on the Iranian embassy in Syria and that…

Sources confirm to Al Mayadeen that Israeli occupation troops forced all families in Beit Hanoun to evacuate and detained a number of youths. The Israeli occupation forces have been conducting a military operation since Monday aimed at emptying Beit Hanoun and eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip from Palestinians, sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen. The sources pointed out that Israeli military vehicles are still stationed near the Abu Safiya area, east of Jabalia, and in Beit Hanoun. According to the sources, Israeli military vehicles are advancing toward accommodation centers in Beit Hanoun and continue to besiege hundreds of displaced people in the Mahdia…

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay a three-day visit to Türkiye next week, Berlin announced on Tuesday. “Türkiye is an important partner for Germany in the region, in NATO and in the G20,” the German presidential office said, adding that the visit will also mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. During the April 22-24 visit, President Steinmeier will hold political talks, as well as meetings with representatives of civil society and business organizations, according to the statement. Steinmeier is scheduled to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on April 24 in…

Nicolas Maduro warns of the repercussions of an Israeli counterattack against Iran while extending support to both Iran and Gaza. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned of the risk of a third world war if the “insane Nazi Netanyahu” escalates the situation against Iran. Maduro questioned what the United States would have done had another nation targeted and attacked its consulate, and if it would have sufficed to release a statement with no response. “If this were to happen, the US would invade that country,” Maduro affirmed, recalling the war crimes it carried out in Afghanistan and Iraq. Maduro also said that “fascist Zionism,…