Author: Steven Sahiounie

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian of Iran says the United States and some of its allies are the main obstacles on the way of efforts to stop the killing of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The United Nations children’s agency has warned that acute food insecurity has put children in the Gaza Strip at high risk of starvation amid the Israeli regime’s months-long attacks on the besieged Palestinian territory.

Fighters from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah have conducted retaliatory strikes against Israeli positions, targeting barracks and gathering sites near the border in response to the regime’s genocidal war in Gaza.

British maritime security firm Ambrey says a merchant vessel affiliated to the Israeli regime has been targeted by a drone in the Arabian Sea off the western coast of India.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi underlines during the International Conference in Palestine being held in Tehran that a new world order is needed. The Palestinian cause turns our sights to the plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday at the International Conference on Palestine held in the Iranian capital of Tehran. “What is a major cause of concern is the blatant US-European support for the aggression,” the Iranian leader said. “We must think of a new world order, which requires strenuous efforts.” “Our most important message is the liberation of the Palestinian land, and this…

During a meeting in Doha, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi discussed the war in Gaza. According to the Qatari foreign ministry, the pair called for a “binding resolution” from the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire. “We warn of the repercussions of depriving the Palestinians of food, water, and medicine and violating their rights,” a statement said. Source: AlJazeera

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad said that the US prevented the Security Council from adopting any resolution to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip. “Washington is a partner in the killing of the Palestinian people and all the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the region,” said the Foreign Minister in his speech before the High Level International Consultative Conference on Palestine being held in Tehran, the Iranian capital. The minister reiterated Damascus’ condemnation of the Israeli occupation’s attempts to displace the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and warned of the…

The presidents of Iran and Egypt called for closer mutual efforts and employment of all capacities to put an end to the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. In a telephone conversation on Saturday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El- Sisi talked about a range of issues, including the relations between the two Muslim nations and the latest developments in Gaza Strip. Congratulating Egypt on holding the recent presidential election and wishing success for Sisi during his new term, Raisi said Tehran welcomes the enhancement of relations with Cairo in various fields. The Islamic Republic…

The resolution put to the vote by the Arab countries in the UN Security Council was virtually watered down due to changes forced by the US, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at the UN Security Council meeting. “The draft that <…> was put to the vote, was initially, as we believe, rather soft <…>. Under the pressure of the US <…> each new version of the text lacked more and more important provisions,” he said. “As a result the version that was put to the vote today, turned out extremely watered down, including in the OP4…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, arrived in Tehran Saturday in response to an invitation by his Iranian counterpart, Hussein Amir Abdollahian, to participate in a high-level international consultative conference on Palestine. Debates of the Conference begin today in Tehran, which aim to enhance international support for the Palestinians, to pressure Zionist entity to immediately stop military attacks on Gaza Strip, and to lift the siege imposed on the Strip completely, in addition to sending urgent humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people. High level government officials, political and religious figures, prominent thinkers and media figures from more than 50 countries…