Presidents Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Mahmoud Pesheskian of Iran held a cordial phone call on Monday to reaffirm their countries’ growing strategic alliance. The leaders emphasized the “excellent” state of bilateral relations and agreed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties in August with major celebrations. During the call, both heads of state […]

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Wednesday issued a formal statement congratulating the Islamic Republic of Iran for its “divine victory” following a 12-day conflict with Israel, declaring it the beginning of a new historical phase in the struggle against “American hegemony” and “Zionist arrogance.” The ceasefire, brokered on June 23 and publicly announced by […]

In a rare show of unity, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, and Chad have issued a joint declaration urging an immediate ceasefire and de-escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran, warning that the current trajectory threatens to plunge the Middle East into deeper instability. The ministers condemned Israel’s recent airstrikes […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei has strongly rejected Israeli claims that its military operations avoid civilian areas, calling the recent attacks on residential zones and medical facilities a “routine barbarity” and a “grave violation of international law”. On Monday morning, Israeli missiles struck Farabi Hospital in the western city of Kermanshah, causing severe damage […]