A helicopter crashed into a fruit and vegetable market in the city of Dorcheh, in Iran’s Isfahan province, for reasons not yet determined. According to officials, four people were killed after the helicopter went down due to a reported technical malfunction. The Isfahan Governor’s Office announced that the helicopter crashed into a produce market in...
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that, ahead of the Geneva talks scheduled for Thursday between the United States and Iran, a series of diplomatic contacts were held to help ease tensions. The discussions included Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General...
Iranian state television reported that Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, held a phone call with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s Foreign Minister, regarding the nuclear negotiations. Abbas Araghchi and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani discussed recent developments in the indirect nuclear talks ongoing between the United States and Iran. According to Iranian state TV,...
Resit Kemal As / Editor-in-Chief, World of Global The United States has conducted 193 transport flights to the Middle East and deployed at least 46 aerial refueling aircraft across Europe and various parts of the region. This falls into that second category of developments — the kind that may not dominate headlines but quietly...
The Israeli military has reportedly been placed on alert due to possible U.S. strikes against Iran. According to the Israeli news site Ynet, emergency services and the Home Front Command — the military unit responsible for civil defense — have been ordered to prepare for war. These measures are said to be linked to a...
Commenting on tensions with the United States, Iranian President Pezeshkian stated that they do not seek war, but would not bow down if an imposition were forced upon them. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian made remarks during a meeting with representatives of civil society in Lorestan province. Pezeshkian said that the United States seeks to seize...
Iran is ready to close the Strait of Hormuz, if necessary, as soon as possible, Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Adm. Alireza Tangsiri said on Tuesday. “If there is a pretext for closing the Strait of Hormuz, our armed forces will carry out this operation as soon as possible,” Tangsiri...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in an interview with the Financial Times, said that both the United States and Iran have signaled mutual flexibility in efforts to reach a nuclear agreement, warning that expanding the talks to include Tehran’s ballistic missile program could “drag the region into a new war.” Speaking to the London-based Financial...
A U.S. Boeing P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft and an MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) were detected near the Iranian border. Sputnik reported, based on an analysis of open-source flight data, that a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and a Northrop Grumman-produced MQ-4C Triton UAV conducted flights near Iran’s borders yesterday. The...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks regarding Iran’s missile program, stating, “Our missiles are not subject to negotiation and will not be.” Araghchi strongly criticized President Trump’s comments on Iran’s ballistic missile program, emphasizing that Iran’s missiles cannot be placed on the negotiation agenda. According to Iranian state television,...