Trump brokered ceasefire in call with Netanyahu while US team spoke to Iran

June 24, 2025

President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Iran through talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday while his team, including Vice President JD Vance, held talks with Tehran, a senior White House official said, Reuters reports. The official, providing details of the ceasefire on condition of anonymity, said Israel agreed to […]Continue Reading

After US base strike, Iran’s supreme leader says ‘we will not submit to anyone’s aggression’

June 23, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declared that the country “will not submit to anyone’s aggression,” following Iran’s retaliatory strike on the United States’ al-Udeid air base in Qatar. According to The Guardian, Khamenei made the remarks in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating: “We have not attacked anyone, and […]Continue Reading

Iranian parliament committee approves general plan to suspend cooperation with IAEA, news agency reports

June 23, 2025

The national security committee of Iran’s parliament approved the general outline of a bill meant to fully suspend Tehran’s cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on, citing committee spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei, Reuters reports. Rezaei said that according to the bill, installing surveillance cameras, allowing Continue Reading

Iran fires missiles at US airbase in Qatar, Doha says attack intercepted, no casualties

June 23, 2025

Iran’s military said it carried out a missile attack on the Al Udeid US airbase in Qatar on Monday after explosions were heard across the Qatari capital following Tehran’s threat to retaliate for US airstrikes on its nuclear sites, Reuters reports. The Iranian military said the attack was “devastating and powerful” but US officials said […]Continue Reading

World awaits Iranian response after US hits nuclear sites

June 22, 2025

The world braced on Sunday for Iran’s response after the U.S. attacked key Iranian nuclear sites, joining Israel in the biggest Western military action against the Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution, Reuters reports. With the damage visible from space after 30,000-pound U.S. bunker-buster bombs crashed into the mountain above Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, Continue Reading

Iran’s top security body to decide on Hormuz closure, Press TV reports

June 22, 2025

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council must make the final decision on whether to close the Strait of Hormuz following US bombing raids, Iran’s Press TV said on Sunday, after parliament was reported to have backed the measure, Reuters reports. Iran has long used the threat of closing the Strait, through which around 20 percent of […]Continue Reading

Pakistan condemns Trump’s bombing of Iran – a day after nominating him for Peace Prize

June 22, 2025

Pakistan condemned on Sunday the strikes ordered on its neighbour Iran by Donald Trump, a day after Islamabad had said it would nominate the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize, Reuters reports. Pakistan on Sunday said Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities violated international law and that diplomacy was the only way to […]Continue Reading

UN Security Council to meet on Iran as Russia, China push for a ceasefire

June 22, 2025

The UN Security Council will meet Sunday to discuss US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan proposed the 15-member body adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East, Reuters reports. It was not immediately clear when it could be put to a vote. The three […]Continue Reading

JD Vance says US at war with Iran’s nuclear programme, not Iran

June 22, 2025

Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday the US was not at war with Iran but at war with its nuclear programme, adding the programme had been pushed back by a very long time due to American strikes ordered by President Donald Trump, Reuters reports. Trump said he had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites in […]Continue Reading

US strikes against Iran not aimed at regime change, Pentagon chief says

June 22, 2025

The US military’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites were not a preamble to plans for regime change, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, adding that private messages had been sent to Tehran encouraging them to negotiate, Reuters reports. Still, Hegseth warned Iran against following through with past threats of retaliation against the United […]Continue Reading