Iran passes bill to halt IAEA cooperation as fragile Israel ceasefire holds

June 27, 2025

Iran’s parliament has passed a bill that would effectively suspend the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as Iran insists it will not give up its civilian nuclear programme in the wake of massive attacks on the country by Israel and the United States, Al Jazeera and news agencies report. The move […]Continue Reading

Support for Israel among Americans drops, poll shows

June 27, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK New polling shows a drop in support for Israel among Americans, most notably among young people, Al Jazeera reports citing Israeli outlet Mariv. A Harvard/Harris poll found that overall support for Israel had dropped from 80 per cent to 75 per cent of Americans surveyed over two years, while the percentage of […]Continue Reading

Supreme Leader, in first appearance since ceasefire, says Iran would strike back if attacked

June 27, 2025

Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, in his first televised remarks since a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel, Reuters reports. Khamenei, 86, claimed victory after 12 days of war, culminating in an Iranian attack […]Continue Reading

Trump says Israel-Iran ceasefire now in effect, please don’t violate it

June 24, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place and asked both countries not to violate it, only hours after Iran launched waves of missiles, which Israel’s ambulance service said killed four people, Reuters reports. “THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!” Trump […]Continue Reading

Israel reports waves of Iranian missiles, soon after Trump announced ceasefire

June 24, 2025

Israel’s military said Iran launched waves of missiles on Tuesday, with emergency services reporting three people killed, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran to end a 12-day war, Reuters reports. Witnesses said they heard explosions near Tel Aviv and Beersheba in southern Israel. Israel’s military said Continue Reading

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