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

US strikes on Iran nuclear sites are real-life test of hard power’s limits

June 22, 2025

US military strikes overnight in which President Donald Trump said Iran’s main nuclear sites were “obliterated” will put to the test the widely held view that such attacks can delay a nuclear programme but not kill a determined push for atom bombs, Reuters reports. As Iran’s nuclear programme has expanded and become more sophisticated over […]Continue Reading

Russia’s Medvedev says Trump started new war for US after attack on Iran

June 22, 2025

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump had started a new war for the US by attacking Iran, Reuters reports. US forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, Trump said late on Saturday, and he warned Tehran it would face more devastating attacks if it […]Continue Reading

US airlines face heightened risks as global carriers bypass Middle East after attacks on Iran

June 22, 2025

An organisation that monitors flight risks warned on Sunday that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites could heighten the threat to American operators in the region as some airlines cancelled flights to and from Dubai and Doha, Reuters reports. Airlines continued to avoid large parts of the Middle East due to ongoing missile exchanges between […]Continue Reading

Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble

June 22, 2025

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, US President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid – intervene militarily in a major foreign war, Reuters reports. The dramatic US strike, including the targeting of Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear installation […]Continue Reading

Iran says it reserves all options on response to ‘outrageous’ US strikes

June 22, 2025

Iran reserves all options to defend itself after U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday on X, saying the attacks were “outrageous and will have everlasting consequences”, Reuters reports.Continue Reading