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

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

Trump says US forces bombed Iran nuclear sites; says ‘Fordow is gone’

June 22, 2025

US forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, President Donald Trumpsaid late on Saturday, and he warned Tehran it would face more attacks if it did not agree to peace, Reuters reports. After days of deliberation and long before his self-imposed two-week deadline, Trump’s decision to join Israel’s military campaign against its major rival Iran […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh joins tri-nation meeting with China & Pakistan in Kunming

June 21, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh, China and Pakistan held an informal trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 9th China-South Asia Exposition and the 6th China-South Asia Cooperation meeting in Kunming on Thursday. Bangladesh former Acting Foreign Secretary Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong and Pakistani Additional Foreign Secretary Imran Ahmed Continue Reading

Tarique Rahman seeks stronger global stance to Rohingya crisis on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has called for renewed international attention to the ongoing Rohingya crisis, stressing the urgent need for safe and dignified repatriation of the displaced community. In a message issued on Thursday night on the occasion of World Refugee Day, Tarique said, “A clear message must be […]Continue Reading

Trump to decide whether US will strike Iran ‘within next two weeks’

June 20, 2025

United States President Donald Trump will decide on whether his country will join the Israel-Iran conflict in the next two weeks, the White House has said, amid growing speculation of US involvement and fears of wider escalation, Al Jazeera and news agencies report. On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump […]Continue Reading

Iran leader rejects US demand for surrender; Trump says patience has run out

June 18, 2025

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Donald Trump’s demand for unconditional surrender on Wednesday, and the U.S. president said his patience had run out, though he gave no clue as to what his next step would be, Reuters reports. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump declined to say if he had made […]Continue Reading

Bangladeshis in Tehran at risk, relocation begins: Foreign secy

June 17, 2025

The government has expressed deep concern over the safety of around 400 Bangladeshis currently residing in Tehran, following recent Israeli attacks in the Iranian capital. “We are in contact with around 100 Bangladeshis in Tehran and have already started providing them with financial assistance to facilitate their relocation to safer areas outside the capital,” said […]Continue Reading