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

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

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

Dhaka voices deep concern over attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities

June 22, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh on Sunday expressed deep concern over recent attacks targeting the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. “Such developments risk further destabilizing an already fragile regional situation and heighten the threat to international peace and security,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesperson Shah Asif Rahman told reporters at the 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

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

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

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

54 Mossad-linked spies arrested in Iran’s Khuzestan amid hostilities with Israel

June 21, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Iran’s Khuzestan Prosecutor’s Office has announced the arrest of 54 individuals accused of espionage and subversive activities allegedly connected to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. According to the prosecutor’s office, the suspects were “involved in supporting, gathering information for the enemy, propagandizing Continue Reading