Jerusalem, July 10 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with US President Donald Trump, during which the two agreed to continue coordination between their countries “on various fronts,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.During the call on Thursday, Trump briefed Netanyahu on US actions in the Gulf, the statement said, without elaborating, Xinhua news agency reported.Meanwhile, Netanyahu raised the “severity” of remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
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Tehran, July 10 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi discussed the latest regional developments with his Omani and Turkish counterparts as well as Pakistan’s army chief in separate phone calls following renewed US strikes on Iran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.In phone calls with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Araghchi discussed the recent developments in the Strait of Hormuz and other issues of common concern…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Iran has warned that it will deliver a “firm and decisive response” to what it called repeated violations by the US, and said it has already carried out actions targeting US interests and bases in the region.In a strongly worded statement during an interview with IANS, Iran’s Consul General, Saeid Reza Mosayeb Motlagh, said on Thursday that “Tehran had initially shown restraint in the face of US ‘breaches of commitments” but was now compelled to respond, as it has done on …
Jerusalem, July 9 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and would expand domestic arms production to reduce dependence on foreign purchases.”Our policy is clear: with an agreement or without an agreement, Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said at an air force pilots’ graduation ceremony.If the United States and Israel had not launched the strikes on Iran, “Iran would have armed itself,” he said, …
Amman, July 9 (IANS) Jordan’s air defence systems shot down eight missiles launched from Iran toward Jordanian territory on Thursday, a military source said, while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it attacked the US command centre in the Middle East and the al-Azraq air base in Jordan using 10 ballistic missiles.The anonymous source at the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said the interception operations caused missile debris to fall, but no casualties or …
London, July 9 (IANS) Iran on Thursday strongly condemned US “military aggression” against Iranian ports, coastal areas and maritime infrastructure over the past two nights, saying the strikes had endangered maritime safety and security.Speaking at the 137th session of the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London, an Iranian representative said the targets of the US strikes included the maritime traffic control tower at Chabahar Port, civilian fishing vessels and equipm…
New Delhi: For more than four decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has presented itself as the loudest defender of the Palestinian cause. Every year, Tehran marks “Quds Day” with speeches condemning Israel, senior Iranian officials routinely describe Palestine as the “central issue” of the Muslim world, and support for Palestinian armed groups has been a pillar of Iran’s revolutionary identity. Yet recent events have exposed a striking contradiction between rhetoric and strategic behavior. The …
Tehran, July 9 (IANS) Explosions were heard in coastal areas of Iran’s port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday afternoon, Iranian media reported.The sounds, which mainly occurred at around 1400 hrs local time (1030 GMT) along the city’s southern coast, were likely the result of an exchange of fire in parts of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said three IRGC soldiers from Khuzestan province were killed as …
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India has the resilience to deal with the economic impact of rising crude oil prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and there is no need for panic despite the prevailing global uncertainty, Vijay Kalantri, World Trade Center Chairman said on Thursday.Speaking to IANS, Kalantri said the escalation in tensions following fresh US military action against Iran has led to volatility in global markets, with crude oil prices rising above $78 per barrel and…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Indian equity benchmarks advanced in early trade on Thursday despite renewed geopolitical tensions and a rebound in crude oil prices to the $80-a-barrel mark.Sensex surged as much as 0.32 per cent or about 250 points to hit an intraday high of 76,752 in morning trade, while Nifty climbed 0.20 per cent or 46.90 points to 23,928.95.Sectorally, Nifty Consumer Durables led the gains, rising 1.39 per cent, followed by Nifty Mid-Small Financial Services (0.95 per cent), Nifty Cem…