Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has previously said the September 30 date for completing the withdrawal is fixed and final Iraq is committed to a full withdrawal of US-led coalition forces by the end of September, UK-based Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Saturday, citing an Iraqi official.
Tehran [Iran], August 30 (ANI): Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has called for unity among Muslims and urged Islamic countries to identify and confront what he called their 'true enemy'.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mongolian Foreign Minister Battsetseg Batmunkh praised the resilience of the Iranian nation in the face of the recent US-Israeli war of aggression, highlighting the historical and cultural ties between the two countries as a basis for stronger relations.
Haaretz: Army concerned Netanyahu escalating West Bank tensions before elections Israeli military sources have voiced concern that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be deliberately escalating tensions in the occupied West Bank ahead of elections, Haaretz reported The report said the violence was being used to divert attention from the failures surrounding the October 7 attack. Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has questioned the government’s intentions and wants to avoid drawing the army into new crises driven by political considerations, the newspaper said. Political figures in Israel, including finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, have openly advocated a more intense campaign in the West Bank that could be used to justify military action against the Palestinian Authority.
Araghchi calls for accountability over US use of Japan's airbase to attack Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called on the Japanese public to hold their government accountable over reports that US military assets stationed in Japan were used in operations against Iran. Speaking to Kyodo News, Araghchi referred to reports that US Air Force F-16 fighter jets deployed from Misawa Air Base to the Middle East took part in operations against Iran. “The peace-loving people of Japan should ask their government to be held accountable for the crimes committed by the United States,” Araghchi said, arguing that Tokyo bears responsibility for how military facilities and capabilities based in Japan are used.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf ridiculed the US Treasury Secretary’s claims about oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, pointing to the soaring costs of the US war against Iran and rising Treasury yields as evidence contradicting Washington’s narrative.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran has reached an understanding with Oman on arrangements for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but the waterway will not reopen until the US fulfills its commitments, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said.
Morning recap Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei says US and Israel were the “sworn enemies” of Muslim unity, stresses the need for greater solidarity across the Islamic world. • Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran does not seek war but will stand firmly against any aggressor, stressing that no power can force a nation determined to resist to surrender. • Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy rejected US claims that the Strait of Hormuz was open, calling them an attempt to control oil prices and conceal what it described as US failures.
Israel, US 'sworn enemies of Muslim unity', Mojtaba Khamenei says Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, has described the United States and the Israeli regime as “sworn enemies” of unity among Muslims, stressing the need for greater solidarity and cooperation across the Islamic world, IRNA reported. In his written statement released Sunday, Mojtaba Khamenei said, the US and Israel “strive to turn various racial, cultural, social, economic, political, and geographical differences into pretexts for creating discord among Muslim people in Iran and in any other Islamic country”. “From this perspective, they observe the fragmentation of the Islamic Ummah and the weakening of its forces, waiting for the opportune moment to impose their dominance over them,” the statement said, according to Al Jazzera.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei denounced the criminal rulers of the US and the illegitimate Zionist regime as the sworn enemies of Muslim unity and friendship.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi emphasized that strengthening unity and solidarity among Muslim countries is essential to confronting Israeli aggression, enhancing regional security and strengthening the position of the Muslim world.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed the importance of strengthening unity and solidarity among Muslims, saying the teachings and noble conduct of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) provide a model for bringing peace, security and justice to the world.
Egypt, Kuwait urge return to US-Iran negotiations, de-escalation Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah called for de-escalation and a return to diplomacy and negotiations between Iran and the United States during a phone call, according to Egypt's Foreign Ministry. The two ministers discussed rapidly evolving regional developments and ways to contain the current escalation, the Egyptian ministry said in a statement. They agreed that de-escalation and the resumption of negotiations between Iran and the United States should be a priority, highlighting the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Iran and the United States on June 18 as a framework to restart talks and reach political solutions that could spare the region further tension and instability, it added.
Abdul El-Sayed clinches Democratic nomination for US Senate seat in Michigan Progressive advocate Abdul El-Sayed has secured the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in Michigan, setting up a high-profile showdown against Republican nominee and former US Representative Mike Rogers in November's midterm elections. If elected, El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, would make history as the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. On the campaign trail, El-Sayed has taken an outspoken stance on foreign policy, characterising Israel's military offensive in Gaza as genocide while arguing that US resources sent to Israel should be redirected to domestic priorities, including healthcare, affordable housing, and infrastructure.
Shin Bet confirms Netanyahu's son brought back after 'significant threat' Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has confirmed that Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair, was flown back to Israel from the US after a threat to his life, according to the Times of Israel. In a statement on Saturday evening, the Shin Bet confirmed that “there was a significant threat to harm Yair Netanyahu, and in light of this and after an assessment, a decision was made to urgently extract him along with his security team and return him to Israel”. Shin Bet’s confirmation came after reports earlier this week suggested that Yair was the target of an Iranian assassination plot in December 2025, while he was living in Florida.
New posts Featured entry 11:06 Khamenei Calls On Muslim States To Unite Against US, Israel A written message attributed to Irans supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was posted on his Telegram channel on August 30 calling on Muslim countries to unite against what he described as their real enemy, the United States and Israel.
The emerging US-Venezuela oil partnership could offer a model for how Iran’s vast but underinvested energy industry might be revived under a future government able to restore ties with the West, while also reshaping oil flows in Europe.
Iran parliament speaker says new regional pacts can 'herald a new stage’ Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has said that new regional treaties can herald a new stage in which Muslim neighbours rely on their own capacities rather than on foreigners, according to Tasnim News Agency. In his message Saturday to mark the Unity Week, Ghalibaf described new regional treaties and arrangements as a “new chapter” and stressed that unity among Muslims has “helped push back against hegemonic ambitions”, according to Tasnim News Agency. He said these treaties show that Muslim neighbours “can choose the path of cooperation and brotherhood”, rather than “pursuing exhausting rivalries”.
'Liar, liar, pants on fire': Ghalibaf mocks US treasury secretary over fuel claims Iran’s speaker of parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has mocked US treasury secretary Scott Bessent for his claim that the US “guided 130 million barrels out over the past 14 days” against Iran’s “zero”. “Liar, liar, pants on fire,” Ghalibaf wrote on X and then reposted an article by Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman titled “Scott Bessent Fails to Gaslight the Market”. “For real 130s, tell your staffer to pull Moody's showing $130+ billion in war costs, and ask another how much Jane Street burned north of $130 million shorting oil for you in just one futures roll,” Ghalibaf wrote.
