Tehran [Iran], July 4 (ANI): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi broke down in tears during the farewell ceremony for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Friday, according to Fars News, as mourning ceremonies began for the late leader, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28 this year.
Explosion reported in Lebanon’s Kounine An explosion was reported in the southern town of Kounine, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA). Israel has been targeting sites and carrying out demolitions in the so-called “security zone," despite the ceasefire agreement.
Tehran [Iran], July 4 (ANI): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday criticised US President Donald Trump over his remarks on Iran's economy and food needs, accusing him of projecting America's own domestic challenges after Trump said the United States hoped to export food commodities to Iran as part of a potential diplomatic breakthrough.
Court documents have revealed extensive alleged contacts between a former Swedish Migration Agency employee and Iranian intelligence, raising concerns that sensitive information about asylum seekers and critics of the Islamic Republic may have been compromised.
High security night vigil ahead of official Khamenei funeral With riot police posted and barricades springing up, the venue for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral resembled a fortified camp Friday evening, but that did not deter crowds from gathering for a nearly 10-hour wait before it opened. The supreme leader's remains will lie in state day and night until Monday within the Grand Mosalla complex, which opens to the public on Saturday at 6:00 am local time (0230 GMT). Iranian authorities have planned a marathon six days of funeral ceremonies to commemorate Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic as its number one from 1989 until his killing aged 86 on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran on 28 February.
Iranian hardliners have accused the country's negotiators of compromising Tehran’s authority over the Strait of Hormuz, claiming a recent understanding with the United States has pushed international shipping toward what they call a US-backed Omani route.
Israel says multiple Hezbollah sites hit in southern Lebanon Israeli forces struck around 10 “Hezbollah infrastructure sites” in southern Lebanon, the military said on X. The army also said to have struck Hezbollah, “transporting weapons in a truck near the Security Zone”. Israel and Lebanon entered into a framework agreement last month seeking to end the war.
'Baseless': Cair sues Florida governor for terrorism designation alongside drug cartels Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 07/03/2026 - 17:57 Republican governors in both Florida and Texas have made the Muslim civil rights group a particular target Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters at the South Florida Detention Facility, nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on 25 June 2026 (Chandan Khanna/AFP) Off The largest Muslim civil rights group in the US has sued the governor of Florida for designating it a "domestic terrorist organisation", potentially alongside some of the most deadly drug cartels in the Americas. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) filed the lawsuit on Thursday in partnership with non-profits The American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center, calling the new law "baseless". The designation opens up Cair to "immediate and irreparable harm, including the shuttering of all their operations and advocacy in the state", the group said in a statement.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An informed source revealed details of the extensive US campaign of threats to dissuade countries from attending the ceremony in Tehran to pay tribute to the martyred Imam Khamenei.
More than four months after he was killed in the opening strikes of the war with the United States and Israel, Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for more than three decades with an iron first, is finally being buried.
More than four months after he was killed in the opening strikes of the war with the United States and Israel, Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for more than three decades with an iron first, is finally being buried.
Five protesters arrested in central Iran in connection with the January uprising have been sentenced to death on charges of “enmity against God,” sources familiar with their cases told Iran International.
Settler attack injures several Palestinians near Hebron Israeli settlers attacked and wounded several Palestinians near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported, citing the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). Settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers stormed the town of Idhna, firing on Palestinian landowners, according to PRCS. A young man was struck with a rubber-coated steel bullet and two elderly Palestinians were injured while trying to protect their sheep from settlers.
Tehran [Iran], July 3 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Lt. Gen. (Rtd.
Birmingham University accused of weakening restrictions on investing in arms companies The University of Birmingham has been accused of significantly weakening its restrictions on investing in weapons companies. The British university has replaced a policy committing to "minimise" investments in arms, tobacco and alcohol companies with "investment principles" that require the consideration of "financially material" environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. The university's responsible investment policy, adopted in 2022, committed to incorporating "ESG issues into investment analysis and decision-making processes".
Judge says Pouria Zeraati was targeted outside Wimbledon home because of his criticism of Tehran regime Two Romanians who took part in a “targeted” knife attack on a television journalist in London “on behalf of the Iranian state” have been jailed. Pouria Zeraati, who worked for the Persian language channel Iran International, which is critical of the Tehran regime, was left bleeding in the street after being stabbed three times outside his home in Wimbledon. Continue reading...
More on Netanyahu-Trump phone call We earlier reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Friday. A statement from Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister congratulated Trump on the 250th anniversary of US independence, calling the country “a guarantor of global freedom. ” “Israel greatly appreciates the close ties between nations,” Netanyahu said, according to the statement.
Netanyahu and Trump held phone call on Friday, Israeli leader's office says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US President Donald Trump on Friday, and the two leaders agreed to meet soon in the United States, Netanyahu's office said. The statement did not specify when the meeting would take place.
Israeli settlers injure five Palestinians in occupied West Bank Israeli settlers injured at least five Palestinians in two separate attacks in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to Wafa news agency. Three members of a family were assaulted in the Wadi al-Zarqa nature reserve near the village of Beitillu, northwest of Ramallah, local sources said. The attack left one with a broken arm, the sources said, adding that the settlers also stole their mobile phones.
The bloc is moving from pure economic cooperation to shaping tomorrows security agenda Not long ago, BRICS was largely seen as an economic acronym - a loose coalition of emerging powers united by their ambition to reshape global finance and give the developing world a stronger voice in international economic governance. Today, that image is rapidly becoming outdated.
