Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 4 (ANI): The Telangana Iranian community held a massive rally on Tuesday in which the consul general of the Islamic Republic of Iran participated in Hyderabad to honour Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, after his death.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 4 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday called for peace on the occasion of Holi celebration. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while celebrating Holi at his residence in Bhopal, emphasised that the festival teaches us to enjoy life and not make war. 'The festival of Holi teaches us that the world should forget grievances.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A ceremony will begin at the Imam Khomeini (RA) Mosalla (prayer ground) in Tehran on Wednesday night for people to bid farewell to the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
Indonesia to import more oil from US after Israel-US war in Middle East Indonesia will boost crude oil imports from the United States to offset disrupted supplies from the Middle East as the Israeli-US war in the region escalates, the country’s energy minister said on Tuesday. The ongoing US and Israeli air campaign against Iran has killed hundreds of civilians across Iran and disrupted global air travel and driven oil prices higher following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz - the narrow passageway that carries around one-fifth of the world’s oil trade. Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said roughly a quarter of Indonesia’s crude imports come from the Middle East, while the region supplies about 30 per cent of its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Prominent feminist activist Yanar Mohammed shot dead in Iraq Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Tue, 03/03/2026 - 09:21 Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq calls campaigner's death a 'tremendous loss' for rights activists (L-R) Actor Jane Fonda, Yanar Mohammed, V-Day founder playwright Eve Ensler and V-Day exec director Jerri Lynn Fields participate in V-Day 2004 "Celebrating the Vagina Warriors" Interview Series in New York on 17 November 2003 (AFP) Off Gunmen shot dead prominent Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed outside her home in Baghdad on Monday, her organisation announced. The Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), which was co-founded by Mohammed in 2003, said she was critically wounded in the shooting and despite being taken to hospital and efforts to save her, she "succumbed to her injuries". "The passing of Yanar Mohammed is a tremendous loss to the feminist movement, but her legendary legacy will live on in every woman whose life was restored thanks to her support, and in every situation that refused violence and discrimination," the organisation said in a statement on Facebook.
Minister says UK not going to be ‘involved in a wider conflict’ despite US president’s frustration A new YouGov voting intention survey for The Times and Sky News shows a surge in support for the Green party, which climbed to second place in the poll as Labour slumped to its lowest figure to date. The survey of 2,073 people on Sunday and Monday showed Reform UK leading with 23% support (down by one point), the Greens on 21% (up by four points), Labour and the Conservatives tied on 16% (down by two points), and the Lib Dems unchanged on 14% . Continue reading...
UN rights chief ‘deeply shocked’ by civilian toll in widening Israel-US war The United Nations human rights chief has voiced alarm over the mounting civilian toll from the widening war in the Middle East, warning that attacks on non-military targets may amount to war crimes. Volker Turk is “deeply shocked by the consequences of the widespread hostilities on civilians and civilian infrastructure since the start of the conflict on Saturday,” his spokeswoman said in Geneva on Tuesday. She added that the High Commissioner “called on all parties to exercise maximum restraint, prevent any further escalation and take all possible measures to protect civilians.
China is pressing Iran to avoid disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, particularly energy exports from Qatar, as conflict in the region threatens global supplies, Bloomberg reported.
Iran says no radiation leak after Natanz strike Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation says the latest attack on the Natanz nuclear facility did not cause any radioactive leakage. Officials said the strike damaged the entrance to the site in Isfahan province but did not trigger the release of radiation. The organisation confirmed that while parts of the facility sustained structural damage, there had been no radioactive contamination following the attack.
Pars Today – U. S. senior lawmakers from both Democratic and Republican parties stated that Trump 's decision to launch attacks against Iran was mainly dictated by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to attack Iran, with or without American support, The Hill reported.
Iran made a strategic error by expanding its attacks beyond US and Israeli targets to include Persian Gulf states, a move that could pull more countries into the war, former CIA Director David Petraeus told Iran International in an interview on Monday.
Liberal MP says rules are irrelevant when Trump acts as an ‘apex opportunist’, following a drone strike at UAE’s Al Minhad airbase where Australian troops are based Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Coalition frontbencher Andrew Hastie has declared anyone who thinks the rules-based order still exists is living in a “fantasyland”, amid an escalating US-Israel war on Iran, and as the government confirmed Australian troops in the region were safe after a weekend drone strike. Australian troops posted at the defence force’s headquarters in the United Arab Emirates are all accounted for after a weekend drone strike, the federal government said, amid the growing conflict sparked by US and Israeli bombings in Iran . Continue reading...
Pars Today - Following the aggressive attack by the USA and the Zionist regime against Iran and the martyrdom of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, several military commanders, as well as several hundred civilian people, Iran's Armed Forces issued separate statements.
Pars Today - "Ali Shamkhani," the Secretary of Iran's Defense Council, and "Mohammad Pakpour," the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were martyred in the American and Israeli attack on Tehran.
Explosions were reported across parts of the Persian Gulf on Saturday after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched multiple waves of regional attacks, prompting several countries to activate air defense systems.