Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in prison with Sepideh Kashani, who worked with husband Houman Jokar to save Asiatic cheetah Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has described the rearrest of two Iranian environmentalists, one of whom she met at Evin prison, as “unimaginably cruel and alarming”. Husband and wife Houman Jokar and Sepideh Kashani were arrested by the ministry of intelligence at their home on 1 July. No reason has been given and their whereabouts are unknown.
UAE Fifa official 'solely' responsible for overturning Balogun ban Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 07/13/2026 - 09:40 Mohammad al-Kamali made controversial World Cup ruling without asking 17 other members of disciplinary committee Folarin Balogun of the US is shown a red card by referee Raphael Claus, 1 July 2026 (Phil Noble/Reuters) Off An Emirati member of Fifa's disciplinary committee was "solely" responsible for overturning US footballer Folarin Balogun's red card ban, according to a report in the Times. Sent off during the Round of 32 game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balogun was due to be suspended for the US game against Belgium. But, following communication from US officials including President Donald Trump, Fifa reversed the decision, deploying its rarely invoked Article 27 of the Disciplinary Code.
Plastic waste has become a major environmental challenge in Iran, with poor enforcement of waste management regulations allowing single-use plastics to pollute natural areas and water resources, the country's environment chief said on Sunday.
Explosions heard around Iran’s Bandar Abbas and Qashm Island Iran's Mehr news agency has reported that new blasts have been heard near the southern city of Bandar Abbas and Qashm Island on Monday. “Over the past few nights American terrorist forces have carried out attacks on the southern coastline of the country, which resulted in the martyrdom of a number of fishermen and defenders of the homeland,” the news report said. No civilian casualties or damage to infrastructure has been reported so far.
Patients in Iran are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for medical advice as healthcare costs outpace household incomes, prompting concerns from a public health expert that the technology could undermine treatment and trust between doctors and patients.
Iran says talks continuing with mediators to prevent escalation Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that it is continuing talks with mediators from Qatar, Pakistan and Oman in an effort to prevent any further escalation in its war with the United States. “The role of mediators is to continue their efforts to prevent an escalation of tensions” said Baghaei, following a renewed exchange of strikes between the countries.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran will continue to defend its sovereignty against any aggression while remaining prepared to pursue diplomacy whenever it serves the country's national interests, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday.
The yearslong effort to groom the former Iranian president as an intelligence asset culminated in a dramatic effort to take him to an Israeli safe house in the early days of the war. But the plan fell apart.
Tehran [Iran], July 13 (ANI): Iran's army claimed on Monday that its air defences shot down a US drone over the southern city of Bandar Abbas, the country's semi-official Mehr News Agency reported.
EU says Strait of Hormuz must be reopened European Union Vice President Kaja Kallas said on Monday that EU foreign ministers will meet Gulf nations to talk about security in the region and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, noting the Iran-US interim deal is “not really holding” amid renewed strikes. Kallas said officials will discuss “what kind of message we can send that the Strait of Hormuz has to be opened, freedom of navigation has to be respected, there can be no tolls, no fees for navigation there. ” Iran has warned against “foreign” interference in the Gulf after some European countries suggested deploying naval forces to get commercial shipping flowing through the strait.
Women’s drug use has increased in Iran over the past decade, with cannabis products now the most commonly used substances among female users, a senior anti-narcotics official said on Sunday.
Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrike on home in central Gaza A Palestinian citizen was killed after Israeli warplanes bombed a home in al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday, according to Wafa news agency, citing medical sources. This brings the death toll since the ceasefire was announced in October to 1,101, while the number of those wounded has reached 3,546.
At least one killed, 7 injured in US strike on central Iran The deputy governor of Isfahan province told Iranian media on Monday that at least one person has been killed and seven injured in a US attack on a military base in the city of Nain. It is the second death reported today - the first being reported after a US strike on an agricultural water pumping station in Mahshahr, which injured four others.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran will employ all available legal and diplomatic mechanisms to pursue justice and avenge the martyrdom of late Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and other victims of the US-Israeli aggression against the country, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
US military says it hit dozens of Iranian sites in strikes on Monday while UN chief warns that a return to full-scale fighting would be ‘catastrophic’ US launches new attack wave on Iran as Tehran says diplomacy has proven ‘futile’ Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said this morning they targeted American military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, destroyed radar systems in Oman and struck fuel tanks and ammunition depots at Prince Hassan air base in Jordan as part of its retaliatory strikes against the US. Jordan said a few hours ago that it intercepted and downed four missiles fired from Iranian territory, while Kuwait’s military said it was intercepting “hostile aerial targets” in the country’s airspace. Continue reading...
Iran says it will not comply with deal if US does not uphold MoU commitments Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday that the country would no longer abide by the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the US in June if Washington continued to violate its commitments to end the war. "Each time that the other party has failed to meet its obligations, we did not uphold ours... we will continue to act in this manner," Esmaeil Baghaei told a press conference in Tehran.
World Cup 2026: Muslim footballers challenge Europe's identity debate Submitted by Bassil Mikdadi on Mon, 07/13/2026 - 08:35 From Lamine Yamal to Yasin Ayari and Cape Verde's converts, a new generation of footballers is challenging the notion that Islam is somehow foreign to Europe Spain's Lamine Yamal celebrates by performing the sujood (prostration) after scoring his first goal at the 2026 World Cup on 21 June 2026 (Claudia Greco/Reuters) Off For decades, Islam has been a political lightning rod in Europe. But on football's biggest stage, a new generation of footballers are demonstrating that the faith is very much a part of the continent's fabric. There are an estimated two billion Muslims worldwide, making up roughly a quarter of the global population.
Oil prices spike as Hormuz traffic slows to multi-week low Oil prices have jumped more than 4 percent on Monday following renewed strikes between the US and Iran threatening their fragile peace agreement. "Oil's return towards pre-war levels in June reflected markets pricing in a best-case outcome for the fragile US-Iran arrangement," analyst Fabien Yip told AFP, adding that the "re-escalation exposes how fragile that assumption was". Meanwhile, the number of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to its lowest in five weeks, according to shipping data, despite Trump’s insistence that the waterway is open to commercial vessels.
EU countries discuss trade ban on Israeli settlement goods EU foreign ministers on Monday discussed imposing an import ban on products from Israeli settlements, after pressure from a number of member states. "Everybody agrees that the situation in the West Bank is really intolerable," EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas said at the start of a meeting in Brussels, according to AFP. "What is happening in the West Bank is actually making it more and more impossible that the two-state solution ever can come into effect," Kallas added.
Starmer’s parting gift of billions for the military is a chain around Burnham's neck Submitted by Tom Blackburn on Thu, 07/09/2026 - 14:29 After a sustained media campaign by military hawks, this proposed increase in defence expenditure is being shielded from effective scrutiny US President Donald Trump stands next to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as NATO leaders gather for a family photo at a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey on 8 July, 2026 (Reuters) On British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Defence Investment Plan ( DIP ), although presented as an urgent response to unprecedented security threats facing Britain , says more about the imperatives of domestic politics than about national security needs. These big military spending announcements have always, to a large extent, been calculated to suit domestic political prerogatives rather than actual defence, but the DIP is explicitly the product of political manoeuvring. The plan, unveiled with much fanfare on 30 June after intense lobbying and weeks of concerted propaganda conducted through the media, proposes throwing another £15bn ($20bn) into the gaping maw of the Ministry of Defence (MoD); this is below the £28bn (approximately $37bn) it had sought, but however much the MoD receives at the expense of other government departments, it never seems to be enough.
