TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's UN ambassador demanded international condemnation of US President Donald Trump's recent threats to target critical civilian infrastructure in Iran, labeling the remarks as incitement to terrorism and potential war crimes.
Video: Fires erupt at Saudi Arabia’s Jubail industrial hub after missile attack A fire broke out at Jubail Industrial City on Monday after Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said that air defences intercepted and destroyed seven ballistic missiles launched towards the Eastern region. According to the ministry, debris from the intercepted missiles fell near energy facilities. Jubail is home to one of the world’s largest industrial cities, which produces steel, gasoline, petrochemicals and chemical fertilisers.
Why Turkey will be a key regional powerbroker after Iran war Submitted by Taha Ozhan on Mon, 04/06/2026 - 17:10 How Ankara wields its influence could determine whether the Middle East moves towards stabilisation or renewed fragmentation Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey on 9 March, 2026 (Reuters) On A weakened Iran - or worse, an Iran that collapses into a failed state - would not stabilise the Middle East. It would plunge it further into chaos. Such an outcome would reshape the regional balance of power, potentially enable the expansion of Israeli territorial control, intensify fragility in Iraq and Syria , and generate new waves of cross-border conflict and migration.
(260407) -- TEHRAN, April 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A girl lights a candle during a memorial event held to mourn the students of an elementary school who were killed in a missile strike in southern Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 6, 2026. A missile strike on an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran on Feb. 28, 2026 killed at least 175 people, most of them schoolgirls.
Rocket fragments fall in five Israeli cities, local media reports Rocket fragments fell in at least five cities in central Israel as explosions were heard across the region, Israeli media reported. The Times of Israel reported that rescue forces and medics are responding to impacts in central Israel following Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack. The Home Front Command said blasts were linked to interception activity, with loud explosions reported over Tel Aviv.
Iranian media: Jewish synagogue destroyed in US-Israeli strike A synagogue in Tehran was destroyed following a US-Israeli strike that targeted a nearby residential building, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported. The report said the blast severely damaged surrounding structures due to the narrow streets in the area. Video published by Iran’s Press TV showed rescue workers searching through rubble at the site following the strike.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's ambassador to the United Nations condemned recent airstrikes by the United States and the Israeli regime on Iranian universities, asserting that these actions constitute grave violations of international humanitarian law.
"My guess is that prices will not come back towards 60 (U. S. dollars per barrel) for several months after the war ends," said Gary Hufbauer, a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force said the Zionist regime has effectively acknowledged a shift in the balance of power by abandoning northern cities in the occupied territories while Iranian missiles have wreaked mayhem on Haifa.
Washington DC [US], April 7 (ANI): A report by Joseph Webster and Ginger Matchett, published by the Atlantic Council, serves as a stark warning against the 'power plant day' strategy currently being weighed by the US administration. The authors argued that targeting civilian infrastructure is not only strategically ineffective but also humanitarianly and geopolitically disastrous.
Saudi-Bahrain causeway closed after Trump threatens to blow up Iran’s infrastructure Traffic on the King Fahd Causeway linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain has been suspended as a precaution over fears of attacks, the authority overseeing the bridge said. The move comes amid concerns about Iranian strikes targeting Saudi Arabia’s eastern province. The 25km (15.
Report: 40,000 Filipinos unable to take Middle East jobs amid war More than 40,000 Filipinos who were set to leave for jobs in Israel, Lebanon and Gulf countries are unable to depart due to the war, as limited flight availability has disrupted worker deployment to the region, the Philippine Daily Star reported. The report said many workers are staying in temporary accommodation provided by agencies in Manila or have returned to their home provinces. Overseas deployment to the Middle East is expected to decline further in the coming months, the report quoted a migration expert as saying.
Senator says targeting Iran civilians would be ‘black mark’ on US military Senator Mark Kelly warned that targeting civilian infrastructure in Iran would damage the reputation of the US military and could violate international law. “Threatening to target power plants and other non-military targets is not strength,” Kelly said, adding such actions could become “a black mark on our military and our country. ” Kelly said orders to strike civilian infrastructure “with no valid military purpose” would likely breach the laws of armed conflict.
Washington DC [US], April 7 (ANI): Questions are being raised over the United States' claims of success in its recent military campaign against Iran, with former Pentagon official and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute arguing that key objectives remain unfulfilled. Rubin expressed skepticism over whether the operation has achieved its intended goals.
During a press conference, Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says 'that's not a question for me' after a journalist asked what Australia had 'failed' to provide the US. Earlier, US president, Donald Trump, criticised Australia for what he said was a lack of help during the ongoing war in Iran. Albanese goes on to tell reporters 'we want to see a de-escalation.
New posts 07:36 New Iranian Supreme Leader 'Incapacitated,' Intelligence Memo Says Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei (file photo) An intelligence memoseen by The Timesof London claims Irans new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is incapacitated and receiving treatment in Qom, leaving him unable to govern.
New posts 01:34 Trump, Iran Reach Last-Minute Agreement On Two-Week Cease-Fire By Alex Raufoglu US President Donald Trump and Iran have agreed to a two-week Pakistani-brokered cease-fire, pulling back from the brink to allow the two sides time to negotiate a peace deal.
New posts 01:58 Political Analyst Jason Brodsky Says US-Iran Cease-Fire Deal Doesn't Remove Trump's Threat Of Force WASHINGTON -- As news of the agreement between Iran and the United States for a two-week cease-fire eased fears of a major escalation in the conflict, Jason Brodsky, policy director at
US lawmaker says strikes on infrastructure would be 'war crime' Democratic senator Chris Murphy warned that President Donald Trump’s threat to strike civilian infrastructure in Iran was “perhaps the most jarring and diabolical” of his presidency. Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Trump has “doubled down” on a threat “to start committing mass war crimes” tied to his ultimatum over the Strait of Hormuz. Murphy, said plans to target energy facilities and bridges “will kill tens of thousands of innocent Iranians who work in the plants and travel on the roads.
Washington DC [US], April 7 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) hailed the operation as 'one of the most daring search-and-rescue (CSAR) operations in US history' after the US military successfully rescued two airmen from an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over southwestern Iran on April 3, 2026.
