Russia shares China's position on Hormuz, calls for permanent ceasefire to reopen Strait
Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said on Sunday. Tehran will no longer allow “enemy” military equipment to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
“We had given up our right of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz,. we previously allowed the passage of military equipment that was intended to be used against us through the Strait of Hormuz. We will not permit that again,” he said, according toAl Jazeera.
Russia shares China’s position on Strait of Hormuz, envoy says
Mikhail Ulyanov. Russia's permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna, has backed China’s call for a permanent ceasefire to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,Al Jazeerareported.
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“Russia fully shares such an approach,” Ulyanov said in a post on X, referencing Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s comments.
Wang had said China believes a solution to issues in the Strait of Hormuz “lies in achieving a permanent. comprehensive ceasefire” between Washington and Tehran, and that President Xi Jinping had emphasised in his talks with Trump last week “that force cannot solve problems and dialogue is the only right path”.
The comments came as Bahrain. the US seek support for a resolution at the United Nations demanding Iran stop attacks and laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Another attack on Iran means US, Israel have learned nothing
The Russian envoy Ulyanov stated on Sunday that "Western experts believe that the United States. Israel may resume military attacks against Iran in the coming days, if not the coming hours."
🔴اولیانوف: حمله دوباره به ایران یعنی آمریکا و اسرائیل درس نگرفتهاندpic.twitter.com/F6SFB8knna
"If this is true, it means that the United States and Israel are not learning from their past strategic mistakes."
Qatari, Saudi FMs discuss US-Iran ceasefire in phone call
Qatar’s Prime Minister. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has held a phone call with Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, according to a statement from Doha,Al Jazeerareported.
The two officials discussed bilateral ties. regional developments, including the ceasefire between the US and Iran, as well as de-escalation efforts, the statement said.
Sheikh Mohammed called on all parties to respond to ongoing mediation efforts to address the roots of the crisis through dialogue. aiming for a sustainable agreement that would prevent renewed escalation.
Iran Appoints Ghalibaf as Special Representative for China Affairs
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has been appointed as Iran's special representative for China affairs, according toTasnim.
Iran Appoints Qalibaf as Special Representative for China AffairsMohammad Bagher Qalibaf has been appointed as Iran's special representative for China affairs.A Tasnim news agency reporter learned from informed sources. the appointment took place recently.pic.twitter.com/dN2fRozuZq
ATasnimnews agency reporter learned from informed sources that the appointment took place recently.
Israel kills Hamas' Al-Qassam brigade chief along with his wife, daughter
An Israeli airstrike on Gaza killed the chief of Hamas' military wing. the most senior official from the Palestinian group killed by Israel in another violation of the ceasefire agreed upon in October.
The Israeli military said on Saturday. Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed in what it claimed was a precise strike on Gaza City on Friday. Israel has repeatedly carried out strikes on Gaza since the ceasefire started.
Hamas confirmed in a later statement that Haddad, who was born in 1970, was killed along with his wife. daughter.
At Al Aqsa Martyrs Mosque in central Gaza, a joint funeral was held on Saturday for Haddad, his wife. their 19-year-old daughter.
Israel carried out at least two attacks on Gaza on Friday, killing seven Palestinians, including three women. one child, according to local medics. A Palestinian source said Haddad was killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment building.
On Saturday, two separate Israeli airstrikes killed at least three people, health officials said. Medics said two men were killed in a strike that targeted a vehicle near Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. while another person was killed in Jabalia refugee camp, in the north of the enclave.
The Israeli military didn't immediately comment on either of the incidents.
Iran condemns killing of Hamas leader
Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned the Israeli assassination of Ezzedine Al-Haddad. head of Hamas’s Qassam Brigades in Gaza, saying Israel is pursuing a “colonial eradication” of Palestine,IRNAreported.
بیانیه وزارت خارجه درباره ترور فرمانده کل گردانهای قسام در فلسطین اشغالیاین اقدام تروریستی و ترورهای مشابه، بخشی از طرح جنایتکارانه اسرائیل برای محو استعماری فلسطین است. آمریکا به عنوان بزرگترین حامی تسلیحاتی، مالی وسیاسی رژیم آپارتاید صهیونیستی، شریک جرم تکتک این جنایات است.pic.twitter.com/8gGHfiILwy
The ministry denounced the “terrorist act” carried out by the “brutal Zionist regime” in killing Haddad, along with his wife. child.
The assassination. similar attacks formed “part of Israel’s criminal scheme for the colonial eradication of Palestine,” the statement said, adding that the US, as “the largest military, financial, and political supporter of the Zionist apartheid regime”, was “complicit in each and every one of these crimes”.
The foreign ministry added that the “cowardly assassination” of Palestinian leaders. intellectuals reflected the “desperation and helplessness” of a regime that, despite committing “the most horrific crimes” and killing “hundreds of thousands of innocent people” over the past eight decades, had not destroyed the spirit of resistance among Palestinians.
The “physical elimination” of resistance commanders. Palestinian elites would not undermine the resistance movement, but would instead inspire “followers and fighters on the path of Palestine’s dignity and freedom,” according to theIRNA.
USS Gerald Ford returns home after 326-day deployment
The USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier. dispatched to the Middle East ahead of the outbreak of war with Iran, returned to the United States on Saturday after a 326-day deployment,AFPquoted the Pentagon as saying.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth was present in Norfolk. Virginia, to welcome the aircraft carrier home, the US military said on X.
Over 4,500 warriors from the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group—serving aboard the USS Ford, USS Bainbridge,. USS Mahan—have completed a 326-day historic deployment marked by extraordinary endurance and service, including the birth of 76 children during the deployment.…pic.twitter.com/zay5uGirTZ
It was the longest deployment for a US carrier strike group since the Vietnam War.
The Ford’s deployment saw it take part in US operations in the Caribbean, where Washington’s forces have carried out strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats, interdicted sanctioned tankers. seized Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
It was then dispatched to the Middle East to participate in combat operations against Iran.
Kazakhstan sends 30 wagons of aid to Iran
Kazakhstan delivered 30 wagons of humanitarian aid to Iran, according toTasnimnews agency, as the country continues to grapple with a severe economic crisis following months of war with the US. Israel,Al Jazeerareported.
The shipment, sent on the orders of Kazakhstan’s president, included canned meat, sugar, flour, medical equipment and medicine. The aid was handed over to the Iranian Red Crescent Society at the Sarakhs railway station.
Kazakh ambassador to Iran, Ontalap Onalbayev, said at the ceremony that “Iran is one of Kazakhstan’s important political, economic. humanitarian partners in the Middle East and the Islamic world,” adding, “True friends are known in difficult times.”
War-related disruptions in Iran have driven annual inflation to about 53.7%. with food prices surging more than 115% compared with the previous year, according to Iran’s official statistics centre.
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