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Inside Qeshm, Iran’s underground missile fortress and geological marvel
Beneath the labyrinthine salt caves and emerald mangrove forests of Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a different kind of architecture lies buried. While tourists once flocked to this “open-air geological museum” to get a glimpse of its surreal rock formations, the world’s gaze is now fixed on what lies beneath the coral: Iran’s “underground missile cities”. As the…
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Israel says it killed Iranian security chief Ali Larijani in air strike
Israel says Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, and the head of the paramilitary Basij force, Gholamreza Soleimani, have been killed in Israeli air strikes. “Larijani and the Basij commander were eliminated last night and have joined Khamenei, the head of the annihilation programme, along with all those eliminated from the Axis of Evil in the depths of hell,” Defence…
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U.S. intelligence says Iran’s regime is consolidating power
US intelligence assessments say Iran’s clerical regime is unlikely to be toppled, weakened by the US-Israeli airstrikes, but more hardline than before. US intelligence assessments say Iran’s clerical regime is likely to remain in place for now, weakened but more hardline, even after more than two weeks of relentless US-Israeli airstrikes, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) exerting greater…
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Iran’s IRGC announces 54th strike wave on Israel, debuts Sejjil missile
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Sunday the execution of the 54th wave of its military operation against Israel, marking the first use of the Sejjil missile in the ongoing campaign. The IRGC, in a statement released through its public relations office and reported by Iran’s IRGC-linked Tasnim News Agency, described the operation as successfully carried out under the…
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‘Every military target’ on Iran’s key oil island ‘totally obliterated’, says Trump
President Donald Trump says the US has “totally obliterated” every military target on Iran’s Kharg Island, but spared the oil infrastructure. Kharg Island is a tiny but strategic terminal in the northern Gulf. Earlier, two officials told the BBC’s partner CBS News that the US is expected to send a marine unit and more warships to the Middle East. Plans…
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Cuban president says talks held with the United States amid intense pressure from Trump
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says officials held talks with the United States, with the island facing an economic crisis and intense pressure from Donald Trump. The president said the talks with the US were led by him, along with former president Raúl Castro and some members of his Communist Party, although he did not specify who participated on behalf of…
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UAE says Iran must halt attacks on neighbours to allow diplomacy
U.S. President Donald Trump will bring about a diplomatic conclusion to the war with Iran “in his time”, and Tehran must halt attacks on its neighbours before they can mediate, one of the UAE’s top diplomats said in an interview on Friday. Lana Nusseibeh, a former UAE ambassador to the United Nations who now holds the rank of minister of…
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Iran not going to close Strait of Hormuz, Iran UN envoy says
Iran’s U.N. Ambassador said on Thursday Tehran was not going to close the Strait of Hormuz, but added that it was Iran’s right to preserve the security of the key shipping route. Amir Saeid Iravani made his comments to reporters at the United Nations when asked about remarks by new Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who said on Thursday that…
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Trump administration temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea in boost for Kremlin
The Trump administration on Thursday issued a new license allowing countries to temporarily purchase certain Russian oil products, the same day Brent crude prices settled above $100 per barrel for the first time since August 2022 as the war with Iran drags on. Temporarily lifting the sanctions on oil from Russia, a major exporter, comes despite previous US pressure on…
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Bunker-busting bombs loaded onto US planes at UK airbase amid Iran war
Three United States B-1B Lancer bombers have touched down at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom after what is believed to be the first American strike mission against Iran launched from a British base during the US-Israeli war on Iran. Al Jazeera’s team witnessed the aircraft returning to the base as ground crews moved new stocks of bunker-busting bombs, fitted…
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