The strikes under Operation Rising Lion targeted, among other sites, Iran’s main nuclear enrichment complex at Natanz, Israeli PM Netanyahu confirmed in a video message.
US intelligence agencies and IAEA have long believed Iran had a secret, coordinated nuclear weapons programme that it halted in 2003. Iran denies ever having had one.
On the contrary, said Khamenei, the United States uses its power to give "10-ton bombs to the Zionist (Israeli) regime to drop on the heads of Gaza's children".
The blast, which officials say was probably caused by chemical materials, took place in the Shahid Rajaee section of the port – Iran’s biggest container hub.
The telephonic conversation between Ishaq Dar and Seyed Abbas Araghchi focusses on recent developments between India and Pakistan & its impact on the region.
In a joint statement after talks with Iran, China and Russia also said they welcomed Iran's reiteration that its nuclear programme was exclusively for peaceful purposes.
US sanctions part of efforts to cut Iran’s crude exports to zero & prevent country from advancing its nuclear programme. Tehran's oil exports generated around $53 bn in revenue in 2023.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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