Measures against Tehran's drone programme are issued jointly in response to Saturday's attack on Israel.
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Following a presumed Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins renewed international calls for de-escalation. Israel has not commented on the attack, which saw projectiles reach deep into Iran. Also on the programme: the US Congress moves closer to approving $60 billion of aid for Ukraine; in India voting begins in the world’s biggest election. (Picture: Antony Blinken at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Capri, Italy, April 19, 2024.Credit:...
The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unarmed aerial vehicle production after its attack on Israel, and President Joe Biden said G7 leaders were committed to acting together to increase economic pressure on Tehran.
Following a virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of European Union member countries regarding the review of sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United States has also announced that it will impose new sanctions on Iran, aiming to restrict Iran’s activities in line with what is perceived as regional instability. Jake Sullivan, National […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator In an unprecedented and dangerous escalation, Israel targeted the Iranian Consulate in Damascus on April 1. It has been many years since Israel has bombed targets inside Iran, and the diplomatic building, directly attached to the Iranian Embassy, is considered the same as an attack on Tehran. According to […]
The recent exchange of aerial attacks between Israel and Iran was a salient enough event to stimulate much commentary about the episode being a turning point in Middle Eastern affairs. The attacks were indeed sufficiently significant to have implications wider than the physical damage they caused. But it is important not to overstate how much turned at this turning point as well as to understand lessons the episode holds for future U.S. policy toward the Middle East.Although Iran’s missile...
The Biden administration is breathing a sigh of relief that it has so far avoided a wider regional war between Israel and Iran. But that self-congratulation should be tempered with realization that it was a close call and that the incentives for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hawkish governing coalition to provoke one are still present. The Biden administration’s rhetorical outrage at Iran’s forewarned and well-choreographed symbolic missile and drone attacks on Israeli...
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told CBS News. Iranian state media are citing unconfirmed reports of explosions in central province of Isfahan. Flights have been suspended over several cities, state media say. Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB has downplayed reports of an attack, saying Isfahan is “safe and sound.” There’s been …
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There are reports of explosions near Isfahan, as two US officials confirm to the BBC's US partner CBS News that Israel struck Iran.