Iran says US trying to ‘whitewash’ its crimes at UNIran’s UN mission has accused Washington of “spreading lies, false accusations, and disinformation against Iran and its peaceful nuclear programme” at the Security Council.
The US “continues to violate international law through unlawful maritime blockades, and unwavering support for the Israeli regime’s crimes and atrocities across the region,” the Iranian mission said in a post on X.
“In fact, the culprit and the thief are now playing the role of prosecutor and judge, trying to whitewash his own crimes.”
The criticism from Tehran comes as a resolution drafted by the US and Gulf countries on the Strait of Hormuz has reportedly gained support from about two-thirds of UN member states, ahead of a possible vote.
https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4587511Iran’s FM Araghchi says return to war will ‘feature many more surprises’Abbas Araghchi says Iran is prepared to destroy more US aircraft if Washington decides to return to war.
“Our powerful Armed Forces are confirmed as 1st to strike down a touted F-35,” he writes on X.
“With lessons learned and knowledge we gained, return to war will feature many more surprises.”
Araghchi also says that the US Congress has acknowledged the “loss of dozens of aircraft worth billions”.
He is referring to a report from the Congressional Research Office, published last week, which found that an estimated “42 fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft”, including uncrewed aircraft, such as drones, were lost or damaged since the US launched strikes on Iran at the end of February.
https://twitter.com/araghchi/status/2056843793458979009https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4587470Iran ‘prepared to confront any military aggression’: Deputy foreign ministerKazem Gharibabadi has commented on Trump’s post yesterday saying he postponed a planned attack on Iran.
“It speaks of readiness for a massive assault at any moment,” Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, wrote on X. “This means calling ‘threat’ by the name of ‘opportunity for peace’!”
“Iran, united and resolutely, is prepared to confront any military aggression.”
https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4586089Russia plans to return staff to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plantRussian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is confident it will be able to return its staff to the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran in the coming weeks, RIA state news agency reports.
Rosatom, which is building two new units at the Bushehr site, pulled out hundreds of staff after the start of the war on Iran at the end of February.
https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4585654Woman among 9 killed in south Lebanon by Israeli strikesThe National News Agency (NNA) reports that Israeli air strikes on the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon killed nine people, including a woman.
About 12 people were wounded, including two women.
In the Tyre district, a strike in the town of Hanaway injured 10 people, leaving one person in critical condition. Another strike in the town of Maarakeh wounded seven people, including a child and three women, according to the NNA.
https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4587432Death toll in Israeli strike on Lebanon’s Deir Qanoun en-Nahr rises to 10The death toll from the Israeli air strike on the southern town of Deir Qanoun en-Nahr in the Tyre district has risen to 10, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) .
Three women and three children were among those killed.
The air strike also wounded three people, including a girl, according to the NNA.
https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4587371Airbus reportedly to cut peripheral expenses over US warn on IranEuropean aviation giant Airbus has asked its teams to cut “non-essential expenses” by 10 percent because of turbulence over the US-Israeli war on Iran.
“We are asking for your support in adopting several cost containment measures to help our company navigate this unstable situation,” said a document seen by AFP news agency.
“Our specific focus is on significantly pausing all activities and costs that are not strictly essential to our industrial activities and operations … We aim to reduce these costs by -10 percent compared to the 2025 baseline.”
The memo asked teams not to “engage in any new expenses or any subcontracting activities that are not strictly essential”, singling out “team events, team boosters, corporate events, events for other stakeholders, and participation in conferences and events”.
https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4587036US Senate votes to curb Trump’s Iran war powersThe US Senate has advanced a war powers resolution to halt the military campaign in Iran unless Trump receives explicit approval from Congress.
The legislative move represents a distinct challenge to the Republican leader’s executive authority, marking the first time the chamber voted in favour of the measure.
Despite the political significance of the vote, the resolution
still needs a majority in the House – after which it would face Trump’s presidential veto – to take effect.https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4587497Tehran police arrest 2 ‘infiltrators’ posing as journalistsThe Tehran police say they have arrested two “infiltrators” operating in the west and north of the capital, posing as journalists, Tasnim reports.
These suspects attempted “to collect and send classified information related to vital and sensitive military and intelligence centres” to networks hostile to Iran, according to the agency.
Communication “abroad was established via satellite internet using Starlink equipment; the network’s Starlink receiver was also discovered and seized during the operation”, Tasnim reported.
“The police have announced that technical and intelligence investigations are under way to identify other members and support networks of these individuals, and the investigation process is ongoing,” it said.
https://aje.news/pymo91?update=4585106New poll confirms falling US support for military aid to Israel, war on IranA new opinion poll from The New York Times and Siena University has provided further evidence of falling US support for the Israeli military and the war on Iran.
The poll of 1,507 registered voters found that just 30 percent supported the US war on Iran, while 64 percent opposed it.
Some 57 percent of respondents opposed providing US military aid to Israel, compared with 37 percent who supported it.
By comparison, in November 2023, one month into Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, just more than 51 percent of US voters surveyed by Quinnipiac University supported sending more military aid to Israel.
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