Tehran [Iran], August 23 (ANI): Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi on Saturday (local time) accused Western countries of deliberately choosing to support Israel, saying continued arms supplies and assistance amount to participation in alleged Israeli crimes.
Trump posts map showing Hormuz as 'new US territory' US president Donald Trump has posted a map on his Truth Social account marking the Strait of Hormuz as "NEW U. S. Territory".
GCC, Abu Dhabi-based Muslim Council of Elders condemn Israeli settlement plans Abu Dhabi-based Muslim Council of Elders and Gulf Cooperation Council have condemned Israeli plans to build a so-called E1 settlement in the occupied West Bank and settlement activities east of occupied Jerusalem. In a statement carried by Emirates News Agency, the Council said these settlement plans “constitute a flagrant violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions”. “They also pose a serious threat to efforts aimed at achieving peace in the region and undermine the territorial contiguity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly between the West Bank and Jerusalem, thereby jeopardizing the prospects for a viable, geographically contiguous, and independent Palestinian state,” the statement read.
Tehran [Iran], August 23 (ANI): Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Mohsen Rezaei, on Saturday (local time) said the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and will not reopen until the United States fulfils its commitments and changes its behaviour amid escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington.
Gharibabadi says London, Paris ‘deliberately’ participating in Israeli crimes Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, said London and Paris were making a “deliberate choice” to participate and collaborate in crimes committed by Israel by “continuing to send” it weapons and “provide any kind of support”. Gharibabadi said London and Paris should not hide behind the phrase “expressing concern” over the situation. In a post on X, he said more than 100 seasoned British and French diplomats had warned their governments that Israel’s policy is heading towards “ethnic cleansing” and “the erasure of Palestine,” according to Gharibabadi said these diplomats “called on London and Paris to take concrete action, including halting arms transfers, banning trade with settlements and implementing decisions of the Hague courts”.
Hamas says not obligated to implement Trump Gaza deal unless Israel accepts it Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said the group told US envoy Jared Kushner that it would not consider itself obligated to implement any part of president Trump’s Gaza peace deal unless Israel publicly accepts it and begins implementing its obligations, including halting attacks and withdrawing from Gaza. Speaking on an Iraqi podcast, Hamdan, a former representative of Hamas in Lebanon and Iran, said the group had not agreed to surrender its weapons. He said the framework calls for heavy weapons to be restricted and stored under the authority of a Palestinian administrative committee governing Gaza, while remaining in Palestinian hands.
Tehran [Iran], August 23 (ANI): Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Mohsen Rezaei, on Saturday (local time) accused US President Donald Trump of creating 'nuclear insecurity' instead of strengthening global nuclear security, claiming that Washington's actions against Tehran have increased countries' interest in acquiring nuclear weapons.
Tehran [Iran], August 22 (ANI): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has claimed that the US put the security of 'every single one of its allies' at risk for the 'sake of Israel. ' In a post on X, Ghalibaf stated that Washington's actions which he described as 'bullying and pure disregard' have pushed regional partners to the point that endangered their 'entire existence.
Baghdad [Iraq], August 22 (ANI): Iraqi President Nizar Amidi said that Baghdad will not accept the use of its territory to launch attacks against any country, stressing that 'Iraq comes first' and that all sovereign decisions are strictly guided by national interest.
The president has slammed Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie Taylor Greene as fools having almost no chance in politics US President Donald Trump has broken into a scornful tirade against conservative journalist and podcaster Tucker Carlson, as well as his other allies-turned-critics, including former Congress members Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie.
Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen or heard publicly, leaving his condition and circumstances unclear as officials govern in his name, interpret messages attributed to him and invoke his authority on questions ranging from negotiations with Washington to the conduct of the war.
IRGC commander-in-chief Ahmad Vahidi praised Iran’s state broadcaster for its performance during the war with the US, throwing his weight behind an institution that has clashed with President Masoud Pezeshkian and drawn criticism from Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said neighboring countries are seeking new security arrangements and expanded economic cooperation, describing a homegrown regional order independent of outside powers as essential to lasting peace and stability.
US ambassador to Turkey breaks with Washington on Israel's occupation of Syria's Golan Heights US ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has said Israel’s occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights continues even though it ran against UN resolutions and international law. Barrack’s remarks put him at odds with his own government, as US President Donald Trump recognised Israeli sovereignty over the territory in 2019. Golan Heights, a strategic plateau straddling Israel and Syria and overlooking southern Lebanon, was captured by Israel during the Middle East war of 1967 and subsequently annexed in a move never recognised by the international community.
Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact? Submitted by Joseph Massad on Fri, 08/21/2026 - 21:54 The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani pact reinforces the US-run regional order that analysts claim it defies - which explains why Trump was so quick to bless it Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 7 August 2026 (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters) Off The recent Mecca Joint Defence Agreement , signed by Saudi Arabia , Turkey and Pakistan , has reinvigorated longstanding US ambitions for a subcontracted "Middle Eastern", "Arab" or "Muslim" Nato to serve US regional security interests. Some pro-American and pro-Israeli analysts have misconstrued the agreement as an alliance against Israel, while others see it as a sign that the Saudis are seeking new security guarantors in light of US failures to fully protect the kingdom and its Arab neighbours.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Qatar has agreed to allow an Iranian expert team to meet with Iranian pilots held in the Arab country, a military official said, as Tehran continues efforts to determine their condition and secure their return.
Muslim World League denounces new Israeli E1 settlement tender The Muslim World League has condemned Israel's announcement of a tender for the construction of 1,234 settlement units under its so-called E1 settlement plan in the occupied West Bank. Secretary-General and Chairman of the Muslim Scholars Association, Mohammed Al-Issa said the project poses a threat to Palestinian statehood and is aimed at altering the geographic and demographic character of the occupied Palestinian territroy. He further called for international pressure to halt Israel's settlement policies and preserve a two-state solution.
As the president tries to extract the US from his Iran war quagmire, leadership in Tehran is only too happy to crush his midterm dreams In the aftermath of his devastating election defeat, the US president remained haunted by regrets over Iran . Months before Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan , eight US servicemen died in a botched high-risk rescue mission that failed to secure the freedom of dozens of US hostages seized in Tehran. Continue reading...
Tehran says Iraqi oil tankers allowed passage through Hormuz Tehran says it has allowed a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's state news agency IRNA reported that Iraqi parliament Haibat al-Halbousi speaker asked his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, for permission while the latter was visiting the country.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Muslim World League (MWL) condemned the Israeli regime’s E1 settlement plan in the occupied West Bank, warning that the project threatens the territorial viability of an independent Palestinian state.
