Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura. The absence of Khamenei during the war had suggested heavy security for the Iranian leader,

Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has said that Israel attempted to assassinate him during last month’s 12-day war between the two countries. Pezeshkian made the claim in a video interview with American conservative media personality Tucker Carlson,

BRICS leaders condemned US and Israeli attacks on Iran and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to withdraw troops from the Gaza Strip, urging “just and lasting” solutions to conflicts across the Middle East.